Comparison

Liqua vs Simple Countdown Widget App

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Liqua

Visually track important dates and events with customizable widgets for your home and lock screens. Create unlimited countdowns, personalize their appearance, and receive timely reminders for moments that matter.

Highlights
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Unlimited countdowns
  • Customizable colors and icons
  • Event reminders
  • Import from Apple Calendar
  • Count down and count up
  • Cloud Sync (Premium)
Features
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Make every day count with Liqua. Liqua brings a smooth Liquid Glass countdown experience to your Home Screen and Lock Screen, helping you track birthdays, trips, launches, milestones, and memories with clarity and style. Create unlimited countdowns, customize colors and icons, and watch time flow toward—or away from—the moments that matter most. Whether it is a big event or a small joy, Liqua keeps it beautiful. FREE FEATURES • Lock Screen and single-event widgets • Unlimited countdowns • No ads and a clean, distraction-free experience • Sort upcoming, past, or alphabetical events • Reminders on the day (9 a.m. for all-day events) • Import from Apple Calendar • Liquid Glass design for iOS 26 with adjustable opacity • Custom colors and text contrast • All-day or timed events • Personal notes for every event • Custom emoji icons • Two free wallpapers • Count down and count up • Built-in feature requests PREMIUM FEATURES — ONE-TIME PURCHASE • Extra widgets with 3- and 6-event lists • Reminders 24 hours before an event • Automatic daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly repeats • Built-in and custom tags • iCloud sync across all your devices Lifetime access with one simple payment. No subscriptions. Designed for iOS 26 with smooth glass effects. Liqua — countdown made beautiful. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Simple Countdown Widget App

Visually track upcoming events with customizable widgets and shareable countdowns. Stay excited for vacations, birthdays, and more with beautiful designs and timely notifications. No account needed, your data remains private.

Highlights
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Lock Screen widgets
  • Live Activities with Dynamic Island
  • Shareable event cards
  • Notifications on event day
  • Supports 12 languages
  • No account required
Features
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Simple Count is the easiest way to count down to the moments you're looking forward to most — vacations, birthdays, weddings, concerts, holidays, and everything in between. Every widget is free — Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Dynamic Island. Nothing to unlock, nothing to subscribe to. Add a photo, choose an emoji, and bring your countdowns to life with beautiful widgets on your Home Screen. Every time you unlock your phone, you'll see exactly what you're excited about next. SHARE THE EXCITEMENT Count down together. Share any event as a beautifully designed card, perfect for social media or sending to friends and family. You can also share a link so others can instantly add the event to their own Simple Count app. Need to share multiple events? Select several countdowns and send them all at once. FEATURES • Every widget free — no ads, no subscription, nothing to unlock • Beautiful Home Screen widgets in multiple sizes • Lock Screen widgets and Live Activities with Dynamic Island support • Notifications on the day of your event • Celebrate past events instead of hiding them away • Available in 12 languages, switch anytime in Settings • No account required — your data stays on your device and your own private iCloud backup; we never see it • iCloud backup — your countdowns survive app deletion and new phones, automatically • Repeating events — daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or custom patterns like "the 3rd Sunday of each month" • Countdown reminders — days, hours, or minutes before each event • Notes on events — keep tickets, addresses, or plans right with the countdown; they travel with shared events • Search — find any countdown by name, note, or emoji (use the same emoji as a tag to group events) • Pro: Custom photo backgrounds for every event card Whether you're counting down to your dream vacation, a special celebration, or your best friend's birthday, Simple Count keeps the excitement alive every day.

Screenshots

Liqua4 screens
Simple Countdown Widget App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Simple Countdown Widget App at 5.0 against Liqua's 3.3. Simple Countdown Widget App also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Liqua sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Simple Countdown Widget App sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simple Countdown Widget App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Liqua ships an update every 9 days, Simple Countdown Widget App weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Liqua versus Simple Countdown Widget App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiquaSimple Countdown Widget App
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSzymon TadrzakCaner Tasan

Customer experience

Liqua

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Simple Countdown Widget App

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Liqua

One-time3
  • Lifetime Access$2.99
  • Lifetime Access$4.99
  • Lifetime Access$9.99
1 purchases

Simple Countdown Widget App

One-time1
  • Simple Count Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Liqua free?
Liqua is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Countdown Widget App free?
Simple Countdown Widget App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Liqua or Simple Countdown Widget App?
Simple Countdown Widget App is rated higher. Liqua averages 3.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Simple Countdown Widget App averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Liqua or Simple Countdown Widget App have ads?
Neither Liqua nor Simple Countdown Widget App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Liqua or Simple Countdown Widget App?
Liqua ships an update every 9 days, and Simple Countdown Widget App weekly. Most recently, Liqua was updated on October 8, 2026 and Simple Countdown Widget App on October 2, 2026.

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