Comparison

Soon vs Clean Countdown Widget

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

Head to head
About

Soon

Create unlimited countdowns and widgets for your lock and home screens. Customize colors, fonts, icons, and backgrounds for any event. Schedule recurring events and sync across timezones.

Highlights
  • Unlimited countdown widgets
  • Lock screen and home screen widgets
  • Customizable colors, fonts, and icons
  • Recurring event scheduling
  • Background image support
  • Live timers
  • Timezone support
Features
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I built this app because I couldn't find what I needed. I hope you find it useful too. I was looking for a simple countdown app with widgets for iOS, but every app I found either required a subscription, charged money, or limited how many widgets I could create. So, I built Soon-ish, a completely free countdown app with unlimited widgets, no subscriptions, and no hidden fees. **Unlimited Widgets, Completely Free** Create as many countdowns and widgets as you want. Track birthdays, holidays, Twitch streams, or any important moment. All widgets are free, forever. **Types of Widgets** • Lock Screen Widgets: See your countdowns right on your lock screen • Home Screen Widgets: Small, medium, and large sizes • Live Timers: Real-time countdown that updates every second • Dynamic Island: pin a countdown to the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen as a Live Activity • Customizable Display: Choose to show days, hours, minutes, and/or seconds **Full-ish Customizability** • Custom Colors: Pick any color for text and backgrounds • Custom Icons: Choose from hundreds of icons (Ionicons & MaterialIcons) • Custom Fonts: Select from multiple font families • Background Images: Use your own photos as backgrounds • Background Overlays: Adjust brightness and contrast for perfect readability • Multiple Themes: Light, dark, and custom color schemes **Smart-ish Recurring Events** • Daily: Countdowns that repeat every day • Weekly: Set specific days of the week • Monthly: Same day each month • Yearly: Annual events like birthdays and holidays • Custom Schedule: Create complex recurring patterns with multiple time slots **Notifications** • Get alerted the moment a countdown completes • Optional reminders before and follow-ups after • Write your own notification message **Integrations** • Twitch: Countdown to your favorite streamers' next streams! • Holidays: Browse and add popular holidays and events! • Share Countdowns: Share your countdowns with friends via link! **Other Features** • Clock Mode: Full-screen countdown display • Timezone Support: Track events across different timezones • Granularity Control: Show exactly the time units you want • Sort & Organize: Customize the order of your countdowns • Background Sync: Automatic updates for imported countdowns **No Subscriptions, No Limits** Soonish is completely free with no in-app purchases required. Create unlimited countdowns, use all features, and enjoy beautiful widgets without ever paying a cent.

About

Clean Countdown Widget

This utility displays the number of days until a significant event. It offers customization for event names, dates, typefaces, and background colors, with support for light and dark modes. The app also tracks days since an event has passed and requires no login or data collection.

Highlights
  • Displays days until an event
  • Customizable event name and date
  • Typeface customization
  • Background color options
  • Light and Dark appearance modes
  • Counts days since an event
Features
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The Clean Countdown widget shows you how many days away an important event is. It's designed to be simple but customizable with no ads or logins. Set the name of your event and a date, and the widget will show how many days away that event is. You can customize the typeface by swiping on the countdown number in the app, and customize the background color by swiping through a few color options. The app supports Light and Dark appearance modes. After the event, the app will tell you how many days it has been since that day if you want to count up from a particular day. No login required, no data collected, no advertisements. This is the kind of countdown app that I wanted for myself, so I created it.

Screenshots

Soon4 screens
Clean Countdown Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Clean Countdown Widget at none against Soon's 4. Clean Countdown Widget also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Soon sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Clean Countdown Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Clean Countdown Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 10 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Soon ships an update weekly, Clean Countdown Widget every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Soon versus Clean Countdown Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoonClean Countdown Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (21 ratings)4.8 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings21 — better10
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTHOMAS VAN DE CROMMENACKERMatthew Richardson

Customer experience

Soon

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Clean Countdown Widget

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Soon

One-time4
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
Show 1 more
  • Large Tip$4.99
None

Clean Countdown Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Soon free?
Soon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Clean Countdown Widget free?
Clean Countdown Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Soon or Clean Countdown Widget?
Clean Countdown Widget is rated higher. Soon averages 4.5 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Clean Countdown Widget averages 4.8 from 10 ratings.
Do Soon or Clean Countdown Widget have ads?
Neither Soon nor Clean Countdown Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Soon or Clean Countdown Widget?
Soon ships an update weekly, and Clean Countdown Widget every 2 days. Most recently, Soon was updated on November 9, 2026 and Clean Countdown Widget on November 5, 2026.

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