Comparison

Widget vs Days Anchor

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

Head to head
About

Widget

Easily track important dates like anniversaries and birthdays with customizable widgets for your home and lock screens. Receive timely notifications and countdowns to special events. All your data stays private on your device.

Highlights
  • Home and Lock Screen Widgets
  • Customizable Notifications
  • Flexible Date Display Formats
  • Countdown to Milestones
  • Rich Customization Options
  • Multi-language Support
Features
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Keep your important dates always visible Anniversary Widget shows your special dates on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Track anniversaries, weddings, birthdays, or any memorable day, and never forget them. Key Features Home Screen & Lock Screen Widgets • Small, Medium, Large, and Extra Large (tall on iPhone with iOS 27, wide on iPad) • Lock Screen widgets: circular, rectangular, and inline above the clock Anniversary Notifications • A notification at 9 AM on monthly and yearly anniversaries • A reminder a few days before yearly anniversaries and upcoming dates • Turn notifications on or off anytime in Settings Flexible Date Display • Choose from 6 formats: days only, years/months/days, months/days, months only, years/months, years only Countdowns to Milestones • Countdown to yearly and monthly anniversaries • Supports future dates like weddings or trips Custom Events (Premium) • Show your own message on specific dates Rich Customization • 27 color palettes • Background options: solid, gradient, or image • Adjust image opacity, text color, and cropping 6 Languages • English, Japanese, Spanish, French, German, and Korean • Follow your device language or choose one in the app Premium Features • Unlimited anniversaries • 24 premium color palettes • Background images • Custom event messages • One-time purchase, no subscription Recommended For • Couples counting their days together • Remembering wedding anniversaries • Counting the days since your child was born • Counting down to trips and events Privacy • All data stays on your device • No account, no cloud sync, no personal data collection

About

Days Anchor

Easily track important dates with customizable widgets. Count down to future events or count up from past milestones. Supports recurring events and lunar calendar dates.

Highlights
  • Widget-first design
  • Multiple widget styles and sizes
  • Count down or count up functionality
  • Recurring event support
  • Lunar calendar integration
  • Tags and notes for events
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Days Anchor is a widget-first countdown app. Four widget styles, two sizes, one idea: put the dates that matter right on your Home Screen. Pick Ring, Dot Grid, Bar, or Text — then watch the days tick by without opening the app. WIDGET-FIRST, ALWAYS • Four widget styles: Ring, Dot Grid, Bar, Text • Small and medium sizes for every style • Sub-styles you can cycle in the editor: circular or square dots, straight or curved bars • The in-app grid renders the same widgets you'd pin to your Home Screen — what you see is what you get COUNT DOWN OR COUNT UP • Days until a trip, a wedding, an exam, a launch • Days since a birthday, an anniversary, a quit date • Every widget flips automatically the moment the date passes RECURRING EVENTS • Weekly, monthly, or yearly repeats • Leap-day anchors (Feb 29) clamp correctly • Widgets always show the next occurrence, never a stale past date • Optional reminders fire on the next occurrence and reschedule themselves LUNAR CALENDAR • Mark any yearly event as 农历 (Chinese lunar) • Lunar New Year, Mid-Autumn, lunar birthdays — all recur by lunar month and day, not by Gregorian date • Native lunar date picker in the editor when enabled in Settings TAGS AND NOTES • Attach tags to any event from a shared vocabulary — type a tag once, reuse it forever • Rename a tag in one place; every event updates everywhere • Free-form notes for the context that doesn't fit in the event name ICLOUD SYNC, ZERO SETUP • Events, tags, and notes sync across iPhone and iPad via iCloud • A sync banner tells you when a change is still in flight • Account-swap detection keeps other Apple IDs' data off your devices • Everything works offline; changes reconcile when you're back online DESIGNED FOR iOS • Per-event color picker drawn from a curated palette • App icon adapts to iOS 18 Light, Dark, and Tinted appearances • Native SwiftUI throughout • No ads. No tracking. No account required. Days Anchor is a quietly focused little tool — nothing you don't need, everything you do. Pick a date. Pick a widget. Put it on your Home Screen. Let the countdown do its work.

Screenshots

Widget3 screens
Days Anchor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Widget at Free against Days Anchor's $0.99. Days Anchor's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Widget is free to download; Days Anchor costs $0.99 up front. Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Days Anchor asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widget ships an update every 3 weeks, Days Anchor weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Widget versus Days Anchor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidgetDays Anchor
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperASAYA, LLCZhiqi Pan

Customer experience

Widget

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Days Anchor

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Widget

One-time1
  • Life Time$4.99
None

Days Anchor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Widget free?
Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Days Anchor free?
Days Anchor costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Widget or Days Anchor have ads?
Neither Widget nor Days Anchor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Widget or Days Anchor?
Widget ships an update every 3 weeks, and Days Anchor weekly. Most recently, Widget was updated on October 31, 2026 and Days Anchor on November 9, 2026.

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