Comparison

Cat vs Countdown Widget Go

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

Head to head
About

Cat

Features
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neko-todo is a simple and easy-to-use task management app. Cute cat icons support your daily tasks.

About

Countdown Widget Go

Features
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Countdown shows you exactly how long until the things you care about, or how long it's been since. Make one for a birthday, a trip, an anniversary, an exam, your last day at work, or just New Year. It sits on your Home Screen and your Lock Screen so you see it every time you pick up your phone. Every countdown is yours to customize. Pick an emoji, set a color or let it adapt to light and dark mode, drop in your own photo as the background, and tag it however you like. Set it as an all-day event or count down to the minute. Repeating events roll forward on their own, and the repeats are smart: "last Friday of the month" stays the last Friday instead of drifting to a fixed date. The widgets are the point for a lot of people. Single-event widgets come in four styles β€” a big number, a progress ring, a progress bar, or number tiles β€” for the Home Screen, plus circular, rectangular, and inline versions for the Lock Screen. Track several events at once with the medium and large widgets. Empty slots fill in with whatever's coming up next, and anything you pin jumps to the front. What you get: - Count down to a future date or up from a past one - Home Screen widgets in four styles, plus Lock Screen widgets - Your own photos as widget backgrounds - Smart repeats: daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, including patterns like "2nd Tuesday" that don't drift - Emoji, custom colors, and tags - Pin your favorites and reorder by hand - Reminders the day before, a week before, or when the day arrives - Choose which units you see, from years down to seconds - Count only the days that matter by skipping weekends or any weekday you pick - Sort by soonest, latest, name, or date added - Works in nine languages Everything stays on your device. No account, no sign-up, no servers, no tracking. The app is free, has no ads, and nothing is locked behind a purchase.

Screenshots

Cat2 screens
Countdown Widget Go4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Countdown Widget Go at none against Cat's shown. Cat's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cat ships an update every 3 days, Countdown Widget Go monthly. The most recent releases landed on December 7, 2025 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Β· 2 level
Cat versus Countdown Widget Go: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatCountdown Widget Go
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days β€” betterMonthly
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better17.2
Further details β€” not scored
Size33 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYuki KuwaharaWanja Hemmerich

In-app purchases

None

Cat

No in-app purchases

None

Countdown Widget Go

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cat free?
Cat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Countdown Widget Go free?
Countdown Widget Go is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cat or Countdown Widget Go have ads?
Cat shows ads; Countdown Widget Go does not.
Which is updated more often, Cat or Countdown Widget Go?
Cat ships an update every 3 days, and Countdown Widget Go monthly. Most recently, Cat was updated on December 7, 2025 and Countdown Widget Go on September 10, 2026.

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