Handy Box vs Strata Countdown Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Handy Box
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Handy Box is your everyday companion that brings all essential tools together in one clean and simple app. No more downloading separate apps for basic utilities — Handy Box saves your time, storage, and effort by offering everything you need in one place.
Strata Countdown Widget
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Strata is a simple, beautiful way to count down to the moments that matter, and put them right on your home screen. Create a countdown for any date: a trip, a birthday, an anniversary, a deadline, a launch. Choose whether to count whole days, or down to the hour, minute, and second. Give each countdown its own accent color and a solid-color or photo background. The Strata home screen widget shows your next big moment at a glance, pin a specific countdown, or let it automatically show the soonest one. FEATURES • Unlimited countdowns to any date • Optional time precision: days, or days / hours / minutes / seconds • Home screen widget (small and medium) • Pin a countdown to the widget, or auto-show the soonest • Per-countdown accent colors • Solid-color or photo backgrounds • Rock-inspired themes • 100% on device, no account, no tracking No sign-up. No ads. Your data never leaves your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Strata Countdown Widget at every 3 days against Handy Box's every 2 months. Handy Box's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Handy Box ships an update every 2 months, Strata Countdown Widget every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Handy Box | Strata Countdown Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aman Thakur | Dacite Dev LLC |
In-app purchases
Handy Box
No in-app purchases
Strata Countdown Widget
No in-app purchases
Questions
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