Comparison

Waitit vs Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Waitit

Visually track upcoming events and milestones with customizable widgets. Choose from stunning themes, add personal photos, and even count up from past events. Seamlessly integrate with your calendar and share your countdowns with others.

Highlights
  • Customizable widgets
  • Count up mode
  • Full-screen detail view
  • Countdown sharing
  • Inspiration library
  • Smart reminders
  • Calendar sync
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Waitit turns waiting into something beautiful. Count down the days to birthdays, weddings, vacations, exams, and every milestone that matters — right on your Home Screen and Lock Screen with gorgeous widgets. STUNNING WIDGET THEMES Choose from a collection of professionally designed themes with 70+ color combinations. Preview any theme with different countdown states before applying it, so your widget always looks exactly the way you want. MAKE IT YOURS - Custom background and font colors, plus curated color palettes for one-tap styling - Your own photos or the built-in Unsplash collection as backgrounds - Different font families, icons, emoji, and personal avatars - Multiple widget sizes for the Home Screen and a growing set of Lock Screen layouts - Percentage progress format - Flexible date formats: pick which time units to display or exclude weekends — perfect for work and school countdowns COUNT UP MODE Not just countdowns — track the time since any important event. Celebrate anniversaries, sobriety milestones, relationship beginnings, and more. COUNTDOWN DETAIL VIEW Tap any countdown for a breathtaking full-screen view with a unique layout for every theme, and quick access to edit, duplicate, delete, and share. COUNTDOWN SHARING Turn any countdown into a stunning, ready-to-post image in different formats and share your excitement with friends and family. INSPIRATION LIBRARY Browse dozens of pre-designed templates organized by category and start any countdown with one tap — your dates, our designs. STAY ORGANIZED - Sort and filter countdowns on the home screen - Powerful search across your events - Smart reminders and notifications for any countdown - Repeating events: daily, weekly, monthly, yearly — perfect for birthdays and anniversaries CALENDAR & REMINDERS SYNC - Import any iOS Calendar event as a beautiful countdown with one tap - Sync your countdowns with the Apple Reminders app and stay on track across Apple's ecosystem - Events refresh automatically every time you open the app CUSTOM APP ICONS Personalize your home screen with 20+ unique app icons that match your style. FREE TO START, PRO TO UNLOCK MORE Free: countdowns with the classic Standard theme, all customization options, Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets, reminders and notifications. Pro (one-time purchase): unlimited countdowns, premium widget themes, calendar and reminders sync, filters and sort, watermark-free sharing, custom app icons. WE LOVE FEEDBACK Your ideas make Waitit better: feature@ueasyserve.com Make every countdown count with Waitit. Download now and start counting the days to what matters.

About

Countdown

Track important dates with a personal countdown app. Add photos, organize events into folders, and get optional reminders. Sync across devices with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Add photos and emojis
  • Organize events into folders
  • Create repeating countdowns
  • Import events from Apple Calendar
  • Add widgets to your Home Screen
  • Optional reminders
Features
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Glassdays is a personal countdown app for the dates you care about. Create countdowns for birthdays, trips, anniversaries, holidays, launches, and more. • Add photos and emojis • Choose cards or list • Pin important countdowns • Organize events into folders • Create repeating countdowns • Import events from Apple Calendar • Add widgets to your Home Screen • Choose how time is displayed • Set custom progress start dates • Get optional reminders • Browse ready-made countdown collections • Search across all folders No account required. Your countdowns stay on your device. Glassdays Pro unlocks iCloud sync, Calendar integration, custom widgets, and more with a one-time purchase. Icon attribution The app icon uses “Hourglass Bold” from the Solar Icon Set by 480 Design, provided via Iconify. The icon has been adapted for use as this app icon. Source: https://api.iconify.design/solar/hourglass-bold.svg License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Screenshots

Waitit4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Countdown at every 11 days against Waitit's every 2 months. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Waitit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Waitit against 5.0 for Countdown. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Waitit ships an update every 2 months, Countdown every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Waitit versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWaititCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.218.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUEasyServeDavid Holtschke

Customer experience

Waitit

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Countdown

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Waitit

One-time1
  • Lifetime$3.99
1 purchases

Countdown

One-time1
  • Glassdays Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Waitit free?
Waitit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Waitit or Countdown?
Waitit and Countdown are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Waitit or Countdown have ads?
Neither Waitit nor Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Waitit or Countdown?
Waitit ships an update every 2 months, and Countdown every 11 days. Most recently, Waitit was updated on September 27, 2026 and Countdown on September 15, 2026.

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