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 appealing widgets for your home and lock screens to count down to important events. Customize themes, backgrounds, fonts, and more. Also supports counting up from past events.

Highlights
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Customizable themes and backgrounds
  • Count up mode for anniversaries
  • Calendar and Reminders sync
  • Countdown sharing
  • Pre-designed templates
  • Custom app icons
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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

Features
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Count the days until your next birthday, wedding, vacation or big event. Attesa brings your photo countdowns, event tasks and widgets together, so every important date feels closer. YOUR DAYS UNTIL, AT A GLANCE See the days, hours, minutes and seconds until each event. Keep your upcoming moments together and give past memories a place of their own. A BIRTHDAY COUNTDOWN THAT FEELS PERSONAL Choose a favorite photo and create a birthday countdown for someone who matters. Customize your event cards with colors and gradients, and watch the days left get smaller. YOUR WEDDING COUNTDOWN Make the wait part of the celebration. Create a wedding countdown with your own photo and keep the big day close on your Home Screen. VACATION COUNTDOWN, FROM PLANS TO TAKEOFF Looking forward to a weekend away or a long-awaited adventure? Set up a vacation countdown or trip countdown and see how many days are left before you go. COUNTDOWN WIDGETS FOR YOUR SCREENS Keep your events visible with Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. Your countdown widget lets you check the time remaining without opening the app. GET READY FOR EACH EVENT Keep packing lists, gifts and other tasks with the event they belong to. Track your progress, add reminders and recurring events, and import calendar events and contact birthdays. KEEP YOUR MOMENTS CLOSE Find your events on Apple Watch and its complications. On an open iPhone Duo, browse your moments and details side by side. The interface also adapts to iPad. START WITH 5 FREE EVENTS Create up to 5 events for free. Attesa+ unlocks unlimited events and Live Activities on compatible iPhones with a one-time purchase. No subscription or renewals. Live Activities require Attesa+ and a compatible device. Available in English, French, Spanish, German and Italian. No Attesa account required. No ads. Pick your next big moment. Attesa counts the days with you.

Screenshots

Waitit4 screens
Countdown3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Countdown at every 8 days against Waitit's every 2 months. 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

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Waitit ships an update every 2 months, Countdown every 8 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Waitit versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWaititCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUEasyServeAbdelhafid YOUNES

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Waitit

One-time1
  • Lifetime$3.99
1 purchases

Countdown

One-time1
  • Attesa+$7.99

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.
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 8 days. Most recently, Waitit was updated on November 5, 2026 and Countdown on November 5, 2026.

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