Birthday Owl vs Mila's Countdown Timer Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Birthday Owl
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Birthday App Main Features: Quick Add, List, Calendar, Printable and Birthday Notifications User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://brightleeenterprise.com/privacy-policy
Mila's Countdown Timer Widgets
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From the developer of Mila's Tools — Apple Staff Pick, rated 4.8 from 1,300+ reviews. Countdown helps you track the days to every event that matters. Birthdays, weddings, vacations, holidays, graduations — create beautiful countdown cards with themed gradients and personal photos, then add widgets to your Home Screen and Lock Screen so you never lose sight of what's coming. FEATURES * Six event categories with smart defaults — Birthday, Vacation, Holiday, Wedding, Graduation, and Custom * Three event lifecycles — One-Time (archives after it passes), Recurring (repeats every year), and Count Up (tracks time since) * 12 visual themes with adaptive gradients that warm as your event approaches * Custom color themes — pick any color and get a generated gradient * Photo backgrounds with adjustable focal points for perfect framing in every widget size * Ten bundled scene themes — Beach and Mountains free; eight more with Premium * Five animated pattern themes — Hearts, Starfield, Snowfall, Gift Wrap, and Confetti (Premium) * Card or ticker list view — switch styles from the toolbar * Home Screen widgets — single countdown or multi-countdown list, small through extra large * Lock Screen widgets — circular gauge, rectangular summary, and inline text * Configurable reminders — day of, 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, or 1 month before, plus custom offsets up to a year out * Import events from your Calendar and birthdays from Contacts * Share countdowns as story-format images * 57 curated icons across 8 categories for Custom events * Now localized in 19 languages PRIVACY Your data stays on your device. No account required. No ads. No tracking. - - - - - Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://scottdesapio.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mila's Countdown Timer Widgets at every 3 days against Birthday Owl's every 2 weeks. Birthday Owl's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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. Birthday Owl sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.00 per year and Mila's Countdown Timer Widgets sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Birthday Owl ships an update every 2 weeks, Mila's Countdown Timer Widgets every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Birthday Owl | Mila's Countdown Timer Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brightlee Enterprise Inc | Scott DeSapio |
In-app purchases
Birthday Owl
- Yearly7 Days trial$29.001 Year
- Lifetime$15.00
Mila's Countdown Timer Widgets
- Mila's Countdowns PRO Monthly$0.991 Month
- Mila's Countdowns PRO Yearly$4.991 Year
- Countdown Days PRO Lifetime$6.99
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