Comparison

Dayrift vs Countdown Widget

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

Head to head
About

Dayrift

This app helps you track important future events and past milestones by counting the days until or since they occur. It offers a simple interface, customizable themes, and works offline without requiring an account. Your data is kept private and can sync securely via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Count down to future events
  • Count up since past milestones
  • Simple event creation with emoji
  • View all events at a glance
  • 8 customizable color themes
  • Offline functionality
  • Private data storage
Features
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Track the moments that matter. Dayrift is a simple, beautiful app for counting days until future events and days since past milestones. Count down to what's ahead Vacation, wedding, graduation, product launch, retirement — see exactly how many days remain until your important dates. Count up from what's passed Sobriety, relationships, new job, baby's birth, moving day — track how far you've come since life's meaningful moments. Designed for simplicity Add events in seconds with a name, date, and emoji See all your countdowns and count-ups at a glance Choose from 8 beautiful color themes Works offline, no account required Private by design Your data stays on your device and syncs securely via iCloud to your other Apple devices. No analytics, no tracking, no servers.

About

Countdown Widget

Track important dates with customizable widgets for your home and lock screens. Set reminders, sync across devices, and even add personal notes and photos to each event. Count down to future events or count up from past ones.

Highlights
  • Multiple widget types and sizes
  • Unlimited event tracking
  • Count down to or up from dates
  • Recurring event options
  • Customizable reminders
  • iCloud sync
  • Data import/export
Features
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A countdown that never loses your days — and never holds its four widgets back. Add the day that matters, put it on your home screen, and watch it come closer. No limit on how many you keep, and nothing between you and the number. FOUR WIDGETS, FREE • Four widgets: one countdown, the next few in a list, a spotlight, or a tile for each • Every size of all four, on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen • Unlimited events — there is no cap, and there never will be • Count down to a date, or count up from one • Recurring events: yearly, monthly, weekly, or every few days • Reminders on the day, and as far ahead as you want • iCloud sync, with no account to make • Import from a calendar, a spreadsheet, or another countdown app — and export any time • No ads, ever COUNT DOWN TO ANYTHING A wedding countdown, a vacation or trip countdown, a birthday or an anniversary. Christmas, New Year, Halloween and Thanksgiving. Exam day, graduation, retirement, a baby due date, a concert, a deadline, payday. Or count the days since a day that has already happened. YOUR DAYS, KEPT Most countdown apps lose your events at the worst moment — an update, a reinstall, a phone that died. This one takes a snapshot of everything on this device every single day, and always before anything risky. Thirty days of history, one tap to restore, and nothing ever leaves your phone. Days that have already passed are never deleted either: they collect into a timeline you can look back through, with the longest wait of each year written next to it. THE MOMENT ITSELF When a countdown reaches a milestone — a hundred days, a week, the morning of — the app opens on the number, full screen, and gives you a card worth sharing. THE BACK OF EVERY EVENT Tap an event and it turns over to a page of its own. Write a few lines, add photos, record a voice — the story of the day, kept with the day. It syncs with iCloud, goes into every backup, and shares as one picture. MADE TO LOOK LIKE YOURS Thirty-six ready-made events, from a birthday to a first day at work, each already set up with the right repeat and the right reminders. Two hundred drawn icons and the whole emoji keyboard. A hundred and fifty-nine full-screen backdrops — twenty-two of them photographs — a hundred and seven in Pro. COUNTDOWN PRO Pro unlocks the Pro backdrops, with a new drop every month, your own photos behind a countdown, Photo Roll — a widget that turns your event's own photos over behind the count, the Pro typefaces, the Lock Screen Live Activity, and inviting someone to count down with you. Whatever you unlock while subscribed stays yours for good — cancelling only stops the new ones arriving. Your countdowns, reminders and the four widgets work the same whether you subscribe or not. ——— Countdown Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Prices for the annual plan, which includes a 7-day free trial, and the monthly plan are shown in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends, and you can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings at any time. A one-time Lifetime purchase is also available; it does not renew. Privacy Policy: https://dyljqq.github.io/countdown/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://dyljqq.github.io/countdown/terms-of-service/

Screenshots

Dayrift3 screens
Countdown Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Countdown Widget at daily against Dayrift's fortnightly. Countdown Widget also leads on ratings volume (35 vs 5) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). Dayrift's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and monetization model (free vs freemium). 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. Dayrift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown Widget sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dayrift holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Widget has 35 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dayrift ships an update fortnightly, Countdown Widget daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dayrift versus Countdown Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDayriftCountdown Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.6 (35 ratings)
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings535 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCrimson IO LLC可 吴

Customer experience

Dayrift

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Countdown Widget

All ratings35 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dayrift

One-time1
  • Dayrift Plus$2.99
9 purchases

Countdown Widget

Subscriptions5
  • Countdown Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Countdown Pro Yearly · Welcome$6.991 Year
  • Countdown Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
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  • Countdown Pro Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Countdown Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time4
  • Countdown Pro Lifetime2 variants$14.99
  • Countdown Pro Lifetime$19.99
  • Countdown Pro Lifetime$20.99
Show 1 more
  • Countdown Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Dayrift free?
Dayrift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Widget free?
Countdown Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dayrift or Countdown Widget?
Dayrift is rated higher. Dayrift averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Countdown Widget averages 4.6 from 35 ratings.
Do Dayrift or Countdown Widget have ads?
Neither Dayrift nor Countdown Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dayrift or Countdown Widget?
Dayrift ships an update fortnightly, and Countdown Widget daily. Most recently, Dayrift was updated on November 5, 2026 and Countdown Widget on November 8, 2026.

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