Comparison

Compress Photos vs Countdown Widget

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

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About

Compress Photos

Features
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CompressAll Photos and Images is the ultimate professional tool for reducing the size of your images and freeing up storage space on your device without sacrificing quality. Designed with intelligent compression technology, this app lets you transform large photos of several MB into lightweight files of just a few KB in seconds. Unlike other apps, CompressAll Photos and Images works 100% on your device, guaranteeing that your personal photos are never uploaded to internet servers. Complete privacy and offline functionality. MAIN FEATURES: Compression by Target Size (KB/MB) Need a photo of the exact size for a web application, scholarship, visa, or form? • Define the desired size: 100KB, 200KB, 500KB, etc • The intelligent engine automatically adjusts the quality to meet the requirement. Space Saver: "Giant Hunter" Don't waste time searching for what to delete. Our scanner analyzes your gallery and automatically detects giant images (files larger than 5MB) that are clogging up your storage. Review them and compress them in batches to instantly free up gigabytes. Visual Comparison "Before and After" Ensures the best quality. Use our interactive slider to compare the original photo with the compressed version in real time. You'll see that the visual difference is minimal, but the space savings are enormous. Export and Organization Tools • Batch Compression: Select multiple photos and reduce their size all at once. • PDF Converter: Need to send your photos as a document? Select several compressed images and instantly generate a PDF file. • ZIP Package: Create a .zip file with all your optimized images for easy sharing via email or WhatsApp. Multi-Format Compatibility Native support for the most popular and modern formats: • JPG / JPEG: The global standard. • PNG: Compression while maintaining transparency. • WEBP: modern web format. • HEIC: High-efficiency photo conversion and compression. SECURITY AND PRIVACY Your security is our priority. CompreprimirTodo is a client-side application. • No Internet Required: You can use the app in airplane mode. No Cloud Storage: Your photos never leave your phone. • Metadata Management (EXIF): You decide whether to keep the original date, time, and location of your photos or delete them for greater privacy. IDEAL USE CASES: • Compress photos for sending via WhatsApp without using data. • Reduce the size of ID or passport photos for government websites. • Optimize images for selling products on e-commerce sites (faster loading). • Free up space on phones with limited internal memory. FREE VS PREMIUM: • Free Version: Unlimited total compressions (Batch limit: 5 images at a time) and Contains ads. • Premium Version: Batch compress up to 50 images at once (Premium Feature) and 100% Ad-Free experience (Premium Feature). Download CompressAll Photos and Images today and solve your storage problems for good. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Countdown Widget

Visually appealing countdowns for all your important dates, displayed on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, Apple Watch, and more. Features AI-generated backgrounds and precise time tracking.

Highlights
  • AI-generated photo backgrounds
  • Countdown to exact time (days, hours, minutes, seconds)
  • Live Activity and Dynamic Island integration
  • Multiple widget placements (Home Screen, Lock Screen, StandBy)
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • Multi-event widget with progress bars
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DayDrop is the countdown widget for iPhone that shows the days until everything you're looking forward to — Christmas, your wedding, a birthday, vacation, or the day your baby arrives — right on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. "Finally, a countdown app that actually looks good on my Home Screen." See your most important days counting down from everywhere: Home Screen widgets, Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, iPad, and StandBy. WHY PEOPLE LOVE DAYDROP • Beautiful AI-generated photo backgrounds — describe any event and get a stunning, one-of-a-kind photo backdrop in seconds. • Countdown to the exact moment — set a specific time on any event and watch days, hours, minutes, and seconds tick down live. • Your photo in the Dynamic Island — your event's background shows live in the Dynamic Island and Live Activity, with a progress ring. • 10 widget placements — Home Screen (small, medium, large, extra-large), multi-event widget, Lock Screen, StandBy, and Control Center. • Multi-event widget with progress bars — several countdowns at a glance. • iPad optimized — adaptive layouts, ExtraLarge widget, and a roomier overview. • iCloud sync — your countdowns move with you across iPhone and iPad. Always in sync, always private. • Share cards — send your countdown to anyone. • Badge countdown on app icon — glance at your Home Screen, see days left. • Liquid Glass, iOS 26 native — designed for Apple's latest design language. • Orbital year view — your whole year of countdowns in a single circular timeline. POWERFUL & PERSONAL • Count up and down from any date • 8 categories — Birthdays, Weddings, Anniversaries, Holidays, Vacations, Work, Fitness, Custom • Recurring events — annual, monthly, weekly, or biweekly • Milestone notifications — 30, 14, 7, 3 days before • Celebration confetti on the big day • Pin your most important events • Import birthdays from Contacts in one tap • Gyroscope parallax and tactile scroll animations A CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN, A NEW YEAR COUNTDOWN, AND EVERY DAY WORTH WAITING FOR How many days until Christmas? Until New Year's Eve? Until Halloween, the concert, your exam, retirement, or the trip you've been planning all year? DayDrop keeps the answer one glance away — as a widget, on your Lock Screen, or with Siri: just ask "how many days until my event in DayDrop." LOCK SCREEN, DONE RIGHT Category icons on your Lock Screen widgets, with desaturated backgrounds so your countdown stays glanceable. SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE Fully translated into 16 languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Russian, Turkish, Arabic, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your countdowns stay on your devices and in your iCloud. We don't sell your data. DAYDROP PREMIUM Premium unlocks AI photo backgrounds, Live Activity and Dynamic Island, every widget placement, watermark-free share cards, unlimited pins, custom milestone notifications, iCloud sync, and the orbital year view. Plans and pricing are shown in the app. Questions? Email daydrop@beatroot.dev or visit daydrop.beatroot.dev. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Compress Photos4 screens
Countdown Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Countdown Widget at none against Compress Photos's shown. Countdown Widget also leads on ratings volume (22 vs 4). Compress Photos's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Compress Photos sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Countdown Widget sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Compress Photos holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Widget has 22 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Compress Photos versus Countdown Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCompress PhotosCountdown Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.8 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews—80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings422 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRodriguez Santos Soluciones Web SRLHirak Banerjee

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Compress Photos

Subscriptions5
  • CompressAll Photos Pro Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • CompressAll Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • CompressAll Photos Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
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  • CompressAll Pro Annual$14.991 Year
  • CompressAll Photos Pro Annual$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • CompressAll Photos Pro for Life$19.99
  • CompressAll Pro for Life$34.99
3 purchases

Countdown Widget

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$1.991 Month
  • Annual Premium1 Month trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$24.99

Questions

Is Compress Photos free?
Compress Photos 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, Compress Photos or Countdown Widget?
Compress Photos is rated higher. Compress Photos averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Countdown Widget averages 4.8 from 22 ratings.
Do Compress Photos or Countdown Widget have ads?
Compress Photos shows ads; Countdown Widget does not.
Which is updated more often, Compress Photos or Countdown Widget?
Compress Photos ships an update weekly, and Countdown Widget weekly. Most recently, Compress Photos was updated on October 24, 2026 and Countdown Widget on October 24, 2026.

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