Comparison

Next Big Day vs Simple Countdown Widget App

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

Head to head
About

Next Big Day

Visualize your year with a unique dot matrix timeline and countdown to important events. Add tasks, notes, and photos to create rich memory journals. Share custom countdown images and sync with your Apple Calendar.

Highlights
  • Yearly dot matrix timeline visualization
  • Event countdowns for milestones
  • Home screen widgets
  • Event planning with tasks and notes
  • Rich memory journaling
  • Custom countdown image sharing
  • Apple Calendar sync
Features
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Countdown the days until your most important moments. Next Big Day is a powerful event countdown app with widgets that lets you see your entire year at a glance. Instead of a simple list of dates, every day is represented as a dot in a beautiful visual timeline. Watch time pass, see upcoming events light up, and track exactly how many days are left until the moments that matter. Whether you're counting down to a vacation, birthday, wedding, trip, or major milestone, Next Big Day helps you stay excited, organized, and focused on what’s coming next. SEE YOUR ENTIRE YEAR • Visualize the whole year as a 365-day dot matrix timeline • Every day is a dot - events appear directly on the calendar • Instantly understand where you are in the year and what’s coming next EVENT COUNTDOWN • Track days until birthdays, vacations, weddings, and milestones • See upcoming events highlighted directly on your yearly timeline • Clear countdown views show exactly how many days remain • Share your countdowns as beautiful images. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS • Beautiful countdown widgets for your Home Screen • Choose from countdown rings, event lists, and the signature Year Matrix widget • See your events and progress without opening the app PLAN EVERY EVENT • Add tasks and checklists for each event • Save notes, links, photos, and voice recordings • Turn every milestone into a rich memory journal • Generate and share high-resolution, custom countdown images straight to Instagram, WhatsApp, or iMessage in one tap. APPLE CALENDAR SYNC • Import events directly from Apple Calendar • Keep your schedule perfectly aligned across apps THEMES & CUSTOMIZATION • Elegant dark mode interface • Multiple premium color themes • Designed to look beautiful on every iPhone PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your timeline is personal. Next Big Day runs completely on your device: • No accounts • No tracking • No ads • No subscriptions • No data collection Start your countdown today and watch your year unfold one day at a time. EULA: https://gemshi.com/DDay/eula.html

About

Simple Countdown Widget App

Visually track upcoming events with customizable widgets and shareable countdowns. Stay excited for vacations, birthdays, and more with beautiful designs and timely notifications. No account needed, your data remains private.

Highlights
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Lock Screen widgets
  • Live Activities with Dynamic Island
  • Shareable event cards
  • Notifications on event day
  • Supports 12 languages
  • No account required
Features
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Simple Count is the easiest way to count down to the moments you're looking forward to most — vacations, birthdays, weddings, concerts, holidays, and everything in between. Every widget is free — Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Dynamic Island. Nothing to unlock, nothing to subscribe to. Add a photo, choose an emoji, and bring your countdowns to life with beautiful widgets on your Home Screen. Every time you unlock your phone, you'll see exactly what you're excited about next. SHARE THE EXCITEMENT Count down together. Share any event as a beautifully designed card, perfect for social media or sending to friends and family. You can also share a link so others can instantly add the event to their own Simple Count app. Need to share multiple events? Select several countdowns and send them all at once. FEATURES • Every widget free — no ads, no subscription, nothing to unlock • Beautiful Home Screen widgets in multiple sizes • Lock Screen widgets and Live Activities with Dynamic Island support • Notifications on the day of your event • Celebrate past events instead of hiding them away • Available in 12 languages, switch anytime in Settings • No account required — your data stays on your device and your own private iCloud backup; we never see it • iCloud backup — your countdowns survive app deletion and new phones, automatically • Repeating events — daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or custom patterns like "the 3rd Sunday of each month" • Countdown reminders — days, hours, or minutes before each event • Notes on events — keep tickets, addresses, or plans right with the countdown; they travel with shared events • Search — find any countdown by name, note, or emoji (use the same emoji as a tag to group events) • Pro: Custom photo backgrounds for every event card Whether you're counting down to your dream vacation, a special celebration, or your best friend's birthday, Simple Count keeps the excitement alive every day.

Screenshots

Next Big Day4 screens
Simple Countdown Widget App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Simple Countdown Widget App at weekly against Next Big Day's every 2 weeks. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Next Big Day sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Simple Countdown Widget App 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 Next Big Day against 5.0 for Simple Countdown Widget App. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Next Big Day ships an update every 2 weeks, Simple Countdown Widget App weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Next Big Day versus Simple Countdown Widget App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNext Big DaySimple Countdown Widget App
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGemsheer ChalilCaner Tasan

Customer experience

Next Big Day

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Simple Countdown Widget App

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Next Big Day

One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$8.99
1 purchases

Simple Countdown Widget App

One-time1
  • Simple Count Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Next Big Day free?
Next Big Day is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Countdown Widget App free?
Simple Countdown Widget App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Next Big Day or Simple Countdown Widget App?
Next Big Day and Simple Countdown Widget App are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Next Big Day or Simple Countdown Widget App have ads?
Neither Next Big Day nor Simple Countdown Widget App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Next Big Day or Simple Countdown Widget App?
Next Big Day ships an update every 2 weeks, and Simple Countdown Widget App weekly. Most recently, Next Big Day was updated on October 1, 2026 and Simple Countdown Widget App on October 2, 2026.

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