Comparison

Countdown Widget vs Whenora

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

Head to head
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
Features
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DayDrop is a countdown widget app for iPhone and iPad with AI-generated event backgrounds, a live countdown in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen (a Live Activity with a progress ring), and 10 widget placements: Home Screen in four sizes, Lock Screen circular, rectangular and inline, StandBy and Control Center. Describe your event and DayDrop generates a one-of-a-kind photo backdrop that follows the countdown to every widget. Free with unlimited countdowns and Home Screen widgets; Premium unlocks the Lock Screen widgets, the Live Activity and AI backgrounds. Count down to 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." 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 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. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in Settings > Subscriptions. Questions? Email daydrop@beatroot.dev or visit daydrop.beatroot.dev. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Whenora

Track important upcoming events or past milestones with a visually appealing countdown. Personalize your events with photos and choose between card or list views. Access key countdowns directly from your home screen.

Highlights
  • Create countdowns with exact dates/times
  • Track time until or time since events
  • Yearly repeat for recurring events
  • Add personal photos to events
  • Card or list view options
  • Home Screen widgets
Features
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Whenora is a beautifully focused countdown app for the days that matter most. Use it to count down to birthdays, holidays, vacations, anniversaries, and big life moments, or switch to since mode to track how long it has been since something important happened. Whenora keeps the experience simple: - Create countdowns with exact dates and times - Track time until or time since - Repeat yearly for birthdays, holidays, and anniversaries - Add photos to make each countdown feel personal - View countdowns in cards or list mode - Add Home Screen widgets for the countdowns you care about most The app includes one free countdown so you can try the full experience. When you're ready for more, unlock Whenora Pro with a one-time lifetime purchase to create unlimited countdowns. No account required. No subscription required.

Screenshots

Countdown Widget4 screens
Whenora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Countdown Widget at 24 against Whenora's 1. Countdown Widget also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). Whenora's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Countdown Widget sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Whenora 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

Whenora holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Widget has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Widget ships an update every 8 days, Whenora every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Countdown Widget versus Whenora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown WidgetWhenora
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (24 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHirak BanerjeeJustin Wampler

Customer experience

Countdown Widget

All ratings24 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

Whenora

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

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Countdown Widget

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

Whenora

One-time1
  • Whenora Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Countdown Widget free?
Countdown Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Whenora free?
Whenora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Widget or Whenora?
Whenora is rated higher. Countdown Widget averages 4.8 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Whenora averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Countdown Widget or Whenora have ads?
Neither Countdown Widget nor Whenora shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Widget or Whenora?
Countdown Widget ships an update every 8 days, and Whenora every 3 weeks. Most recently, Countdown Widget was updated on November 5, 2026 and Whenora on October 31, 2026.

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