DaysPop vs Countdown Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DaysPop
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DaysPop keeps the dates you care about close: birthdays, trips, weddings, graduations and everyday milestones. Create a countdown from scratch or start with a template, then make it yours with an emoji and a readable color theme. EVERYDAY COUNTDOWNS • Clear calendar-day counts, including today and tomorrow • Edit names and dates whenever plans change • Search countdowns and organize them by category • Optional hours, minutes and seconds on the detail screen • Reminders on the day, or 1, 3 or 7 days before, at 9:00 AM WIDGETS • Home Screen widgets in small, medium and large sizes • Lock Screen widgets for a quick glance • Show the next countdown or choose a specific event • Themes and photos carry through to your widgets PRIVATE BACKUPS AND SHARING • Export a backup to Files and choose iCloud Drive or a folder on your device • Preview backups before importing selected countdowns • Use the same backup format in the DaysPop web app • Share a countdown link that friends can preview before adding • Optionally choose Calendar events to copy into countdowns Backup files are manual: export again after making changes. DaysPop does not automatically sync your countdowns. Shared links do not include photos, reminders or purchases. Calendar access is requested only when you choose to import; DaysPop does not change your calendar. FREE FEATURES • Up to 3 countdowns • 4 color themes and 30 emoji icons • Templates, search and categories • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Reminders, backup files and countdown sharing • No ads or account required DAYSPOP PRO — ONE-TIME APPLE PURCHASE • Unlimited countdowns • All 8 color themes • Custom photo backgrounds • Daily, weekly, monthly and annual repeats No subscription. Restore your Apple purchase with the same Apple ID. The DaysPop web app has a separate Pro purchase; backup files do not transfer either purchase.
Countdown Widget
Easily track important dates with customizable widgets for your home and lock screens. Count down to events or count up from a starting point, with options for seconds, days, or even working days. All features are available for free, with an optional one-time purchase for advanced syncing and customization.
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Countdown and count-up timers
- Live countdowns to the second
- Customizable counter styles and colors
- Import from Calendar and Reminders
- Offline functionality
- One-time purchase for Pro features
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Count down to what matters, right where you look: your Home Screen and Lock Screen. NanoCount is a complete countdown app with no account and no subscription. A holiday, a birthday, a wedding, a deadline, a due date or a passport that expires: put a countdown on it and see how many days are left at a glance. Or count up since a date to keep a streak going: smoke-free, together, working out. In the final hours it counts down live, to the second. THE FREE MULTI-EVENT WIDGET All your countdowns side by side in one widget on your Home Screen. Most apps hide this behind a subscription. In NanoCount it is free, along with single-event widgets and widgets on your Lock Screen. DAYS SINCE, NOT JUST DAYS UNTIL Count up from a date and watch the number grow: smoke-free, sober, together, back at the gym, since the operation. Day 1 starts on the day you pick. Give a streak its own widget on your Home Screen, or line all of them up side by side. FREE, AND ACTUALLY COMPLETE • Unlimited countdowns and count-up streaks • Multi-event AND single-event widgets, on the Home and Lock Screen • Live on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island on the final day • Your soonest countdowns on your Apple Watch • A reminder on the day, plus milestone alerts (halfway, one week to go) • Counter styles: a ring, dots, a bar, a real draining hourglass, or a big number • Every color, a color picker, and a searchable library of hundreds of icons • Count in days, sleeps, weekends, or working days • Import in one tap from your Calendar or Reminders (Google, Outlook and iCloud come along), plus birthdays from your contacts • Share a countdown as a card, or live: anyone with the link follows along, even in their own widget • Look Back: everything that's passed, month by month, plus your year in review to share around New Year • Confetti and a celebration card on the big day and at milestones like Day 100 • Start a streak over without losing your longest one • Controls for Control Center, the Lock Screen and the Action button • Search, pin favorites, recurrence (weekly, monthly, yearly), and notes • Full backup: export and import all your countdowns NANOCOUNT PRO (one-time purchase, never a subscription) • iCloud sync: all your countdowns automatically in step across iPhone, iPad and Mac • Your own photo behind an event and in the widget, slowly sharpening or revealing like an advent calendar • Premium counter styles: retro flip, analog dial, particles, tear-off calendar, moon and wave • Shareable video: turn a countdown into a short video for your stories and socials • Gift mode: hide a surprise behind a code name • Advance reminders: 1 day, 1 week, or 1 month before • Alternate app icons • Subtract public holidays from working-day counts • Siri and Shortcuts: ask how many days, or add a countdown by voice • Watch complication of your choice: pick which countdown or count-up sits on your watch face PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no sign-in, no tracking, no data collection. Everything stays on your device and works offline. Nothing goes through iCloud unless you turn on iCloud sync or live sharing yourself. Free to use. Pro is a one-time purchase. Forever, never a subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Countdown Widget at every 9 days against DaysPop's every 5 weeks. Countdown Widget also leads on device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. DaysPop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DaysPop ships an update every 5 weeks, Countdown Widget every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DaysPop | Countdown Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.5 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Glen Workman | Digital Sandbox B.V. |
In-app purchases
DaysPop
- DaysPop PRO$2.99
Countdown Widget
- NanoCount Pro$5.99









