Comparison

盼日 · Countdown Widget vs DearTimeToYou

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

Head to head
About

盼日 · Countdown Widget

Track upcoming events and celebrate milestones with a visual countdown. Organize important dates like birthdays, anniversaries, and exams with customizable widgets and reminders. Never miss a special moment again.

Highlights
  • Countdown and count-up timers
  • Home screen widgets
  • Apple Watch integration
  • iMessage stickers
  • Repeating events
  • Categories and notes
  • Reminders and iCloud sync
Features
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helps you track and celebrate every important day in your life. How many days until your birthday? How many days have you been together? Days left to an exam, anniversary, due date, or payday — see it all at a glance, and never miss a moment. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Countdown + Count up: count down to what's coming, and count the days since what mattered (365 days together!). • Home Screen widgets: put your most important days right on your Home Screen in multiple sizes. • Apple Watch: glance at your next big day right from your wrist. POWERFUL, SIMPLE FEATURES • Repeating events: birthdays and anniversaries automatically repeat monthly or yearly — the date is always right. • Categories & notebooks: organize by love, birthdays, festivals, study, work, and life. • Notes & photos: add a memo and photos to each day to keep the moments worth remembering. • Reminders: get notified as an important day approaches, on your schedule. • iCloud sync: sign in with Apple to safely sync your data across devices. • Local-first & backup: guest mode keeps data on-device; import/export your backup anytime. PERFECT FOR Relationship & wedding anniversaries, birthdays, baby's milestones, exam and graduation countdowns, trips, paydays, retirement, sobriety streaks, holidays (Christmas, New Year) — every day worth remembering. Add your first countdown today and never forget what matters.

About

DearTimeToYou

Features
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Dear Time To You helps parents create intentional, phone-free moments with their children. Check in your phone, choose a simple activity, and begin a focused family session. When time is up, your child can leave an age-friendly reply. Each completed session becomes a time letter, building a warm family album of stamps, memories, and shared progress. MAKE PRESENCE A FAMILY RITUAL • Start 10, 15, 20, or 30-minute family sessions • Choose age-appropriate ideas for reading, talking, playing, and bedtime • Use a calm timer designed to keep attention off the phone • Let children respond with simple, age-friendly feedback • Review focused minutes, streaks, replies, and monthly highlights • Grow your family’s Time Post Office with every delivered letter • Keep everything private and stored locally on your device Dear Time To You is not another productivity timer. It is a gentle ritual for parents who want to be fully present for the moments that matter. Apple Official User Documentation (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

盼日 · Countdown Widget4 screens
DearTimeToYou4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: 盼日 · Countdown Widget at 3 against DearTimeToYou's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. 盼日 · Countdown Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and DearTimeToYou sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

盼日 · Countdown Widget ships an update weekly, DearTimeToYou every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
盼日 · Countdown Widget versus DearTimeToYou: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter盼日 · Countdown WidgetDearTimeToYou
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer献慧 陈Naihe Hu

In-app purchases

1 purchases

盼日 · Countdown Widget

One-time1
  • Unlock permanent usage$0.99
3 purchases

DearTimeToYou

Subscriptions2
  • MonthlyPro$2.991 Month
  • YearlyPro$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Life Time Pro$39.99

Questions

Is 盼日 · Countdown Widget free?
盼日 · Countdown Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DearTimeToYou free?
DearTimeToYou is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 盼日 · Countdown Widget or DearTimeToYou have ads?
Neither 盼日 · Countdown Widget nor DearTimeToYou shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 盼日 · Countdown Widget or DearTimeToYou?
盼日 · Countdown Widget ships an update weekly, and DearTimeToYou every 2 weeks. Most recently, 盼日 · Countdown Widget was updated on October 27, 2026 and DearTimeToYou on October 25, 2026.

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