Comparison

Simple Countdown Widget App vs Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Simple Countdown Widget App

Easily track upcoming events like vacations, birthdays, and holidays with customizable widgets for your home screen, lock screen, and Apple Watch. Share countdowns with friends and family, with updates syncing across all devices. Organize event details with notes and checklists.

Highlights
  • Free Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Apple Watch widgets
  • Shared countdowns that sync updates for all participants
  • Customizable notes with sections and checklists
  • Repeating event options
  • Import events from calendar
  • Siri integration for adding and checking countdowns
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, Dynamic Island and Apple Watch. No subscription, ever. COUNT DOWN TOGETHER Share a countdown with the people you're counting down with and it stays linked: when anyone changes the date, the photo or the note, it updates on everyone's phone, widgets included. You can also share any event as a beautifully designed card, or select several countdowns and share them all at once. 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. FEATURES • Every widget free — no ads, no subscription • Beautiful Home Screen widgets in multiple sizes, including a full-page widget on iOS 27 • Lock Screen widgets and Live Activities with Dynamic Island support • Apple Watch — your countdowns on your watch face, in the Smart Stack and in their own watch app • 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 countdowns stay on your device and in your own iCloud, and we never see them, even the ones you share • iPhone and iPad sync — your countdowns, notes and reminders stay the same on all your devices, and come back if you reinstall the app • 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 with sections and checklists — keep tickets, addresses and packing lists right with the countdown; shared countdowns share them too • Search — find any countdown by name, note, or emoji (use the same emoji as a tag to group events) • Siri — say "Add a countdown in Simple Count" and just tell it what's coming, or ask how many days are left • Import from Calendar — events you have already planned become countdowns, repeating ones included • Count Down Together — shared countdowns that update for everyone. Share one for free; Simple Count Pro lets you share as many as you like at once. Joining is always free. • Photo backgrounds, and photos and files in your notes — Simple Count Pro, a one-time purchase. 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.

About

Countdown

Track upcoming events like birthdays and trips with customizable widgets for your Home and Lock Screens. Receive timely reminders and sync seamlessly across your devices via iCloud. Enjoy all features for free without ads or in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Customizable event widgets
  • Home and Lock Screen support
  • Yearly repeating event options
  • Multiple reminder options
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Private by design
Features
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Days until the dates you care about: on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Every feature is free: every widget, every reminder, iCloud sync, all 123 icons and 12 colors. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads, no account, no tracking. Add an event, pick a date, and see one big number: the days to go. On the day it reads Today. Afterwards it counts up. EVENTS • A name, a date, one of 123 icons and one of 12 colors for each event. • Birthdays and anniversaries can repeat every year, so they always count down to the next one. • Upcoming events first, soonest at the top. Past events in their own section. • Whole days only. The count changes at midnight, wherever you are. WIDGETS • Small: one event in its own color. Pick the event, or let it follow your next one. • Medium: your next event, and the two after it. • Large: your next six events. • Lock screen: circular, rectangular and inline, each for one event. • Tap any event in a widget to open it. REMINDERS • Choose any of six for each event: on the day, 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks or 1 month before. • They arrive at the time you set, 9:00 AM to begin with. • Tap a reminder to open its event. IPHONE AND IPAD • Events sync through your own iCloud. There is nothing to sign in to. • Add an event on one device and it appears on the other. • Without iCloud, everything still works on the device. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your events are kept on your devices and in your own iCloud, where only you can read them.

Screenshots

Simple Countdown Widget App4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown at none against Simple Countdown Widget App's 1. Countdown also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). Simple Countdown Widget App's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Simple Countdown Widget App sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Simple Countdown Widget App against 5.0 for Countdown. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Countdown Widget App ships an update every 5 days, Countdown every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Simple Countdown Widget App versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Countdown Widget AppCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings33
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCaner TasanJack Isherwood

Customer experience

Simple Countdown Widget App

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Countdown

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Simple Countdown Widget App

One-time1
  • Simple Count Pro$4.99
None

Countdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple Countdown Widget App free?
Simple Countdown Widget App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Simple Countdown Widget App or Countdown?
Simple Countdown Widget App and Countdown are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Simple Countdown Widget App or Countdown have ads?
Neither Simple Countdown Widget App nor Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple Countdown Widget App or Countdown?
Simple Countdown Widget App ships an update every 5 days, and Countdown every 2 days. Most recently, Simple Countdown Widget App was updated on November 9, 2026 and Countdown on November 10, 2026.

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