Comparison

DayCount vs Big Day

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

Head to head
About

DayCount

Easily track important upcoming events with customizable countdowns. Display your events on your Home Screen, Apple Watch, and Lock Screen with personalized photos and themes. Get live updates down to the hour, minute, and second for the final 24 hours.

Highlights
  • Unlimited event countdowns
  • Home Screen widgets with photos
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • Lock Screen widgets and Live Activities
  • Live hours, minutes, and seconds
  • Calendar date import and iCloud backup
  • Customizable themes
Features
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Count down to the big days of your life: holidays, weddings, birthdays, trips, a baby on the way. The day you are waiting for should not hide in a calendar you never open. DayCount keeps it on your Home Screen with your own photo, on your Apple Watch and live on your Lock Screen. FREE - Unlimited countdowns, counting until or since - One Home Screen widget for the day that matters most - Days, weeks, months or years - Templates: Christmas, New Year, Valentine's Day, Ramadan, Eid, Diwali, birthdays, trips, weddings and more - Import dates from your calendar, back up and restore with iCloud - A quiet celebration on the day, and a story card to share DAYCOUNT PRO - Your own photo on the widget, behind your countdown - Apple Watch app and watch face complications - Lock Screen widgets - Step between all your countdowns inside one widget - A Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island for the final 24 hours - Live hours, minutes and seconds - Eight extra themes, from Winter Night to Kyoto Bloom Apple Watch and the Live Activity work with iPhone and Apple Watch only, not on iPad. Dates are kept as calendar days, so a countdown stays right when you fly across time zones. No account and no ads. SUBSCRIPTION DayCount Pro is available monthly, or yearly with a 14-day free trial. In the US it costs $2.99 per month or $19.99 per year; the price in your currency is shown before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. The subscription renews automatically unless it is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and renewal is charged within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://thedolceway.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://thedolceway.com/privacy

About

Big Day

Track important dates with a visually appealing countdown. See your upcoming events on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Apple Watch without opening the app. Count down to future events or count up from past milestones.

Highlights
  • Home Screen widgets (all sizes)
  • Lock Screen widgets
  • Live Activities for real-time countdowns
  • Count up or count down functionality
  • Recurring events and weekday-only counting
  • Customizable alerts and categories
  • Apple Watch complications
Features
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Count down to what matters. See it on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Apple Watch. Countdown turns any date into a live countdown you can actually see — no opening an app, no digging through a calendar. Your next trip, your wedding, your exam, your due date. Always one glance away. FREE, AND ACTUALLY FREE No ads. Not on the free tier, not ever. No banners, no video walls, no "watch this to unlock." WIDGETS THAT DO MORE • Home Screen widgets in every size — small, medium, large, and inline • Lock Screen widgets so you see it without unlocking • Live Activities — watch the final hours tick down in real time on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Interactive widgets — mark events done or snooze right from the Home Screen • Apple Watch complication showing your next event COUNT DOWN — OR COUNT UP Days until your holiday. Or days since you quit smoking, since the baby arrived, since you started. Both directions, same app. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE • Recurring events that reset themselves — birthdays, anniversaries, rent, monthly deadlines • Weekday-only counting for work deadlines (17 working days, not 24 calendar days) • Multiple alerts per event — a week out, a day out, an hour out • Categories with colors and icons — travel, family, work, health • Custom photo backgrounds from your library or our gallery • Choose exactly what shows: years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds • Share a countdown to iMessage in one tap YOUR APPLE WATCH, INCLUDED Your countdowns sync to your Watch automatically — no iCloud account needed, no subscription, on the free tier. COUNTDOWN PRO — ONE PAYMENT, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION Unlimited events, iCloud sync between iPhone and iPad, unlimited custom backgrounds, and all widget styles. Pay once. Keep it forever. Free tier includes 5 events, all widget sizes, Apple Watch sync, and zero ads. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your events stay on your device and in your own iCloud. No accounts, no servers, no tracking. EULA: Apple’s Standard License Agreement applies.

Screenshots

DayCount4 screens
Big Day4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Big Day at 5.0 against DayCount's 3.7. Big Day also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). DayCount's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). 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. DayCount sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Big Day 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

Big Day holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DayCount ships an update every 3 months, Big Day every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DayCount versus Big Day: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDayCountBig Day
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDt novaDamien Asseya

In-app purchases

2 purchases

DayCount

Subscriptions2
  • DayCount Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • DayCount Pro Yearly14 Days trial$19.991 Year
1 purchases

Big Day

One-time1
  • Countdown Pro$5.99

Questions

Is DayCount free?
DayCount is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Big Day free?
Big Day is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DayCount or Big Day?
Big Day is rated higher. DayCount averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Big Day averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do DayCount or Big Day have ads?
Neither DayCount nor Big Day shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DayCount or Big Day?
DayCount ships an update every 3 months, and Big Day every 2 weeks. Most recently, DayCount was updated on October 28, 2026 and Big Day on October 25, 2026.

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