Countdown Widget vs Minpick
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown Widget
This app helps you count down to important dates like birthdays, holidays, and trips with customizable widgets. It supports public holidays from 27 countries and allows you to share your countdowns.
- Home screen widgets for countdowns
- Import public holidays from 27 countries
- Track days, weeks, months, or years
- One-time purchase, no subscriptions
- Shareable event cards
- Customizable event ordering
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Till Then is a countdown app for everything you are looking forward to. Add birthdays, trips, holidays, anniversaries, or any date that matters, and see exactly how many days are left, right from your Home Screen. ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN Follow the final stretch as a Live Activity. The last hours tick down on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, so you never have to open the app to know how close you are. BEAUTIFUL WIDGETS Four widget sizes let you glance at your upcoming events without opening the app. Small, medium, large, and extra-large, all designed to fit right in on any Home Screen. Choose what each one shows: your whole list, a single featured moment, one category, or a timeline of what is ahead. ON YOUR WRIST A full Apple Watch app, plus complications for your watch face. Pick any countdown and keep it in view all day. HOLIDAYS FROM 27 COUNTRIES Import public holidays with a single tap. Add them all at once or pick your favorites. Moving holidays like Easter, Thanksgiving and Midsummer are calculated years ahead, so they always land on the right day. Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO TRACK Track days, weeks, months, or years until any date. Add one-time events or annual repeating events, or count up from a date that has already passed. Give a countdown an exact time of day and watch it tick down in hours, then in minutes. Reorder your list exactly how you want, or let the app sort automatically by what is coming up next. MAKE IT YOURS Give any countdown a photo of its own. It fills the featured card, your widget and the card you share. Repeat a countdown in the same week every year, and type "Trip July 12" to have the date suggested for you. JUST ASK "What's next in Till Then?" or "How long until my birthday?" Siri answers on the spot. Your countdowns turn up in Spotlight too, with the time remaining right there in the result. BRING YOUR DATES WITH YOU Import events from your calendar, and send any moment back to it with a reminder. Everything stays on your device and syncs privately through iCloud. No account, no tracking. SHARE THE EXCITEMENT Long-press any event to share a Story-format card, or send a live link that keeps counting down for whoever opens it. Perfect for letting friends know how many days until your birthday, wedding, or next big adventure. MADE TO FEEL AT HOME A polished dark mode, eight signature gradient styles, 180 symbols to pick from, and 13 languages. FREE FOR 7 DAYS Try everything free for a week. After that, a single purchase unlocks Till Then for good. No subscription, and nothing is charged automatically. Already bought Till Then? Everything stays yours.
Minpick
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You had five minutes. You had things to do. But the five minutes disappeared while you were deciding what to start. Then another small pocket of time came, and choosing still took longer than starting. It was not because there was nothing to do. There was too much to choose from. I used to be there too. That is why I made Minpickβnot to make you work harder, but to shorten the part where you have to decide. Save something you want to do later and roughly how many minutes it takes. When you have 3 minutes, choose 3. When you have 5, choose 5. When you have 10, choose 10. Minpick shows up to three tasks that should fit. You do not have to scan a long to-do list again. If you want to narrow things down, use category or priorityβfor example, only work, or only tasks with medium or high priority. You can choose a time from the Home Screen widget. If a nudge helps, set a reminder for a day and time. You can switch languages in the app, and VoiceOver and Dynamic Type are supported. If you want to stop, stop. If today is a day to rest, rest. You do not have to turn every free minute into output, and you do not have to open Minpick every time. Next time a few minutes open up and you have things to do but cannot decide what to start, open Minpick then. I did not make it to push you harder. I made it to make that deciding moment a little shorter. You still choose. No account is required. Your saved tasks stay on your device. There are no ads, subscriptions, or in-app purchases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Countdown Widget at Free against Minpick's $0.29. Countdown Widget also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Minpick's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Countdown Widget is free to download; Minpick costs $0.29 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Countdown Widget ships an update weekly, Minpick fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown Widget | Minpick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free β better | $0.29 |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | β |
| Update frequency | Weekly β better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | β |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Svensson | Makoto Fukuoka |
In-app purchases
Countdown Widget
No in-app purchases
Minpick
No in-app purchases









