Comparison

Countdown Widget vs Draft Light

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Draft Light

Features
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Write notes, journals, and stories in a quiet Markdown editor. Draft Light gives you unlimited drafts, clean reading, and tools to keep your writing organized. Open it and write at onceβ€”no account, no signup, and no limit on drafts. WRITE FREE β€’ Create, edit, pin, categorize, search, count, and share unlimited drafts. β€’ Format with Markdown headings, bold, italics, strikethrough, links, lists, and tables, then read cleanly with the marks hidden. β€’ Fold sections in long drafts. β€’ Link drafts, follow backlinks, and use a table of contents. β€’ Sketch on iPad with Apple Pencil and an extendable canvas. β€’ Save web links and selected text from the share sheet on iPhone and iPad. β€’ Append Apple Watch dictation to a recent draft on your paired iPhone. β€’ Create drafts with Siri and Shortcuts. β€’ Write in every script, including right-to-left languages. β€’ Export plain text, Markdown, TextBundle, rich text, and Draftlight files, or use the system share sheet. DRAFTLIGHT PRO β€” One non-consumable in-app purchase unlocks all eight Pro tools below. No subscription. See your local price in the app. β€’ Sync through your private iCloud account across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. β€’ Encrypt individual drafts with your own password. Lock the app with Face ID, Touch ID, Optic ID, or your device passcode/login password, depending on your device. β€’ Export HTML, DOCX, PDF, JPG, and ePub. β€’ Search text recognized inside attached images and PDFs. β€’ Find drafts with Apple Spotlight, @todo, @images, and @yesterday. β€’ Choose installed fonts for body text, headings, and code, plus line height, writing width, and paragraph spacing. β€’ Use multi-word and nested tags, pin tags, and give tags icons. β€’ Keep tasks inside drafts and open one view of every draft that contains tasks. YOUR WRITING, YOUR CHOICE No Myworkingmemory account is required. Drafts are stored on your device by default. Pro iCloud sync uses your Apple iCloud account. Optional product-use analytics remains off unless you choose it and does not include your draft content. Apple Pencil requires a compatible iPad and Pencil. Spotlight excludes locked drafts and is disabled while app lock is enabled. Existing paid-app buyers receive Pro after Apple verifies their earlier purchase. Privacy: https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/draftlight-privacy.html Terms: https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/draftlight-terms.html

Screenshots

Countdown Widget4 screens
Draft Light4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Countdown Widget at weekly against Draft Light's every 2 months. Draft Light's advantage is device support (5 vs 3) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Widget ships an update weekly, Draft Light every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 5 level
Countdown Widget versus Draft Light: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown WidgetDraft Light
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyWeekly β€” betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro β€” better
Requires iOS26.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size14 MB5 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDavid SvenssonMyworkingmemory LLC

In-app purchases

None

Countdown Widget

No in-app purchases

None

Draft Light

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown Widget free?
Countdown Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Draft Light free?
Draft Light is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Countdown Widget or Draft Light have ads?
Neither Countdown Widget nor Draft Light shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Widget or Draft Light?
Countdown Widget ships an update weekly, and Draft Light every 2 months. Most recently, Countdown Widget was updated on October 17, 2026 and Draft Light on October 2, 2026.

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