Comparison

anyCountdown vs SelfieDiary

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

Head to head
About

anyCountdown

This widget app helps you visualize important upcoming dates with customizable designs. Track events like weddings, birthdays, and holidays directly on your Home and Lock Screens. It offers a variety of themes and personalization options, with an option to count up after an event occurs.

Highlights
  • Customizable Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Over 30 hand-crafted widget styles
  • Count-up mode for past events
  • Personalize with own photos, fonts, and colors
  • No sign-in required
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
Features
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Every big moment deserves a beautiful countdown. Countdown is the widget app that puts your most important days front and centre on your Home Screen and Lock Screen — stunning, glanceable, and always up to date. Whether you are counting down to your wedding day, the arrival of a new baby, a dream holiday, a big exam, or retirement, Countdown turns any date into a beautiful widget you will look forward to seeing every time you pick up your phone. BEAUTIFUL WIDGETS FOR EVERY OCCASION Countdown offers more than 30 hand-crafted widget styles, from elegant wedding florals and botanical watercolours to bold minimalist type, K-pop fan themes, anime-inspired designs, and even memento mori styles for the philosophically inclined. There is a theme for every personality and every event. Widgets live on your Home Screen and Lock Screen, so your countdown is always visible without opening the app. Choose from small, medium, and large sizes to fit your layout perfectly. EVENTS WE LOVE Wedding and engagement countdowns. Baby due dates and pregnancy milestones. Birthday and anniversary reminders. Christmas and New Year anticipation. Graduation day. Retirement. Next holiday or cruise. Exam dates. Sobriety milestones. The start of a new school year. Any date that matters to you. COUNT UP AS WELL AS DOWN Once your event arrives, Countdown does not go dark. Switch to count-up mode and watch the days, months, and years accumulate since that special moment — perfect for tracking how long you have been married, how old your child is, or how long you have maintained a healthy streak. NO SIGN-IN REQUIRED Countdown does not ask for an account, an email address, or a subscription. Open the app, create your event, pick a theme, and your widget is live. Your data syncs automatically across all your Apple devices via iCloud. PERSONALISE EVERYTHING Add your own photos as widget backgrounds. Choose fonts, colours, and layouts. Give each countdown a name. Whether you want something romantic and ornate or clean and modern, you will find the perfect look. FREE AND PRO Countdown is free to download and use. Upgrade to Pro for a one-time payment of $9.99 to unlock all widget styles and future updates. Individual theme packs are also available for $3.99 each if you prefer to pick only what you love. There is no subscription, no hidden cost, and no data harvesting. Pay once, enjoy forever. START YOUR COUNTDOWN TODAY Your wedding is getting closer. Your baby is almost here. The holiday you have been planning for months is nearly in reach. Download Countdown and make every day feel like it counts. Terms of Use: https://markg.app/apps/countdown/terms Privacy Policy: https://markg.app/apps/countdown/privacy

About

SelfieDiary

Features
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Take one selfie every day, and let time tell the story. SelfieDiary makes it easy to notice the small changes in you and the world around you. A haircut, skin, makeup, fitness progress, mood, or even the light in your room may feel ordinary today. Put those days together and they become a surprising video that belongs only to you. ONE SELFIE A DAY Open the app and capture the moment. Your first in-app selfie creates a chin reference, and a simple guide helps you keep distance and framing consistent over time. A CALENDAR FOR YOUR STORY See recorded and missing days at a glance. You can also bring in older photos from the system Selfies album, with on-device suitability checks that help select images that align well. EYE-ALIGNED CHANGE VIDEOS SelfieDiary aligns photos using both eyes and lets you choose the date range, canvas, crop, alignment, and background. Preview what you will get, then save or share a smooth change video. PRIVATE AND UNDER YOUR CONTROL Photos stay in the app on your device by default. Saving to Photos and backup to your private iCloud container are optional. No account is required, and the app contains no ads. SELFIEDIARY PRO Choose a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription to remove the watermark from exports. Prices are shown on the purchase screen. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Start today and leave your future self a diary that grows with you. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

anyCountdown4 screens
SelfieDiary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SelfieDiary at every 5 days against anyCountdown's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. anyCountdown sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and SelfieDiary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

anyCountdown ships an update fortnightly, SelfieDiary every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on August 7, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
anyCountdown versus SelfieDiary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteranyCountdownSelfieDiary
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size696 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTu HoangLi Wei

In-app purchases

4 purchases

anyCountdown

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$4.99
2 purchases

SelfieDiary

Subscriptions2
  • SelfieDiary Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • SelfieDiary Pro Yearly$9.991 Year

Questions

Is anyCountdown free?
anyCountdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SelfieDiary free?
SelfieDiary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do anyCountdown or SelfieDiary have ads?
Neither anyCountdown nor SelfieDiary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, anyCountdown or SelfieDiary?
anyCountdown ships an update fortnightly, and SelfieDiary every 5 days. Most recently, anyCountdown was updated on August 7, 2026 and SelfieDiary on September 14, 2026.

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