Comparison

StaffSinger vs Countdown Widget

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

Head to head
About

StaffSinger

Features
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Don't just count a new score in your head. Hear it. StaffSinger lets you copy a confusing passage onto a staff and plays it back with the exact rhythm and pitch. Tap the staff or use the keys Press and hold the staff to choose a pitch, or tap the two-octave piano keyboard to add a note. Choose from whole notes down to sixteenths, dotted notes, triplets and rests, and remove the note you just added in one tap. Play along with a metronome After a count-in, the score plays to the metronome click and the note that is sounding is highlighted in color. Change the tempo and time signature in Settings. Chords and multiple voices Stack notes on the same beat to make a chord, and split the music into separate voices. Key signatures and treble, alto and bass clefs are supported. Solfege dictation Say the note names in time with the metronome and they go onto the staff as notes. Speak on the beat and the rhythm is captured too. Say do re mi fa sol la ti in English; speech recognition runs entirely on your device. Paste a score as text Paste text written in a fixed format and the staff fills in. Copy the rule, give it to an AI along with a photo of your score, then paste what it returns. Reference photo Take a photo of the score you are reading and keep it on screen to compare while you copy it out. Keep it beside you for choir, church music, instrument lessons and music school entrance prep, whenever you need to read music quickly.

About

Countdown Widget

Track important dates and countdowns with customizable themes and widgets. Get timely reminders for birthdays, anniversaries, and other significant events. Organize your days into personalized books and utilize lunar calendar support.

Highlights
  • Countdown and anniversary tracking
  • Customizable themes and palettes
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Lunar calendar support
  • Regional holiday rules
  • Day books for organization
  • Privacy-focused local data storage
Features
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Remember every day that matters — and get reminded before it arrives Countdowns and anniversaries, both in one place. A friend's birthday, the day you got together, the day you brought the cat home, the day you got the keys to your own place, the day your baby took their first steps, the exam coming up. Write them all down. Get reminded on the day, or however many days early you like. Enter it once — the app builds both the countdown and the anniversary The home screen answers "how long until", the Memories page answers "how far you've come". Add "Together" and the home screen counts down to your 2nd anniversary, while Memories shows "1 year 3 months so far". Add a birthday and the home screen counts down to turning 18, while Memories shows "17 years 9 months so far". Seven themes, pick the one you like Seven palettes — cards, buttons, filter chips and page background all change together, not just an accent color. For backgrounds, use the built-in patterns, a solid color, or your own photo. Day books Sort your days into books: family, love, work, travel… pick the color and icon yourself. The lunar calendar, done properly Lunar birthdays and traditional festivals land correctly year after year, leap months included. Born on the 30th of the last lunar month? In years without a 30th, you'll be reminded on New Year's Eve. Real holiday rules for dozens of countries and regions Including the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, the US, Canada, the UK, Germany, France, Australia and many more — using each region's real make-up-day logic, with a badge telling you whether that day is actually off. Widgets in several styles Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets recalculate at midnight, so the number you glance at is the right one. Several sizes and styles. Also • Turn any day into a shareable card, in several styles • Retirement countdown, with a progress bar • Pick your own units — days, weeks, months, years, or any combination • Choose how many days ahead to be reminded, and at what time • Anniversaries and milestones (100 days, 520, 1000…) • A trash can, so a mis-tap isn't the end • Lock the app with Face ID Privacy first Everything runs on your device. Your days, photos and settings stay local. Turn on iCloud sync and the data goes into your own private iCloud database. No third-party analytics, no ad tracking. In-app purchases • Pro Lifetime unlock • Pro monthly subscription (1 month) • Pro yearly subscription (1 year) Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://apps.foamzou.com/sweet-dates/privacy/

Screenshots

StaffSinger4 screens
Countdown Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StaffSinger at none against Countdown Widget's 3. Countdown Widget's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Countdown Widget sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. StaffSinger asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StaffSinger ships an update every 3 weeks, Countdown Widget every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
StaffSinger versus Countdown Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStaffSingerCountdown Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerhyunho lee锋 邹

In-app purchases

None

StaffSinger

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Countdown Widget

Subscriptions2
  • Daytrove Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Daytrove Pro Annual$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Daytrove Pro LifetimeFree

Questions

Is StaffSinger free?
StaffSinger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Countdown Widget free?
Countdown Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do StaffSinger or Countdown Widget have ads?
Neither StaffSinger nor Countdown Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StaffSinger or Countdown Widget?
StaffSinger ships an update every 3 weeks, and Countdown Widget every 4 days. Most recently, StaffSinger was updated on October 24, 2026 and Countdown Widget on October 24, 2026.

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