Comparison

Racing Box vs One Widget Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Racing Box

Features
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Everything that matters on race weekend, in one clear place. Racing Box brings schedules, session times, weather signals, season standings, and personalized Home Screen widgets together in a focused race-weekend dashboard. Open the app for the full picture, or check the next session directly from your iPhone Home Screen. With Racing Box, you can: - Follow the next race and session countdowns - Browse the full season calendar and race details - Check practice, qualifying, and race times - View driver and team standings - See race-weekend weather and rain signals - Schedule local race reminders - Follow favorite drivers and teams - Compare drivers and teams - Add multiple widget sizes to your iPhone Home Screen Racing Box Pro Schedules, standings, results, and weather information remain free to view inside the app. Racing Box Pro only unlocks more Home Screen presentations and personalization, including the large countdown, season progress, driver and team comparisons, race-week status, wet-race signals, and the complete premium widget collection. Choose a monthly subscription or make a one-time lifetime purchase. The monthly subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Pricing is shown in your App Store country or region. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time from your Apple Account. Racing Box is an independently developed, unofficial motorsport utility. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any racing series, team, driver, or circuit. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

One Widget Countdown

Features
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The one most famous countdown widget from F1Widget.com, available for more than a decade on different desktop and mobile platforms. The only widget counting seconds. Now with multiple widget sizes, configurable options and multilanguage support. One app, every screen you own. The same race calendar drives One Widget Countdown on iPhone and iPad, Mac, Android, and the embeddable widget for your own website or blog. Keep F1Widget.com's F1(tm) countdown widget on your iPhone, iPad or Mac to remind you what you should never miss! Shows a countdown to the next FORMULA ONE(tm) race. Always up to date. Original code by Radu Galesanu. One Widget is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX, FORMULA ONE PADDOCK CLUB, PADDOCK CLUB and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.

Screenshots

Racing Box4 screens
One Widget Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: One Widget Countdown at none against Racing Box's 2. One Widget Countdown also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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. Racing Box sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. One Widget Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Racing Box ships an update every 2 weeks, One Widget Countdown daily. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Racing Box versus One Widget Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRacing BoxOne Widget Countdown
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer程 姚SOFTMEDIA CTS SRL

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Racing Box

Subscriptions1
  • Racing Box Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Racing Box Pro Lifetime$2.99
None

One Widget Countdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Racing Box free?
Racing Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is One Widget Countdown free?
One Widget Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Racing Box or One Widget Countdown have ads?
Neither Racing Box nor One Widget Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Racing Box or One Widget Countdown?
Racing Box ships an update every 2 weeks, and One Widget Countdown daily. Most recently, Racing Box was updated on October 13, 2026 and One Widget Countdown on September 29, 2026.

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