Dinoray vs Countdown Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dinoray
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How long has it been? How long is left? Dinoray keeps both in view — the day you stopped, the anniversary coming up, and everything in between. COUNTING • Counts in both directions: "412 days ago" for the past, "34 days to go" for what is ahead • Anniversaries start over each year instead of climbing forever • A precise breakdown into years, months, weeks and days • Calculate the distance between two freely chosen events — with the total number of days • Optional time of day: hours, minutes and seconds tick along live – the count turns over a full 24 hours later, not at midnight • Always accurate across midnight, time zones and leap years • As many events as you like, with no limit SAVINGS • Add a daily amount — every day without becomes a visible sum • Made for everything you are giving up ORDER • Nine categories, each with its own colour and symbol • Sort by date or duration — or place every event freely with drag and drop • Filter by category, pin what matters • Title, date, category and photos can be changed at any time REMINDERS AND SHARING • Milestones you choose: 7 days, a month, a year — each one switchable • Your own milestones – as a number or as a date in the future • A daily reminder at the time of day you pick • Reminders before an event – on the day, one day or one week ahead, every year for birthdays • Widgets for the home and lock screen • Turn any milestone into an image you can send • Share images with the logo, the date and the full breakdown — including the distance between two events • Recommend Dinoray to friends with a single tap PERSONAL • Editable photos for every event — crop, position and zoom • Profile photo and your own picture behind the event list • Light, dark or system • Sixteen colour themes • Choose your app icon: the original or one of fifteen colour variants • 14 languages, right-to-left layout included YOUR DATA • Stored locally and, when iCloud is enabled, in your personal iCloud — no developer-operated servers • No ads, no tracking • Syncs through iCloud between your devices • Backup as a file – export all events with their photos, import them again and take them to a new device • Everything can be deleted at any time PRICE 7 days free, with no payment details. After that a single purchase — never a subscription. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Countdown Widget
Easily track important dates with customizable widgets for your home and lock screens. Count down to events or count up from a starting point, with options for seconds, days, or even working days. All features are available for free, with an optional one-time purchase for advanced syncing and customization.
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Countdown and count-up timers
- Live countdowns to the second
- Customizable counter styles and colors
- Import from Calendar and Reminders
- Offline functionality
- One-time purchase for Pro features
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Count down to what matters, right where you look: your Home Screen and Lock Screen. NanoCount is a complete countdown app with no account and no subscription. A holiday, a birthday, a wedding, a deadline, a due date or a passport that expires: put a countdown on it and see how many days are left at a glance. Or count up since a date to keep a streak going: smoke-free, together, working out. In the final hours it counts down live, to the second. THE FREE MULTI-EVENT WIDGET All your countdowns side by side in one widget on your Home Screen. Most apps hide this behind a subscription. In NanoCount it is free, along with single-event widgets and widgets on your Lock Screen. DAYS SINCE, NOT JUST DAYS UNTIL Count up from a date and watch the number grow: smoke-free, sober, together, back at the gym, since the operation. Day 1 starts on the day you pick. Give a streak its own widget on your Home Screen, or line all of them up side by side. FREE, AND ACTUALLY COMPLETE • Unlimited countdowns and count-up streaks • Multi-event AND single-event widgets, on the Home and Lock Screen • Live on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island on the final day • Your soonest countdowns on your Apple Watch • A reminder on the day, plus milestone alerts (halfway, one week to go) • Counter styles: a ring, dots, a bar, a real draining hourglass, or a big number • Every color, a color picker, and a searchable library of hundreds of icons • Count in days, sleeps, weekends, or working days • Import in one tap from your Calendar or Reminders (Google, Outlook and iCloud come along), plus birthdays from your contacts • Share a countdown as a card, or live: anyone with the link follows along, even in their own widget • Look Back: everything that's passed, month by month, plus your year in review to share around New Year • Confetti and a celebration card on the big day and at milestones like Day 100 • Start a streak over without losing your longest one • Controls for Control Center, the Lock Screen and the Action button • Search, pin favorites, recurrence (weekly, monthly, yearly), and notes • Full backup: export and import all your countdowns NANOCOUNT PRO (one-time purchase, never a subscription) • iCloud sync: all your countdowns automatically in step across iPhone, iPad and Mac • Your own photo behind an event and in the widget, slowly sharpening or revealing like an advent calendar • Premium counter styles: retro flip, analog dial, particles, tear-off calendar, moon and wave • Shareable video: turn a countdown into a short video for your stories and socials • Gift mode: hide a surprise behind a code name • Advance reminders: 1 day, 1 week, or 1 month before • Alternate app icons • Subtract public holidays from working-day counts • Siri and Shortcuts: ask how many days, or add a countdown by voice • Watch complication of your choice: pick which countdown or count-up sits on your watch face PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no sign-in, no tracking, no data collection. Everything stays on your device and works offline. Nothing goes through iCloud unless you turn on iCloud sync or live sharing yourself. Free to use. Pro is a one-time purchase. Forever, never a subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dinoray at every 2 days against Countdown Widget's every 9 days. 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
Both are free to download. Dinoray sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dinoray ships an update every 2 days, Countdown Widget every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Dinoray | Countdown Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Pabusch | Digital Sandbox B.V. |
In-app purchases
Dinoray
- Full Version$8.99
Countdown Widget
- NanoCount Pro$5.99









