Keeps vs Countdown Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Keeps
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You always mean to remember. That your friend can't stand coriander. That your sister has wanted to see the northern lights since she was nine. That the little place by the market was the best meal of the whole trip. Keeps is a notebook for exactly those things. WRITE IT HOWEVER YOU'D SAY IT One sentence is enough. "Dad loves grilled fish, hates surprises, and wants to see the new museum." Keeps reads that and sorts it into what he loves, what he avoids, and what he'd like to try — then shows you the result before anything is kept. Nothing is saved until you say so, and your own words are kept exactly as you wrote them. Would rather talk? Tell it out loud instead. Nothing appears on screen while you speak, so you can finish your thought without watching words rewrite themselves. They arrive, whole, when you stop. THE PEOPLE Everyone gets a page: what they love, what they avoid, what would make a good gift, and the small promises you made. Birthdays and dated reminders gather under Coming up, so the gift idea you had in March is still waiting in November. THE PLACES A destination holds everything you found there — the restaurant, the beach, the shop you'd go back to — across every visit. Two trips to the same city are two different things, so each trip keeps its own people and its own story. See one visit at a time, or all of it at once. You can hand a whole destination to a friend as a file. Your own notes are yours to include or leave out. Who you went with never travels. WHERE IT ALL LIVES On your phone, and in your own iCloud so you don't lose it along with the phone — switchable in Settings. No account to make, no ads, and your notes are read and sorted on the device. IN YOUR LANGUAGE English, Turkish, Spanish, German, French and Portuguese, switchable inside the app.
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.
- 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
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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 20 regions Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, India, Australia, New Zealand, the US, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland, Czechia, Brazil — 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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Keeps at none against Countdown Widget's 3. 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
Both are free to download. Countdown Widget sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Keeps asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Keeps | Countdown Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mehmet Parkin | 锋 邹 |
In-app purchases
Keeps
No in-app purchases
Countdown Widget
- Daytrove Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Daytrove Pro Annual$9.991 Year
- Daytrove Pro LifetimeFree









