Comparison

Countdown Widget vs Days Since

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
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) - Share a countdown as a card, in one tap - 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, Mac and Apple Watch - 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 - 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 PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no sign-in, no tracking, no data collection. Everything stays on your device and works fully offline. Free to use. Pro is a one-time purchase of €9.99. Forever, never a subscription.

About

Days Since

Features
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Days Since answers one question: how long has it been since you last did this? Changed the furnace filter. Watered the plants. Called your parents. Replaced your toothbrush. Had the oil changed. These are the things that matter but never fit on a calendar, because they don't happen on a schedule — they happen when they happen. Add a tracker. Tap once when you do the thing. That's the whole app. ONE TAP, FROM ANYWHERE Log a completion from the list, the detail screen, a Home Screen widget, your Apple Watch, or by asking Siri. It takes a second, so you'll actually do it. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Countdown Widget4 screens
Days Since3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Days Since at daily against Countdown Widget's every 4 weeks. Countdown Widget's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 1 one-off in-app purchase and Days Since sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Widget ships an update every 4 weeks, Days Since daily. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Countdown Widget versus Days Since: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown WidgetDays Since
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDigital Sandbox B.V.Steven Zilberberg

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown Widget

One-time1
  • NanoCount Pro$5.99
2 purchases

Days Since

Subscriptions1
  • Day Since Premium (Monthly)$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Days Since Premium Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Countdown Widget free?
Countdown Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Days Since free?
Days Since is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Countdown Widget or Days Since have ads?
Neither Countdown Widget nor Days Since shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Widget or Days Since?
Countdown Widget ships an update every 4 weeks, and Days Since daily. Most recently, Countdown Widget was updated on October 9, 2026 and Days Since on October 13, 2026.

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