Count Widget vs Hidden Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Count Widget
Customize your device's Home screen and Today view with custom widgets to manually count events or items. Easily increment, decrement, or reset counters with customizable names and appearances. Supports iOS 14 Home Screen Widgets and Dark Mode.
- Customizable Home Screen Widgets
- Today View Widgets
- Manual Event Counting
- Increment/Decrement Counters
- Customizable Widget Names
- Dark Mode Support
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Thanks to this application (and the other Widget apps from PacoLabs), you can now customize the Home screen and the Today view of your device, by adding custom widgets for some specific purposes. From anywhere in your device, you'll have access to your own information and actions. Each Count widget allows to manually count the various events or the things of your choice. The values of your counters can be incremented, decremented and also reset by touching the dedicated buttons. A custom name can be displayed and the look can be customized. Those Widgets are compatible with the new iOS 14 Home Screen Widgets. The application is really easy to use and is adapted to the fresh look of your device. Dark mode of iOS13 is supported. In Today view: You can add as many widgets as you want and they will be displayed in up to 3 different lists. Those same lists will be available in the Today view and in the application (although it is possible, if you want, to hide some widgets in the Today view). To avoid overloading the Today view, when too many widgets are displayed, an intuitive control will allow you to navigate from one widget to another. Even if the main purpose of the app is to view the widgets in the Today view, it can also be very handy to view them directly in the application (a long press on a widget in the Today view will open it directly in the main application).
Hidden Timer
This utility app provides a timer function that allows users to conceal the countdown while it is active. It offers a unique way to manage time without visual distraction.
- Hide timer countdown
- Stealth time management
- Simple timer functionality
- Distraction-free use
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A timer app that allows user to hide the time while the timer is running.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Hidden Timer at Free against Count Widget's $0.99. Hidden Timer also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months). Count Widget's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). On rating, 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
Hidden Timer is free to download; Count Widget costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Count Widget against 5.0 for Hidden Timer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively.
Count Widget ships an update every 6 months, Hidden Timer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Count Widget | Hidden Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.8.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Francis Bonnin | Hideaki Uchikoshi |
In-app purchases
Count Widget
No in-app purchases
Hidden Timer
No in-app purchases
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