Countdown Widget: Any Event
Keep your important days close, with local snapshots and optional iCloud sync.
Add the day that matters, put it on your home screen, and watch it come closer. No limit on how many you keep, and nothing between you and the number.
- Free to download
- iPhone & iPad
- iOS 17 or later
- No account needed
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What it does
Watch the day come closer
Add the day that matters, put it on your Home Screen and watch it come closer. Count down to a date or count up from one, with repeats every year, month, week or few days.
Four widgets, free
One countdown, the next few in a list, a spotlight, or a tile for each — in every size, on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen. Unlimited events, reminders and iCloud sync are free too. Photo Roll and your own photos behind a countdown come with Pro.
Start from a template
Thirty-six ready-made events, from a birthday to a first day at work, each already set up with the right repeat and the right reminders.
The back of every event
Tap an event and it turns over to a page of its own. Write a few lines, add photos, record a voice — the story of the day, kept with the day and shared as one picture.
Make it look like yours
Two hundred drawn icons, the whole emoji keyboard and 159 full-screen backdrops — 22 of them photographs, 107 of them in Pro.
Your days, kept
Keep up to 30 routine snapshots on this device, with separate safety copies. Local history is different from iCloud sync: verify your synced copy and save an export before deleting the app or changing phones.
Days that passed stay with you
Past days are never deleted. They collect into a timeline you can look back through, with the longest wait of each year written next to it.
See it in action
Features and backup limits
Four widgets, free
- Four widgets: one countdown, the next few in a list, a spotlight, or a tile for each
- Every size of all four, on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen
- Unlimited events — there is no cap, and there never will be
- Count down to a date, or count up from one
- Recurring events: yearly, monthly, weekly, or every few days
- Reminders on the day, and as far ahead as you want
- iCloud sync using your Apple Account
- Import from a calendar, a spreadsheet, or another countdown app — and export any time
- No ads, ever
Count down to anything
A wedding countdown, a vacation or trip countdown, a birthday or an anniversary. Christmas, New Year, Halloween and Thanksgiving. Exam day, graduation, retirement, a baby due date, a concert, a deadline, payday. Or count the days since a day that has already happened.
Your days, kept
Countdown keeps local snapshots on this device: up to 30 routine snapshots, with separate safety copies before a restore or migration. These can help recover an earlier version while the files remain available. Local snapshots are not an off-device backup: do not rely on them surviving app deletion or a lost or damaged phone. iCloud sync is separate and requires a signed-in iCloud account and a working sync connection. Before deleting the app or changing devices, check that your events have synced and save an export outside the app. If neither a synced copy nor an export is available, recovery is not guaranteed. Past events can also be viewed in the timeline.
The moment itself
When a countdown reaches a milestone — a hundred days, a week, the morning of — the app opens on the number, full screen, and gives you a card worth sharing.
The back of every event
Tap an event and it turns over to a page of its own. Write a few lines, add photos, record a voice — the story of the day, kept with the day. It syncs with iCloud, goes into every backup, and shares as one picture.
Made to look like yours
Thirty-six ready-made events, from a birthday to a first day at work, each already set up with the right repeat and the right reminders. Two hundred drawn icons and the whole emoji keyboard. A hundred and fifty-nine full-screen backdrops — twenty-two of them photographs — a hundred and seven in Pro.
Countdown Pro
Pro unlocks the Pro backdrops, with a new drop every month, your own photos behind a countdown, Photo Roll — a widget that turns your event's own photos over behind the count, the Pro typefaces, the Lock Screen Live Activity, and inviting someone to count down with you. Whatever you unlock while subscribed stays yours for good — cancelling only stops the new ones arriving. Your countdowns, reminders and the four widgets work the same whether you subscribe or not.
Pricing and subscription terms
Countdown Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Prices for the annual plan, which includes a 7-day free trial, and the monthly plan are shown in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends, and you can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings at any time. A one-time Lifetime purchase is also available; it does not renew.
Questions people ask
Is there a countdown widget app for iPhone that is actually free?
Yes. In Countdown Widget: Any Event every size of the four standard widgets works on both the Home Screen and the Lock Screen without paying, and the number of events is unlimited. Reminders, repeats and count-up are free as well. Pro adds backdrops, your own photo backgrounds, Photo Roll, typefaces, the Live Activity and counting down together with someone you invite.
How many countdowns can I create on the free tier?
There is no limit on any plan — add as many events as you like.
Can it count up from a date that already passed?
Yes. Any event can count down to a date or count up from one, and repeats can be yearly, monthly, weekly or every few days.
Can local snapshots restore my events after I delete the app or lose my phone?
Do not rely on local snapshots for that. They are stored on this device and keep up to 30 routine snapshots, with separate safety copies. iCloud sync is a separate path and needs your Apple Account and a working connection. Before deleting the app or moving devices, verify that your events have synced and save an export outside the app. Without a synced copy or an export, recovery is not guaranteed.
What does Countdown Pro unlock, and how is it sold?
Pro unlocks the Pro backdrops — 107 of the 159 full-screen backdrops — with a new drop every month, your own photo backgrounds, the Photo Roll widget, the Pro typefaces, the Live Activity pinned to the Lock Screen, and inviting someone to count down with you; joining a countdown someone else shares with you needs no subscription. Whatever you unlock while subscribed stays yours. It comes as an annual plan with a 7-day free trial, a monthly plan, or a one-time Lifetime purchase; the prices are shown in the app before purchase. Countdowns, reminders and the four standard widgets behave identically with or without it.
Do I need an account?
No separate Countdown account is needed. iCloud sync requires your signed-in Apple Account and a working connection. Local snapshots stay on your iPhone.
