Days Anchor - Countdown Events
Widget, Countdown, Days Anchor
USD 0.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Days Anchor is a widget-first countdown app. Four widget styles, two sizes, one idea: put the dates that matter right on your Home Screen.
Pick Ring, Dot Grid, Bar, or Text — then watch the days tick by without opening the app.
WIDGET-FIRST, ALWAYS
• Four widget styles: Ring, Dot Grid, Bar, Text
• Small and medium sizes for every style
• Sub-styles you can cycle in the editor: circular or square dots, straight or curved bars
• The in-app grid renders the same widgets you'd pin to your Home Screen — what you see is what you get
COUNT DOWN OR COUNT UP
• Days until a trip, a wedding, an exam, a launch
• Days since a birthday, an anniversary, a quit date
• Every widget flips automatically the moment the date passes
RECURRING EVENTS
• Weekly, monthly, or yearly repeats
• Leap-day anchors (Feb 29) clamp correctly
• Widgets always show the next occurrence, never a stale past date
• Optional reminders fire on the next occurrence and reschedule themselves
LUNAR CALENDAR
• Mark any yearly event as 农历 (Chinese lunar)
• Lunar New Year, Mid-Autumn, lunar birthdays — all recur by lunar month and day, not by Gregorian date
• Native lunar date picker in the editor when enabled in Settings
TAGS AND NOTES
• Attach tags to any event from a shared vocabulary — type a tag once, reuse it forever
• Rename a tag in one place; every event updates everywhere
• Free-form notes for the context that doesn't fit in the event name
ICLOUD SYNC, ZERO SETUP
• Events, tags, and notes sync across iPhone and iPad via iCloud
• A sync banner tells you when a change is still in flight
• Account-swap detection keeps other Apple IDs' data off your devices
• Everything works offline; changes reconcile when you're back online
DESIGNED FOR iOS
• Per-event color picker drawn from a curated palette
• App icon adapts to iOS 18 Light, Dark, and Tinted appearances
• Native SwiftUI throughout
• No ads. No tracking. No account required.
Days Anchor is a quietly focused little tool — nothing you don't need, everything you do. Pick a date. Pick a widget. Put it on your Home Screen. Let the countdown do its work.
Ratings & Reviews
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- The round Lock Screen widget now shows the whole count for count-up events, on iPhone and Apple Watch
- Widget text stays readable on Apple Watch faces and in StandBy for events with light colours
- The Variant you pick for a Lock Screen widget now changes how it looks, and the setting is hidden where it has no effect
- The event name hint in the editor is now translated into Chinese
- Lock Screen widgets now fit their space on iOS 27
- The round Lock Screen widget now looks the same in every theme
- A widget no longer switches to a different event after you edit your events
The developer, Zhiqi Pan, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Zhiqi Pan
- Size
- 6.9 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Simplified Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Zhiqi Pan
