Countdown Widget - DayDrop

Name: Countdown Widget - DayDrop
Rating: 4.8 (20 reviews)
Author: Hirak Banerjee

Days Until: Event Day Counter

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

20 Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Utilities
Developer

Hirak Banerjee
Language

EN
+ 15 More
Size

9.6
MB

DayDrop is the countdown widget for iPhone that shows the days until everything you're looking forward to — Christmas, your wedding, a birthday, vacation, or the day your baby arrives — right on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. "Finally, a countdown app that actually looks good on my Home Screen." See your most important days counting down from everywhere: Home Screen widgets, Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, iPad, and StandBy. WHY PEOPLE LOVE DAYDROP • Beautiful AI-generated photo backgrounds — describe any event and get a stunning, one-of-a-kind photo backdrop in seconds. • Countdown to the exact moment — set a specific time on any event and watch days, hours, minutes, and seconds tick down live. • Your photo in the Dynamic Island — your event's background shows live in the Dynamic Island and Live Activity, with a progress ring. • 10 widget placements — Home Screen (small, medium, large, extra-large), multi-event widget, Lock Screen, StandBy, and Control Center. • Multi-event widget with progress bars — several countdowns at a glance. • iPad optimized — adaptive layouts, ExtraLarge widget, and a roomier overview. • iCloud sync — your countdowns move with you across iPhone and iPad. Always in sync, always private. • Share cards — send your countdown to anyone. • Badge countdown on app icon — glance at your Home Screen, see days left. • Liquid Glass, iOS 26 native — designed for Apple's latest design language. • Orbital year view — your whole year of countdowns in a single circular timeline. POWERFUL & PERSONAL • Count up and down from any date • 8 categories — Birthdays, Weddings, Anniversaries, Holidays, Vacations, Work, Fitness, Custom • Recurring events — annual, monthly, weekly, or biweekly • Milestone notifications — 30, 14, 7, 3 days before • Celebration confetti on the big day • Pin your most important events • Import birthdays from Contacts in one tap • Gyroscope parallax and tactile scroll animations A CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN, A NEW YEAR COUNTDOWN, AND EVERY DAY WORTH WAITING FOR How many days until Christmas? Until New Year's Eve? Until Halloween, the concert, your exam, retirement, or the trip you've been planning all year? DayDrop keeps the answer one glance away — as a widget, on your Lock Screen, or with Siri: just ask "how many days until my event in DayDrop." LOCK SCREEN, DONE RIGHT Category icons on your Lock Screen widgets, with desaturated backgrounds so your countdown stays glanceable. SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE Fully translated into 16 languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Russian, Turkish, Arabic, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your countdowns stay on your devices and in your iCloud. We don't sell your data. DAYDROP PREMIUM Premium unlocks AI photo backgrounds, Live Activity and Dynamic Island, every widget placement, watermark-free share cards, unlimited pins, custom milestone notifications, iCloud sync, and the orbital year view. Plans and pricing are shown in the app. Questions? Email daydrop@beatroot.dev or visit daydrop.beatroot.dev. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Ratings & Reviews

4.8

out of 5

20 Ratings

Finally, a countdown app that stays out of the way
Apr 25
Man.Osm
I’ve tried so many countdown apps that are either ugly or forget to update widgets. DayDrop is different. Widgets actually look like they belong on iOS, and they update automatically—no more staring at “5 days left” when it’s actually tomorrow.The Dynamic Island support is a game changer. I can see hours left for a deadline without even unlocking my phone.
Finally, a countdown app that stays out of the way
Apr 25
Man.Osm

I’ve tried so many countdown apps that are either ugly or forget to update widgets. DayDrop is different. Widgets actually look like they belong on iOS, and they update automatically—no more staring at “5 days left” when it’s actually tomorrow.The Dynamic Island support is a game changer. I can see hours left for a deadline without even unlocking my phone.
Love the countdown, but needs larger font!
Apr 25
YumPistachio
I’m really happy with this app! I previously asked the developer to add a countdown feature including days, hours, minutes, and seconds, and they’ve started implementing it. Thank you for listening to user feedback!However, I noticed that on the home screen widget, only the days and hours are currently visible (as seen in my screenshot). It would be perfect if the minutes and seconds could be added there as well. Also, it’s very important for me to have the remaining time displayed in a very large font—having an option to adjust the font size would be a fantastic addition.Finally, I’d love the ability to use AI to generate specific background images by requesting styles or colors (I personally love pink!). It would also be great if the images could be displayed in their entirety on the widget without being cropped. Keep up the great work!

Developer Response
Thank you so much — this kind of detailed feedback is exactly what helps me make DayDrop better for everyone, and I want you to know I read every word.I'm really glad you'll like what's in the next update (v1.6.0, rolling out now):Adjustable font size — There's now a Number Size setting (S, M, L, XL) under Settings, plus a per-event override when you tap Edit. So you can crank a specific countdown up to XL and have it dominate your home screen. Live preview as you change it.AI backgrounds with your own style and colors — You can now type a custom mood like "pink watercolor" or "soft pink pastel" when generating an image, and the AI will actually honor it. There are also quick mood presets (watercolor, photoreal, dreamy, etc.) if you don't want to type.Uncropped widget images — There's a new Fill / Fit toggle on each event, plus a drag-and-pinch crop sheet so you can position the image exactly how you want it on the widget. No more unwanted cropping.Minutes and seconds on the widget — This one I want to be honest with you about. The widget already shows a live ticking H:MM:SS counter for events within 7 days that have a specific time set (so if you've added a time like 5:00pm to your event and it's coming up this week, you should see seconds counting down). For events further out than a week, Apple unfortunately doesn't let widgets refresh every second — it's a battery-life decision on their end, not something I can override. But within that 7-day window, the per-second countdown is there.Thanks again for being so generous with your feedback — it genuinely shapes where I take the app next. Hope v1.6 lands well for you!
Love the countdown, but needs larger font!
Apr 25
YumPistachio

I’m really happy with this app! I previously asked the developer to add a countdown feature including days, hours, minutes, and seconds, and they’ve started implementing it. Thank you for listening to user feedback!However, I noticed that on the home screen widget, only the days and hours are currently visible (as seen in my screenshot). It would be perfect if the minutes and seconds could be added there as well. Also, it’s very important for me to have the remaining time displayed in a very large font—having an option to adjust the font size would be a fantastic addition.Finally, I’d love the ability to use AI to generate specific background images by requesting styles or colors (I personally love pink!). It would also be great if the images could be displayed in their entirety on the widget without being cropped. Keep up the great work!
Developer Response May 23
Thank you so much — this kind of detailed feedback is exactly what helps me make DayDrop better for everyone, and I want you to know I read every word.I'm really glad you'll like what's in the next update (v1.6.0, rolling out now):Adjustable font size — There's now a Number Size setting (S, M, L, XL) under Settings, plus a per-event override when you tap Edit. So you can crank a specific countdown up to XL and have it dominate your home screen. Live preview as you change it.AI backgrounds with your own style and colors — You can now type a custom mood like "pink watercolor" or "soft pink pastel" when generating an image, and the AI will actually honor it. There are also quick mood presets (watercolor, photoreal, dreamy, etc.) if you don't want to type.Uncropped widget images — There's a new Fill / Fit toggle on each event, plus a drag-and-pinch crop sheet so you can position the image exactly how you want it on the widget. No more unwanted cropping.Minutes and seconds on the widget — This one I want to be honest with you about. The widget already shows a live ticking H:MM:SS counter for events within 7 days that have a specific time set (so if you've added a time like 5:00pm to your event and it's coming up this week, you should see seconds counting down). For events further out than a week, Apple unfortunately doesn't let widgets refresh every second — it's a battery-life decision on their end, not something I can override. But within that 7-day window, the per-second countdown is there.Thanks again for being so generous with your feedback — it genuinely shapes where I take the app next. Hope v1.6 lands well for you!
Didn't know I needed this
Apr 1
gprime72
I didn't know having a "day counter" would be so helpful. I think of this app as the killer of "out of sight, out of mind". It's a sneakily simple idea but very useful. I don't have to go look at my Google Calendar or Outlook to know that I have a haircut or a doctor's appointment in 2 days. The widget is right there! Very helpful to avoid a "last minute birthday planning" situation.

Developer Response
Thank you! Those words encourages a lot and one of the reason this app was built.
Didn't know I needed this
Apr 1
gprime72

I didn't know having a "day counter" would be so helpful. I think of this app as the killer of "out of sight, out of mind". It's a sneakily simple idea but very useful. I don't have to go look at my Google Calendar or Outlook to know that I have a haircut or a doctor's appointment in 2 days. The widget is right there! Very helpful to avoid a "last minute birthday planning" situation.
Developer Response Apr 7
Thank you! Those words encourages a lot and one of the reason this app was built.
Exactly the tool you need
Apr 25
mspr88
I was looking for an app that would allow me to keep track of multiple important dates and see how long it’s been or how far it is away. This has been exactly it. Props to the dev for making a clean interface and experience. Highly recommend
Exactly the tool you need
Apr 25
mspr88

I was looking for an app that would allow me to keep track of multiple important dates and see how long it’s been or how far it is away. This has been exactly it. Props to the dev for making a clean interface and experience. Highly recommend

Your event photos now appear in Home Screen widgets when your Home Screen uses the Tinted appearance — in the countdown widgets and in the Multi-Event widget.

Version 1.7.2 Sep 20

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Seller: Hirak Banerjee
Size: 9.6 MB
Category: Utilities
Compatibility: Requires iOS 18.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
Languages: English and 15 more

English, Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
Age Rating: 4+

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Finally, a countdown app that stays out of the way

Love the countdown, but needs larger font!

Didn't know I needed this

Exactly the tool you need

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