Widgets now show the same number of days as the list for countdowns without a set time.

Smarter emoji suggestions. Type a name like “Payday”, “Sommerferie” or “Umzug” and the app now picks a fitting emoji in all 11 languages — trips, exams, moving day, the dentist, going snus-free and much more. Countdowns you create with Siri or Shortcuts get the same smarter picks. Also in this update: • Headings and longer text wrap more evenly, without a lonely word left on the last line • No ad banner until you've created your first countdown

Live Activities. On the day of a countdown with a set time, it now appears on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, ticking down live. Anniversaries and birthdays count up instead. Also in this update: • Deleting a countdown now cancels its reminder straight away, so you no longer get a notification for a countdown you removed • Every screen is now fully translated in all 11 languages — the notification and privacy prompts were still showing English • Reordering feels right — a card now tilts from wherever you grabbed it, and the lifted card keeps the same time format as the list • The create screen no longer reopens where you last scrolled after you cancel • Lock Screen widgets no longer show a seconds counter they couldn't keep up with • Swiping back from the create screen now puts the keyboard away • Undoing a delete animates the countdown back into place

Swipe from the left edge to go back — the editor now follows your finger, with your countdown list sliding in behind it. The editor opens from the bottom to match, and the add button morphs as you go. Fixed: recurring countdowns showed the wrong time in the custom display preview.

New to the app? A short guided setup now walks you through creating your first countdown, and shows you how to long-press and double-tap your way around. Adding a widget is much easier: step-by-step instructions with live previews of the real widget, and the app now notices by itself once your widget is in place.

While you are editing a countdown, a new pill shows how much time is left (or how long ago it was) and updates live as you change the date or the time format. Long durations no longer get cut off. On the lock screen widget and in your countdown list, the text now shortens to a compact form when there is not enough room. Saving an edit where you did not change anything no longer shows a confirmation message. Refreshed the swipe-to-delete button, tidied up the calendar picker and the Remove Ads screen, and fixed flag emoji input.

• Fixed custom flag emoji selection when creating events. • Improved the calendar month and year picker appearance.

Minor improvements and a refreshed App Store presentation.

• Custom Time Display now shows a live preview of exactly how your countdown will look the moment you flip the toggle • The time picker now expands right below Set Specific Time, where you would expect it • Small polish and fixes

Per-countdown time display — each countdown can now show its remaining time in a different format than your global setting. Switch a single countdown to a simple day count, or to the detailed months / weeks / days breakdown. Your choice carries through to the app and to your Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets.

What's new in 2026.6.23 • Elapsed and upcoming times now read naturally — like "2 years, 4 months, 3 weeks left" — on your countdown cards and the home screen widget. Prefer the classic look? Turn on "Days-only time format" in Settings. • Countdowns can now tidy themselves up: events more than a couple of days away are removed automatically a day after they pass (thanks to Andreas for the idea). • A cleaner, single-card date & time picker, plus more refined tap and swipe animations throughout. • Various fixes and polish.

Bug fixes: calendar date picker now opens reliably, in-app purchase loading is more stable, Restore Purchases works correctly on fresh installs.

iCloud sync — your countdowns now stay in sync across your iPhone, iPad and Mac. Plus reliability fixes.

- Home-screen widgets now tick down reliably — days, hours, and minutes update correctly throughout the day. - Tap feedback moved into the bottom-right action button: creating, updating, deleting, and importing events all now show a quick inline confirmation instead of a popup, with one-tap Undo where it makes sense. - Calendar import: cleaner header, no more Select All / Deselect All, and you can undo a whole import right from the action button. - Subtle translucent header appears at the top of the list when scrolling — matches the feel of the Add/Edit Event sheet. - Dark-mode polish on the floating action button. - A small surprise hides on the home screen for the curious.

Tidier widgets and a smoother add-event flow. We removed the large single-event widget (iOS can't tick its seconds reliably at that size) and kept the days-only Triple Countdown large widget. Remaining-time cards now refresh on the minute so they stay in sync across the app. Plus small polish to the widget tip in the add flow.