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Most of you are probably looking forward to spending time with your family and friends this Christmas and New Year. While waiting, you can’t really help but get busy with other things such as planning your holiday events and gift shopping. Speaking of which, one of the best ways to keep track of your upcoming events is to make use of countdown widgets.
If you’re using Android, you can also opt to place these event widgets on your home screen.
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- I use the countdown timer in the iPhone Clock app as a lab timer, and therefore set a timer 7-8 times/day. I have updated to iOS5, and would like to know if anyone knows a way to have the lock screen display the current countdown, as it currently requires me to unlock the screen and open the app for a quick check.
How to add a countdown widget to your Android home screen
- On your Android smartphone or tablet, go to Play Store then download and install an app called “Countdown Widget”.
- After installing the app, go to your device home screen and long-press on any empty area.
- You will then see a “Set home screen” dialog. In the dialog, select “Widgets” and then find the Countdown Widget from the list.
- Hold and drag the widget to your home screen.
- A new screen will appear and it will ask you to configure your widget. Set the date for your countdown and do not forget to add the name or title of the event. You can also change the ring colors if you want.
- That’s it. The widget will be automatically placed on your home screen. You can just drag it to any portion of your home screen for better viewing.
With the Countdown Widget for Android, you get colorful event countdown widgets in the style of rings. You can also resize each widget according to your liking.
Once the day of the event has come, you no longer need to check your calendar as it can already be seen on your phone or tablet home screen.
As for those who are looking for other countdown widget styles and alternatives, you can also try the “Countdown Plus Widgets Lite” app.
When something important is about to happen, we tend to count down minutes, hours, days and months to the desired moment. With these apps you can easily find out how many days left until Christmas Day, create your own countdown to New Year, birthday, anniversary or just any other important event in your life.
Countdown Calendar Widget
- Application: Countdown Calendar Widget
- Developer: MKC
- Reviewed version: 1.7.0
- Price: Free!
‘Countdown Calendar Widget’ is the simplest and smallest application in this roundup. It’s a lightweight (only 61 kilobyte!) widget that comes in two sizes: 1×1 and 2×1. Put it on your screen, pick event date and it will count days or hours to your event. ‘Countdown Calendar Widget’ is free with no ads.
Countdown in Status Bar
- Application: Countdown in Status Bar
- Developer: Wagwan Apps
- Reviewed version: 1.8.1
- Price: Free / $1.29
As the name suggests ‘Countdown in Status Bar’ will display the number of days to your event in Android’s status bar. Unlike other apps or widgets this countdown will always be visible even when your device is locked. Free ad supported version can display 2 timers that are up to 500 days into the future. You can choose the countdown icon to be displayed in white or green color. Paid version removes advertising, can run up to 5 countdowns simultaneously and adds grey, blue, red, and yellow to a range of colors.
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Countdown Timer
- Application: Countdown in Status Bar
- Developer: MindTheApps
- Reviewed version: 5.468
- Price: Free!
‘Countdown Timer’ slightly differs from other applications in this review as it is a single instance timer that is designed for short time intervals. This app is not targeted to count down days to a specific date. Still it is very nice and easy to use timer that can count time intervals up to 99 hours 59 minutes and 59 seconds. Just swipe the screen to set the time and press Start button. The ‘Countdown Timer’ is a free application with no ads. It does not require any special permissions.
Countdown Timer Screenshot
CountDown Widget
- Application: CountDown Widget
- Developer: Wagwan Apps
- Reviewed version: 1.1.0
- Price: Free!
‘CountDown Widget’ is an elegant and highly customizable 1×1 widget that will remind you about important dates in your life. The widget will display the number of days left to your milestone and display progress of ongoing countdown by drawing a colored circle. In case you started counting down in a middle of an event you can specify the number of days full circle stands for. The widget allows you to create events manually or import them from your calendar. ‘CountDown Widget’ is completely free with no ads.
D-Day Reminder
- Application: D-Day Reminder
- Developer: dodol.com
- Reviewed version: 1.1.0
- Price: Free!
‘D-Day Reminder’ is another application for those waiting for the special date. The application comes with a specialized ‘D-Day Form’ to easily create timers to your new D-Day, birthday, anniversary, repeating event or Todo task. You can set multiple alarms to remind you about upcoming event in 10, 7, 5, 3 or 1 day. The application provides multiple widgets to display single event or a list of upcoming events. ‘D-Day Reminder’ is a free ad-supported application.
D-Day Reminder Screenshot
Days Until – Countdown
- Application: Days Until – Countdown
- Developer: Fluffy Delusions
- Reviewed version: 1.0.24
- Price: Free!
‘Days Until’ is a lightweight countdown timer with an elegant Holo-themed user interface. With this application you can create events, organize them with tags, attach an image to any event, setup a reminder and event recurrence settings. ‘Days Until’ counts down multiple events to days, hours, minutes and seconds. The app saves all events history and can show a list of historical events that have occurred on this day. You can also use the app widget to display information for upcoming events right on your home screen. ‘Days Until’ is a free ad-supported application.
Screen Countdown Timer
Days--
- Application: Days--
- Developer: Joe Wu
- Reviewed version: 1.04
- Price: Free!
‘Days--’ is super simple countdown application with a card-based user interface. It counts down or counts up days from a specific event and reminds you of your important occasions. You can put any event on your home screen with a nice little widget. ‘Days--’ is a lightweight app, it does not require any special permissions and is completely free with no ads.
Days-- Screenshot
Holo Countdown
- Application: Holo Countdown
- Developer: Simon Halvdansson
- Reviewed version: 3.0.7
- Price: Free / $1.06
‘Holo Countdown’ is a stylish timer app that utilizes elements of Google’s Holo interface. It will count down years, months, days, hours, and even seconds to your event. You can attach an image for any event; create repetitive events; share events. ‘Holo Countdown’ was designed to look good both on phones and tablets. Free version is limited to only 2 countdowns at a time. Paid version also features a widget and provides an option to sync events online.
My Day – Event Countdown
- Application: My Day – Event Countdown
- Developer: Yalantis LTD
- Reviewed version: 1.1
- Price: Free!
‘My Day – Event Countdown’ is a beautiful and simple countdown app for important events in your life. Set up dates for your events, birthdays and holidays and ‘My Day’ will display exact number of remaining days. The app comes with a numerous wallpapers to decorate each and every of your events. My Day was originally developed for Apple devices and it’s user interface looks like an iOS application. ‘My Day’ is a very nice application; the only downside is a lack of widget which hopefully will be added in future versions. The app is completely free with no ads.
My Day – Event Countdown Screenshot