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 to next alarm on Lock Screen. Double tap to toggle the countdown. Option to set a threshold, so the countdown shows only if the alarm will fire within the threshold (i.e. Show countdown only if less than 12 hours and 30 minutes remain) Bedtime alarm support. Choose from Long, Medium, and Short text styles for all countdowns. I'm not sure if anyone else has noticed this, but the lock screen displays your upcoming appointment with a countdown in brackets. So for example right now it is 9:30AM MST and I have an appointment at 5:30PM MST that shows on the lock screen. The issue is the countdown shows that it is in '2 hours', however, it is actually in 8 hours. Desktop Countdown Timer is a free and lightweight software application for Windows desktop that contains some interesting features. Only you need to set a timer, press button “Start”, then a countdown timer will start immediately. This countdown timer is very simple and easy to use. As shown in the screenshot examples above, Counted is designed to appear just underneath the Lock screen’s native date display. Users can choose what the text says, be it a Birthday or a string of text such as “Days until insert clever example here,” and then the tweak takes care of the numerical aspect on its own automatically. When you leave your computer, it’s best to start a screen saver that can only be turned off with a password. You should set up a screen saver that will start after your computer has been idle for a set interval (15 minutes or less). You can also lock your screen manually. How to Set Your Computer to Lock Your Screen Automatically: Windows 7 and 8.

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.

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.

Iphone Timer On Lock Screen

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.

Can You Put A Countdown On Your Iphone Lock Screen

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