# Time Until: Countdowns, Widget

> Your ultimate countdown timer for events, holidays & milestones! Live widgets &

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.brunoschalch.timeuntil](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.brunoschalch.timeuntil)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.brunoschalch.timeuntil`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Handcrafted Apps and Games
- **Category:** LIFESTYLE
- **Downloads:** 6,290,048
- **Rating:** 4.55 / 5 (49,882 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.4.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-30
- **First published:** 2014-07-07
- **Publisher country:** MX
- **Size:** 21 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brunoschalch.timeuntil)
- **Website:** [https://handcrafted.fyi/](https://handcrafted.fyi/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://handcrafted.fyi/timeuntilprivacy.html](https://handcrafted.fyi/timeuntilprivacy.html)

## Description

Time Until is a beautiful countdown app that lets you create stylish countdowns for future or past events. It includes live backgrounds, hundreds of images, a clear timeline, and both full-size and compact widgets to display your countdown on your home screen.

Customize each countdown with an editor, set reminders, choose units from seconds to years, create recurring countdowns, share countdowns as images, and switch to dark mode or immersive full-screen view. Premium features remove ads, unlock unlimited countdowns, extra fonts and colors, and backups.

## Rankings

- #20,360 — Overall
- #3 — countdown

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS`
- `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC`
- `android.permission.USE_EXACT_ALARM`
- `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT`
- `com.android.launcher.permission.UNINSTALL_SHORTCUT`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.brunoschalch.timeuntil.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES`

## Review summary

Time Until is widely praised as a motivating, easy-to-use countdown app with reliable performance and a strong free feature set, plus a handy home screen widget. Users frequently cite its usefulness for tracking events and deadlines and its customization options. The main drawback across multiple reviews is widget reliability, including installation problems, loss of seconds display, and occasional widget disappearance from the home screen.

### Pros

- Motivating and helps you stay on top of important events/date reminders
- Easy to use with flexible display options, including customizing with photos
- Free app with strong countdown features and broad usefulness
- Reliable over years of use; many users report it never fails
- Home screen widget provides quick, at-a-glance countdown visibility

### Cons

- Widget reliability issues: occasionally fails to install or be added to the home screen
- Widget timing issues: seconds display can disappear or stop updating
- Widget visibility problems: countdown not appearing on the home screen in some cases

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.brunoschalch.timeuntil)