# Big Day - Event Countdown

> Track your big days on widgets

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id295759189](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id295759189)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id295759189`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** whatisid
- **Category:** Lifestyle
- **Rating:** 4.20 / 5 (58 ratings)
- **Version:** 8.14.2
- **Last updated:** 2020-11-23
- **First published:** 2008-12-04
- **Size:** 42 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/big-day-event-countdown/id295759189)
- **Website:** [http://bigdayapp.com/](http://bigdayapp.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://bigdayapp.com/app\_privacy\_policy.pdf](http://bigdayapp.com/app_privacy_policy.pdf)

## Description

Big Day - Event Countdown is a day-tracking app and home screen widget designed to help you remember life's milestones. It uses your own photos and lively animations to present a clear countdown, making big days feel special without clutter. Over 12 million users have already downloaded the original Big Day app and widgets.

Key features include home-screen widgets, up to 30 events, customizable background images, no ads, and easy sharing to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and more. Set reminders, change colors by double-tapping the counter frame, reorder events, and view everything in a handy list.

## Rankings

- #171,490 — Overall

## Review summary

Reviewers praise the simple, visually appealing countdown with customization and responsive support, but repeatedly cite unreliable widget updates, an aging app with update quirks, limits on the number of events and basic organization features, and device compatibility gaps (notably iPhone X and iPad) as the main drawbacks.

### Pros

- Simple, clean countdown interface that has worked for years.
- Highly customizable with dates, photo backgrounds, and emojis.
- Widget feature adds quick, at-a-glance access for upcoming events.
- Developer is responsive and supportive when issues arise.

### Cons

- Widget reliability: daily updates often fail; sometimes not updating unless opened.
- App appears aging with few updates; updates can require recreating events.
- Limited event capacity and weak organization features (no archive; hard to duplicate; limited sorting).
- Device compatibility gaps (requests for iPhone X support and better iPad support).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id295759189)