Welcome to Countdown by Nator support. For help, questions, or feedback, email us at [email protected] — we respond within 24 hours.
Long-press an empty area on your home screen, tap the + in the top-left, search for Countdown, choose a size (small, medium, or large), and tap Add Widget. After adding, tap the widget once to choose which countdown to display.
Long-press your lock screen, tap Customize → Lock Screen, tap a widget area, and pick Countdown from the list. Three styles are available: inline (above the clock), circular, and rectangular.
iOS controls how often widgets refresh in the background. The app pushes a fresh update to all widgets each time you open it. The live timer text inside the widget ticks every second on its own.
Tap the + button on the Countdowns tab. Enter a title, pick a category, set the start and end dates, and choose any milestone alerts. Tap Save.
Go to Settings → Notifications → Enable notifications inside the app and grant permission. Each countdown lets you choose milestone alerts (25%, 50%, 75%, 90%) and a final alert when it ends.
Long-press a countdown on the home screen and choose Delete or Archive, or open the countdown and use the ••• menu in the top-right.
Everything stays on your device. Countdown by Nator does not use accounts, cloud sync, analytics, advertising, or third-party SDKs.
Countdown by Nator does not collect any personal information. All countdown data lives in a local database on your device and is never transmitted off-device.
We typically respond within 24 hours. Please include your iOS version and a brief description of the issue.