whatisid
For individuals tracking personal milestones who prioritize aesthetic customization and home screen widget integration.
Big Day - Event Countdown
Snapshot
Who is whatisid?
Providing visually customizable countdown tools to help users track and celebrate personal milestones via home screen widgets.
Target audience
Portfolio
Free 1Last updated
Big Day - Event Countdown
v8.14.2
6y ago
Publisher DNA
What defines whatisid?
Publisher DNA
Primary focus
Visual event countdown and tracking utilities
Scale
indie
Target audience
Individuals tracking personal milestones who prioritize aesthetic customization and home screen widget integration.
Signature Patterns
- •Heavy emphasis on home screen widget integration for persistent event tracking
- •Focus on visual customization including full-screen graphics and animation effects
- •Dual-tier monetization strategy offering both free 'Lite' and paid premium versions
- •Niche specialization in milestone and time-tracking utilities
Portfolio momentum
The portfolio is inactive with zero releases in the last six months and both titles last updated in November 2020.
Portfolio
What does whatisid ship?
Apps
2 apps analysed
Tightly focused on 3 markets (Japan, South Korea, United States).
Based on 1 of 2 apps with localized market data, more coverage rolling in as scans complete · last scanned .
Americas (1)
- United States1 / 1
Asia-Pacific (2)
- Japan1 / 1
- South Korea1 / 1
Core markets (1/1 apps)
Rivals
Who does whatisid compete with?
The rivals identified
Nemeses(1)
Both applications target users tracking personal milestones and anniversaries, creating direct competition for screen real estate and user attention in the event-tracking category.
Contenders(10)
Both applications target individuals tracking personal milestones and events through home screen widgets and visual customization.
Both applications target users seeking event countdown functionality with home screen widget support. They compete directly for the same audience looking to track personal milestones and important dates.
Both applications target users tracking personal milestones via home screen widgets, creating direct competition for the same mobile screen real estate.
Both applications target users managing life milestones and deadlines, competing directly for the same audience through event countdown functionality.
Both applications target users tracking personal milestones through home screen widgets, creating direct competition for the same user base.
Both applications compete for the same user base by providing countdown timer functionality for tracking personal milestones and events.
Both applications target users tracking life events via countdowns, but Outside captures the social segment by enabling shared event management and group invitations.
Both apps target individuals tracking life milestones and anniversaries, competing for the same audience through event-tracking functionality and visual personalization.
Both applications target users tracking personal milestones through visual countdowns and home screen widgets, creating direct competition for the same audience.
Both applications target individuals tracking personal milestones, competing directly for users seeking event-countdown tools on mobile devices.
Same space(19)
It offers a simple, calendar-integrated countdown utility for tracking personal or professional deadlines.
This app expands the scope of anniversary tracking to include non-standard intervals like 100-day milestones.
This app competes by offering a visual-first interface that supports full-screen event photos.
It focuses on the aesthetic presentation of dates through highly customizable home screen widgets.
It provides a dual-purpose utility for both counting up streaks and counting down to future events.
It offers a similar countdown utility but expands the scope to include task management and web-sharing features.
It targets couples with a specialized anniversary tracker that includes interactive elements.
It serves as a high-utility alternative for users needing cross-platform birthday reminders and contact synchronization.
It targets a similar birthday-reminder audience with a focus on simplicity and gift tracking.
This app competes by offering a local-first storage model for users who prioritize data sovereignty.
This app targets users seeking a one-time purchase model for multi-platform event tracking.
This app focuses on the relationship-tracking niche, providing a specialized counter for couples compared to general event tools.
This app competes for the same user base by providing automated birthday tracking, though it suffers from ad-content issues and data-loss bugs.
This app serves users who require a privacy-focused, no-backend tool for tracking recurring life events and habits.
This app serves as a basic, lightweight utility for tracking birthdays and anniversaries.
It is a long-standing, high-volume competitor that provides comprehensive countdown and calendar features.
This app targets users who prioritize deep aesthetic and functional personalization over simple calendar-based event tracking.
This app focuses on providing a clean, minimalistic design for home screen countdown widgets.
It provides a direct alternative for users who prefer offline-first functionality for birthday tracking.
New entrants(1)
This app emphasizes the artistic aspect of countdowns through photo and gradient customization.
The Analyst's Read
The bottom line on whatisid
Bottom line
whatisid is a legacy indie developer with a clearly defined visual niche that has transitioned into a zombie state. While their products established a functional baseline for countdown utilities, the lack of updates since 2020 makes them a low-competition threat for modern active developers.
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What fed this analysis
- Apps analyzed:
- 2
- With full intel:
- 0
- With overview:
- 2
- Website scraped:
- yes
- Social presence:
- no