How do I put an exam countdown on my Home Screen?
Touch and hold an empty part of your Home Screen, then add a widget: on iPhone and iPad tap Edit and Add Widget and search for Exams, and on Android tap Widgets and find Exam Countdown. Choose a size. The Next Exam widget is free and always shows whichever paper is closest, changing by itself as you work through the season.
On iPhone and iPad
- Touch and hold an empty part of your Home Screen until the icons jiggle.
- Tap Edit, then Add Widget (on older versions of iOS, the + at the top left).
- Search for Exams, the name Exam Countdown goes by on your Home Screen.
- Swipe between the sizes, pick one, and tap Add Widget.
- Tap Done.
On Android
- Touch and hold an empty part of your Home Screen.
- Tap Widgets.
- Find Exam Countdown, then touch and hold the size you want and drag it into place.
Which widget to add
Next Exam is free and needs no setting up. It follows whichever paper is closest and swaps itself over as each one passes. For most people this is the only widget they need.
If you want one pinned to a specific exam, or one that ticks in seconds rather than days, those are the Countdown and Live Countdown widgets, which come with Premium. There is also a large Upcoming Exams tile that shows the week ahead in one go, with an extra-large size for up to eight exams.
On your Lock Screen
Touch and hold the Lock Screen, tap Customise, tap the area under the clock, and choose Exams. Lock Screen sizes are a Premium feature.
If it shows up blank
That is almost always iOS being slow to refresh rather than anything being wrong. Open the app once, wait a minute, and check again. If it is blank white and your Home Screen uses the Clear or Tinted look, update the app: versions before 5.8 did not handle those looks. The full checklist is in Widget not appearing or showing blank.
Free on iPhone, iPad and Android. Counting down since 2014.
