# Christmas Countdown! — 2025 Count Down with Music

> Christmas countdown tracker with customizable characters and music. (iPhone/iPad app by Jack McLean.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/christmas-countdown/id295350675 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jack McLean](https://appshunter.io/developer/295350678)
- Category: Entertainment, Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.80/5 from 70,705 App Store ratings · 443 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.6 · 13 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2008-11-08
- Data updated: 2026-08-28
- Monetization: ad-supported
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/christmas-countdown/id295350675/reviews.md

## What is Christmas Countdown!?

The app that keeps you updated to how many days, hours, minutes, seconds and even heartbeats there are until Christmas 2025.

There are multiple 'time-modes' including counting down the number of total weeks, nights, hours, minutes, total seconds or heartbeats until Christmas.

Choose between 6 characters to keep you company while watching the countdown!
Characters include: 
• Santa Claus 
• Snowman 
• Christmas tree
• Reindeer
• Skater

Share the countdown with your family and friends to all of your favourite social networks! Including Instagram!

Listen to Christmas songs whilst watching the time tick closer to Christmas.

## Key features

- Precise countdown (days, hours, minutes, seconds, heartbeats)
- Multiple time modes (weeks, nights, seconds, heartbeats)
- Six festive companion characters
- Social media sharing
- Christmas music playback

## What do users think of Christmas Countdown!?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- ⭐️ Excellent Christmas countdown app
- 🎄 Helps get excited for Christmas
- 🕰 Provides multiple countdown metrics (days, hours, minutes, seconds, weeks, sleeps, heartbeats, breaths)
- 🎅 Cute Christmas-themed characters and backgrounds
- 🎶 Festive Christmas music
- 🔍 Accurate and reliable countdown
- 🤩 Highly recommended by users

**Cons**

- 🔔 Annoying notifications/reminders
- 💰 Premium features like music selection should be free
- 🤖 Heartbeat and breath counters are not personalized
- 🙄 Occasional countdown inaccuracies reported

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Countdown sometimes off by a day
- Occasional app crashes or freezes

**Most requested features**

- Add more Christmas song options
- Include countdown for other holidays
- Allow users to customize their own countdown metrics

## Recent user reviews (10 of 443)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/christmas-countdown/id295350675/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Peak

*2026-08-20, version 5.8.0*

It’s soo good and cute

### 5/5 — Love it

*2026-08-03, version 5.8.0*

Christmas is my favorite holiday ever so this helps a ton

### 1/5 — Will not access photo library!

*2026-08-03, version 5.8.0*

Why won’t this app access my photo library so I can use my own background?  The app crashes and I have restart my phone IOS 26.4
Will you fix it or not, there’s plenty of other Christmas countdowns apps I can use instead of yours!

### 5/5 — Christmas Day is coming

*2026-07-21, version 5.8.0*

This app is great it tells you the exact time days weeks seconds heartbeats and so much more! It is perfect wouldn’t change a thing and the deal of getting rid of adds is so much cheaper than other apps deals! Love it!!!!!!♥️❤️

### 5/5 — Good app

*2026-07-10, version 5.8.0*

Love this app because I can use it all year along so helpful

### 5/5 — Goated

*2026-07-10, version 5.8.0*

Very simple yet well designed app. Makes me excited for Christmas every time I open the app! Praise the Lord for sending His one and only son Jesus Christ to save us from our sins!✝️

### 5/5 — 👏🏼This app is amazing👏🏼

*2026-07-08, version 5.8.0*

I would recommend this app 10/10 the music is so joyful! Would recommend. Can I have a shout out from the creator of this app?

### 5/5 — Super cute

*2026-06-25, version 5.8.0*

I love this simplicity of this app and just the fact that it does a literal countdown and whatever you feel like pretty much also have to remind me how far away I am because sometimes a date doesn’t mean anything but the amount of days left is what does remind me of what I need to do

### 5/5 — 👏🏼This app is amazing👏🏼

*2026-05-20, version 5.8.0*

I would recommend this app 10/10 the music is so joyful!

### 5/5 — Nick eh 30

*2026-02-25, version 5.8.0*

This app is so cool

Remember kids don’t swear!!!

## Frequently asked questions about Christmas Countdown!

### What does this Christmas countdown app do?

This app precisely tracks the time remaining until Christmas 2025, down to the second, minute, hour, day, or even heartbeats. It offers various 'time-modes' for counting down and includes festive characters and music to enhance the experience.

### What are the key features of the Christmas countdown app?

Key features include a highly accurate countdown in multiple units of time, the ability to choose from six different festive characters like Santa Claus and a Snowman, social media sharing capabilities, and the option to listen to Christmas songs while the countdown progresses.

### Is this Christmas countdown app free to use?

Yes, the app is free to download and use. It is supported by advertisements, which are displayed within the application.

### Can I share the countdown with others?

Absolutely! You can easily share the Christmas countdown with your family and friends across your favorite social networks, including platforms like Instagram. This allows everyone to stay updated on the festive anticipation.

### What kind of characters can I choose for the countdown?

You can select from six charming characters to keep you company while watching the countdown. These include Santa Claus, a Snowman, a Christmas tree, a Reindeer, and a Skater, adding a fun visual element to the app.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 5.8.0 — 2025-11-10

Bug fixed and stability improvements

### 5.7.0 — 2022-02-21

Updated for 2022. Fixed issues with notifications and other bugs.

### 5.6.3 — 2021-09-19

Updates and bug fixes preparing for Christmas 2021!

### 5.6.2 — 2019-09-12

Preparing for Christmas 2019!
- Various bug fixes

### 5.6.1 — 2018-11-05

Swatting some bugs including the 'Save image' crash.

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## More apps by Jack McLean

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All apps by Jack McLean: https://appshunter.io/developer/295350678

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