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Countdown by Holiday Extras

Countdown by Holiday Extras

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65 ratings
132 reviews
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Released
September 14, 2014
Updated
September 16, 2026

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Holiday Extras
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Stay excited for your upcoming trips with a customizable countdown. Add your own photos, use smart packing lists, and share your anticipation with friends and family. Track multiple events and enjoy an ad-free experience.

✓Home screen widget
✓AI-powered packing checklist
✓Customizable backgrounds
✓Countdown to any event
✓Multiple countdown tracking
✓Suggested and recurring events
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What users say about Countdown by Holiday Extras

Reviews of Countdown by Holiday Extras are mixed: the Travel app is rated 4.6/5 from 65 App Store ratings. What users like most: easy to use, great for reminders. Top complaints: new layout disliked, old layout preferred. Summarized from real user reviews.

Positive things

  • 👍Easy to use
  • 🤩Great for reminders
  • 💖Love the countdown feature
  • 🌟Accurate time tracking
  • 🥰Helpful for planning
  • ✨No annoying ads
  • 🥳Good for special occasions
  • 💯Free to use
  • 😊Makes users excited
  • 👍Simple and effective
  • ❤️Good for all ages
  • 👍Useful and practical
  • 👍Highly recommended
  • 👍Best countdown app
  • 👍No limit on countdowns
  • 👍Can add own photos
  • 👍No ads or pop-ups
  • 👍Best seen so far
  • 👍Helpful for remembering

Negative things

  • 😞New layout disliked
  • 👎Old layout preferred
  • 😠Photos deleted after updates
  • 😟Past events lost
  • 😩App crashes after updates
  • 😤Widgets not updating
  • 😕Confusing new format
  • 🫥Clunky new design
  • 😥Lost memories
  • 😵‍💫Time zone issues
  • 😭App no longer opens
  • 💔Ruined by updates
  • 😖Old version better
  • 😤Lost packing list
  • 😔Photos disappear
  • 😠New layout dreadful
  • 🙁Not as fun anymore
  • 😞Previous version better
  • 👎New update awful
  • 🙁Past vacations showing
  • 😥App deleted all trips
  • 🙁Widgets not working
  • 😞Latest update does not work
  • 😭App immediately closes
  • 😵‍💫Broken app
  • 😠Technical difficulties
  • 😩Not working properly
  • 😞App crash
  • 👎Waste of time
  • 😤Disappeared before travel
  • 😖Out of date
  • 😥Christmas pop-up in March
  • 😕Not working
  • 😟Layout changed
  • 😭New layout terrible
  • 🫥Lost past information
  • 😩Holidays gone
  • 😥Revamp terrible
  • 😠Can't edit countdowns
  • 😔New version ruined app
  • 👎Not nice to look at
  • 😞Lost photos on update
  • 😥Update is horrific
  • 🙁New screen with icons awful
  • 😖Years of countdowns boring
  • 😩Not great since update
  • 😥No pictures included
  • 😠Unable to upload own photos
  • 👎Cannot scroll through dates
  • 😞Confusing new format
  • 😥Do not like new format
  • 😖Editing not easy
  • 😩Old layout better
  • 😠Disappointed
  • 😔New app is awful
  • 😥Rubbish new view
  • 😞Not as good as old version
  • 👎Screen full of dates
  • 😭Absolutely Fuming!
  • 🫥Complicated and worse look
  • 😥Separated events
  • 😠Taken away photos
  • 😔Tap on events instead of swipe
  • 😞Shame about the update
  • 😥Not user friendly
  • 😩Photos wiped
  • 😖Past events not editable
  • 😠Where’s my photos gone?
  • 👎Have to re-upload photos
  • 😥Low rating
  • 😞Bad picture
  • 🙁Can't see whole picture
  • 😩Time zone issues
  • 😥Stuck in US time zone
  • 😖New version too bawdy
  • 😠Don't want to add other apps
  • 😔Incomplete page
  • 😥Distracting banners
  • 😞Holiday extras and sharing banner unnecessary
  • 👎New layout terrible
  • 😭Lost all past information
  • 🤮Old layout preferred
  • 🤮Much preferred old layout
  • 🤮Change it back
  • 🤮Updated and spoiled
  • 🤮They have ruined the app
  • 🤮Now dreadful
  • 🤮What did you do to this app !!!!!
  • 🤮Don’t bother
  • 🤮Technical difficulties
  • 🤮Widget doesn’t count down
  • 🤮Since the updates in feb, app no longer opens
  • 🤮Shocking
  • 🤮Notifications problem
  • 🤮Recent Bugs!
  • 🤮What happened to the layout?
  • 🤮Not Working
  • 🤮Updated countdown
  • 🤮Hollidays
  • 🤮Layout awful since revamp
  • 🤮Not nice to look at anymore
  • 🤮Bring back the old app!
  • 🤮Update is horrific
  • 🤮Not great since update
  • 🤮Updated format
  • 🤮Disappointed
  • 🤮Bad layout
  • 🤮New app is awful
  • 🤮New view
  • 🤮Absolutely Fuming!
  • 🤮Shame about the update
  • 🤮Where’s my photos gone?
  • 🤮Bad picture
  • 🤮Time zone issues
  • 🤮UPDATE RUINED IT
  • 🤮Updated countdown
  • 🤮Layout
  • 🤮Hollidays
  • 🤮Updated version has spoiled what was a good app
  • 🤮Layout awful since revamp
  • 🤮Not nice to look at anymore
  • 🤮Bring back the old app!
  • 🤮Update is horrific
  • 🤮Not great since update
  • 🤮Updated format
  • 🤮Disappointed
  • 🤮Bad layout
  • 🤮New app is awful
  • 🤮New view
  • 🤮Absolutely Fuming!
  • 🤮Shame about the update
  • 🤮Where’s my photos gone?
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What's New in Countdown by Holiday Extras

5.0.8

September 16, 2026

NEW: Weeks are back. Choose Days or Weeks when editing a countdown, see weeks on Home, and enjoy a simpler weeks, days and minutes display that automatically switches back to days in the final week. This update also restores notes from previous app versions. Meet the all-new Countdown app — rebuilt from the ground up to make looking forward to something feel almost as good as being there. • A completely redesigned native iPhone experience with beautiful full-screen countdowns, Liquid Glass controls and automatic light and dark appearances. • Piñata Magic, powered by Apple Intelligence on supported iPhones. Describe a countdown in your own words and get an editable event, trip, flight and reminder plan created on-device. • Start with a screenshot. Add a booking image and Piñata Magic will pull out the useful details, then show you a clean summary instead of a wall of extracted text. • Smarter holiday setup with guided dates, airport search, live flight lookup and simple outbound and return selection. Predicted, potential-match and confirmed flights are always clearly labelled. • Beautiful Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with the full countdown, your chosen photo and the Piñata mark. • Flexible private reminders, including milestone, weekly, daily and custom schedules — plus intelligent schedule suggestions. • Social sharing made for Instagram, Facebook and Messages, with polished story, portrait and square layouts featuring your full countdown. • Better photo controls. Drag, zoom and position an image once, then perfect separate crops for the countdown and widget. • A brand-new birthday celebration: tap or shake the full-screen Piñata until it bursts into confetti and falling sweets. • Add a holiday to Holiday Extras and carry your dates and flight details with you, ready to add parking, airport hotels, lounges and more. • Your previous countdowns come with you, including past countdowns, so the moments you’ve already saved aren’t left behind. This is our biggest update ever. We can’t wait to see what you’re counting down to.

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User reviews

Most RecentHighest RatedLowest Rated

New update - Weeks added! Great

Thank you!
CConnor25

What happened?

It seems the app has been updated and I have now lost all the information I had in the notes for my forthcoming cruise. Thanks for nothing !!
J9Jewelles 9

Better backgrounds but still not right

You can read the numbers and text now but why are they in white boxes that spoil the background picture. They used to be just on the pic with no borders around them 🤷🏻‍♂️
SCSteve C70

Bad format

The new format is pretty rubbish, go back to the original list option
Ssimplyfood

Countdown widget doesn’t work

Widget doesn’t work so I have to go into the app which makes it pointless having a countdown app. DELETE
HHxhejrnfn
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Reported Bugs

122 issues

App won't open after update

Bug

App crashes on opening

Bug

Widget not updating

Bug

App deleted all trips

Bug

App crashed and doesn't store new trips

Bug

Past vacations showing in countdown

Bug

App not working after upgrade

Bug

Countdown notifications incorrect

Bug

App crashes frequently

Bug

Photos deleted after updates

Bug

Countdown disappears

Bug

Image on countdown wiped

Bug

App resets

Bug

Cannot edit countdowns

Bug

Countdown goes from days to years

Bug

Past travels photos lost

Bug

Active countdown images lost on update

Bug

App doesn't open or takes many attempts

Bug

Cannot see whole picture on screen

Bug

Time zone issues

Bug

New version too 'bawdy'

Bug

Banners are distracting

Bug

Lost all past information

Bug

Past events separated from upcoming events

Bug

Have to re-upload photos

Bug

App no longer user friendly

Bug

Images for past events not editable

Bug

App deleted all my trips

Bug

Widget doesn't count down

Bug

App no longer opens since February updates

Bug

Notifications show incorrect days

Bug

Past vacations showing in countdown

Bug

App completely stopped working after upgrade

Bug

New layout is confusing

Bug

Editing is not easy

Bug

New app is awful

Bug

New view is rubbish

Bug

Older version was more beneficial

Bug

App has become more complicated

Bug

Look is a lot worse

Bug

Separated events that have happened and what hasn't yet

Bug

Taken away all photos for events

Bug

Have to tap on different events instead of swiping

Bug

Photos from events have been wiped

Bug

Cannot see the whole picture on my screen

Bug

Time zone issues

Bug

New version too bawdy

Bug

Banners across the bottom of the screen are distracting

Bug

Holiday extras and banner for sharing are unnecessary

Bug

New layout terrible

Bug

Lost all past information

Bug

All holidays have gone

Bug

Revamp is terrible

Bug

Cannot edit a countdown anymore

Bug

Latest update ruined the app

Bug

Updating loses all photos

Bug

New update is awful

Bug

Full page countdown and swiping gone

Bug

New screen with multiple icons is awful

Bug

All countdowns set with photos gone

Bug

Years of countdowns now boring

Bug

Not great since update

Bug

No pictures included in app

Bug

Unable to upload own photos

Bug

Cannot scroll through dates as used to

Bug

New format is confusing

Bug

Do not like new format and view

Bug

Editing not easy

Bug

Old layout was far better

Bug

New app is awful

Bug

New view is rubbish

Bug

Older version was much more beneficial

Bug

Screen full of dates

Bug

App has now made the app so much more complicated

Bug

Look is a lot worse

Bug

Separated the events that have happened and what hasn’t yet

Bug

Taken away all of the photos for your events

Bug

Made it so you have to tap on the different events instead of just having them immediately on your screen to swipe through

Bug

All my photos from events have been wiped

Bug

Images for past events cannot be edited back in

Bug

All my photos have been taken off

Bug

Have to update them all over again

Bug

Cannot see the whole picture on my screen

Bug

Time zone issues

Bug

New version of countdown is too bawdy

Bug

Banners across the bottom of the screen are distracting

Bug

Holiday extras and banner for sharing is unnecessary

Bug

New layout terrible

Bug

Lost all past information

Bug

All my holidays have gone

Bug

Revamp is terrible

Bug

Cannot edit a countdown anymore

Bug

Latest update ruined the app

Bug

Updating loses all photos

Bug

New update is awful

Bug

Full page countdown and swiping gone

Bug

New screen with multiple icons is awful

Bug

All my countdowns set with photos gone

Bug

Years of countdowns now boring

Bug

Not great since update

Bug

No pictures included in app

Bug

Unable to upload my own

Bug

Cannot scroll through the dates as used to

Bug

New format quite confusing

Bug

Do not like your new format and view

Bug

Editing not easy

Bug

Old layout was far better

Bug

New app is awful

Bug

New view is rubbish

Bug

Older version was much more beneficial

Bug

Screen full of dates

Bug

App has now made the app so much more complicated

Bug

Look is a lot worse

Bug

Separated the events that have happened and what hasn’t yet

Bug

Taken away all of the photos for your events

Bug

Made it so you have to tap on the different events instead of just having them immediately on your screen to swipe through

Bug

All my photos from events have been wiped

Bug

Images for past events cannot be edited back in

Bug

All my photos have been taken off

Bug

Have to update them all over again

Bug

App won't allow display on front screen

Bug

Logo for 'holiday extras' obstructs photo when sharing

Bug
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Requested Features

9 requests

Automatically add holidays (Christmas, Halloween, New Year's Eve/Day)

Feature

Widgets update time remaining without opening app

Feature

Add a checklist for holidays

Feature

Option to revert to old layout

Feature

Sync across devices

Feature

More notification options

Feature

Ability to keep past events with photos

Feature

Dark mode

Feature

Improved time zone handling

Feature

FAQ

What does the Holiday Countdown app do?

This app helps you create and track countdowns to any event, such as holidays, birthdays, or anniversaries. It aims to build excitement and keep you organized by providing visual countdowns and smart features.

What are the key features of the Holiday Countdown app?

Key features include a home screen widget for easy viewing, an AI-powered smart packing checklist, custom backgrounds, the ability to count down to any event, track multiple events simultaneously, and set up suggested or recurring countdowns.

Is the Holiday Countdown app free to use?

Yes, the app is free to use and offers an ad-free experience. There are no in-app purchases mentioned.

What kind of events can I count down to?

You can count down to virtually any event that makes you smile, including holidays like Christmas and New Year's, birthdays, anniversaries, or even personal goals and trips.

Can I share my countdowns with others?

Yes, you can instantly share your countdowns across social media platforms like WhatsApp and Instagram, or directly with friends. This helps build shared excitement for upcoming events.