Vacay Countdown vs American Explorer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vacay Countdown
Track the days until your next vacation with a personalized countdown. Choose your destination and departure date to see how long until you can relax. Enjoy beautiful, high-resolution destination photos with every use.
- Vacation countdown timer
- Destination selection
- High-res destination photos
- iOS Today Widget
- Weekly notifications
- Apple Watch Glance & Complications
- Social media sharing
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Countdown to your vacation – you deserve it. Pick your destination and departure date and get a countdown of the days until you get to vacay. Includes high-res photos pulled from Flickr every time you open the app. iOS support includes a Today Widget, weekly notifications to let you know how many days remain, and sharing to your favorite social media networks. Apple Watch support includes a Glance view and all available Complications.
American Explorer
This official cruise line app provides easy access to daily schedules, shore excursions, dining menus, and ship information. Enhance your cruise experience with real-time updates and connectivity.
- Daily schedules
- Shore excursion details
- Dining menus
- Ship information
- Real-time updates
- Connectivity
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American Explorer is the official onboard app for American Cruise Lines, providing easy access to daily schedules, shore excursions, dining menus, ship information, and more. Designed to keep you informed and connected, American Explorer helps you make the most of every moment of your cruise.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Vacay Countdown at 100% against American Explorer's 0%. Vacay Countdown also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and iOS requirement (9.1 vs 13.0). American Explorer's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Vacay Countdown holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: American Explorer has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Vacay Countdown's written reviews are positive against 0% of American Explorer's.
| Parameter | Vacay Countdown | American Explorer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.4 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Charlie Schliesser | American Cruise Lines |
Customer experience
Vacay Countdown
American Explorer
In-app purchases
Vacay Countdown
No in-app purchases
American Explorer
No in-app purchases
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