Comparison

Christmas Countdown vs CountBoard

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Christmas Countdown

Track the remaining time until Christmas with various countdown formats, including days, hours, minutes, seconds, and even heartbeats. Share festive cards with friends and customize the appearance with different Santa and tree images. Enjoy optional background music and snowflake animations.

Highlights
  • Multiple countdown formats (days, hours, minutes, seconds, heartbeats)
  • Shareable Christmas cards
  • Customizable Santa and tree images
  • Optional Jingle Bells background music
  • Disableable snowflake animation
Features
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This application shows how much time is left for Christmas in several ways: • Days, hours and minutes • Days, hours, minutes and seconds • Weeks and days • Nights • Hours • Minutes • Seconds • Heartbeats Share a Christmas card with your friends through social networks or email. You can even choose which image of Santa Claus will appear at the top of the card and the tree that will appear in the footer simply by swiping these images. The chosen background music was the Jingle Bells, which can be enabled or disabled from the menu that comes up when you touch the screen. The snowflakes animation can also be disabled in the menu. I hope you enjoy the time till Christmas with this application. Merry Christmas!

About

CountBoard

Features
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CountBoard lets you create countdown timers for important events. Name your timers, track them on the home screen with widgets, and get notified when they reach zero. Never miss an event again! Ideal for birthdays, meetings, vacations, and special occasions. With a simple interface, CountBoard keeps you organized and informed. Try it today!

Screenshots

Christmas Countdown3 screens
CountBoard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CountBoard at none against Christmas Countdown's 1. CountBoard also leads on update cadence (every 13 months vs every 49 months). Christmas Countdown's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Christmas Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CountBoard asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Christmas Countdown ships an update every 49 months, CountBoard every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Christmas Countdown versus CountBoard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChristmas CountdownCountBoard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 49 monthsEvery 13 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB15 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGUSTAVO ADOLPHO BONESSO LTDAHarun Gunes

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Christmas Countdown

One-time1
  • Remove advertising$0.99
None

CountBoard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Christmas Countdown free?
Christmas Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CountBoard free?
CountBoard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Christmas Countdown or CountBoard have ads?
Neither Christmas Countdown nor CountBoard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Christmas Countdown or CountBoard?
Christmas Countdown ships an update every 49 months, and CountBoard every 13 months. Most recently, Christmas Countdown was updated on September 23, 2026 and CountBoard on October 4, 2026.

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