Comparison

My Christmas Tree vs SkyLetter

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

Head to head
About

My Christmas Tree

Customize and decorate a virtual Christmas tree with various colors and ornaments. Add a home screen widget to track the days remaining until Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.

Highlights
  • Customize virtual Christmas tree with colors
  • Add various Christmas decorations
  • Change tree blinking light color
  • Home screen widget for countdown
  • Option to let it snow
  • Choose countdown to Dec 24 or 25
Features
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With the My Christmas Tree app, you can customize your personal and animated Christmas tree. And add the Christmas decorations you want to see, such as Christmas cards, balls, bows, stockings, and Christmas lights. You can also add a Christmas Tree widget to your home screen and notification panel. That is very handy for seeing the countdown of how many days it is until Christmas Eve or the entire day before Christmas Day. It is built for iPhone, iPhone Pro, iPad, iPad Air, iPad Mini, and iPad Pro. It is the ideal entertainment tool to enjoy the Christmas season at home and anywhere in the world. Merry Christmas! Whether it is just the 12 days of Christmas, or you are more than 60 days early. You will be notified of how many days are left. In the small widget, you will see it at the top right of your widget. And for the medium widget, on the right of your Christmas tree, you will see the countdown to when it is Christmas. What is Christmas? Christmas was traditionally a Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus, but in the early 20th century, it also became a secular family holiday, observed by Christians and non-Christians alike. The secular holiday is often devoid of Christian elements, with the mythical figure Santa Claus playing the pivotal role. He lives in a winter wonderland at the North Pole. Why is Christmas celebrated? Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. The unique features of this high-quality app: ◆ Customize your tree in the app and widget with dark green, light green, white, or pink colors ◆ Change the tree blinking light color ◆ Change the color of the bows ◆ Change the color of the stockings ◆ Option to change the widget background to solid, gradient, image, or transparent ◆ Option to let it snow on the Christmas tree page ◆ Option to show you the days left until Christmas Day (with the option to count to 24 or 25 December) Your Christmas Countdown is ready to go. Now we must wait and sing this song. Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way...

About

SkyLetter

Create personalized messages drawn in the sky with airplane contrails. Share your creations as videos or photos on social media, perfect for sending unique greetings or declarations.

Highlights
  • Draw messages in the sky with contrails
  • Share creations as video or photo
  • Personalize messages for friends
  • Unique social media content
Features
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【Deliver your message in the cloud】 "SkyLetter" is an application that draws a message in the sky with contrail. Look up at the sky after entering the message. The airplane which received your message there draws a message with a trail of contrail. Why don't you draw in the sky the names of you, your friends, and the messages you want to convey? You can share it as a video or photo on social media. Let's take a photo that is drawn message and send it to many people. 【Recommended environment】 Support for iOS12.0 or later / iPhone 6S later. If your device is under iOS 12.0, please update and install.

Screenshots

My Christmas Tree4 screens
SkyLetter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: My Christmas Tree at 71% against SkyLetter's 25%. My Christmas Tree also leads on rating (4.3 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). SkyLetter's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). On ads and in-app purchases 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

SkyLetter is free to download; My Christmas Tree costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

My Christmas Tree holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Christmas Tree has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of My Christmas Tree's written reviews are positive against 25% of SkyLetter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Christmas Tree ships an update every 5 months, SkyLetter fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
My Christmas Tree versus SkyLetter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Christmas TreeSkyLetter
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (9 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStefan Van DammeKiyotaka Watanabe

Customer experience

My Christmas Tree

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

SkyLetter

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

My Christmas Tree

No in-app purchases

None

SkyLetter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Christmas Tree free?
My Christmas Tree costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SkyLetter free?
SkyLetter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, My Christmas Tree or SkyLetter?
My Christmas Tree is rated higher. My Christmas Tree averages 4.3 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while SkyLetter averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do My Christmas Tree or SkyLetter have ads?
Neither My Christmas Tree nor SkyLetter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Christmas Tree or SkyLetter?
My Christmas Tree ships an update every 5 months, and SkyLetter fortnightly. Most recently, My Christmas Tree was updated on November 11, 2026 and SkyLetter on November 11, 2026.

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