Comparison

Noel vs Christmas Countdown and Lists

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

Head to head
About

Noel

This app helps you embrace the holiday spirit with a countdown to Christmas, festive recipes, gift ideas, and activity planning. Enjoy carols with built-in music sheets and track your holiday preparations.

Highlights
  • Christmas countdown clock
  • Advent widget
  • AI gift ideas
  • Recipe list
  • Activity list
  • Christmas music sheets
Features
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Your cozy companion for the holiday season. Get into the Christmas spirit with Noel, the ultimate app for festive fun, creativity, and countdown excitement! Whether you’re planning activities, discovering new recipes, or looking for the perfect gift ideas — Noel keeps the magic of Christmas at your fingertips. Features: - Christmas Countdown Clock: Watch the days, hours, and minutes tick away until Christmas Day! - Advent Widget: Add a joyful countdown widget to your Home or Lock Screen. - AI Gift Ideas: Need inspiration? Get smart, personalized gift ideas for everyone on your list. - Recipe List: Save your favorite Christmas recipes or add your own festive creations. - Activity List: Create and track your favorite holiday activities — from decorating to baking and beyond. - Christmas Music Sheets: Play your favorite carols with easy-to-read music sheets right inside the app. Noel brings together everything you love about Christmas — creativity, music, giving, and celebration — all in one beautifully designed experience. Start counting down, creating, and celebrating today with Noel!

About

Christmas Countdown and Lists

Track the time remaining until Christmas and organize your gift shopping with customizable lists. Monitor your spending against budgets and personalize the app's appearance with various color and snow effects.

Highlights
  • Christmas countdown timer
  • Customizable gift lists
  • Budget and spending tracking
  • Personalized background and text colors
  • Adjustable snow effects
  • Swipe to mark/delete gifts and lists
Features
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A simple but great looking app, with modern design, which shows you the time left until Christmas and helps you organise your gift list.  Create as many lists you want and add some gifts to them, so you don't forget anyone or anything for this Christmas.  You can tick the gifts by swiping on them from left to right or delete a gift or a list by swiping it to the left.  The app keeps track of your lists and shows you the amount of money you have spent so far and how much you still need to spend.  You can also see the total budget for each list and for all lists, as well as the average list budget. You can se how long it is till Christmas at any time and do all the Christmas preparations on time. From the menu in the right you can customise the appearance of the app. You can choose from a list of many colours one for the background and another one for text and decorations, as well as a pattern for background. And you can choose not only if it snows or not, but also if it is light, moderate or heavy snow. At the end of the countdown you will see a Merry Christmas screen.  This app brings color and Christmas-joy on your device screen! The countdown has begun! See exactly how long it is until Christmas and get your Christmas lists ready! Happy Holidays! and merry counting

Screenshots

Noel4 screens
Christmas Countdown and Lists4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Noel at 80% against Christmas Countdown and Lists's 22%. Noel also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Christmas Countdown and Lists's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Noel sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Christmas Countdown and Lists asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Noel ships an update every 3 weeks, Christmas Countdown and Lists every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Noel versus Christmas Countdown and Lists: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoelChristmas Countdown and Lists
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (84 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better22.2% of reviews
Number of ratings84 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaul Roden IIMatei Ciurezu

Customer experience

Noel

All ratings84 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Christmas Countdown and Lists

Written reviews9 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative77.8%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Noel

Subscriptions2
  • Noel Premium$3.991 Month
  • Noel Premium3 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Christmas Countdown and Lists

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Noel free?
Noel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Christmas Countdown and Lists free?
Christmas Countdown and Lists is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Noel or Christmas Countdown and Lists have ads?
Christmas Countdown and Lists shows ads; Noel does not.
Which is updated more often, Noel or Christmas Countdown and Lists?
Noel ships an update every 3 weeks, and Christmas Countdown and Lists every 2 months. Most recently, Noel was updated on November 2, 2026 and Christmas Countdown and Lists on November 6, 2026.

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