Christmas Countdown (2026) vs Christmas Countdown & Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Christmas Countdown (2026)
Track the days until Christmas with a festive snowy countdown. Personalize your experience with various backgrounds and classic holiday music. Unlock daily advent calendar gifts and enjoy an ad-free experience.
- Snowy countdown screen
- Selection of Christmas backgrounds
- Classic Christmas music
- Daily advent calendar gifts
- Ad-free experience
- Premium upgrade for widget and more content
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Count down the days until Christmas with a fun snowy countdown. - Choose from a selection of beautiful backgrounds, featuring Santa and his reindeer, many Christmas trees, and even a snowman! - Enjoy classic Christmas music including Deck the Halls and We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Watch the falling snow on the countdown screen - Open a new gift every day of December in your advent calendar! You'll get a beautiful Christmas-themed photo which you can set as your wallpaper, as well some other ideas to help you get in the Christmas mood! - No ads! I really don't like ads in apps, so there are none at all in Christmas Countdown :) - Upgrade to Premium to get a countdown widget so you can quickly see how long there is until Christmas! You'll also get more music, including Jingle Bells and Silent Night, extra backgrounds and an exclusive countdown style! I have a lot of fun developing Christmas Countdown, and love hearing from people who use the app. You can email me about the app at christmas@jupli.com :)
Christmas Countdown & Widget
Track the exact days, hours, and sleeps until Christmas Eve with a live home screen widget. Customize with festive themes and enjoy snowfall animations to bring the holiday spirit to life.
- Live home screen widget
- Real-time countdown (days, hours, sleeps)
- Customizable themes (red, green, blue)
- Snowfall animations
- Compact size (under 1MB)
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How many sleeps until Christmas? Christmas Countdown puts the countdown right on your home screen and lock screen, so the whole family can see how close Christmas is, every time they pick up the iPhone. Rated 4.8 stars by more than 2,400 people. Free, no ads, no account. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Add the widget once and the days (or sleeps) left are always in sight. No need to open the app: the widget updates by itself every day, all season long. LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS See the countdown without even unlocking your phone. Pick the round widget with its progress ring, which fills up as Christmas gets closer, or the one-line widget above the clock. SLEEPS, NOT JUST DAYS Kids don't count days, they count sleeps. Switch to sleeps mode and the app answers the question you hear every evening in December: "How many more nights until Santa comes?" LIVE COUNTDOWN IN THE APP Open the app for the full countdown: days, hours, minutes and seconds ticking down in real time, under gently falling snow. Prefer a calm screen? Turn the snow off in one tap. DEC 24 OR DEC 25 Celebrate on Christmas Eve or on Christmas Day? Choose the date you count down to, and every widget follows. In Sweden, the app counts to December 24 by default. FESTIVE THEMES Classic red, pine green or ice blue. Your colour applies to the app and to the widgets, so your home screen matches your mood. ALL YEAR LONG Christmas is over? The countdown starts again for next year, and we say Merry Christmas on the way. IN YOUR LANGUAGE Available in 16 languages, from French and German to Japanese and Korean. PREMIUM: SNOWY SCENE WIDGETS A one-time purchase unlocks exclusive widgets: a snowy landscape with a cabin, a snowman and fir trees, in small and medium sizes, painted in your theme colour. Premium also removes the FREE badge from the classic widget and supports an independent developer. No subscription, ever. Already bought it? Restore your purchase in one tap from Settings. HOW TO ADD THE WIDGET 1. Download Christmas Countdown, it's free 2. Long-press an empty area of your home screen and tap Edit 3. Tap Add Widget and search for Christmas Countdown 4. Choose a size and tap Add Widget For the lock screen, long-press the lock screen, tap Customize, then add the widget under the clock. MADE BY ONE PERSON Christmas Countdown is built by an independent developer who loves Christmas as much as you do. Ideas, bugs or just a hello? Write from the Settings screen: every message gets read. Christmas only comes once a year. Start counting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Christmas Countdown (2026) at every 6 days against Christmas Countdown & Widget's every 3 weeks. Christmas Countdown & Widget's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Christmas Countdown (2026) sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Christmas Countdown & Widget sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Christmas Countdown (2026) against 4.8 for Christmas Countdown & Widget. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.5K and 2.5K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of Christmas Countdown (2026)'s written reviews are positive against 93% of Christmas Countdown & Widget's.
Christmas Countdown (2026) ships an update every 6 days, Christmas Countdown & Widget every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Christmas Countdown (2026) | Christmas Countdown & Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.5K ratings) — better | 4.8 (2.5K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 97.5% of reviews — better | 93.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.5K — better | 2.5K |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jupli | Benoit Deguine |
Customer experience
Christmas Countdown (2026)
Christmas Countdown & Widget
User reviews
Christmas Countdown (2026)
From 3.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⭐️ Excellent Christmas countdown app
- 🎄 Fun and interactive advent calendar
- 🎅 Customizable countdown and backgrounds
- 🎶 Enjoyable Christmas music
- 🎁 Daily gifts and activities
Room to improve
- 🕰️ Occasional inaccuracies in countdown timer
- 💰 Some premium features locked behind paywall
- 🔋 Can be a battery drain on devices
- 🎨 Limited free background and music options
Christmas Countdown & Widget
From 2.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎄 Great Christmas countdown app
- 🕰️ Accurate countdown
- 💻 Useful widget
- 🎨 Customizable themes
- 🎅 Captures Christmas spirit
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional countdown issues
- 🔍 Widget doesn't show full countdown details
- 🔧 Some features not fully functional
Bugs and requests
Christmas Countdown (2026)
Reported bugs
3 issues- Countdown timer sometimes off by a day
- Music playback issues for some users
- Occasional app crashes or freezes
Requested features
5 requests- More free background and music options
- Ability to use own photos for backgrounds
- Additional mini-games and activities
- Countdown for other holidays (Halloween, Thanksgiving, etc.)
- Improved widget functionality
Christmas Countdown & Widget
Reported bugs
3 issues- Countdown not always accurate
- Widget not working on some devices
- App freezing or crashing
Requested features
5 requests- Add Apple Watch support
- Include more countdown details in widget
- Implement Christmas mini-games
- Provide notification options
- Add more customization options
In-app purchases
Christmas Countdown (2026)
- Premium (2026)$3.99
- Premium (Lifetime)$9.99
Christmas Countdown & Widget
- 1 Gift$1.99
- Premium$2.99
- 3 Gifts (or 1 big!)$4.99
Questions
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