Christmas Countdown (2026) vs Christmas Time Countdown!
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 Time Countdown!
Celebrate the holiday season with a festive countdown featuring customizable styles, background colors, and optional falling snow. Enjoy a selection of instrumental holiday songs and utilize home screen widgets for at-a-glance updates.
- 7 countdown styles
- Customizable background colors
- Optional falling snow effect
- 20 instrumental holiday songs
- Multiple home screen widgets
- Feature request option
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Christmas Time Countdown is the Christmas Countdown app! This app offers tons of features: 7 countdown styles, 5 different background colors, each with 3 styles, optional falling snow and 20 instrumental holiday songs, just to name a few! Widgets! Don't want to open the app to see how much time there is to Christmas? Use one of our many home screen widgets! We offer widgets in all sizes to suit any desire! Try our traditional analog clock widget, or count down with a digital days and hours display! Want something a bit more abstract? Try our Christmas tree widget that grows more and more colorful the closer we get to Christmas! Want a feature? Click on my email link in the app to send me a request, or let me know of a bug I need to patch!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Christmas Time Countdown! at none against Christmas Countdown (2026)'s 2. Christmas Time Countdown! also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Christmas Countdown (2026)'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (3.5K vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Christmas Countdown (2026) sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Christmas Time Countdown! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Christmas Time Countdown! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Christmas Countdown (2026) has 3.5K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 98% of Christmas Countdown (2026)'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Christmas Time Countdown!'s.
| Parameter | Christmas Countdown (2026) | Christmas Time Countdown! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.5K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 97.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.5K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jupli | Gus Flusser |
Customer experience
Christmas Countdown (2026)
Christmas Time Countdown!
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 Time Countdown!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Christmas Countdown (2026)
- Premium (2026)$3.99
- Premium (Lifetime)$9.99
Christmas Time Countdown!
No in-app purchases
Questions
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