Christmas Countdown (2026) vs Christmas 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 Countdown
Track the days, hours, and minutes until Christmas with a beautifully designed app. Features include customizable widgets for your home and lock screens, daily reminders, and easy sharing options. Enjoy offline functionality and a vast collection of festive background images.
- Real-time countdown to Christmas
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Daily notification reminders
- Offline functionality
- Share countdown with friends
- Customizable background images
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Simple, elegant design shows you how long until Christmas with beautiful background images. There are also multiple widgets to track your Christmas countdown on your home screen, lock screen, and standby screen! Daily notifications remind you how long until the big day. • Easily share your Christmas countdown with friends and family • Post your Christmas countdown to Facebook with one click • Christmas Countdown works offline • Countless beautiful background images for you countdown • Great to use as Christmas countdown wallpaper Please email us or leave review feedback for feature requests or any other improvement suggestions you have for Christmas Countdown! We love to hear from you and are always looking to improve our Christmas Countdown app! Please share Christmas Countdown app with your friends and family! End User License Agreement: https://zaffles.bitbucket.io/christmas/terms_of_use.html Thanks and Merry Christmas! Team Zaffles
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Christmas Countdown (2026) at none against Christmas Countdown 's shown. Christmas Countdown (2026) also leads on review sentiment (98% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 4.7 for Christmas Countdown . That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Christmas Countdown (2026) has 3.5K ratings behind it against 327, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of Christmas Countdown (2026)'s written reviews are positive against 67% of Christmas Countdown 's.
Christmas Countdown (2026) ships an update every 6 days, Christmas Countdown monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Christmas Countdown (2026) | Christmas Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.5K ratings) — better | 4.7 (327 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 97.5% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.5K — better | 327 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 146 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jupli | Zaffles |
Customer experience
Christmas Countdown (2026)
Christmas 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 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 Countdown
- Christmas Countdown Supporter$2.99
Questions
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