Comparison

Christmas Countdown and Lists vs Christmas Countdown & Widget

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

Head to head
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

About

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.

Highlights
  • Live home screen widget
  • Real-time countdown (days, hours, sleeps)
  • Customizable themes (red, green, blue)
  • Snowfall animations
  • Compact size (under 1MB)
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Christmas Countdown and Lists4 screens
Christmas Countdown & Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Christmas Countdown & Widget at 93% against Christmas Countdown and Lists's 22%. Christmas Countdown & Widget 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 3). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Christmas Countdown & Widget sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Christmas Countdown and Lists asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Christmas Countdown and Lists ships an update every 2 months, Christmas Countdown & Widget every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Christmas Countdown and Lists versus Christmas Countdown & Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChristmas Countdown and ListsChristmas Countdown & Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (2.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews93.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—2.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatei CiurezuBenoit Deguine

Customer experience

Christmas Countdown and Lists

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

Christmas Countdown & Widget

All ratings2,437 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral2.2%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews163 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral2.5%
Negative4.3%

Bugs and requests

Christmas Countdown and Lists

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

None

Christmas Countdown and Lists

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Christmas Countdown & Widget

One-time3
  • 1 Gift$1.99
  • Premium$2.99
  • 3 Gifts (or 1 big!)$4.99

Questions

Is Christmas Countdown and Lists free?
Christmas Countdown and Lists is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Christmas Countdown & Widget free?
Christmas Countdown & Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Christmas Countdown and Lists or Christmas Countdown & Widget have ads?
Christmas Countdown and Lists shows ads; Christmas Countdown & Widget does not.
Which is updated more often, Christmas Countdown and Lists or Christmas Countdown & Widget?
Christmas Countdown and Lists ships an update every 2 months, and Christmas Countdown & Widget every 3 weeks. Most recently, Christmas Countdown and Lists was updated on November 6, 2026 and Christmas Countdown & Widget on November 7, 2026.

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