Countdown for Vacation/Holiday vs Vacation Planner Countdown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown for Vacation/Holiday
Easily track the days until your next trip with customizable countdowns. Personalize your countdowns with your own photos or choose from a vast library of free backgrounds. Share your excitement with friends and receive timely reminders.
- Unlimited vacation countdowns
- Customizable titles, fonts, and colors
- Free and custom background options
- Image search and upload functionality
- Social media sharing
- Push notifications
- Home and Lock screen widgets
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Your next vacation is just around the corner. So that you have time to really look forward to it, we'll take care of counting the days for you! We've already included free backgrounds for many travel themes in the app. But you can also simply take or upload your own picture. So our countdown becomes yours! ** FUNCTIONS ** > Create an unlimited number of countdowns for your vacations > Easy selection of date and time via the calendar > Customize title, font color and countdown color > Choose from many beautiful free backgrounds > Search over 3.5 million online images > Upload your own photo or take a picture directly in the app > Share your countdown with friends or on social media > Be reminded of your vacation with notifications > Widgets for the Home- & Lockscreen We wish you lots of fun on your next trip! :-)
Vacation Planner Countdown
Plan your upcoming trips with a customizable countdown and personalized to-do lists. Set reminders for important dates like payments and packing, and store your travel agent's contact information for easy access.
- Customizable countdown timer
- Background customization
- Personalized to-do lists
- Event reminders
- Travel agent contact storage
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Vacation Planner Countdown provides an on-screen, background customizable, countdown for an endless amount of upcoming vacations! Additional features include personalizing a to-do list that sends notifications which include adding a final payment date, rental car/airline book by date, when to pack, and more! Vacation Planner Countdown also enables the user to complete and save a contact form providing their travel agent’s information, keeping them readily available for a phone call or email to aid with questions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vacation Planner Countdown at none against Countdown for Vacation/Holiday's 4. Vacation Planner Countdown also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Countdown for Vacation/Holiday's advantage is ratings volume (161 vs 3). On price, update cadence 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. Countdown for Vacation/Holiday sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Vacation Planner Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.
Vacation Planner Countdown holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown for Vacation/Holiday has 161 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown for Vacation/Holiday | Vacation Planner Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (161 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 161 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Simon Kirchner | Magical Enchanted Vacations, LLC |
Customer experience
Countdown for Vacation/Holiday
Vacation Planner Countdown
In-app purchases
Countdown for Vacation/Holiday
- Buy me a water$0.99
- Pro Version$2.99
- Buy me a coffee$3.99
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- Buy me a pizza$11.99
Vacation Planner Countdown
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Countdown for Vacation/Holiday free?
Is Vacation Planner Countdown free?
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Do Countdown for Vacation/Holiday or Vacation Planner Countdown have ads?
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