Birthday Countdown vs Santa Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Birthday Countdown
Never miss an important birthday again with this easy-to-use countdown and reminder app. Set custom notifications, import contacts, and even view upcoming events on your Apple Watch. Premium features include lock screen widgets and data export.
- Birthday countdowns
- Customizable notifications
- Import from contacts/calendar
- Apple Watch support
- Lock screen widgets (Premium)
- Share countdowns
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Birthday Countdown is a free, super easy to use countdown and reminder app for the all the important birthdays in your life. Never forget a birthday again! Features: • Check your birthdays on the Lock Screen or Home Screen with our widget (Premium feature) • Check upcoming birthdays on your Apple Watch • Create as many events as you'd like • Share your countdowns with friends and family • Get notifications at the time of your choosing on each birthday day. You can also get notified 1 day or 1 week before each birthday • Import birthdays from your calendar • Import birthdays from your contacts • Import birthdays from your facebook • Dark Mode • Widget to view your most important events (Premium feature) • Export your birthdays through an ICS file (Premium feature) • Pick an emoji to identify each birthday ——— TERMS & PRIVACY ——— Terms of use (https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/93268760) Privacy & Policy (https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/93268760) EULA (https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/) ——— QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK? ——— We love hearing from you and we read every single email you send us! Have suggestions? Feel free to contact us at birthdaycountdownapp@gmail.com
Santa Tracker
Discover how many days, minutes, hours, and seconds remain until Christmas. This app allows you to track Santa's current location around the world and provides a countdown to the festive holiday.
- Christmas countdown
- Track Santa's location
- Count days, minutes, hours, seconds
- Real-time Santa tracking
- Festive holiday app
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Reviewed by Slotter..... – Nov 29, 2020 How do you can tell how many days minutes hours and seconds till Christmas it is amazing!!! ***** Where Is Santa Right Now in 2023? Track Santa Tack When is Santa coming. Where in the world is Santa Claus right now? Here's everything you need to know about finding his exact location by using a Santa tracker. This is best Santa Tracker.... Countdown Days when Santa is coming, Count Days, seconds, Sleep And hours as well Download Now it is free!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Birthday Countdown at 4.8 against Santa Tracker's 4.0. Birthday Countdown also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (7.9K vs 81). Santa Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, 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. Birthday Countdown sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Santa Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Birthday Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Birthday Countdown has 7.9K ratings behind it against 81, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Birthday Countdown's written reviews are positive against 65% of Santa Tracker's.
Birthday Countdown ships an update weekly, Santa Tracker every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and June 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Birthday Countdown | Santa Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (7.9K ratings) — better | 4.0 (81 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.5% of reviews — better | 65.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7.9K — better | 81 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Find Appiness LLC | Aamir Elahi |
Customer experience
Birthday Countdown
Santa Tracker
Bugs and requests
Birthday Countdown
Reported bugs
4 issues- Dates randomly changing or being off by a day
- App crashing or becoming unusable after updates
- Notifications not working as expected
- Inability to open or access the app after a reset
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to use personal photos
- Provide more reminder time options
- Allow adding notes/details for birthdays
- Improve widget functionality and customization
- Implement import/export backup functionality
Santa Tracker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Birthday Countdown
- Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$7.991 Year
- Birthday Special Offer$1.99
- Birthday Widget Offer$4.99
- Birthday Widget$9.99
Santa Tracker
- Remove ADS$2.99
Questions
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