Christmas Countdown! vs Countdown to Valentine's Day
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Christmas Countdown!
Track the exact time remaining until Christmas 2026 with multiple countdown modes, including seconds and heartbeats. Choose from six festive characters to accompany your countdown and enjoy Christmas music. Share your excitement with friends and family on social media.
- Real-time countdown (days, hours, minutes, seconds)
- Multiple time modes (weeks, nights, heartbeats)
- Six festive character companions
- Integrated Christmas music
- Social media sharing
- Customizable countdown metrics
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The app that keeps you updated to how many days, hours, minutes, seconds and even heartbeats there are until Christmas 2026. There are multiple 'time-modes' including counting down the number of total weeks, nights, hours, minutes, total seconds or heartbeats until Christmas. Choose between 6 characters to keep you company while watching the countdown! Characters include: • Santa Claus • Snowman • Christmas tree • Reindeer • Skater Share the countdown with your family and friends to all of your favourite social networks! Including Instagram! Listen to Christmas songs whilst watching the time tick closer to Christmas.
Countdown to Valentine's Day
Track the days remaining until Valentine's Day with romantic animations and music. Create and share personalized digital postcards, and receive countdown updates on your Apple Watch. Enjoy a festive experience with love-themed stickers and quick access to the countdown.
- Valentine's Day countdown timer
- Romantic radio streaming
- Customizable postcard creation
- Apple Watch integration
- Love heart stickers
- 3D Touch quick view
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Valentine's Day Countdown With romantic radio, streaming the best love songs 24/7 The app shows you have many days they are until Valentine's Day, as well as that the app offer other great features including: *Shows how many days until Valentines. *Great romantic animation lights and love hearts. *Make a valentine's day postcard reminder and share over social media or message. *Shows how many days until valentine's on your Apple Watch *Has fun love heart stickers *Use 3D Touch to press on the icon to see how many days without even opening the app *Can stream valentines radio 24/7 For more great apps check out our website or follow us on twitter or facebook. www.SlinkyApps.co.uk www.twitter.com/SlinkyApps www.facebook.com/SlinkyApps
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown to Valentine's Day at none against Christmas Countdown!'s 1. Countdown to Valentine's Day also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 months). Christmas Countdown!'s advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (71K vs 192). On price and review sentiment 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! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Countdown to Valentine's Day asks for nothing beyond the download.
Christmas Countdown! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Christmas Countdown! has 71K ratings behind it against 192, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Christmas Countdown!'s written reviews are positive against 83% of Countdown to Valentine's Day's.
Christmas Countdown! ships an update every 5 months, Countdown to Valentine's Day every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Christmas Countdown! | Countdown to Valentine's Day |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (71K ratings) — better | 4.4 (192 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.6% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 71K — better | 192 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jack McLean | Duncan Cuthbertson |
Customer experience
Christmas Countdown!
Countdown to Valentine's Day
Bugs and requests
Christmas Countdown!
Reported bugs
2 issues- Countdown sometimes off by a day
- Occasional app crashes or freezes
Requested features
3 requests- Add more Christmas song options
- Include countdown for other holidays
- Allow users to customize their own countdown metrics
Countdown to Valentine's Day
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Christmas Countdown!
- Christmas Countdown Premium$1.99
Countdown to Valentine's Day
No in-app purchases
Questions
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