Comparison

Christmas Countdown! vs Smartlights countdown

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

Head to head
About

Christmas Countdown!

Track the exact time remaining until Christmas 2025, down to the second or even heartbeats. Choose from fun characters to accompany your countdown and share your excitement with friends and family. Enjoy festive music while you wait for the holiday.

Highlights
  • Precise countdown (days, hours, minutes, seconds, heartbeats)
  • Multiple time modes (weeks, nights, seconds, heartbeats)
  • Six festive companion characters
  • Social media sharing
  • Christmas music playback
Features
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The app that keeps you updated to how many days, hours, minutes, seconds and even heartbeats there are until Christmas 2025. 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.

About

Smartlights countdown

Control Christmas projectors with Bluetooth, set custom countdown dates and titles, and read time. Get technical support directly from the developer.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth connectivity
  • Projector password function
  • Read time in phone
  • Calculate Christmas distance
  • Set custom countdown dates
  • Type custom titles for countdowns
Features
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This is a two in one App which can control “Countdown to Christmas projector” and “Countdown to Christmas and More projector”. Includes Bluetooth connectivity, projector password function, read time in phone and calculate the distance of Christmas function. For “Countdown to Christmas and More projector” you can not only countdown to Christmas but also set the date which you want and typing a title for it. If you need technical guidance, the App has contact information with Gemmy company in the page which can enter from the button in the lower right corner.

Screenshots

Christmas Countdown!4 screens
Smartlights countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Christmas Countdown! at 90% against Smartlights countdown's 25%. Christmas Countdown! also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.5) and ratings volume (71K vs 20). Smartlights countdown's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Christmas Countdown! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Christmas Countdown! has 71K ratings behind it against 20, 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 25% of Smartlights countdown's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Christmas Countdown! ships an update every 3 months, Smartlights countdown every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Christmas Countdown! versus Smartlights countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChristmas Countdown!Smartlights countdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (71K ratings) — better2.5 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews89.9% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings71K — better20
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.68.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJack McLeanGemmy Industries Corporation

Customer experience

Christmas Countdown!

All ratings70,705 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral2.2%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews445 reviews
Positive89.9%
Neutral4.9%
Negative5.2%

Smartlights countdown

All ratings20 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

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

Smartlights countdown

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Christmas Countdown!

No in-app purchases

None

Smartlights countdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Christmas Countdown! free?
Christmas Countdown! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Smartlights countdown free?
Smartlights countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Christmas Countdown! or Smartlights countdown?
Christmas Countdown! is rated higher. Christmas Countdown! averages 4.8 out of 5 from 71K ratings, while Smartlights countdown averages 2.5 from 20 ratings.
Do Christmas Countdown! or Smartlights countdown have ads?
Christmas Countdown! shows ads; Smartlights countdown does not.
Which is updated more often, Christmas Countdown! or Smartlights countdown?
Christmas Countdown! ships an update every 3 months, and Smartlights countdown every 2 months. Most recently, Christmas Countdown! was updated on September 28, 2026 and Smartlights countdown on June 5, 2026.

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