Christmas Countdown! vs Countdown 2 Christmas
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 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.
- Precise countdown (days, hours, minutes, seconds, heartbeats)
- Multiple time modes (weeks, nights, seconds, heartbeats)
- Six festive companion characters
- Social media sharing
- Christmas music playback
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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.
Countdown 2 Christmas
Decorate a virtual Christmas tree with various options and backgrounds. Enjoy the festive spirit of the holiday season year-round with interactive elements like snowfall.
- Virtual Christmas tree decoration
- Multiple decoration options
- Customizable backgrounds
- Snowfall effect
- Year-round festive spirit
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Share in the Joy of the Christmas Season all year long! Select your tree, decorate it with a multitude of different options, change to a new background, maybe add snowfall. Tap the snowflake to get started.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Christmas Countdown! at none against Countdown 2 Christmas's 1. Christmas Countdown! also leads on ratings volume (71K vs 7) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). Countdown 2 Christmas's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). 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 2 Christmas sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Christmas Countdown! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Countdown 2 Christmas holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Christmas Countdown! has 71K ratings behind it against 7, 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 100% of Countdown 2 Christmas's.
Christmas Countdown! ships an update every 3 months, Countdown 2 Christmas every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Christmas Countdown! | Countdown 2 Christmas |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (71K ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 71K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jack McLean | Daniel TenEyck |
Customer experience
Christmas Countdown!
Countdown 2 Christmas
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 2 Christmas
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Christmas Countdown!
No in-app purchases
Countdown 2 Christmas
- Unlock Premium Content$4.99
Questions
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