Christmas Countdown! vs 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.
Christmas
Track the days, hours, minutes, and seconds until Christmas with customizable backgrounds and festive music. Create your Christmas lists and reflect on daily Bible verses to embrace the holiday spirit.
- Multiple festive backgrounds
- Customizable timeframes (days, hours, minutes, seconds)
- Christmas list creation and management
- Selection of classic Christmas music
- Daily Bible verses
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Get into the festive spirit with the ultimate Christmas Countdown app! Multiple Backgrounds: Choose from a variety of beautiful, festive backgrounds to set the perfect holiday mood. Different Timeframes: Customize your countdown with different timeframes to track the days, hours, minutes, seconds, and more until Christmas. Custom Christmas Lists: Create and manage your own Christmas lists, whether it's for gift shopping, holiday activities, or festive recipes. Christmas Music: Enjoy a selection of classic Christmas tunes to accompany your countdown and keep you in the holiday spirit. Bible Verses: Reflect on the true meaning of Christmas with daily bible verses to inspire and uplift you during the holiday season.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Christmas at none against Christmas Countdown!'s shown. Christmas also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Christmas Countdown!'s advantage is ratings volume (71K vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.4). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Christmas Countdown! ships an update every 3 months, Christmas every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Christmas Countdown! | Christmas |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (71K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 71K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jack McLean | Braden Ross |
Customer experience
Christmas Countdown!
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
Christmas
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Christmas Countdown!
No in-app purchases
Christmas
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Christmas Countdown! free?
Is Christmas free?
Which has better reviews, Christmas Countdown! or Christmas?
Do Christmas Countdown! or Christmas have ads?
Which is updated more often, Christmas Countdown! or Christmas?
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