Christmas Countdown! vs Ho Ho
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.
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Ho Ho! Share a Festive Vibe to Your Digital Life! The advent calendar appears as a Christmas Tree! Also don't forget to add widgets to decorate your home screen!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Christmas Countdown! at Free against Ho Ho's $3.99. Ho Ho's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). On in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Christmas Countdown! is free to download; Ho Ho costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Christmas Countdown! ships an update every 3 months, Ho Ho every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Christmas Countdown! | Ho Ho |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (71K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 89.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 71K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jack McLean | 书豪 何 |
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
Ho Ho
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Christmas Countdown!
No in-app purchases
Ho Ho
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Christmas Countdown! free?
Is Ho Ho free?
Do Christmas Countdown! or Ho Ho have ads?
Which is updated more often, Christmas Countdown! or Ho Ho?
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