Christmas Countdown! vs Deer Santa Wishlist
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.
Deer Santa Wishlist
Create magical Christmas wishlists, write letters to Santa, and complete festive challenges. This holiday companion app lets you add rich item details, capture photos, and browse online stores for gift ideas. Share your letter with family and friends to spread holiday cheer.
- Create magical wishlists
- Add rich item details (photos, descriptions)
- Browse popular online stores
- Write letters to Santa
- Share letters with family and friends
- Earn rewards through festive challenges
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Help Santa keep track of all the Christmas wishes. Create magical wishlists, write your letter to Santa, and earn rewards through festive challenges. The ultimate holiday companion app! Build Christmas wishlists with rich item information including photos, descriptions, and more. Capture product images directly from your camera or photo library, and browse popular stores online right within the app to find the perfect gifts. Share your letter with Santa, Family and Friends. The season is quickly ramping up and we are overhauling our mail system to be fully online. The mission is to gather Christmas Magic and Joy. As you go along please help us spread cheer with your Family and Friends.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Deer Santa Wishlist at none against Christmas Countdown!'s shown. Deer Santa Wishlist also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 90%). Christmas Countdown!'s advantage is ratings volume (71K vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Deer Santa Wishlist sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Deer Santa Wishlist 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. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Christmas Countdown!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Deer Santa Wishlist's.
| Parameter | Christmas Countdown! | Deer Santa Wishlist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (71K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 71K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jack McLean | Working Labs LLC |
Customer experience
Christmas Countdown!
Deer Santa Wishlist
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
Deer Santa Wishlist
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Christmas Countdown!
- Christmas Countdown Premium$1.99
Deer Santa Wishlist
- Small XMP Bundle$0.99
- Small Magic Bundle$0.99
- Medium XMP Bundle$1.99
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- Medium Magic Bundle$1.99
- Large XMP Bundle$3.99
- Large Magic Bundle$3.99
- Golden Christmas Bundle$5.99
Questions
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