Christmas Countdown! vs PieceCount
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.
PieceCount
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PieceCount is a tidy shelf for everyone who loves jigsaw puzzles. Catalog what you own, log every solve, and never lose track of a lent puzzle or a missing piece again. Build your collection with a box photo and piece count for each puzzle, then keep a real record of your puzzling life. What you can do: - Catalog every puzzle with a box photo, brand, and piece count - Log completions with the date, how long it took, and your pace per 1000 pieces - Flag missing pieces so you know before you start - Track who you lent a puzzle to and what you borrowed - Keep a wish list of puzzles to buy next - See your puzzle year in stats: puzzles completed, pieces placed, time spent, and a month by month chart - Watch your records: fastest pace, largest puzzle solved, longest sitting, and most completed Private and in sync: Your collection lives on your device and in your own private iCloud, and syncs across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. There is no account to create, no ads, and no tracking. Free and Pro: PieceCount is free to use for up to 15 puzzles. The Lifetime unlock is a one-time purchase of $9.99 (USD) that removes the limit for unlimited puzzles and unlocks export: a PDF report of your puzzle year and a CSV of every completion. It is not a subscription and never renews. Prices may vary by region. Terms of Use (Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Christmas Countdown! at none against PieceCount's 1. Christmas Countdown! also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). PieceCount's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. PieceCount sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Christmas Countdown! asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Christmas Countdown! | PieceCount |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (71K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 89.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 71K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jack McLean | InnovaLabWorks |
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
PieceCount
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Christmas Countdown!
No in-app purchases
PieceCount
- PieceCount Lifetime$49.99
Questions
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Do Christmas Countdown! or PieceCount have ads?
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