Christmas Countdown! vs Christmas Countdown 2021 !!
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 Countdown 2021 !!
This app helps you get into the Christmas spirit with daily festive sayings. Enjoy cheerful music, snowfall effects, and uplifting quotes to celebrate the holiday season.
- Daily Christmas sayings
- Festive Christmas music
- Snowfall effects
- Joyful holiday mood
- Christmas quotes
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Do you feel the spirit of approaching Christmas? Christmas Countdown app will help you enjoy Christmas mood by bringing you a new Christmas saying every day! Enjoy joyful Christmas music, snowfall effects and fun or wise Christmas sayings. Merry Christmas! © UAB Target Works. Soundtrack licenced from: © StockMusicSite / MX47 / Leonard Rogowski
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Christmas Countdown! at none against Christmas Countdown 2021 !!'s 1. Christmas Countdown! also leads on ratings volume (71K vs 79) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months). Christmas Countdown 2021 !!'s advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ads 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. Christmas Countdown 2021 !! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Christmas Countdown! asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Christmas Countdown! against 4.8 for Christmas Countdown 2021 !!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Christmas Countdown! has 71K ratings behind it against 79, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Christmas Countdown!'s written reviews are positive against 78% of Christmas Countdown 2021 !!'s.
Christmas Countdown! ships an update every 3 months, Christmas Countdown 2021 !! every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Christmas Countdown! | Christmas Countdown 2021 !! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (71K ratings) | 4.8 (79 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.9% of reviews — better | 78.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 71K — better | 79 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jack McLean | UAB Target Works |
Customer experience
Christmas Countdown!
Christmas Countdown 2021 !!
User reviews
Christmas Countdown!
From 71K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⭐️ Excellent Christmas countdown app
- 🎄 Helps get excited for Christmas
- 🕰 Provides multiple countdown metrics (days, hours, minutes, seconds, weeks, sleeps, heartbeats, breaths)
- 🎅 Cute Christmas-themed characters and backgrounds
- 🎶 Festive Christmas music
Room to improve
- 🔔 Annoying notifications/reminders
- 💰 Premium features like music selection should be free
- 🤖 Heartbeat and breath counters are not personalized
- 🙄 Occasional countdown inaccuracies reported
Christmas Countdown 2021 !!
From 79 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎄 Festive atmosphere
- 🎶 Cheerful music
- 💬 Uplifting sayings
- 🔢 Accurate countdown
- 👍 Easy to use
Room to improve
- 🔁 Repetitive music
- 😴 Boring content
- 😵 Too many ads
- 😐 Not enough features
- 🖼️ Static background
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 Countdown 2021 !!
Reported bugs
4 issues- Advertisements block app usage
- Sayings not working for some users
- Notification feature not working
- Ads pop up during setup
Requested features
13 requests- Change music more often
- Add more background options
- Include Christmas games
- Add more Christmas sayings
- Display countdown on app icon
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- Add music with words
- Add special tunes for Christmas Eve/Day
- Post countdown to Facebook
- Add different backgrounds
- Add more things to the app
- Add mini games from 10 days out
- Add ornaments as background settings
- Add advent calendar with daily opening and fun Christmas game
In-app purchases
Christmas Countdown!
No in-app purchases
Christmas Countdown 2021 !!
- Premium Upgrade$0.99
Questions
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