Comparison

Valentine's Countdown vs Watch Faces

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Valentine's Countdown

Track the days until Valentine's Day with animated characters and customizable backgrounds. Enjoy built-in or personal music playlists, and share your countdown status on social media.

Highlights
  • Days until Valentine's Day countdown
  • Animated characters that grow and shrink
  • Customizable backgrounds from photo album
  • Built-in and personal music integration
  • Facebook status updates
  • View Valentine's Day for future years
Features
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While listening to music (built-in or your own), see the number of days countdown until Valentine's Day. Watch the animated characters get bigger as Valentine's Day gets closer displayed on the included background images or use your own picture. Get ready for Valentine's Day 2017! • See the animated characters grow to full size and then shrink back down based on the number of days left until Valentine's Day. The closer the date gets to Valentine's Day, the bigger the character will grow. The character will then move off the screen in multiple patterns. • Select one of 4 background musical soundtracks. Select one or automatically play all the songs in a repeating sequence. Select Airplay to play the music to your Apple TV. • Pick music from your own music library. The title and album art of the playing song are displayed. • Animated characters include a heart and a rose. • Shake or tap an animated character to see an effect. • See the number of days until Valentine's Day. Tap the countdown text to cycle between 9 different colors. • Select any background image from your device's photo album or use one of the 3 included pictures. • Enable/Disable/Hide the character animation. • Update your Facebook status with the days to Valentine's Day. • Enable/Disable device sleep. • See the day of the week for Valentine's Day each year and for the next 4 years. • Supports all iPhone screen sizes and iOS 9. Additional features will be added. This is a free holiday program and is ad supported. Visit our Web site at www.EnergizeSoftware.com to see the other programs that we offer or to leave comments and suggestions.

About

Watch Faces

Discover and apply over 1,500 exclusive watch faces for your smartwatch. Express your mood with animated gradients, minimalist designs, and custom emoji options. Enjoy effortless installation and weekly free updates.

Highlights
  • 1,500+ original watch faces
  • Animated faces with always-on support
  • Custom emoji builder
  • One-tap installation
  • Weekly free watch face
  • Search and filters by style
Features
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Screenshots

Valentine's Countdown4 screens
Watch Faces4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Watch Faces at 4.7 against Valentine's Countdown's 4.0. Watch Faces also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 10). Valentine's Countdown's advantage is review sentiment (69% vs 29%) and in-app purchases (none vs 12). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Watch Faces sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Valentine's Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Watch Faces holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Watch Faces has 1.6K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of Valentine's Countdown's written reviews are positive against 29% of Watch Faces's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Valentine's Countdown ships an update every 10 months, Watch Faces every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Valentine's Countdown versus Watch Faces: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterValentine's CountdownWatch Faces
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (10 ratings)4.7 (1.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews — better29.0% of reviews
Number of ratings101.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGreg MorrisClaire Mitchell

Customer experience

Valentine's Countdown

All ratings10 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral11.5%
Negative19.2%

Watch Faces

All ratings1,595 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral3.6%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive29.0%
Neutral6.5%
Negative64.5%

Bugs and requests

Valentine's Countdown

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Watch Faces

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Faces not downloading properly
  • Complications not working as expected
  • Unexpected charges and billing issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • More customization options
  • Better instructions and support
  • Ability to add custom photos/images

In-app purchases

None

Valentine's Countdown

No in-app purchases

12 purchases

Watch Faces

Subscriptions11
  • Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Weekly$7.997 Days
  • Weekly3 Days trial$7.997 Days
Show 8 more
  • Annual$9.991 Year
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Annual$19.991 Year
  • Annual$29.991 Year
  • Annual3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Annual$39.991 Year
  • Annual3 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • 1 Collection Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is Valentine's Countdown free?
Valentine's Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Watch Faces free?
Watch Faces is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Valentine's Countdown or Watch Faces?
Watch Faces is rated higher. Valentine's Countdown averages 4.0 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Watch Faces averages 4.7 from 1.6K ratings.
Do Valentine's Countdown or Watch Faces have ads?
Neither Valentine's Countdown nor Watch Faces shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Valentine's Countdown or Watch Faces?
Valentine's Countdown ships an update every 10 months, and Watch Faces every 3 weeks. Most recently, Valentine's Countdown was updated on October 17, 2026 and Watch Faces on October 20, 2026.

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