Comparison

Holiday Bells vs PEDRO APP

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

Head to head
About

Holiday Bells

Create and play Christmas music with realistic handbell sounds. Features include interactive song playback with visual cues, a collection of 20 holiday tunes, and customizable home screen widgets. Enhance your messages with festive stickers.

Highlights
  • Realistic handbell sounds
  • Interactive song playback
  • 20 Christmas songs
  • Home screen widgets
  • Festive stickers
Features
Currently charting
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Play Christmas songs on the handbells with Holiday Bells! The beautiful bell sounds are real handbells! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Jingle Bells: Shake the phone to ring the bells. Handbell: Tap to ring. Tap on the clef to change pitch. Handbell Set: 15 handbells. Tap on the bells to play your favorite holiday songs! Songs: 20 Christmas songs, with favorites like "Jingle Bells", "Away in a Manger", "Joy to the World", and more. Scroll the songs list to see them all. Choose a song, then follow the snowflakes to tap along, or press the Auto-Play button to have the app play the song for you! Stickers: Add some holiday cheer to your text messages! Holiday Bells stickers have bells, stars, animated music notes, a music sheet and songbook, an animated candle with flickering flame, a Christmas wreath, birds (cedar waxwing, cardinal, and peace dove), and a red poinsettia. All of the stickers are original hand-drawn artwork by artist and app developer Kira Matrejek. Widgets: New in iOS14, add festive holiday widgets to your home screen! Holiday Bells has small, medium and large size widgets. Widgets can display the date, the days until Christmas, or holiday song lyrics, and there are several seasonal backgrounds to choose from. Merry Christmas! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

About

PEDRO APP

Features
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This is the official application of "PEDRO", which is the official smartphone site of Japanese artist "PEDRO". You can check their latest information with this app anytime!

Screenshots

Holiday Bells4 screens
PEDRO APP3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PEDRO APP at Free against Holiday Bells's $0.99. PEDRO APP also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 23 months). Holiday Bells's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). On 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

PEDRO APP is free to download; Holiday Bells costs $0.99 up front. PEDRO APP sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Holiday Bells asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Holiday Bells ships an update every 23 months, PEDRO APP every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Holiday Bells versus PEDRO APP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHoliday BellsPEDRO APP
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (56 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews93.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings56 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 23 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#200 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLightsphere LLCFanplus, Inc.

Bugs and requests

Holiday Bells

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Lyrics off beat
  • iPad rotate for song doesn't work
  • Handbells are silent
  • App crashes on handbell/more tab for VoiceOver users
  • iPad screen edges graphics issue
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  • Bells do not ring on iPad 2
  • Cannot adjust volume after update

Requested features

19 requests
  • Label bells with note names
  • Add another octave
  • Songs that play automatically
  • Add non-holiday songs
  • Upload sticker pack to iMessage
Show 14 more
  • Next note highlight for easier play
  • More songs
  • Auto-play feature
  • Different bell sounds
  • Background music during songs
  • Record own songs
  • Adjust bell volume/speed with shake
  • Sharps and flats
  • Three octaves
  • Marts and damping for handbells
  • Extend range to two octaves
  • Add half-steps
  • Adjust handbell fade into silence
  • Lock screen within app

PEDRO APP

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Holiday Bells

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PEDRO APP

Subscriptions1
  • PEDRO EDUCATION CULB 月額会員$3.991 Month

Questions

Is Holiday Bells free?
Holiday Bells costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PEDRO APP free?
PEDRO APP is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Holiday Bells or PEDRO APP have ads?
Neither Holiday Bells nor PEDRO APP shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Holiday Bells or PEDRO APP?
Holiday Bells ships an update every 23 months, and PEDRO APP every 6 weeks. Most recently, Holiday Bells was updated on October 24, 2026 and PEDRO APP on October 24, 2026.

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