Comparison

Halloween Countdown vs New Year's Countdown 2025

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

Head to head
About

Halloween Countdown

Count down to Halloween with haunting music and animated characters. Customize backgrounds with your own photos or choose from included spooky images. Get ready for the holiday with fun animations and countdown updates.

Highlights
  • Haunting musical soundtracks
  • Customizable background images
  • Animated characters that grow and shrink
  • Shake or tap characters for effects
  • Countdown text color customization
  • Facebook sharing of countdown
Features
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While listening to haunting music (built-in or your own), see the number of days countdown until Halloween. Watch the animated characters get bigger as Halloween gets closer displayed on the included background images or use your own picture. Get ready for Halloween! • Select one of 12 haunting 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. • Watch the animated characters grow to full size and then shrink back down based on the number of days left until Halloween. The closer the date gets to Halloween, the bigger the character will grow. The character will then move off the screen in multiple patterns. • Animated characters include a skull, pumpkin, ghost, cat, zombie, witch, frankenstein, pirate and a bat. • Shake or tap an animated character to see an effect. • See the number of days until Halloween. 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 haunted images. • Enable/Disable/Hide the character animation. • Update your Facebook with the days to Halloween. • Enable/Disable device sleep. • See the day of the week for October 31 each year and for the next 4 years. Additional features will be added. + If you want Push Notifications to update the icon's badge count with the number of days, Apple Watch app with complications, choose to display days or hours/minutes/seconds, and have no ads, check out 'Halloween Countdown Pro Push' This is a free holiday program and is ad supported. Visit our Web site at www.EnergizeSoftware.com to see the other apps that we offer or to leave comments and suggestions.

About

New Year's Countdown 2025

This app provides a real-time countdown to the arrival of the new year 2026. Easily share your excitement with friends and loved ones through iMessage stickers and social sharing features. Perfect for staying updated on the remaining time until the celebration, no matter where you are.

Highlights
  • Real-time countdown to 2026
  • Share countdown with friends
  • iMessage sticker sharing
  • Celebration companion
Features
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Soon it will be time again! The new year 2026 is coming and we can't wait to finally welcome it. This little app always shows you exactly how long it will be until 2026. Also, you can just share the countdown with your friends and you can rejoice together. Share great stickers with your loved ones via iMessage. Whether you're dining with family, celebrating with friends or sitting in front of the TV while Dinner for One is running, our countdown app is always with you and tells you how long you have to wait! We wish you a happy new year and all the best for the year 2026!

Screenshots

Halloween Countdown4 screens
New Year's Countdown 20254 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Halloween Countdown at none against New Year's Countdown 2025's 4. Halloween Countdown also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (89% vs 62%). New Year's Countdown 2025's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 9 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. New Year's Countdown 2025 sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Halloween Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Halloween Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.2K and 748 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Halloween Countdown's written reviews are positive against 62% of New Year's Countdown 2025's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Halloween Countdown ships an update every 9 months, New Year's Countdown 2025 every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Halloween Countdown versus New Year's Countdown 2025: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHalloween CountdownNew Year's Countdown 2025
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better4.7 (748 ratings)
Positive reviews89.0% of reviews — better61.8% of reviews
Number of ratings1.2K — better748
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGreg MorrisSimon Kirchner

Customer experience

Halloween Countdown

All ratings1,161 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral2.9%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive89.0%
Neutral6.6%
Negative4.4%

New Year's Countdown 2025

All ratings745 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral3.2%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive61.8%
Neutral5.9%
Negative32.4%

User reviews

Halloween Countdown

From 1.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎃 Nostalgic
  • 👍 Customizable
  • 🎃 Accurate countdown
  • 🎃 Fun and spooky
  • 🎃 Captures the Halloween spirit

Room to improve

  • 🙄 Too many ads
  • 🐛 Sound issues
  • 🙄 Limited features

New Year's Countdown 2025

From 748 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⏱️ Accurate countdown to midnight
  • 🌍 Multi-timezone support with country selection
  • 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
  • ⚡ Works reliably when needed
  • 🎯 Does exactly what it promises

Room to improve

  • 📢 Excessive advertisements
  • 👀 Poor text contrast and readability
  • 💰 Cheap appearance and basic design
  • 🐛 Timezone detection inconsistencies
  • ⏰ Timing accuracy issues for some users

Bugs and requests

Halloween Countdown

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inability to access paid version
  • Countdown inaccuracy

Requested features

4 requests
  • More interactive elements
  • Additional character options
  • Notification feature
  • More sound/music options

New Year's Countdown 2025

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Incorrect time display for certain timezones
  • Timezone detection fails for non-US locations
  • Potential security/virus concerns reported
  • Text contrast issues affecting visibility

Requested features

4 requests
  • Custom background images or GIFs
  • Countdown audio/sound effects for speakers
  • Improved visual design and aesthetics
  • Better ad implementation or ad-free version

In-app purchases

None

Halloween Countdown

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

New Year's Countdown 2025

One-time4
  • Buy me a lucky charm$0.99
  • Pro Version$2.99
  • Buy me a firework$3.99
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  • Buy me a champagne$11.99

Questions

Is Halloween Countdown free?
Halloween Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is New Year's Countdown 2025 free?
New Year's Countdown 2025 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Halloween Countdown or New Year's Countdown 2025?
Halloween Countdown is rated higher. Halloween Countdown averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while New Year's Countdown 2025 averages 4.7 from 748 ratings.
Do Halloween Countdown or New Year's Countdown 2025 have ads?
New Year's Countdown 2025 shows ads; Halloween Countdown does not.
Which is updated more often, Halloween Countdown or New Year's Countdown 2025?
Halloween Countdown ships an update every 9 months, and New Year's Countdown 2025 every 8 days. Most recently, Halloween Countdown was updated on October 23, 2026 and New Year's Countdown 2025 on October 21, 2026.

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