Comparison

Halloween Countdown vs Happy Halloween Countdown

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

Happy Halloween Countdown

This app provides a fun and family-friendly countdown to Halloween with charming themed scenes and widgets. It offers live updates in days, hours, minutes, and seconds, culminating in a special celebration on Halloween night. A premium upgrade removes ads and unlocks additional customization options.

Highlights
  • Live countdown (days, hours, minutes, seconds)
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Family-safe cartoon scenes
  • Special Halloween night celebration
  • Unlockable background themes
  • Customizable countdown picture
Features
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How many sleeps until Halloween? Happy Halloween Countdown counts down to October 31st with cute, family-friendly scenes — friendly ghosts, little pumpkins, and silly monsters — in a clean, colorful design the whole family will love. When Halloween night arrives, the app celebrates with you. FEATURES • Live countdown — days, weeks, sleeps, hours, minutes, and seconds • The classic Halloween theme free, with a scene for every month • Free Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets — your countdown at a glance • Cute, colorful cartoon scenes (no scares — fun for all ages) • A special Halloween-night celebration PREMIUM (one-time $1.99 purchase) • Remove all ads • Unlock 7 more themes — Cats, Dogs, Dinosaurs, Farm Animals, Ocean, Woodland & Zoo • Choose a specific picture for your countdown and widget • Save any scene as a wallpaper Made for the whole family. Happy Halloween!

Screenshots

Halloween Countdown4 screens
Happy Halloween Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Halloween Countdown at 4.8 against Happy Halloween Countdown's 3.8. Halloween Countdown also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Happy Halloween Countdown's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 months). On price, monetization model 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. Happy Halloween Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Halloween Countdown has 1.2K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Halloween Countdown ships an update every 9 months, Happy Halloween Countdown every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Halloween Countdown versus Happy Halloween Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHalloween CountdownHappy Halloween Countdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better3.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews89.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGreg MorrisNo Chains Studio, LLC

Customer experience

Halloween Countdown

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

Happy Halloween Countdown

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

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

Happy Halloween Countdown

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Halloween Countdown

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Happy Halloween Countdown

One-time1
  • Remove Ads & Premium$1.99

Questions

Is Halloween Countdown free?
Halloween Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Happy Halloween Countdown free?
Happy Halloween Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Halloween Countdown or Happy Halloween Countdown?
Halloween Countdown is rated higher. Halloween Countdown averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Happy Halloween Countdown averages 3.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Halloween Countdown or Happy Halloween Countdown have ads?
Happy Halloween Countdown shows ads; Halloween Countdown does not.
Which is updated more often, Halloween Countdown or Happy Halloween Countdown?
Halloween Countdown ships an update every 9 months, and Happy Halloween Countdown every 4 days. Most recently, Halloween Countdown was updated on November 6, 2026 and Happy Halloween Countdown on November 5, 2026.

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