Comparison

Christmas 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

Christmas Countdown

This app provides a real-time countdown to Christmas, displaying hours, minutes, and seconds. Enjoy festive music, customizable backgrounds, and interactive snowflake effects. Stay updated with daily badge notifications and access the countdown from your watch or home screen.

Highlights
  • Real-time countdown (hours, minutes, seconds)
  • Customizable backgrounds (including own photos)
  • Festive background music selection
  • Interactive snowflake effects
  • Daily badge updates
  • Watch app and home screen widgets
Features
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With Christmas Countdown, you always know exactly how long it is until Christmas. When you open the app, you will receive the exact countdown including Hours, Minutes and Seconds. You can even post to Facebook to annoy or keep your friends informed! Christmas music will play in the background as you see the countdown get closer and closer to Christmas! You can either pick a song from your own music library or choose from the following Christmas inspired songs: - Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairies - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Jingle Bells - Oh Christmas Tree - Oh Holy Night - What Child is This Also, each morning Christmas Countdown will automatically update its badge, so that the number of days will be displayed letting you always know exactly how far away Christmas is. Multiple choices for Christmas backgrounds including: - Snowman - Santa - Reindeer - And import your own! Either from your photo library or your camera. You can double tap the screen to open the options screen. This will allow you to change the number of snowflakes as well as the speed & size. Christmas Countdown now includes a watch app and widgets, so you can keep track of the countdown right from your wrist and home screen! If you like Snow, Christmas, Santa, Elves, Snowflakes, Reindeer or Presents, then this is the App for you! Some features such as extra snowflake colors, yearly updated app icons and removing advertisements require the Christmas Countdown premium subscription. Privacy Policy: https://ngdevelopment.org/privacypolicy.html EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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

Christmas Countdown4 screens
New Year's Countdown 20254 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Christmas Countdown at none against New Year's Countdown 2025's shown. Christmas Countdown also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 62%). New Year's Countdown 2025's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Christmas Countdown sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per year and New Year's Countdown 2025 sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Christmas Countdown against 4.7 for New Year's Countdown 2025. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 880 and 748 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Christmas Countdown's written reviews are positive against 62% of New Year's Countdown 2025's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Christmas Countdown ships an update every 3 weeks, New Year's Countdown 2025 every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Christmas Countdown versus New Year's Countdown 2025: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChristmas CountdownNew Year's Countdown 2025
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (880 ratings)4.7 (748 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.5% of reviews — better61.8% of reviews
Number of ratings880 — better748
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicole HankinsonSimon Kirchner

Customer experience

Christmas Countdown

All ratings868 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral3.5%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews347 reviews
Positive88.5%
Neutral6.1%
Negative5.5%

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

Christmas Countdown

From 880 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great app for Christmas countdown
  • 🎄 Customizable features (music, snowflakes, background)
  • ⏱️ Detailed countdown (days, hours, minutes, seconds)
  • 🕰️ Accurate and reliable countdown
  • 🎅 Fun and festive design

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Premium features locked behind paywall (e.g., widgets)
  • 🐛 Bugs with badge/notification functionality
  • 🔧 Lack of updates to keep up with OS changes
  • 📱 Compatibility issues with newer devices

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

Christmas Countdown

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Countdown not updating correctly with time changes
  • Inability to use custom photos as background
  • Music playback issues after app updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow custom font and text customization
  • Add support for other holidays/events
  • Improve social sharing capabilities
  • Introduce more background/theme 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

1 purchases

Christmas Countdown

Subscriptions1
  • Christmas Countdown Premium$3.991 Year
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 Christmas Countdown free?
Christmas Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
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, Christmas Countdown or New Year's Countdown 2025?
New Year's Countdown 2025 is rated higher. Christmas Countdown averages 4.6 out of 5 from 880 ratings, while New Year's Countdown 2025 averages 4.7 from 748 ratings.
Do Christmas Countdown or New Year's Countdown 2025 have ads?
New Year's Countdown 2025 shows ads; Christmas Countdown does not.
Which is updated more often, Christmas Countdown or New Year's Countdown 2025?
Christmas Countdown ships an update every 3 weeks, and New Year's Countdown 2025 every 8 days. Most recently, Christmas Countdown was updated on November 1, 2026 and New Year's Countdown 2025 on November 2, 2026.

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