Comparison

Christmas Countdown vs Sherry's Gift List

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

Sherry's Gift List

Easily track gift ideas for loved ones and organize holiday or birthday shopping. Share lists with friends and family to avoid duplicate presents and manage wish lists efficiently.

Highlights
  • Track gift ideas
  • Organize holiday and birthday shopping
  • Share gift lists
  • Prevent duplicate gifts
  • Sync across devices
  • Create unlimited lists (paid)
Features
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Keep track of gift ideas for everyone you love with Sherry's Gift List - a simple, elegant app designed for stress-free gift giving. FREE FEATURES: - Accept gift lists shared with you by friends and family - View and claim items you plan to purchase - Mark items as purchased to prevent duplicate gifts - Sync across all your devices with iCloud UPGRADE TO CREATE & SHARE (one-time purchase): - Create unlimited gift lists for family, friends, and special occasions - Share your lists so others can claim items - See how many people accepted your shares - Track gift progress across all your lists SIMPLE BY DESIGN: Sherry's Gift List follows the "Keep It Simple, Sherry" philosophy. No complicated features, no confusing menus - just a straightforward way to track gifts and make everyone smile. PERFECT FOR: - Holiday shopping organization - Birthday gift planning - Wish list management - Gift idea inspiration Part of the Keep It Simple, Sherry app family - simple tools for everyday life.

Screenshots

Christmas Countdown4 screens
Sherry's Gift List4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sherry's Gift List at 5.0 against Christmas Countdown's 4.6. Christmas Countdown's advantage is ratings volume (885 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Christmas Countdown sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per year and Sherry's Gift List sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sherry's Gift List holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Christmas Countdown has 885 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Christmas Countdown versus Sherry's Gift List: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChristmas CountdownSherry's Gift List
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (885 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings885 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicole HankinsonRick Duff

Customer experience

Christmas Countdown

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

Sherry's Gift List

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Sherry's Gift List

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Christmas Countdown

Subscriptions1
  • Christmas Countdown Premium$3.991 Year
1 purchases

Sherry's Gift List

One-time1
  • Create and Share Gift Lists$3.99

Questions

Is Christmas Countdown free?
Christmas Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sherry's Gift List free?
Sherry's Gift List is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Christmas Countdown or Sherry's Gift List?
Sherry's Gift List is rated higher. Christmas Countdown averages 4.6 out of 5 from 885 ratings, while Sherry's Gift List averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Christmas Countdown or Sherry's Gift List have ads?
Neither Christmas Countdown nor Sherry's Gift List shows ads.

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