Comparison

Christmas Countdown vs Happy Christmas Countdown

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

Happy Christmas Countdown

This app counts down to Christmas with charming, family-friendly scenes and widgets. Enjoy live countdowns in days, hours, or seconds, with customizable themes and a special Christmas Day celebration.

Highlights
  • Live countdown (days, sleeps, hours, minutes, seconds)
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • 10 illustrated monthly themes
  • Special Christmas Day scene
  • Cute, colorful cartoon art
  • Family-safe design
Features
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How many sleeps until Christmas? Happy Christmas Countdown counts down to December 25th with cute, family-friendly scenes — snowmen, reindeer, friendly elves, and Santa himself — in a clean, colorful design the whole family will love. When Christmas Day arrives, the app celebrates with you. FEATURES • Live countdown — days, weeks, sleeps, hours, minutes, and seconds • The classic Christmas and Nativity themes free, each with a scene for every month • Free Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets — your countdown at a glance • Cute, colorful cartoon art for all ages • A special scene that appears on Christmas Day The app is free and supported by a single small banner ad. PREMIUM (one-time $1.99 purchase, no subscription) • Remove all ads • Unlock 8 more themes — Cats, Dogs, Dinosaurs, Farm Animals, Ocean, Snow Globes, Woodland & Zoo • Choose a specific picture for your countdown and widget • Save any scene as a wallpaper Made for the whole family. Merry Christmas!

Screenshots

Christmas Countdown4 screens
Happy Christmas Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Christmas Countdown at none against Happy Christmas Countdown's shown. Christmas Countdown also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Happy Christmas Countdown's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement 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 Happy Christmas Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Christmas Countdown ships an update every 3 weeks, Happy Christmas Countdown every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Christmas Countdown versus Happy Christmas Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChristmas CountdownHappy Christmas Countdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (880 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings880 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicole HankinsonNo Chains Studio, LLC

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

Happy Christmas Countdown

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

Happy Christmas Countdown

One-time1
  • Remove Ads & Premium$1.99

Questions

Is Christmas Countdown free?
Christmas Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Happy Christmas Countdown free?
Happy Christmas Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Christmas Countdown or Happy Christmas Countdown have ads?
Happy Christmas Countdown shows ads; Christmas Countdown does not.
Which is updated more often, Christmas Countdown or Happy Christmas Countdown?
Christmas Countdown ships an update every 3 weeks, and Happy Christmas Countdown every 2 days. Most recently, Christmas Countdown was updated on November 1, 2026 and Happy Christmas Countdown on October 24, 2026.

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