Comparison

iHalloween Countdown vs Halloween 3D

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

Head to head
About

iHalloween Countdown

This app provides a real-time countdown to Halloween with spooky themes and immersive visuals. Enhance your experience with an annual subscription for custom backgrounds, music, and more.

Highlights
  • Real-time countdown
  • Spooky themes
  • AirPlay integration
  • Customizable backgrounds
  • Halloween music soundtracks
  • Background slideshow
Features
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Get ready for the spookiest day of the year with iHalloween Countdown! Why you'll love it: • A Fun & Immersive Experience: Get in the Halloween spirit with festive visuals, sound, and live countdowns! • Real-time Countdown: Watch every second tick away on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch! • Standalone Apple Watch App: Enjoy the countdown directly on your wrist — no phone needed! • AirPlay Integration: Project the live countdown on your TV — perfect for Halloween parties and decorating! • Free Styling Options: Customize with Default, Digital, or Scary fonts and custom background colors (iPhone & iPad). • Spooky Themes & Layouts: Choose from a variety of festive, cute, fun, and scary designs. Unlock your full Halloween experience with Premium: iPhone & iPad Features: • 70+ Backgrounds & Custom Photos: Select built-in themes, pick from your photo library, or snap a new photo with your camera. • Custom Home Screen Widgets: Small, Medium, & Large widget layouts for Premium subscribers. • Expanded App Icon Options: Free users can choose between the new Modern icon or Classic icon. Premium users unlock 12 additional custom icon choices. • Background Slideshow: Automatically rotate background pictures every 5, 15, or 30 seconds. • Spooky Halloween Music: Set the mood with multiple eerie background music tracks. • Advanced Customization: Tailor countdown layout styles, font styles, colors, screen positioning, and icon badge count. Apple Watch Features: • 25+ Backgrounds: Choose from festive, cute, fun, and scary built-in themes. • Standalone Watch App: Customize and track the countdown directly on your wrist — no phone needed! • Watch Complications: Display countdown complications directly on your watch face. • Advanced Customization: More countdown layout styles & font colors. Download now and start the Halloween fun! Happy Halloween! * Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ * AirPlay requires a Wi-Fi connection and an Apple TV or AirPlay-compatible Smart TV. App Support & Feedback: • If you like this app, please write a review and share it with your family and friends! Thank you for your support. • We work very hard to make our apps the best they can be and want you to have a great experience. If you have ideas on how to make this app better, or if you are experiencing technical problems with this app, please contact us by pressing the "Support" button located in the Information screen, or by visiting our website. Thank you.

About

Halloween 3D

Create and customize your own spooky Halloween scenes with a variety of decorations. Save your creations and share them with friends and family. Perfect for holiday fun and creative expression.

Highlights
  • Decorate Halloween scenes
  • Add masks, hats, pumpkins, bats, spiders
  • Take snapshots of creations
  • Save to photo album
  • Share with friends and family
  • Adjust scene lighting
Features
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Halloween 3D is a playful dress-up scene for iPhone and iPad. A scarecrow stands on a hill under a drifting ring of clouds and a gnarled old tree; you decide what it wears, what surrounds it, and how the night looks. DRESS THE SCARECROW • Six pages of decorations around the edge of the screen: masks and heads, hats, shirts, pants and dozens of props. • Tap an item to put it on the scarecrow, tap again to take it off. Picking a new hat or mask swaps the old one out for you. • Pumpkins, lanterns and other lights glow on their own; pick a moon to hang in the sky. • Three hills to stand on: grass, stone, or snow with real snowflakes instead of leaves. • Clear All puts everything back to the bare scarecrow in one tap. SET THE SCENE • Lights on or off: turn the room lights down and the sky, clouds and tree fade so the glowing props stand out. • Shake the device for a flurry of autumn leaves (or snow on the snow hill) that spiral down around the scene. • Reset brings the camera, lights and decorations back to the start. LOOK AROUND • View mode hides the menu so you can drag to orbit the scarecrow and pinch to zoom; double tap to recenter. • Save a picture of your scene straight to your photo library. • Halloween music and sound effects, with a one-tap mute. Your scarecrow is saved when you leave and is waiting when you come back. No account needed. Halloween 3D is free and supported by a small banner ad that appears only while the decorations menu is showing; a one-time Remove Ads purchase takes it away for good. Happy Holidays! Art and game design by Miguel. Programming by George. Music by Carey James.

Screenshots

iHalloween Countdown4 screens
Halloween 3D3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: iHalloween Countdown at 4.8 against Halloween 3D's 3.3. iHalloween Countdown also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 59%). Halloween 3D's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (895 vs 12). On price, update cadence, ads 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. iHalloween Countdown sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per year and Halloween 3D 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

iHalloween Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Halloween 3D has 895 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of iHalloween Countdown's written reviews are positive against 59% of Halloween 3D's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iHalloween Countdown ships an update every 10 months, Halloween 3D every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
iHalloween Countdown versus Halloween 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriHalloween CountdownHalloween 3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (12 ratings) — better3.3 (895 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better59.1% of reviews
Number of ratings12895 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.215.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size155 MB22 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJS Digital Productions, Inc.Graphics Software Labs

Customer experience

iHalloween Countdown

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Halloween 3D

All ratings896 ratings
Positive49.9%
Neutral17.2%
Negative32.9%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive59.1%
Neutral18.2%
Negative22.7%

Bugs and requests

iHalloween Countdown

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Halloween 3D

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes on certain devices
  • Compatibility issues with iOS 11

Requested features

3 requests
  • More costume and decoration options
  • Improved image quality and definition
  • Scarier/spookier elements

In-app purchases

1 purchases

iHalloween Countdown

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Access$1.991 Year
1 purchases

Halloween 3D

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is iHalloween Countdown free?
iHalloween Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Halloween 3D free?
Halloween 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iHalloween Countdown or Halloween 3D?
iHalloween Countdown is rated higher. iHalloween Countdown averages 4.8 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Halloween 3D averages 3.3 from 895 ratings.
Do iHalloween Countdown or Halloween 3D have ads?
Neither iHalloween Countdown nor Halloween 3D shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iHalloween Countdown or Halloween 3D?
iHalloween Countdown ships an update every 10 months, and Halloween 3D every 6 months. Most recently, iHalloween Countdown was updated on November 1, 2026 and Halloween 3D on November 10, 2026.

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