iHalloween Countdown vs Halloween
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Real-time countdown
- Spooky themes
- AirPlay integration
- Customizable backgrounds
- Halloween music soundtracks
- Background slideshow
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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.
Halloween
Track the exact days, hours, minutes, and seconds until Halloween 2026 with a live countdown. Customize your experience with spooky themes and display the remaining time on your home screen with a convenient widget. Perfect for Halloween enthusiasts of all kinds.
- Live countdown timer
- Home screen widget
- Customizable themes
- Spooky Halloween graphics
- Real-time updates
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The countdown to Halloween 2027 has begun. Meet your new favorite ghost. Halloween Countdown shows exactly how many days, hours, minutes and seconds are left until October 31, in a moonlit graveyard made for spooky season lovers. A LIVE COUNTDOWN Watch every second tick away in real time, and always know how long you have left to plan your costume, decorate the house and stock up on candy. A WIDGET FOR YOUR HOME SCREEN Keep Halloween in sight all year. Add the widget and see the days remaining at a glance, without opening the app. You can even choose whether today counts. MADE TO MATCH YOUR STYLE • Classic pumpkin orange or mysterious purple • Light mode, dark mode or your system setting • Custom ghost, moon and graveyard illustrations • Available in 10 languages GO PREMIUM One purchase, no subscription: • Live hours and minutes on the widget • No Free badge on the widget • Support an independent developer Whether you count down from January or start decorating on October 1, this one's for you. Download Halloween Countdown, wake up the ghost and start counting. Trick or treat!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Halloween at every 2 weeks against iHalloween Countdown's every 10 months. Halloween also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 75%) and ratings volume (203 vs 12). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. iHalloween Countdown sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per year and Halloween sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for iHalloween Countdown against 4.8 for Halloween. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Halloween has 203 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of iHalloween Countdown's written reviews are positive against 96% of Halloween's.
iHalloween Countdown ships an update every 10 months, Halloween every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iHalloween Countdown | Halloween |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (12 ratings) — better | 4.8 (203 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 96.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 203 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 155 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | JS Digital Productions, Inc. | Benoit Deguine |
Customer experience
iHalloween Countdown
Halloween
In-app purchases
iHalloween Countdown
- Premium Access$1.991 Year
Halloween
- lifetime$2.99
Questions
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