Comparison

Halloween 3D vs Halloween Countdown ‎

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

Head to head
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.

About

Halloween Countdown ‎

This app provides a countdown to Halloween with spooky music and wallpapers. It features daily reminders, home screen widgets, and offline functionality. Share your countdown with friends and set eerie backgrounds to enhance the Halloween spirit.

Highlights
  • Halloween countdown timer
  • Spooky music and wallpapers
  • Home screen and lock screen widgets
  • Daily countdown reminders
  • Offline functionality
  • Social media sharing
Features
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Get ready for spook-tacular chills! Halloween Countdown gives you a frightfully fun way to see exactly how long until the most haunted night of the year. Simple, creepy-cute design with eerie background images and Halloween widgets for your home screen, lock screen, and standby screen! Get daily reminders (if you dare!) of how many days until candy, costumes, and creepy things come out to play. • Share your Halloween countdown with your fellow ghouls and goblins • Post your countdown to Facebook with a single tap — no broomstick required • Works offline — even in haunted houses • Tons of eerie-sistible background images to set the spooky mood • Makes a frightfully good Halloween countdown wallpaper Got ideas for new features? Or spotted a ghost in the code? Email us or leave a review — we love hearing from our favorite monsters! Please share Halloween Countdown with your coven of friends and family! End User License Agreement: https://zaffles.bitbucket.io/halloween/terms_of_use.html Thanks and Happy Haunting! Team Zaffles

Screenshots

Halloween 3D3 screens
Halloween Countdown ‎4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Halloween Countdown ‎ at 4.8 against Halloween 3D's 3.3. Halloween Countdown ‎ also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). Halloween 3D's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price 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. Halloween 3D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Halloween Countdown ‎ 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

Halloween 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 92, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Halloween 3D ships an update every 6 months, Halloween Countdown ‎ monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Halloween 3D versus Halloween Countdown ‎: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHalloween 3DHalloween Countdown ‎
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (895 ratings)4.8 (92 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings895 — better92
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB134 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperGraphics Software LabsZaffles

Customer experience

Halloween 3D

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

Halloween Countdown ‎

All ratings89 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.2%

Bugs and 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

Halloween Countdown ‎

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Halloween 3D

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
1 purchases

Halloween Countdown ‎

One-time1
  • Halloween Supporter$4.99

Questions

Is Halloween 3D free?
Halloween 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Halloween Countdown ‎ free?
Halloween Countdown ‎ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Halloween 3D or Halloween Countdown ‎?
Halloween Countdown ‎ is rated higher. Halloween 3D averages 3.3 out of 5 from 895 ratings, while Halloween Countdown ‎ averages 4.8 from 92 ratings.
Do Halloween 3D or Halloween Countdown ‎ have ads?
Halloween Countdown ‎ shows ads; Halloween 3D does not.
Which is updated more often, Halloween 3D or Halloween Countdown ‎?
Halloween 3D ships an update every 6 months, and Halloween Countdown ‎ monthly. Most recently, Halloween 3D was updated on October 31, 2026 and Halloween Countdown ‎ on November 5, 2026.

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