Comparison

Days to Easter Lite vs Christmas Countdown & Widget

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

Head to head
About

Days to Easter Lite

This application provides a simple and beautiful way to count down the days until Easter. Enjoy fun sound effects and engaging graphics as you track the remaining time.

Highlights
  • Easter countdown
  • Beautiful graphics
  • Fun sound effects
  • Shake to activate sounds
  • Simple and effective
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We're excited that Easter is just around the corner and we're sure that you are too. To make sure you can count down those days with ease, why not try this beautiful application that quickly and easily shows you how few days you have to wait. This app is simple and effective with beautiful graphics and fun sound effects when you shake your phone. Go on, you know you want to download!

About

Christmas Countdown & Widget

Track the exact days, hours, and sleeps until Christmas Eve with a live home screen widget. Customize with festive themes and enjoy snowfall animations to bring the holiday spirit to life.

Highlights
  • Live home screen widget
  • Real-time countdown (days, hours, sleeps)
  • Customizable themes (red, green, blue)
  • Snowfall animations
  • Compact size (under 1MB)
Features
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How many sleeps until Christmas? Christmas Countdown puts the countdown right on your home screen and lock screen, so the whole family can see how close Christmas is, every time they pick up the iPhone. Rated 4.8 stars by more than 2,400 people. Free, no ads, no account. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Add the widget once and the days (or sleeps) left are always in sight. No need to open the app: the widget updates by itself every day, all season long. LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS See the countdown without even unlocking your phone. Pick the round widget with its progress ring, which fills up as Christmas gets closer, or the one-line widget above the clock. SLEEPS, NOT JUST DAYS Kids don't count days, they count sleeps. Switch to sleeps mode and the app answers the question you hear every evening in December: "How many more nights until Santa comes?" LIVE COUNTDOWN IN THE APP Open the app for the full countdown: days, hours, minutes and seconds ticking down in real time, under gently falling snow. Prefer a calm screen? Turn the snow off in one tap. DEC 24 OR DEC 25 Celebrate on Christmas Eve or on Christmas Day? Choose the date you count down to, and every widget follows. In Sweden, the app counts to December 24 by default. FESTIVE THEMES Classic red, pine green or ice blue. Your colour applies to the app and to the widgets, so your home screen matches your mood. ALL YEAR LONG Christmas is over? The countdown starts again for next year, and we say Merry Christmas on the way. IN YOUR LANGUAGE Available in 16 languages, from French and German to Japanese and Korean. PREMIUM: SNOWY SCENE WIDGETS A one-time purchase unlocks exclusive widgets: a snowy landscape with a cabin, a snowman and fir trees, in small and medium sizes, painted in your theme colour. Premium also removes the FREE badge from the classic widget and supports an independent developer. No subscription, ever. Already bought it? Restore your purchase in one tap from Settings. HOW TO ADD THE WIDGET 1. Download Christmas Countdown, it's free 2. Long-press an empty area of your home screen and tap Edit 3. Tap Add Widget and search for Christmas Countdown 4. Choose a size and tap Add Widget For the lock screen, long-press the lock screen, tap Customize, then add the widget under the clock. MADE BY ONE PERSON Christmas Countdown is built by an independent developer who loves Christmas as much as you do. Ideas, bugs or just a hello? Write from the Settings screen: every message gets read. Christmas only comes once a year. Start counting.

Screenshots

Days to Easter Lite4 screens
Christmas Countdown & Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Days to Easter Lite at none against Christmas Countdown & Widget's 3. Days to Easter Lite also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (13.6 vs 15.0). Christmas Countdown & Widget's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (2.5K vs 3). On price and device support 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 & Widget sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Days to Easter Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Days to Easter Lite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Christmas Countdown & Widget has 2.5K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Days to Easter Lite's written reviews are positive against 93% of Christmas Countdown & Widget's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Days to Easter Lite ships an update every 3 months, Christmas Countdown & Widget every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Days to Easter Lite versus Christmas Countdown & Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDays to Easter LiteChristmas Countdown & Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.8 (2.5K ratings)
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews93.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings32.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.6 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSoftware101Benoit Deguine

Customer experience

Days to Easter Lite

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative18.2%

Christmas Countdown & Widget

All ratings2,437 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral2.2%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews163 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral2.5%
Negative4.3%

Bugs and requests

Days to Easter Lite

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Christmas Countdown & Widget

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Countdown not always accurate
  • Widget not working on some devices
  • App freezing or crashing

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add Apple Watch support
  • Include more countdown details in widget
  • Implement Christmas mini-games
  • Provide notification options
  • Add more customization options

In-app purchases

None

Days to Easter Lite

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Christmas Countdown & Widget

One-time3
  • 1 Gift$1.99
  • Premium$2.99
  • 3 Gifts (or 1 big!)$4.99

Questions

Is Days to Easter Lite free?
Days to Easter Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Christmas Countdown & Widget free?
Christmas Countdown & Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Days to Easter Lite or Christmas Countdown & Widget?
Days to Easter Lite is rated higher. Days to Easter Lite averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Christmas Countdown & Widget averages 4.8 from 2.5K ratings.
Do Days to Easter Lite or Christmas Countdown & Widget have ads?
Days to Easter Lite shows ads; Christmas Countdown & Widget does not.
Which is updated more often, Days to Easter Lite or Christmas Countdown & Widget?
Days to Easter Lite ships an update every 3 months, and Christmas Countdown & Widget every 3 weeks. Most recently, Days to Easter Lite was updated on September 25, 2026 and Christmas Countdown & Widget on October 24, 2026.

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