Comparison

Best UK vs Christmas Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Best UK

Get the latest celebrity news, fashion trends, and straight-talking opinions. Enjoy a free trial with 4 issues before committing to a subscription. Access your entire magazine library on your Apple device.

Highlights
  • Celebrity and TV gossip
  • High-street fashion trends
  • Opinion and straight talk
  • Digital magazine library
  • Automatic issue downloads
  • Free trial with 4 issues
Features
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Download today and get 4 issues FREE when you subscribe! Your iTunes account will be charged when your free trial comes to an end unless you cancel. Best UK is best for showbiz and TV gossip, best for hot high-street trends and best for opinion and straight talk. We are the perfect coffee-time treat, on sale every Tuesday for just 79p. Try out Best UK for FREE with our no-obligation trial. Get 4 issues FREE with any of these sizzling hot subscription deals. You can cancel at any time during the trial period and no payment will be taken. 3-month (12 issues) subscription for just £6.99 6-month (26 issues) subscription for just £14.99 12-month (52 issues) subscription for just £29.99 By subscribing you’ll never miss an issue and the new editions will automatically download to your Apple device as soon as they are released. Your whole magazine library travels with you and you always have the latest issue even when you’re away from home. The subscription will include the current issue if you do not already own it and subsequently published future issues. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. This subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period, your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. The cost of the renewal will match the initial subscription price. You may turn off auto-renewing subscriptions by going to your user’s Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during your active subscription period. Please find our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy here: http://www.hearst.co.uk/terms-and-conditions http://www.hearst.co.uk/privacy-policy

About

Christmas Countdown

Track the remaining time until Christmas with various countdown formats, including days, hours, minutes, seconds, and even heartbeats. Share festive cards with friends and customize the appearance with different Santa and tree images. Enjoy optional background music and snowflake animations.

Highlights
  • Multiple countdown formats (days, hours, minutes, seconds, heartbeats)
  • Shareable Christmas cards
  • Customizable Santa and tree images
  • Optional Jingle Bells background music
  • Disableable snowflake animation
Features
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This application shows how much time is left for Christmas in several ways: • Days, hours and minutes • Days, hours, minutes and seconds • Weeks and days • Nights • Hours • Minutes • Seconds • Heartbeats Share a Christmas card with your friends through social networks or email. You can even choose which image of Santa Claus will appear at the top of the card and the tree that will appear in the footer simply by swiping these images. The chosen background music was the Jingle Bells, which can be enabled or disabled from the menu that comes up when you touch the screen. The snowflakes animation can also be disabled in the menu. I hope you enjoy the time till Christmas with this application. Merry Christmas!

Screenshots

Best UK4 screens
Christmas Countdown3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Christmas Countdown at 100% against Best UK's 38%. Christmas Countdown also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). Best UK's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 49 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Best UK sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per 3 months and Christmas 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

Best UK holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 38% of Best UK's written reviews are positive against 100% of Christmas Countdown's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Best UK ships an update every 6 months, Christmas Countdown every 49 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Best UK versus Christmas Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBest UKChristmas Countdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 49 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB30 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperHearst Communications, IncorporatedGUSTAVO ADOLPHO BONESSO LTDA

Customer experience

Best UK

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative50.0%

Christmas Countdown

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Best UK

Subscriptions3
  • 3-Month Subscription$8.993 Months
  • 6-Month Subscription$19.996 Months
  • Annual Subscription$39.991 Year
One-time7
  • Issue 50/51, by PixelMags$0.99
  • Issue 46, by PixelMags$0.99
  • Issue 45, by PixelMags$0.99
Show 4 more
  • Issue 44, by PixelMags$0.99
  • Best Diet Special Late Summer 2012, by PixelMags$0.99
  • Issue 31, by PixelMags$0.99
  • Issue 4, by PixelMags$0.99
1 purchases

Christmas Countdown

One-time1
  • Remove advertising$0.99

Questions

Is Best UK free?
Best UK is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Christmas Countdown free?
Christmas Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Best UK or Christmas Countdown?
Best UK is rated higher. Best UK averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Christmas Countdown averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Best UK or Christmas Countdown have ads?
Neither Best UK nor Christmas Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Best UK or Christmas Countdown?
Best UK ships an update every 6 months, and Christmas Countdown every 49 months. Most recently, Best UK was updated on November 1, 2026 and Christmas Countdown on November 6, 2026.

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