Christmas Tree ™ vs Aurora Zen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Christmas Tree ™
Decorate a virtual Christmas tree with a vast collection of ornaments, lights, and snow. Choose from multiple tree styles and backgrounds, or use your own photos. Enjoy holiday music and share your creations.
- 221 ornaments, trinkets, and gifts
- Animated snowfall and lights
- 5 holiday songs
- 5 tree styles
- Customizable backgrounds
- Precise ornament placement
- Export to photo album or email
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Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way... Decorate your tree with a huge assortment of ornaments. Stage it in the perfect environment with your favorite photo. Then relax in joyous delight to realistic animated snow, shimmery animated lights, and your favorite holiday songs. Create your own jingly and jolly Christmas tree experience on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad this holiday season! - 221 ornaments, trinkets, toppers, gifts, ribbons, and more - Animated snowfall, lights and fun sound effects - 5 holiday songs including favorites like Jingle Bells, Deck the Halls, and Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies - 5 tree styles - 6 festive backgrounds or set a custom background from your photo album - Place ornaments in front of or behind the foliage - Reposition or resize the tree for best scene placement - Precise ornament placement with zoom in/out - Export finished tree to photo album or email it directly to friends and family - Universal applications - runs full screen on all devices including the iPad - No ads on any saved or emailed trees! Happy Holidays!
Aurora Zen
Create stunning visual displays by painting the sky with vibrant aurora ribbons. This app offers a relaxing experience, allowing users to find their zen through colorful and dynamic sky art.
- Paint the sky with aurora ribbons
- Create vibrant colors and shapes
- Relaxing and zen-like experience
- Dynamic visual displays
- Fill the sky with beautiful art
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Paint the sky with vibrant aurora. Relax and find your zen by filling the sky with brilliant ribbons of beautiful colour and shapes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Aurora Zen at none against Christmas Tree ™'s shown. Aurora Zen also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Christmas Tree ™'s advantage is ratings volume (270 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Aurora Zen holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Christmas Tree ™ has 270 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Christmas Tree ™ | Aurora Zen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (270 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 270 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 11 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 695 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sticky Ice Games | Virtex Edge Design Inc. |
Customer experience
Christmas Tree ™
Aurora Zen
Bugs and requests
Christmas Tree ™
Reported bugs
2 issues- Decorations disappearing off-screen
- Tree moving when trying to place decorations
Requested features
4 requests- More decoration options (e.g. tinsel, string lights)
- Ability to rotate/resize decorations
- Option to save trees as animations with music
- Share to social media
Aurora Zen
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Christmas Tree ™
No in-app purchases
Aurora Zen
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Christmas Tree ™ free?
Is Aurora Zen free?
Which has better reviews, Christmas Tree ™ or Aurora Zen?
Do Christmas Tree ™ or Aurora Zen have ads?
Which is updated more often, Christmas Tree ™ or Aurora Zen?
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