Comparison

Episodic vs YuleTrack

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

Head to head
About

Episodic

Create dynamic, moving collages from black and white looping animations. Reposition and scale these "episodes" to build unique narratives and explore new visual relationships.

Highlights
  • Create moving collages
  • Utilize black and white looping animations
  • Reposition and scale animation fragments
  • Build unique narratives
  • Explore new visual relationships
Features
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Episodic is an artwork that allows users to create a moving collage from disparate fragments. Contained within the app are black and white looping animations. Each animation is a short episode that can be repositioned and scaled allowing users to link together different segments to create a narrative and explore new relationships. The app reconfigures pop-up windows containing Flash animations originally created for the website www.urban fragments.net

About

YuleTrack

This app provides a festive countdown to Christmas and other holidays with dynamic scenery and special animations. Discover and collect virtual animal friends and earn holiday awards throughout the year.

Highlights
  • Holiday countdowns
  • Dynamic seasonal scenery
  • Collectible animal friends
  • Holiday awards
  • Special animations and surprises
  • Gift guide
Features
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YuleTrack celebrates lots of holidays...especially Christmas! Get in the holiday spirit with the ultimate Christmas Countdown app! Watch the days, hours and minutes tick down to the most magical day of the year. Includes special surprises for Black Friday, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years day, each of the 12 Days of Christmas, Groundhog Day, and many more! -Think YuleTrack just shows the same ol' scene every day of the year? Think again! The YuleTrack world is filled with furry friends that come to visit on occasion, and you can collect them all! When you see a dog, cat, deer, or other animal, tap it to learn more about it and it will be automatically added to your collection album. You can also collect holiday awards by opening the app on any of a wide variety of special days of the year! -Special animations and surprises for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas, New Years Eve & Day, Valentine's Day, the Fourth of July, the 12 Days of Christmas and more! -The scenery in the main view will change dynamically throughout the year, with time-appropriate snow, grass, trees, falling snow, falling leaves, fireworks, snowmen, and more. -A host of special surprises throughout the year -Comprehensive gift guide that is updated throughout the year -Telemetry with the North Pole provides regular updates to what Santa, the Elves, and the Reindeer are up to!

Screenshots

Episodic4 screens
YuleTrack3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: YuleTrack at every 4 days against Episodic's every 8 days. Episodic's advantage is iOS requirement (17.4 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Episodic against 5.0 for YuleTrack. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Episodic ships an update every 8 days, YuleTrack every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Episodic versus YuleTrack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEpisodicYuleTrack
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS17.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB371 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerjody zellenJosh Fenton

Customer experience

Episodic

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

YuleTrack

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Episodic

No in-app purchases

None

YuleTrack

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Episodic free?
Episodic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is YuleTrack free?
YuleTrack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Episodic or YuleTrack?
Episodic and YuleTrack are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Episodic or YuleTrack have ads?
Neither Episodic nor YuleTrack shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Episodic or YuleTrack?
Episodic ships an update every 8 days, and YuleTrack every 4 days. Most recently, Episodic was updated on November 1, 2026 and YuleTrack on November 5, 2026.

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