Comparison

Halloween Countdown ‎ vs My Halloween

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

Head to head
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

About

My Halloween

Track the days until Halloween with animated decorations and festive visual effects. Customize your iOS device with spooky themes like pumpkins and ghosts to create an immersive autumn and Halloween experience.

Highlights
  • Halloween countdown timer
  • Customizable spooky decorations
  • Animated visual effects
  • Seasonal immersion
  • App and widget customization
  • Light and dark mode styling
Features
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My Halloween is the ultimate iOS app to celebrate the spooky season right on your desktop. Track the countdown to Halloween and transform your iOS into a cozy autumn and Halloween experience with animated decorations, customizable decoration images, and festive visual effects. Whether you love pumpkins, ghosts, or falling autumn leaves, My Halloween brings the magic of October straight to your screen. What is Halloween? Halloween is a yearly celebration on October 31st, traditionally associated with autumn, harvest time, and the supernatural. Originating from ancient Celtic festivals, Halloween has evolved into a modern holiday filled with costumes, pumpkins, spooky decorations, and playful scares. Today, it is all about creativity, atmosphere, and celebrating the cozy yet mysterious vibe of fall. Unique features of this high-quality app: ◆ Halloween Countdown See exactly how many days remain until Halloween, always visible on your home screen. ◆ Custom Halloween Decorations Change the countdown display to a Jack-o’-lantern, Ghost, or Gravestone. ◆ Custom Name Support Add your own optional name for a personal touch. ◆ Seasonal Immersion Perfect for getting into the Halloween and autumn mood without interrupting your workflow. ◆ App & Widget Customization Change the Halloween decoration type directly in both the app and the widget. ◆ Light & Dark Mode Styling Select your preferred text label color for both Light Mode and Dark Mode. Bring Halloween to life on your iOS with My Halloween, the perfect mix of spooky fun, cozy autumn visuals, and countdown excitement.

Screenshots

Halloween Countdown ‎4 screens
My Halloween4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Halloween Countdown ‎ at Free against My Halloween's $1.99. Halloween Countdown ‎ also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (92 vs 1). My Halloween's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On iOS requirement 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

Halloween Countdown ‎ is free to download; My Halloween costs $1.99 up front. Halloween Countdown ‎ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. My Halloween asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Halloween Countdown ‎ holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Halloween Countdown ‎ has 92 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Halloween Countdown ‎ versus My Halloween: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHalloween Countdown ‎My Halloween
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.8 (92 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings92 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB126 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperZafflesStefan Van Damme

Customer experience

Halloween Countdown ‎

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

My Halloween

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Halloween Countdown ‎

One-time1
  • Halloween Supporter$4.99
None

My Halloween

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Halloween Countdown ‎ free?
Halloween Countdown ‎ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My Halloween free?
My Halloween costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Halloween Countdown ‎ or My Halloween?
Halloween Countdown ‎ is rated higher. Halloween Countdown ‎ averages 4.8 out of 5 from 92 ratings, while My Halloween averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Halloween Countdown ‎ or My Halloween have ads?
Halloween Countdown ‎ shows ads; My Halloween does not.

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