Comparison

Countdown Maps vs Christmas Lockscreen Widget 26

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

Head to head
About

Countdown Maps

Easily track missionaries, including family and friends, with detailed information like photos, service dates, and contact addresses. Visualize their progress on a map and share updates effortlessly. Sync your data across devices for safekeeping.

Highlights
  • Track multiple missionaries
  • View missionary photos and details
  • Visualize service progress on a map
  • Manage transfer information
  • Share missionary contact details
  • Sync data across devices
Features
Currently charting
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The Countdown Maps Mobile App is a fun and convenient way to keep track of your missionaries. Whether they are your children, parents, family, or friends, you can track as many Elders, Sisters, or Couples as you wish and incorporate as many details as you like. This is perfect for parents, families, bishops, and anyone who has friends or family serving missions. Here are some of the features: Missionaries Page – Shows all of the missionaries you are tracking and where they are serving. Photos can be inserted as a visual reminder. This list can be sorted alphabetically or by the date that they return home. Missionary Stats – If you tap on a missionary from the list, you can see all of the information about that missionary including their picture, the flag of the state or country where they are serving, days served, days remaining, percent complete, email address, mailing address, current companion(s), and a favorite scripture or quote. The email address is also a direct link to your email, so that you can start an email to them from this view. You can also put in a future departure date and it will countdown the days until they leave. Missionary Edit Page – Edit the missionary’s information to make updates to picture, area, departure and return dates, email address, and quotes. Transfers – If you click on the View Transfers button, you see a list of all the transfers that have been entered. From here you can add new transfers or companions or edit existing ones. On the Edit Transfer page, you can enter their current area, companion, date of the transfer, choose a color for the map, enter their mailing address, and add notes about that things that are going on in that area. Information from the most recent transfer is moved onto the Stats page. View Map – If you click on the View Map button, you will see an outline map of the country or state where that missionary is serving. This map is automatically filled in as the days go by to show their progress in the map. Colors coordinate with the Transfers list – you can changes colors based on areas, companion, by transfer, or whatever you would like. Have fun, be creative. Share – This button allows you to send the missionary’s email address, mailing address, and other information in a variety of formats (text, PDF, Link) using several sharing methods (message, email, Facebook, etc.). User can choose which information to send and in what format. This is a quick and easy way to send contact information to family or friends who want to write to them and keeps people updated in social media. Copy & Paste functionality is also enabled through the Share button. The PDF format also serves as a permanent record of the missionaries activities when their mission is completed. Sync – The sync feature provides the ability to save a copy of your data to a secure cloud account. From here, you can sync your data across multiple devices and protect against data loss when upgrading devices or in the event of a device failure. To use this feature, just create a Sync Account. This is the perfect app for keeping up on your missionaries on a daily basis and it brings all of the relevant information together in a fun and creative way.

About

Christmas Lockscreen Widget 26

Get into the holiday spirit with a festive countdown to Christmas. Enjoy beautiful winter scenes, classic carols, and interactive advent calendar surprises. An optional upgrade offers a convenient widget and expanded content.

Highlights
  • Christmas countdown timer
  • Festive backgrounds
  • Classic Christmas music
  • Falling snow animation
  • Advent calendar gift opening
  • Lock screen widget (iOS 16)
Features
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Christmas countdown and a small gift waiting for you on 12th December. - Choose from beautiful backgrounds, featuring Santa and his reindeer, many Christmas trees, and even a snowman! - Enjoy classic Christmas music including Deck the Halls and We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Watch the falling snow on the countdown screen - Open a gift on 24th December in your advent calendar! - Upgrade to Premium to get a countdown widget so you can quickly see how many long there is until Christmas! You'll also get more music, including Jingle Bells and Silent Night, extra backgrounds and an exclusive countdown stvle! -Use new lock screen widget on iOS16 Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/dmnprivacy Terms of Service: https://sites.google.com/view/dmntermofuse

Screenshots

Countdown Maps4 screens
Christmas Lockscreen Widget 264 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Christmas Lockscreen Widget 26 at Free against Countdown Maps's $2.99. Christmas Lockscreen Widget 26 also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). Countdown Maps's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume 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

Christmas Lockscreen Widget 26 is free to download; Countdown Maps costs $2.99 up front. Christmas Lockscreen Widget 26 sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Countdown Maps asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Christmas Lockscreen Widget 26 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 39 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of Countdown Maps's written reviews are positive against 35% of Christmas Lockscreen Widget 26's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Maps ships an update every 4 months, Christmas Lockscreen Widget 26 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Countdown Maps versus Christmas Lockscreen Widget 26: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown MapsChristmas Lockscreen Widget 26
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (22 ratings)4.5 (39 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews — better34.8% of reviews
Number of ratings2239 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#31 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid AllenMinh Nhat Dang

Customer experience

Countdown Maps

All ratings22 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral15.4%
Negative15.4%

Christmas Lockscreen Widget 26

All ratings39 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.3%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive34.8%
Neutral4.3%
Negative60.9%

In-app purchases

None

Countdown Maps

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Christmas Lockscreen Widget 26

One-time2
  • One-time Payment$2.99
  • One-time Purchase$3.99

Questions

Is Countdown Maps free?
Countdown Maps costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Christmas Lockscreen Widget 26 free?
Christmas Lockscreen Widget 26 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Maps or Christmas Lockscreen Widget 26?
Christmas Lockscreen Widget 26 is rated higher. Countdown Maps averages 4.3 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Christmas Lockscreen Widget 26 averages 4.5 from 39 ratings.
Do Countdown Maps or Christmas Lockscreen Widget 26 have ads?
Christmas Lockscreen Widget 26 shows ads; Countdown Maps does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Maps or Christmas Lockscreen Widget 26?
Countdown Maps ships an update every 4 months, and Christmas Lockscreen Widget 26 every 3 weeks. Most recently, Countdown Maps was updated on September 21, 2026 and Christmas Lockscreen Widget 26 on September 23, 2026.

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