Wedding Countdown Planner vs Christmas Countdown Live 2026
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wedding Countdown Planner
This app helps you organize your wedding with a countdown to your big day. It includes tools for budgeting, guest lists, and planning, with customizable themes and the ability to share your countdown.
- Wedding Countdown
- Budget Planner
- Wedding Planning Guide
- Guest List Management
- Customizable Themes
- Shareable Countdown
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Wedding Countdown is a clean and well designed app that will count down to your special day and help you with all the wedding preparations. FEATURES - Wedding Countdown - Budget Planner - Wedding Planning Guide - Guest List - Wedding Organizer - Love Quote of the Day - Share your LIVE countdown Add your names and choose from more than 20 different themes or add your own picture to make the app look just like you want it. You can also share the countdown or daily love quotes with your future husband or wife. THEMES - Hearts - Wave - Sunset - Wedding Cake - Couple - Flowers - Female Couple - Male Couple - Wedding Pavilion - Bouquet - Rose Petals - Shoes & Champagne - Wedding Rings - Cutting the cake - Love story - Champagne - Rings on hands - Hearts at the beach - Swan Heart - Pregnant Couple - Roses & Pearls - or create your own theme with your own picture
Christmas Countdown Live 2026
Track the exact days, hours, and sleeps until Christmas Eve with a live home screen widget. Customize with festive themes and enjoy snowfall animations to bring the holiday spirit to life.
- Live home screen widget
- Real-time countdown (days, hours, sleeps)
- Customizable themes (red, green, blue)
- Snowfall animations
- Compact size (under 1MB)
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How many sleeps until Christmas? Loved by 2,000+ people worldwide, Christmas Countdown puts a live countdown right on your iPhone home screen - no app opening needed, ever. Rated 4.8 stars. Free. Under 1.5MB. LIVE HOME SCREEN WIDGET Add the widget once. It updates every second - days, hours, minutes, and sleeps until Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, all year long. SLEEPS, NOT JUST DAYS We count sleeps. Because that's how everyone actually thinks about Christmas. FESTIVE THEMES Choose from classic red, pine green, or ice blue. Switch any time. SNOWFALL ANIMATION A gentle snowfall plays in the app. A small detail that makes it feel right. DEC 24 OR DEC 25? Swedish? The app detects your locale and automatically counts down to Christmas Eve. Everyone else gets Christmas Day. TINY BY DESIGN Under 1.5MB. The lightest Christmas countdown on the App Store. HOW TO START 1. Download Christmas Countdown - it's free 2. Long-press your home screen and tap Edit 3. Add the Christmas Countdown widget 4. Watch it count down live all season CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN PRO Unlock additional themes and support independent development. One-time purchase or subscription - your choice. Ready? Add the widget and start counting. Christmas only comes once a year.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Christmas Countdown Live 2026 at none against Wedding Countdown Planner's shown. Christmas Countdown Live 2026 also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 59%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). Wedding Countdown Planner's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Wedding Countdown Planner sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Christmas Countdown Live 2026 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Wedding Countdown Planner against 4.8 for Christmas Countdown Live 2026. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Christmas Countdown Live 2026 has 2.3K ratings behind it against 179, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of Wedding Countdown Planner's written reviews are positive against 90% of Christmas Countdown Live 2026's.
Wedding Countdown Planner ships an update every 4 months, Christmas Countdown Live 2026 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wedding Countdown Planner | Christmas Countdown Live 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (179 ratings) | 4.8 (2.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.1% of reviews | 89.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 179 | 2.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Green Gecko LLC | Benoit Deguine |
Customer experience
Wedding Countdown Planner
Christmas Countdown Live 2026
Bugs and requests
Wedding Countdown Planner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Christmas Countdown Live 2026
Reported bugs
3 issues- Countdown not always accurate
- Widget not working on some devices
- App freezing or crashing
Requested features
5 requests- Add Apple Watch support
- Include more countdown details in widget
- Implement Christmas mini-games
- Provide notification options
- Add more customization options
In-app purchases
Wedding Countdown Planner
- Theme Couple$0.99
- Theme Bouquet$0.99
- Theme Wedding Rings$0.99
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- Theme Love story$0.99
- Theme Rings on hands$0.99
- Theme Hearts at the beach$0.99
- Theme Swan Heart$0.99
- Theme Roses & Pearls$0.99
- Theme Champagne$0.99
- Theme Wedding Pavilion$0.99
- function to add your own picture$1.99
- Removal of advertisements$2.99
- Premium Lifetime$9.99
Christmas Countdown Live 2026
- Premium$1.99
- 1 Gift$1.99
- 3 Gifts (or 1 big!)$4.99
Questions
Is Wedding Countdown Planner free?
Is Christmas Countdown Live 2026 free?
Which has better reviews, Wedding Countdown Planner or Christmas Countdown Live 2026?
Do Wedding Countdown Planner or Christmas Countdown Live 2026 have ads?
Which is updated more often, Wedding Countdown Planner or Christmas Countdown Live 2026?
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