Comparison

Countdown by Holiday Extras vs Countdown To The Mouse WDW

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

Head to head
About

Countdown by Holiday Extras

Stay excited for your upcoming trips with a customizable countdown. Add your own photos, use smart packing lists, and share your anticipation with friends and family. Track multiple events and enjoy an ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • Home screen widget
  • AI-powered packing checklist
  • Customizable backgrounds
  • Countdown to any event
  • Multiple countdown tracking
  • Suggested and recurring events
Features
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Make the wait feel like part of the adventure. Turn every holiday, birthday, wedding, festival and big day into a beautiful live countdown — with photos, widgets, reminders, social sharing and smarter trip planning built in. COUNT DOWN TO ANYTHING See the days, hours, minutes and seconds tick away in a beautifully simple, full-screen countdown. Keep every moment together in a grid of photo cards, then swipe between upcoming countdowns or revisit the good times in Past. MAKE IT YOURS Choose a favourite photo, position and crop it perfectly for the countdown and its widget, or pick one of our colourful backgrounds. Light and dark appearances follow your iPhone automatically. CREATE WITH PIÑATA MAGIC On supported iPhones, Piñata Magic uses Apple Intelligence on your device to make setup feel effortless. Tell Piñata what you’re looking forward to in your own words, or start with a screenshot of a booking. It can suggest the event, dates, trip details, flights and a useful reminder schedule — and everything stays editable before you create it. PLAN HOLIDAYS FASTER The guided holiday flow keeps dates, airports and flights clear from start to finish. Search real flights, choose a simple outbound and return journey, and see whether each result is a prediction, a potential match from your screenshot or a confirmed flight. KEEP THE EXCITEMENT CLOSE Add beautiful Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets so the next big moment is always in sight. Choose milestone, weekly, daily or custom reminders, scheduled privately on your iPhone, and let the app move naturally from counting down to “On holiday now” and “Welcome home”. SHARE THE COUNTDOWN Turn your countdown and photo into an eye-catching social post. Share a story, portrait post or square image through Instagram, Facebook, Messages and your other favourite apps — complete with days, hours, minutes and seconds, not just the number of days. SMASH THE PIÑATA When a birthday reaches zero, the celebration takes over the whole screen. Tap or shake the Piñata until it bursts open, then watch the confetti and sweets tumble out. It’s the most fun you can have waiting for a birthday. READY FOR HOLIDAY EXTRAS Add your holiday to Holiday Extras without retyping the dates and flight details. Open the trip in the Holiday Extras app when you’re ready to keep everything together and add airport parking, hotels, lounges and more. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your countdowns, photos and reminder schedules are stored on your device. Piñata Magic processes your request on-device using Apple Intelligence. You can create and enjoy countdowns without connecting a Holiday Extras account. Whatever you’re looking forward to, make every day before it count.

About

Countdown To The Mouse WDW

Plan your Disney World vacation with this essential guide. It offers a countdown to your trip, timely notifications for important reservations like Fastpass+ and dining, and helpful tips. Customize your background with your own photos or a slideshow.

Highlights
  • Disney World countdown timer
  • Reservation booking alerts (Fastpass+, Dining)
  • Customizable photo backgrounds
  • Full-screen slideshow option
  • Informative travel tips and hints
  • Optional notification disabling
Features
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Countdown to your Walt Disney World vacation with a Home Screen widget, packing lists you can print, trip weather, and planning reminders — all in one app. More than a countdown. Countdown To The Mouse is the daily reminder on your phone that your Walt Disney World trip is getting closer. HOME SCREEN WIDGET Put your countdown anywhere on your iPhone or iPad. Use one photo, a slideshow of photos that change through the day, or upload your own. Customize the look with 30+ colors. PACKING CHECKLIST A customizable vacation packing list you can edit in the app and print as a PDF. Add your own groups and items. Check things off while you shop. PLANNING HELP AND USEFUL TIPS Turn on reminders for the dates that actually matter — Disney Dining reservation windows, MagicBands, PhotoPass, online check-in, and more. Fun tips and hints along the way. Don’t want them? Turn notifications off and keep using it as a countdown. WEATHER, PHOTOS, AND MORE • Weather forecast for your Walt Disney World trip • Full-screen photo slideshow, plus your own photos • Shareable Mini Widgets • Disney Trivia • Videos and Disney News • Planning resources and important dates • Ride checklist • Days, hours, minutes, and seconds on the home screen This app is only for Walt Disney World. Disneyland is not supported in this app. CONTACT Please contact us with any corrections, feedback, or features you would like to see added. We would love to hear from you! WRAdevelopment@gmail.com Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: https://www.countdowntothemouse.com/privacy-policy-and-terms-of-use Countdown To The Mouse App is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or in any other way associated with The Walt Disney Company. For official Disney information, please visit the official Disney website.

Screenshots

Countdown by Holiday Extras4 screens
Countdown To The Mouse WDW4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown by Holiday Extras at none against Countdown To The Mouse WDW's 6. Countdown by Holiday Extras also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.4) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Countdown To The Mouse WDW's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 53%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Countdown To The Mouse WDW sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Countdown by Holiday Extras asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown by Holiday Extras holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 65 and 14 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of Countdown by Holiday Extras's written reviews are positive against 75% of Countdown To The Mouse WDW's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown by Holiday Extras ships an update weekly, Countdown To The Mouse WDW every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Countdown by Holiday Extras versus Countdown To The Mouse WDW: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown by Holiday ExtrasCountdown To The Mouse WDW
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (65 ratings) — better4.4 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews53.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings65 — better14
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB195 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHoliday ExtrasWRA Development LLC

Customer experience

Countdown by Holiday Extras

All ratings65 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative6.2%
Written reviews132 reviews
Positive53.0%
Neutral9.1%
Negative37.9%

Countdown To The Mouse WDW

All ratings14 ratings
Positive78.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Countdown by Holiday Extras

Reported bugs

122 issues
  • App won't open after update
  • App crashes on opening
  • Widget not updating
  • App deleted all trips
  • App crashed and doesn't store new trips
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  • Past vacations showing in countdown
  • App not working after upgrade
  • Countdown notifications incorrect
  • App crashes frequently
  • Photos deleted after updates
  • Countdown disappears
  • Image on countdown wiped
  • App resets
  • Cannot edit countdowns
  • Countdown goes from days to years
  • Past travels photos lost
  • Active countdown images lost on update
  • App doesn't open or takes many attempts
  • Cannot see whole picture on screen
  • Time zone issues
  • New version too 'bawdy'
  • Banners are distracting
  • Lost all past information
  • Past events separated from upcoming events
  • Have to re-upload photos
  • App no longer user friendly
  • Images for past events not editable
  • App deleted all my trips
  • Widget doesn't count down
  • App no longer opens since February updates
  • Notifications show incorrect days
  • Past vacations showing in countdown
  • App completely stopped working after upgrade
  • New layout is confusing
  • Editing is not easy
  • New app is awful
  • New view is rubbish
  • Older version was more beneficial
  • App has become more complicated
  • Look is a lot worse
  • Separated events that have happened and what hasn't yet
  • Taken away all photos for events
  • Have to tap on different events instead of swiping
  • Photos from events have been wiped
  • Cannot see the whole picture on my screen
  • Time zone issues
  • New version too bawdy
  • Banners across the bottom of the screen are distracting
  • Holiday extras and banner for sharing are unnecessary
  • New layout terrible
  • Lost all past information
  • All holidays have gone
  • Revamp is terrible
  • Cannot edit a countdown anymore
  • Latest update ruined the app
  • Updating loses all photos
  • New update is awful
  • Full page countdown and swiping gone
  • New screen with multiple icons is awful
  • All countdowns set with photos gone
  • Years of countdowns now boring
  • Not great since update
  • No pictures included in app
  • Unable to upload own photos
  • Cannot scroll through dates as used to
  • New format is confusing
  • Do not like new format and view
  • Editing not easy
  • Old layout was far better
  • New app is awful
  • New view is rubbish
  • Older version was much more beneficial
  • Screen full of dates
  • App has now made the app so much more complicated
  • Look is a lot worse
  • Separated the events that have happened and what hasn’t yet
  • Taken away all of the photos for your events
  • Made it so you have to tap on the different events instead of just having them immediately on your screen to swipe through
  • All my photos from events have been wiped
  • Images for past events cannot be edited back in
  • All my photos have been taken off
  • Have to update them all over again
  • Cannot see the whole picture on my screen
  • Time zone issues
  • New version of countdown is too bawdy
  • Banners across the bottom of the screen are distracting
  • Holiday extras and banner for sharing is unnecessary
  • New layout terrible
  • Lost all past information
  • All my holidays have gone
  • Revamp is terrible
  • Cannot edit a countdown anymore
  • Latest update ruined the app
  • Updating loses all photos
  • New update is awful
  • Full page countdown and swiping gone
  • New screen with multiple icons is awful
  • All my countdowns set with photos gone
  • Years of countdowns now boring
  • Not great since update
  • No pictures included in app
  • Unable to upload my own
  • Cannot scroll through the dates as used to
  • New format quite confusing
  • Do not like your new format and view
  • Editing not easy
  • Old layout was far better
  • New app is awful
  • New view is rubbish
  • Older version was much more beneficial
  • Screen full of dates
  • App has now made the app so much more complicated
  • Look is a lot worse
  • Separated the events that have happened and what hasn’t yet
  • Taken away all of the photos for your events
  • Made it so you have to tap on the different events instead of just having them immediately on your screen to swipe through
  • All my photos from events have been wiped
  • Images for past events cannot be edited back in
  • All my photos have been taken off
  • Have to update them all over again
  • App won't allow display on front screen
  • Logo for 'holiday extras' obstructs photo when sharing

Requested features

9 requests
  • Automatically add holidays (Christmas, Halloween, New Year's Eve/Day)
  • Widgets update time remaining without opening app
  • Add a checklist for holidays
  • Option to revert to old layout
  • Sync across devices
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  • More notification options
  • Ability to keep past events with photos
  • Dark mode
  • Improved time zone handling

Countdown To The Mouse WDW

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Countdown by Holiday Extras

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Countdown To The Mouse WDW

One-time6
  • Countdown To The Mouse$0.99
  • Countdown To The Mouse Premium$1.99
  • Countdown To The Mouse$2.99
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  • Countdown To The Mouse$3.99
  • Countdown To The Mouse$4.99
  • Countdown To The Mouse$5.99

Questions

Is Countdown by Holiday Extras free?
Countdown by Holiday Extras is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Countdown To The Mouse WDW free?
Countdown To The Mouse WDW is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown by Holiday Extras or Countdown To The Mouse WDW?
Countdown by Holiday Extras is rated higher. Countdown by Holiday Extras averages 4.6 out of 5 from 65 ratings, while Countdown To The Mouse WDW averages 4.4 from 14 ratings.
Do Countdown by Holiday Extras or Countdown To The Mouse WDW have ads?
Neither Countdown by Holiday Extras nor Countdown To The Mouse WDW shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown by Holiday Extras or Countdown To The Mouse WDW?
Countdown by Holiday Extras ships an update weekly, and Countdown To The Mouse WDW every 3 weeks. Most recently, Countdown by Holiday Extras was updated on October 24, 2026 and Countdown To The Mouse WDW on October 24, 2026.

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