Comparison

Group Christmas Lists vs Christmas

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

Head to head
About

Group Christmas Lists

Easily create and share Christmas wish lists with family and friends. Organize items with links and allow group members to mark gifts as reserved to avoid duplicates.

Highlights
  • Create Christmas lists
  • Add item links
  • Share lists with groups
  • Mark items as reserved
  • Collaborative list management
Features
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Group Christmas List allows you to create Christmas Lists with links and share them with your family or friends. You can create groups where anyone in the group can see each other's list. Anyone in the group can mark an item as reserved meaning that they intend to purchase that item for that person.

About

Christmas

Track the days, hours, minutes, and seconds until Christmas with customizable backgrounds and festive music. Create your Christmas lists and reflect on daily Bible verses to embrace the holiday spirit.

Highlights
  • Multiple festive backgrounds
  • Customizable timeframes (days, hours, minutes, seconds)
  • Christmas list creation and management
  • Selection of classic Christmas music
  • Daily Bible verses
Features
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Get into the festive spirit with the ultimate Christmas Countdown app! Multiple Backgrounds: Choose from a variety of beautiful, festive backgrounds to set the perfect holiday mood. Different Timeframes: Customize your countdown with different timeframes to track the days, hours, minutes, seconds, and more until Christmas. Custom Christmas Lists: Create and manage your own Christmas lists, whether it's for gift shopping, holiday activities, or festive recipes. Christmas Music: Enjoy a selection of classic Christmas tunes to accompany your countdown and keep you in the holiday spirit. Bible Verses: Reflect on the true meaning of Christmas with daily bible verses to inspire and uplift you during the holiday season.

Screenshots

Group Christmas Lists4 screens
Christmas4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Christmas at 5.0 against Group Christmas Lists's 2.3. Christmas also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 54 months). Group Christmas Lists's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.4). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Christmas holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Group Christmas Lists ships an update every 54 months, Christmas every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Group Christmas Lists versus Christmas: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGroup Christmas ListsChristmas
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 54 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrian KalskiBraden Ross

Customer experience

Group Christmas Lists

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Christmas

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Group Christmas Lists

No in-app purchases

None

Christmas

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Group Christmas Lists free?
Group Christmas Lists is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Christmas free?
Christmas is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Group Christmas Lists or Christmas?
Christmas is rated higher. Group Christmas Lists averages 2.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Christmas averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Group Christmas Lists or Christmas have ads?
Neither Group Christmas Lists nor Christmas shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Group Christmas Lists or Christmas?
Group Christmas Lists ships an update every 54 months, and Christmas every 6 weeks. Most recently, Group Christmas Lists was updated on November 1, 2026 and Christmas on November 4, 2026.

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