In short: add Christmas Day in Kounts and watch the days, hours, minutes and seconds tick down on a festive photo card. Set it to repeat yearly so next Christmas is ready with no setup, dress it in a snowy gradient or your own photo, and pin it to your Home Screen, Lock Screen and Apple Watch. New Year's Eve and every other holiday work the same way. It's free, with no ads.
Made for counting down the festive season
Christmas, New Year or any holiday
Count down to Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, an advent date, Halloween or Thanksgiving — whatever you're looking forward to. Keep them all in one list and see every festive countdown at a glance.
Repeats every year, automatically
Set Christmas to repeat yearly and Kounts rolls the countdown straight over once the day passes. Next year is ready with no setup — days-until-Christmas is simply always there.
A festive card, your way
Dress the countdown in a hand-tuned gradient artwork or your own full-screen photo — the tree, the lights, last year's snow. Export it as a high-resolution image to share in the family chat.
Widgets on Home & Lock Screen
Add a widget in four styles and several sizes to watch the days tick down all day, and keep it on your wrist with the Apple Watch app. Pin Christmas or let it auto-show your next event.
A gift checklist on the event
Keep a gift to-do list right on the countdown — who's getting what, what's still to wrap — with its own progress bar. Add notes, links to wish lists, and tick things off as the day gets closer.
Count down as a family
Share the countdown with up to five people so the whole family follows the same days-until. On Christmas Day, a self-ticking Live Activity and Dynamic Island count down the final hours.
Festive card styles, a full-screen countdown, and Home Screen widgets.
Set up your Christmas countdown in minutes
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Add Christmas Day
Download Kounts free, tap to create an event, set it to 25 December and turn on repeat yearly — so the countdown rolls over to next Christmas all on its own.
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Pick a festive look
Choose a snowy gradient artwork or drop in your own photo of the tree or lights, then pick a card style so the countdown feels properly Christmassy.
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Add a gift checklist
Keep a gift to-do list on the event — who's getting what, what's left to wrap — plus notes and links to wish lists, all attached to the countdown.
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Add a widget — or share it
Put a widget on your Home or Lock Screen and the Apple Watch complication, and share the countdown so the whole family watches the days tick down together.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a good Christmas countdown app for iPhone?
Yes. Kounts is a free event countdown app for iPhone and Apple Watch that's lovely for the festive season. Add Christmas Day and it counts down the days, hours, minutes and seconds on a full-screen card, a Home or Lock Screen widget, and an Apple Watch complication. On the day itself a self-ticking Live Activity and Dynamic Island count down the final hours, and the countdown rolls over to next Christmas automatically.
Does the Christmas countdown repeat every year?
Yes. Set Christmas Day to repeat yearly and Kounts rolls the countdown straight over to next year as soon as the day passes — so days-until-Christmas is always there, with no setup to remember in December. The same works for any annual date you want to keep around.
Can I count down to New Year's Eve or other holidays too?
Yes. Kounts isn't only for Christmas. Add New Year's Eve, an advent date, Hanukkah, Thanksgiving, Halloween or any holiday you like, set each one to repeat yearly, and keep them all in a single list of festive countdowns side by side.
Can I put the Christmas countdown on a widget or Lock Screen?
Yes. Add a Kounts widget to your Home or Lock Screen in four styles and several sizes to keep days-until-Christmas front and centre, and the Apple Watch app keeps it on your wrist. You can pin Christmas to a widget or let it automatically show your next upcoming event.
Is the Christmas countdown app free?
Yes. Kounts is free to download with no ads, and the countdown, yearly repeat, festive artworks, widgets, sharing and Apple Watch app are all part of the free experience. An optional Kounts Premium unlocks extra card styles and customization, as a yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase.
Start the countdown to Christmas
A free, ad-free Christmas countdown with festive cards, widgets, an Apple Watch app, and a yearly repeat so it's ready every December.
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