Press Kit

Christmas Tree Countdown is a hand-drawn Christmas tree that lives on your iPhone Home Screen as a widget, on your Mac desktop as a floating window, and on your Apple Watch as a complication — counting down the days. It is a loving remake of X-MasTree, the 1990s Mac app many people remember from childhood; the classic tree option is a direct tribute. It counts to whichever day your country actually celebrates — Christmas Eve in Germany and the Nordics, Sinterklaas in the Netherlands, Three Kings’ Day in Spain, Orthodox Christmas in January — defaulted from your region and named in your language. One purchase covers all four devices. It collects no data and makes no network connections. Made by one person in the UK.

• Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — one universal purchase
• Price: £1.99 / $1.99 / €1.99
• Languages: English at launch; twelve more in the first update
• Requires: iOS 17, macOS 14, watchOS 10 or later
• Privacy: no accounts, no analytics, no tracking, no network access
• Heritage: a remake of X-MasTree by John Schilling (1990s, Mac)
• The Mac version has been a free download at xmastreeapp.com since 2020
• Made by Milo Hill, publishing as Avocet, in the United Kingdom

• App icon — iOS (1024 × 1024, no alpha)
• App icon — macOS (1024 × 1024, rounded, transparent)
• The tree — hand-drawn artwork, transparent background

Screenshots on real devices — iPhone, iPad, Mac and Watch — will be added here before launch. Nothing on this page is a mock-up.

Promo codes are available for journalists and reviewers. Email the address below with your outlet and we will send one the same day.

support@xmastreeapp.com