# Birthday Reminder: HatchDay — Countdown, Widget & WhatsApp > Countdown, Widget & WhatsApp (iPhone/iPad app by Manuel Subredu.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/birthday-reminder-hatchday/id6758816093 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Manuel Subredu](https://appshunter.io/developer/1761752939) - Category: Productivity, Social Networking - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 18.6 · 3 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-06-16 - Data updated: 2026-08-23 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/birthday-reminder-hatchday/id6758816093/reviews.md ## What is Birthday Reminder? HatchDay is a personal birthday assistant focused on privacy, functionality, and ease of use, built for those who value their relationships and their personal data. No ads. No tracking. No cloud sync. Just reliable notifications that just work. You get a notification in the morning. One tap and you're already calling. The day moves on, and you know you didn't forget anyone who matters. - FREE, FOREVER - • Always know who's next - sort by days until their birthday • Call from the notification - one action, no need to search for the number • Ready in under a minute - import your Contacts in a single step • Never miss a birthday - native iOS notifications at the time you choose • Next birthday is always visible - small widget on your home screen or even on your lock screen (of course, privacy mode enabled) * Milestone aware - with our milestone search, you can easily see the next person celebrating a major milestone * Missed a birthday - we got you covered. Recent birthdays list is there for you to know • No ads, ever - open the app, see birthdays, nothing else - YOUR DATA STAYS ON YOUR PHONE - No server ever sees your contact list. No company knows when your mother's birthday is. Everything you save in HatchDay stays on your iPhone - no exceptions. No account to create. No email address needed. No internet connection required. - Premium mode (entirely optional) - Premium features are entirely optional, but needed for me to keep improving the application. Core features are free forever. No pushy screens. No countdown timers. The switch to Premium option is in Settings, waiting quietly when you're ready to dedicate a cofee per year to support this application. Premium features: • Wish them in 5 seconds - birthday notification opens WhatsApp with your greeting already written • Prefer SMS/iMessage? - the same action opens Messages instead, greeting and all • Write once, send to anyone - custom message templates with name and age • See more birthdays at a glance - medium and large home screen widgets • Make it yours - 3 additional color themes: Ocean, Forest, and Sunset • See the whole year at a glance - spot your busiest months with the Year calendar view - BUILT FOR iPHONE - HatchDay is a native iOS app built with SwiftUI. It follows Apple's design guidelines and integrates with notifications and widgets exactly as Apple intended. - License - This app uses standard EULA - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Premium subscription | $3.99 | per year | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.5.1 — 2026-08-21 New widget: * Lock screen widget. You can now have a widget right to your lock screen for quick access to your birthdays. Of course, the new widget has privacy features enabled Widgets: * All widgets received a new design. From small to large, they're all now more polished. * When a permission is missing, widgets now make that visible, so you can take action * When you tap on a birthday from any widget, HatchDay now opens and navigate to that birthday details. Easy peasy ! Templates (premium mode): * When you edit a template content, you can now use Apple Intelligence to help you compose your message (if supported by your device) ### 1.4.0 — 2026-08-04 Missed a celebration ? HatchDay got you covered ! See a "Recently passed" section right on the main screen, showing birthdays from the last few days so you can still send a late wish. Turn it on or off, and choose how far back it looks, in Settings. A cleaner birthday details screen Redesigned for a more consistent look - every detail now follows your chosen theme's colors. Editing works the same way whether the contact came from your address book or was added manually, so there's just one Edit button to remember. Find milestone birthdays in a tap Search for "Milestone" in your birthdays list to instantly see who's turning 10, 20, 30, and other big ages. Yearly view, now easier to reach (Premium) A new calendar button in the top bar opens a full-year view, with each month color-coded by how many birthdays it holds — busier months stand out at a glance. Plus various behind-the-scenes fixes and improvements. ### 1.3.0 — 2026-07-08 What's New: - Choose your preferred phone number for contacts with multiple numbers - HatchDay will now always use the one you pick when syncing - Settings screen reorganized for easier navigation - New badges help you tell iOS-synced contacts apart from manually added ones And of course, under the hood fixes. ### 1.2.0 — 2026-06-16 1. Manage birthdays without leaving HatchDay. You can now edit or add a birthday for any contact directly from their detail screen - no need to open iOS Contacts. The same Manage Birthdays tool you know from Settings is now one tap away wherever you need it. 2. Tap notifications to jump straight to the birthday. Birthday alerts now open the contact's detail screen directly - no extra navigation. 3. Choose which actions appear. A new Integrations section in Settings lets you pick exactly which actions show up in notifications and on the detail screen. Only use WhatsApp? Turn off SMS and Phone. Only want to call? Done. 4. Nickname support. Toggle "Use Nicknames" in Settings to see your contacts the way you actually call them - in the list, on the Today card, in widgets, and in notifications. 5. What's new. Never miss a new feature - when starting a new app version, the new features are showed right from the start ! Fixes: - WhatsApp now works correctly when a contact's number is saved in local format (e.g. 0720 001 002). - Age shown on the birthday itself was off by one - now fixed. - Contact sync now picks up photo changes and removes entries for contacts you've deleted from your phone. ### 1.1.1 — 2026-04-15 Fixed a bug that all displayed "Test notification" button even if app didn't had notification permissions --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-23.*