# Recovery Birthdays — Be a part of

> Privacy-first contact manager for recovery milestones with reminders and virtual celebration tokens. (iPhone/iPad app by Kurt Lane.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/recovery-birthdays/id1526976657 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Kurt Lane](https://appshunter.io/developer/388617595)
- Category: Utilities, Lifestyle
- Price: Free (on sale, was $1.99)
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 10 App Store ratings · 4 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 47 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2020-09-09
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/recovery-birthdays/id1526976657/reviews.md

## What is Recovery Birthdays?

Recovery Birthdays: Never forget a recovery milestone again.

For someone in recovery, a Sobriety Date, Clean Date, or Abstinence Date can be just as important—if not more—than a belly-button birthday. 
Recovery Birthdays helps you honor and celebrate those dates in the lives of your friends and loved ones.
This app is a privacy-first contacts manager designed specifically for the recovery community. 
It syncs easily with your iPhone Contacts, allows you to manage recovery dates, and sends reminders the day before and on each anniversary.

Privacy First: Your data is yours. 
Recovery Birthdays:
Does not collect any user data.
Does not send information to third-party servers.
Does not store any 3rd party contact details beyond:
Contact name
Recovery anniversary date
A single image for the contact
We do not store or share phone numbers, email addresses, addresses, notes, or any personal contact information. 
Everything is kept local to your device or iCloud

Features
* Notifications for recovery anniversaries (on the day and the day before).
* Send a virtual chip or key-tag from within the app—choose from sobriety coins and clean-time tags spanning 24 hours to 60 years.
* Add a recovery date to existing contacts or create new ones easily.
* Auto-sync with Contacts for entries labeled 'Sobriety Date', 'Clean Date', or 'Abstinence Date'.
* My Contact Card tab to view your clean time and share your details via text, QR code, or other sharing options.
* Built-in QR code scanner to quickly add contacts by scanning their code.
* iPhone widgets, including: Clean Time widget, Sobriety Chip widget, QR Code widget for easy sharing.
* Widget Colour editor

In recovery, we repair the connections we once neglected. Remembering someone’s recovery anniversary is a powerful way to show love, respect, and support.
Bring a cake. Write a card. Send a message. Make a call. Let them know they matter.

As it’s often said:
"Only through giving do we truly receive."

Included Chips & Key-Tags
AA Chips (24 hours to 60 years):
Silver – 24 Hours
Red – 30 Days / 1 Month
Yellow – 60 Days / 2 Months
Green – 90 Days / 3 Months
Orange – 4 Months
Red – 5 Months
Blue – 6 Months
Purple – 7 Months
Orange – 8 Months
Pink – 9 Months
Green – 10 Months
Red – 11 Months
Gold – 1–60 Years

NA Key-Tags:
White – Just for Today
Pink – Welcome Back
Orange – 30 Days
Green – 60 Days
Red – 90 Days
Blue – 6 Months
Yellow – 9 Months
Glow-in-the-Dark White – 1 Year
Grey – 18 Months
Black & Gold – Multiple Years
We’d Love to Hear From You
If you have ideas, feature requests, or feedback, please reach out to recoverybirthdays@gmail.com or through the app’s support page.

Recovery Birthdays
Celebrate. Remember. Support.
Never forget their important day again.

## Key features

- Recovery milestone reminders
- Privacy-first contact management
- Virtual chip and key-tag sending
- Syncs with iPhone Contacts
- Customizable widgets
- QR code scanner and sharing

## Recent user reviews (4 of 4)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/recovery-birthdays/id1526976657/reviews.md

### 5/5 — A fantastic resource

*2024-04-01*

I love Recovery birthdays App
it is a great tool for Sponsorship
well done

### 5/5 — Widget

*2023-04-13*

Main reason I downloaded this app is for the chip widget. I’ve searched other apps and none have it.

**Developer response:** Thank you for taking time out of your 24 hours to leave a review. recoverybirthdays@gmail.com

### 2/5 — Widget

*2023-04-11, version 1.4.108*

The main purpose I downloaded this app was for the widget however I cannot get the widget chip to sync with my contact so it constantly says 24hrs when it’s not. Guess I’ll be deleting.

### 2/5 — Good Idea but Too Invasive

*2020-10-09*

Good idea but too invasive when it comes to our Contacts’ privacy. It would be better if we could only share our own sobriety date with other app users forum style so that we can support and congratulate each other. Thanks but I’ll pass in it’s current format.

**Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback and I assure you the main priority I had when creating this app was the privacy of your contacts data.

Recovery Birthdays can be used in a limited capacity without the user allowing access to contacts data. That will just means you cannot add recovery birthdays dates to your current contacts and thus the birthday will not appear in your phone book. If you delete the app, you will lose all the data. 

The app shares no data to the outside of your device. As stated on the App page for the download “No data collected”. 

Recovery Birthdays stores locally within the app only contact names, dates for anniversaries related to the recovery birthday and a single image for the contact. When you delete the app the data is deleted also. 

Recovery Birthdays does not contain any advertising or use third party services that may collect information about you or your contacts. 

Anonymity is the spiritual foundation for our recovery and providing a forum style group to share recovery birthdays could jeopardise the privacy of recovering alcoholics and addicts by sharing sensitive data online.

## Frequently asked questions about Recovery Birthdays

### What is Recovery Birthdays?

Recovery Birthdays is a privacy-first contact manager designed to help you remember and celebrate recovery milestones like sobriety or clean dates for your friends and loved ones. It provides timely reminders and allows you to send virtual celebration tokens.

### How does Recovery Birthdays handle user data?

Recovery Birthdays is privacy-first and does not collect or send any user data to third-party servers. It only stores contact name, recovery anniversary date, and a single image locally on your device or iCloud.

### Can I send virtual chips or key-tags with Recovery Birthdays?

Yes, you can send virtual chips and key-tags directly from the app. These range from 24 hours to 60 years and include options for AA chips and NA key-tags.

### Does Recovery Birthdays sync with my existing contacts?

Yes, Recovery Birthdays can auto-sync with your iPhone Contacts for entries that are labeled with 'Sobriety Date', 'Clean Date', or 'Abstinence Date'.

### What devices does Recovery Birthdays support?

Recovery Birthdays is available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch, offering a consistent experience across Apple devices.

### How often is Recovery Birthdays updated?

The latest version of Recovery Birthdays is 1.6.04, and it was last updated on April 8, 2026. This indicates a commitment to ongoing development and support.

### What is the age rating for Recovery Birthdays?

Recovery Birthdays has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of users.

### Does Recovery Birthdays have ads?

No, Recovery Birthdays does not contain advertisements. It is a completely ad-free application.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.6.04 — 2026-04-08

What's New in Version 1.6.04
- Fixed an issue when editing the contact the "Save" button did not become active.

### 1.6.03 — 2025-10-14

Minor updates and improvements:
Spelling mistakes. Navigational interface improvements.
If you have an feedback please email me at recoverybirthdays@gmail.com

### 1.6.02 — 2025-10-01

What's New in Version 1.6.02
- Fixed a bug in group names.
- Fixed a bug when viewing a Contact using the Contacts UI Framework that created a view with no close or back button after editing the contact.
- Removed "Add Group" from the sidebar and moved it to the plus menu.

### 1.6.01 — 2025-09-18

Minor bug fix for the widgets if the contact has notifications switched off.
Adjusted some fonts on the List headers to make the fonts consistent throughout app.
If you have ideas, feature requests, or feedback, please reach out to me via email: recoverybirthdays@gmail.com

### 1.6 — 2025-09-15

Update and improvements for iOS 26

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All apps by Kurt Lane: https://appshunter.io/developer/388617595

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