Today's Birthdays vs Birthday Notation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Today's Birthdays
This app consolidates birthdays from your contacts and calendars into a single, organized view. It allows you to hide birthday entries from your main calendar and set custom alerts for upcoming celebrations. A widget provides quick access to today's birthdays.
- Syncs contacts and calendars
- Hides birthday clutter from main calendar
- Personalized birthday alerts
- Notification screen widget
- Supports Google and Facebook birthdays
- Privacy-focused data storage
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Keep every birthday in one clear, private place. Today's Birthdays turns birthdays from Apple Contacts and Calendar into a focused timeline, so you can see who is celebrating today and what is coming next without cluttering your calendar. • Browse today's birthdays and upcoming celebrations at a glance • Open linked contacts and calendar events when you need the details • Create personal reminders so important dates do not slip by • Keep birthdays visible with Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Check upcoming birthdays from the Apple Watch companion • Write a thoughtful birthday message from a person's profile • Choose exactly which birthday calendars appear Have birthdays in a subscribed calendar, including Google Calendar? Add that calendar to Apple Calendar and select it in Today's Birthdays. To add or edit a person's birthday, update the birthday on their contact. Privacy comes first: your contact and calendar information stays on your device. Today's Birthdays does not upload your birthday data.
Birthday Notation
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This app helps you with remembering birthdays. It is simple and easy to use. You can choose yourself how you want to write the birthday. PLEASE NOTE! When you downlaod this app you start with 3 free spaces. This app contains supplemental content. You need to purchase more space if you need it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Birthday Notation at none against Today's Birthdays's shown. Birthday Notation also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). Today's Birthdays's advantage is device support (6 vs 3). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Today's Birthdays sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Birthday Notation sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Today's Birthdays ships an update every 2 weeks, Birthday Notation monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Today's Birthdays | Birthday Notation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (108 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 108 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Moballo, LLC | Snorre Widnes |
In-app purchases
Today's Birthdays
- Today's Birthdays Pro$1.99
Birthday Notation
- 1 delete$0.99
- 5 deletes$3.99
- 10 deletes$6.99
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- 20 deletes$9.99
Questions
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