Birthdays Countdown vs Birthday Countdown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Birthdays Countdown
This app helps you keep track of upcoming birthdays with timely notifications. Customize reminder settings and choose whether to display years and ages. An optional add-on can remove ads and increase widget capacity.
- Birthday countdowns
- Customizable notifications
- Year and age display options
- Widget customization
- Ad removal option
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This app counts down until birthdays ! Once set, it will be notify on that day every year. There are notify settings such as the day, the previous day, two days before etc, so it should help remembering. ※ Notification will be notified when iPhone/iPad 's power is on., please do not overconfidence. There are settings that do not display year and age. [Additional feature by add-on] - Increase widget cells You can customize the number of display in the widget. - Remove Ads Do not show ads. Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Birthday Countdown
Never forget a birthday again with this intuitive app. Track upcoming celebrations, import contacts, and receive customizable notifications. Widgets display important dates directly on your home screen.
- Birthday tracking and countdown
- Home screen widgets
- Contact import
- CSV import
- Customizable notifications
- iCloud sync and backup
- Contact grouping
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Keep track of all upcoming birthdays. - Directly from your Home Screen. Import birthdays directly from your contacts, create them manually or have them generated automatically from a CSV file. As easy as pie! Once installed you never have to worry about forgetting a birthday again. So, what do we have here? - Smooth import of your contacts - iCloud synchronization & backup - Powerful widgets for Dark & Light Mode - Import from different sources via csv file - Grouping of your contacts (family, friends, ...) - Highly customizable birthday notifications - Templates for your birthday wishes - Support for Siri Shortcuts - Perfectly matched color gradients - Full support for Voice Over and Dynamic Type And much more! Info: Most of the app's content is free. Some selected features require the purchase of a full version in the app (recurring annual subscription). We rely on your support to make development possible. Thank you for your understanding! :) Terms of Use (EULA) & Privacy Policy: https://martingo.studio/privacy We have put a lot of love into the development of Widget Studio and hope you enjoy it. However, if you have something to complain about, or an exciting idea for future updates or additional apps of Widget Studio, please feel free to contact us at any time via support@martingo.studio. We are looking forward to your message. Take care!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Birthday Countdown at none against Birthdays Countdown's shown. Birthday Countdown also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (428 vs 46). Birthdays Countdown's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Birthdays Countdown sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Birthday Countdown sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Birthdays Countdown against 4.8 for Birthday Countdown. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Birthday Countdown has 428 ratings behind it against 46, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of Birthdays Countdown's written reviews are positive against 64% of Birthday Countdown's.
Birthdays Countdown ships an update every 3 months, Birthday Countdown monthly. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Birthdays Countdown | Birthday Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (46 ratings) | 4.8 (428 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.5% of reviews — better | 64.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 46 | 428 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 140 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | tadashi atoji | HAPPYPIXEL |
Customer experience
Birthdays Countdown
Birthday Countdown
Bugs and requests
Birthdays Countdown
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Birthday Countdown
Reported bugs
4 issues- Birthdays show one day off
- Widget not working on iOS 26
- Unable to send templates after update
- Imported dates are a day ahead
Requested features
4 requests- Add anniversary tracking
- Improve date import accuracy
- Expand free version limits
- Add Apple Watch support
In-app purchases
Birthdays Countdown
- Pro version (monthly)$1.991 Month
- Pro version(Year)$19.991 Year
- Increase widget cells$1.99
- Remove Ads$4.99
Birthday Countdown
- Widget Studio PRO7 Days trial$4.991 Year
- Widget Studio Pro$5.991 Year
- Widget Studio Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Year
- Widget Studio Pro$7.99
- Widget Studio Pro$13.99
Questions
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