Time Arrow vs Birthday Reminder Countdown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time Arrow
Track important dates with a countdown and count-up tool. Never forget anniversaries, birthdays, or payment deadlines again. Offers quick recording, sharing, and customizable widgets.
- Countdown and count-up modes
- Quick event recording
- Card sharing
- Multiple widget options
- Annual/monthly anniversary display
- Cloud backup (Premium)
- Daily reminders (Premium)
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■ Apple Today Recommendation ■ App Introduction Time Arrow is a count down day recording tool to help you manage important days such as anniversaries, birthdays, repayment days and so on. There are always days in life that you want to record: - Do you remember your mom's and dad's birthday? - How many days have you been born? - What's the date do you have to pay back your credit card every month? - How many days to get paid? - Will the rent be paid next month? - Do you need a physical examination once a year? - Don't forget to take medicine at night? - Did you walk the dog today? Did you shovel shit? - Don't forget to punch in at night? - Did you pay the tuition fee? - What's the date of this month? You must have more important days to record... ■ Function Introduction - Cycle design: a more intuitive display of the annual monthly anniversary. - Count down & Count up: one mode supporting two counting ways. - Quick Recording: No tedious steps, quick preset 1 step to complete. - Card Sharing: One-click Sharing Exquisite Countdown Days Cards to Friends. - Widget: multiple widgets for your choice, quick Preview. - Back up: Keep important information in the cloud without fear of loss (Premium) - Daily Reminder: Date approaching, timely reminder (Premium) - Add to Calendar: Export to system calendar and reminder (Premium) - Secure Access: Password needed when open app each time (Premium) - Hidden Page: flexible display, minimalism to the end (Premium) ■ About Me - Personal Works Apple Recommend App: Time Arrow, Flaaash, Easy Period, Lover List, Sun & Moon - Contact Information My Email: hanchongzan@icloud.com If you have any suggestions and ideas, you can send messages me at any time. I will continue to develop more good applications. Thanks for aurwiz's support to Russian Thanks for Nantadech's support for Thai ■ Terms of Use Time Arrow Premium Subscription is a subscription-based paid-up service, which means that you will pay in advance for future use of the service. You can currently choose to pay the service on an annual basis. At the end of each subscription cycle, your subscription is automatically renewed by default unless you explicitly cancel the automatic renewal or cancelled by Time Arrow. - Fees: Now Premium is set a standard fee as $0.99 per year. This price may be changed during promotion period. If the price is adjusted, the new price will take effect for the next subscription cycle. - Refund: After the trial period, you shall never be refunded the fee. Please voluntarily cancel your payment of service. - Unsubscribe: If you want to unsubscribe, please cancel it at least 24 hours in advance. You can cancel it as follow steps: Enter Into The System Settings - Click Apple ID - Click Subscription - Select Time Arrow Premium - unsubscribe. Terms of Use: https://shimo.im/docs/tGwwvxCvj8KxjyvX Privacy Policy: https://shimo.im/docs/CCDjcWytvwWRvxkt
Birthday Reminder Countdown
Never forget a special occasion again with this app that counts down to birthdays and other important dates. Receive timely notifications, customize reminders, and access upcoming events directly from your home screen via a widget. Organize contacts into groups and share celebrations with loved ones.
- Birthday countdowns
- Customizable reminders
- Home screen widget
- Contact grouping
- Greeting templates
- Dark mode support
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Features • Count how many days are left until your birthday • Get notifications at the time of your choosing on each birthday • Customize reminder settings for specific birthdays • Access upcoming birthdays right from home screen with powerful widget • Group contacts such as friends, classmates, colleagues, etc • Share your birthdays with family and friends • Greeting template for easy blessings • Add notes to each special day • Also be used for anniversaries, holidays, vacations, etc • Support dark mode Review from users "Great and very simple to use" "I really like how I can keep track of all my family and friends birthdays." "The free version is great and easy to use! I like using it! A good app to track birthday and countdown!" "This app keeps me accountable. I never miss a birthday now." "Couldn’t do without this Birthday app. It has never let me down." Most of the app's content is free. Some selected features require the purchase of a full version in the app. Get Birthday Reminder Pro • No ads forever • Unlimited reminders • Add a widget • Backup data to iCloud • Gesture passwords to protect private information And much more ...
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Verdict
Time Arrow and Birthday Reminder Countdown both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 77% of Time Arrow's written reviews are positive against 62% of Birthday Reminder Countdown's. Time Arrow also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). Birthday Reminder Countdown's advantage is ratings volume (525 vs 88). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Time Arrow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year and Birthday Reminder Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 Time Arrow against 4.7 for Birthday Reminder Countdown. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Birthday Reminder Countdown has 525 ratings behind it against 88, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Time Arrow's written reviews are positive against 62% of Birthday Reminder Countdown's.
Time Arrow ships an update every 5 weeks, Birthday Reminder Countdown every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Time Arrow | Birthday Reminder Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (88 ratings) | 4.7 (525 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.8% of reviews — better | 61.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 88 | 525 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 重赞 韩 | Deebex Tech Ltd. |
Customer experience
Time Arrow
Birthday Reminder Countdown
Bugs and requests
Time Arrow
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Birthday Reminder Countdown
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes when attempting to purchase Pro version
- Plus button triggers paywall instead of adding entries
- User data not persisting after entry
- iOS 14 compatibility issues with Pro purchase
Requested features
7 requests- Contact book synchronization
- Name search functionality
- Gender selection option
- Theme color customization
- Earlier notification times (6 AM instead of 9 AM)
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- More invitation/sharing options
- Edit functionality for birthday entries
In-app purchases
Time Arrow
- Premium - Yearly Subscription$1.991 Year
- Premium$4.99
Birthday Reminder Countdown
- Birthday Reminder Pro$14.99
Questions
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