Comparison

Classical Birthday vs Social Ring

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Classical Birthday

Create personalized birthday greeting cards with classical art images and custom text. Add stickers, photos, and emojis to design unique messages. Save your creations to share across other applications.

Highlights
  • Create custom birthday greeting cards
  • Add classical image stickers
  • Personalize with text, photos, and emojis
  • Choose background colors, fonts, and shadows
  • Save cards and stickers to photo library
  • Includes iMessage stickers
Features
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With this app, you can create your own birthday greeting cards with beautiful classical images. - Compose your own greetings. - Personalize your greeting cards by adding stickers, photos or emojis. - Choose gradient background colors, shadows, font, orientation. - Save the greeting card or the sticker in your photos library to use it in other apps. - Select stickers from a large choice of 56 classical images. Stickers for iMessage App also included. ======================================= Developed and packaged by Ghislain Fortin. Images edited by Isabelle Dextraze. http://ghislainfortin.wixsite.com/mobile-apps --------------------------------------- Images supplied by Pixabay. https://pixabay.com Creative Commons License CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) --------------------------------------- Noto Color Emoji font artwork provided by Google. Noto is a trademark of Google Inc. Noto fonts are open source. https://github.com/googlei18n/noto-emoji/ Apache License Version 2.0 http://www.apache.org/licenses/ --------------------------------------- Flags emoji artwork is provided by Emojitwo, originally released as Emojione 2.2 by Ranks.com with contributions from the Emojitwo community and is licensed under CC-BY 4.0. https://www.emojione.com https://github.com/EmojiTwo/emojitwo Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --------------------------------------- Color Picker Popover Example Copyright © 2014 Ethan Strider https://github.com/EthanStrider/ColorPickerExample MIT license: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT --------------------------------------- Swift Core Image Filter Copyright (c) 2015 PrashantKumar Mangukiya https://github.com/PrashantMangukiya/SwiftCoreImageFilter MIT license: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT --------------------------------------- Some icons supplied by Icons8. https://icons8.com Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/ --------------------------------------- ACEDrawingView Copyright (c) 2016 Stefano Acerbetti https://github.com/acerbetti/ACEDrawingView MIT license: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT Apache License Version 2.0 http://www.apache.org/licenses/ --------------------------------------- TOCropViewController Copyright (c) 2015-2020 Tim Oliver https://github.com/TimOliver/TOCropViewController MIT license: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT --------------------------------------- ChromaColorPicker 2.0 Copyright (c) 2016 Jonathan Cardasis https://github.com/joncardasis/ChromaColorPicker MIT license: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT --------------------------------------- YPImagePicker Copyright (c) 2016 ytakzk https://github.com/Yummypets/YPImagePicker MIT license: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT --------------------------------------- Palette Copyright (c) 2019 Egor Snitsar https://github.com/galandezzz/Palette MIT license: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT --------------------------------------- DeviceKit Copyright (c) 2015 Dennis Weissmann https://github.com/devicekit/DeviceKit MIT license: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT --------------------------------------- ZImageCropper Copyright (c) 2019 zaidSA devansh.vyas@solutionanalysts.com https://github.com/ZaidPathan/ZImageCropper MIT license: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

About

Social Ring

Easily create custom profile picture borders for social media. Choose from over 100 designs across various categories like NBA, colleges, and culture. Save your enhanced image directly to your device.

Highlights
  • Custom profile picture borders
  • Over 100 border designs
  • Multiple categories (NBA, Colleges, Culture)
  • Image resizing with pinch-to-zoom
  • Save to photo library
  • Monthly border updates
Features
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Social Ring lets you create custom rings for your profile pictures on Clubhouse, Instagram, or your favorite social media platform. Create profile pictures with a variety of custom-made borders with over 100 borders to choose from. Add your image and resize by pinching the screen in or out. Change your border from our list of categories. When you are finished click the save button below the picture. That's it, now you have a custom profile image waiting in your photos library. Take a look at our selection: - NBA - Custom - Clubhouse - Colleges & Universities - Greek Letter Organizations - Divine 9 - Colors - Culture - Social Media - Profession We add new borders every month. You may even get a chance to become the face of our app. Purchases: When you purchase the application it is only a one-time purchase. Periodically, there will be chances to purchase exclusive collections that you will have permanent access to from a one-time purchase. This application is not affiliated with any social media platform. Need support? You can reach us at patton.university@gmail.com and we will do our best to solve any issues or questions you have related to this app. Feedback is welcome, please let us know if you have suggestions, questions, or concerns.

Screenshots

Classical Birthday4 screens
Social Ring3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Social Ring at 100% against Classical Birthday's 50%. Social Ring also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.5) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 5 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and chart position 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Classical Birthday costs $1.99 and Social Ring $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Social Ring holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Social Ring has 37 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Classical Birthday's written reviews are positive against 100% of Social Ring's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Classical Birthday ships an update every 5 months, Social Ring every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Classical Birthday versus Social Ring: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClassical BirthdaySocial Ring
Price$1.99$0.99 — better
Rating2.5 (6 ratings)4.9 (37 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings637 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#145#110 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGhislain FortinDominique Hosea

Customer experience

Classical Birthday

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Social Ring

All ratings37 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Classical Birthday

No in-app purchases

None

Social Ring

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Classical Birthday free?
Classical Birthday costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Social Ring free?
Social Ring costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Classical Birthday or Social Ring?
Social Ring is rated higher. Classical Birthday averages 2.5 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Social Ring averages 4.9 from 37 ratings.
Do Classical Birthday or Social Ring have ads?
Neither Classical Birthday nor Social Ring shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Classical Birthday or Social Ring?
Classical Birthday ships an update every 5 months, and Social Ring every 11 days. Most recently, Classical Birthday was updated on November 2, 2026 and Social Ring on November 3, 2026.
Which is more popular, Classical Birthday or Social Ring?
Classical Birthday currently peaks at #145 in the App Store charts, and Social Ring at #110. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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