Simply Birthdays Countdown vs Birthday Countdown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simply Birthdays Countdown
Discover fun facts about your birthday, including your star sign, birthstone, and Chinese zodiac. Track upcoming celebrations with a countdown and manage contact birthdays easily. Offers a free version with limited birthdays and an option to upgrade for unlimited access.
- Birthday countdowns
- Astrology and zodiac facts
- Birthstone information
- Contact birthday management
- Customizable themes
- Direct messaging
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Never miss a birthday again, and get your reminder at exactly the time you choose. Simply Birthdays turns the birthdays already in your contacts into a beautiful countdown, with fun insights about everyone you care about. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Custom reminder time: set when your birthday notifications arrive • Countdown to every upcoming birthday, straight from your contacts • Day of the week each person was born • Star sign descriptions, Chinese zodiac animals and birthstones with images • Multiple themes, plus an optional fun wobbly animated birthday list • Full contacts editor to manage birthdays and details • Total count of contacts and of those with birthdays • Quick direct messaging from within the app • Fast search across your contacts and birthdays FREE OR FULL Try out Simply Birthdays free with a limited number of birthdays. Upgrade for unlimited birthdays with a one-time purchase or a subscription. PRIVATE BY DESIGN We do NOT collect, share or store any personal information. Your contacts stay on your device, and nothing is uploaded to social media or external servers. Privacy Policy: https://www.simplybirthdays.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Birthday Countdown
Never miss an important date again with this easy-to-use countdown and reminder app. Get timely notifications, import contacts, and customize your alerts. Premium features offer widgets for your home and lock screens, plus Apple Watch support.
- Birthday countdowns
- Customizable reminders
- Import from contacts/calendar/Facebook
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Apple Watch support
- Dark Mode
- Share countdowns
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Birthday Countdown is a free, super easy to use countdown and reminder app for the all the important birthdays in your life. Never forget a birthday again! Features: • Check your birthdays on the Lock Screen or Home Screen with our widget (Premium feature) • Check upcoming birthdays on your Apple Watch • Create as many events as you'd like • Share your countdowns with friends and family • Get notifications at the time of your choosing on each birthday day. You can also get notified 1 day or 1 week before each birthday • Import birthdays from your calendar • Import birthdays from your contacts • Import birthdays from your facebook • Dark Mode • Widget to view your most important events (Premium feature) • Export your birthdays through an ICS file (Premium feature) • Pick an emoji to identify each birthday ——— TERMS & PRIVACY ——— Terms of use (https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/93268760) Privacy & Policy (https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/93268760) EULA (https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/) ——— QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK? ——— We love hearing from you and we read every single email you send us! Have suggestions? Feel free to contact us at birthdaycountdownapp@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Simply Birthdays Countdown at none against Birthday Countdown's shown. Birthday Countdown's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (8K vs 4). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Simply Birthdays Countdown sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Birthday Countdown sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Simply Birthdays Countdown holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Birthday Countdown has 8K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Simply Birthdays Countdown's written reviews are positive against 74% of Birthday Countdown's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Simply Birthdays Countdown ships an update every 2 months, Birthday Countdown every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simply Birthdays Countdown | Birthday Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.8 (8K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 73.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | George Cook | Find Appiness LLC |
Customer experience
Simply Birthdays Countdown
Birthday Countdown
Bugs and requests
Simply Birthdays Countdown
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Birthday Countdown
Reported bugs
4 issues- Dates randomly changing or being off by a day
- App crashing or becoming unusable after updates
- Notifications not working as expected
- Inability to open or access the app after a reset
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to use personal photos
- Provide more reminder time options
- Allow adding notes/details for birthdays
- Improve widget functionality and customization
- Implement import/export backup functionality
In-app purchases
Simply Birthdays Countdown
- Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Yearly3 Days trial$7.991 Year
- Lifetime$14.99
Birthday Countdown
- Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$7.991 Year
- Birthday Special Offer$1.99
- Birthday Widget Offer$4.99
- Birthday Widget$9.99
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