How old is something vs Happy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
How old is something
Easily track the age of anything, from children and pets to devices. Display ages in years, months, and days directly on your home screen widgets or Apple Watch.
- Track age of people, pets, and devices
- Display age in years, months, and days
- Home screen widgets for quick access
- Apple Watch compatibility
- Simple and intuitive interface
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This app is for people who needs to know how old something is. It could sound like a small and insignificant problem. But if for instance if you have a small child then you will get asked a lot for the age of the kid. Imagine then to have the answer, in years, months and days, directly among your today screen widgets! You don't even have to start the app to check! Or you can check on your Apple Watch, it's that simple! It doesn't have to be kids it could be cats, dogs, horses, iPhones, TVs, MacBooks. Anything!
Happy
This app helps you track important dates like birthdays and anniversaries with customizable countdowns and count-ups. It offers widgets, event journaling, and automatic calculations for special occasions.
- Countdown and count-up support
- Anniversary and birthday tracking
- Customizable widgets
- Event journaling
- Automatic date calculations
- Birthday constellations and dynamic age icons
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Happy:Days is a lovely and modern day counter for 2023 and beyond. It doesn't just count things down or up, but helps people to remind and celebrate the little things in a special way. • Support countdown & count-up, anniversary, birthday, and age. • A wide-time collection of widgets with customizable designs. • Linked relevant events in a two-way that to see how things connected. • Annotate the event node and time of journaling. • Automatically calculate the number of birthdays or anniversaries. • Display birthday constellations and dynamic age icons. • Support different time and age units. --- Happy:Days Pro Subscription Pricing and Terms Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription will automatically renews unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. You can managed to turn off auto-renewal in your Apple ID Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited after purchases a subscription. Term of Service: https://floatingislandapps.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://floatingislandapps.com/privacy-policy --- If you have any questions or suggestions, welcome to drop us a line: allen@floatingislandapps.com Happy:Days @Instagram
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: How old is something at 4.8 against Happy's 3.7. How old is something also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Happy's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 33%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. How old is something sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Happy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
How old is something holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 12 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of How old is something's written reviews are positive against 75% of Happy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
How old is something ships an update every 2 months, Happy every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | How old is something | Happy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (16 ratings) — better | 3.7 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sebastian Bolling | Floating Island Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
How old is something
Happy
In-app purchases
How old is something
- Add many somethings!$0.99
Happy
- Happy:Days Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
- Happy:Days Pro Yearly3 Days trial$5.991 Year
- Happy:Days Pro Lifetime2 variants$12.99
