Recovery Birthdays vs QR Wizard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Recovery Birthdays
This app helps users remember and celebrate important recovery milestones for friends and loved ones. It acts as a privacy-focused contact manager, syncing with your device's contacts to track sobriety, clean, or abstinence dates and sending timely reminders. Users can also send virtual chips and key-tags to show support.
- Recovery milestone reminders
- Privacy-first contact management
- Virtual chip and key-tag sending
- Syncs with iPhone Contacts
- Customizable widgets
- QR code scanner and sharing
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Recovery Birthdays: Never forget a recovery milestone again. For someone in recovery, a Sobriety Date, Clean Date, or Abstinence Date can be just as important—if not more—than a belly-button birthday. Recovery Birthdays helps you honor and celebrate those dates in the lives of your friends and loved ones. This app is a privacy-first contacts manager designed specifically for the recovery community. It syncs easily with your iPhone Contacts, allows you to manage recovery dates, and sends reminders the day before and on each anniversary. Privacy First: Your data is yours. Recovery Birthdays: Does not collect any user data. Does not send information to third-party servers. Does not store any 3rd party contact details beyond: Contact name Recovery anniversary date A single image for the contact We do not store or share phone numbers, email addresses, addresses, notes, or any personal contact information. Everything is kept local to your device or iCloud Features * Notifications for recovery anniversaries (on the day and the day before). * Send a virtual chip or key-tag from within the app—choose from sobriety coins and clean-time tags spanning 24 hours to 60 years. * Add a recovery date to existing contacts or create new ones easily. * Auto-sync with Contacts for entries labeled 'Sobriety Date', 'Clean Date', or 'Abstinence Date'. * My Contact Card tab to view your clean time and share your details via text, QR code, or other sharing options. * Built-in QR code scanner to quickly add contacts by scanning their code. * iPhone widgets, including: Clean Time widget, Sobriety Chip widget, QR Code widget for easy sharing. * Widget Colour editor In recovery, we repair the connections we once neglected. Remembering someone’s recovery anniversary is a powerful way to show love, respect, and support. Bring a cake. Write a card. Send a message. Make a call. Let them know they matter. As it’s often said: "Only through giving do we truly receive." Included Chips & Key-Tags AA Chips (24 hours to 60 years): Silver – 24 Hours Red – 30 Days / 1 Month Yellow – 60 Days / 2 Months Green – 90 Days / 3 Months Orange – 4 Months Red – 5 Months Blue – 6 Months Purple – 7 Months Orange – 8 Months Pink – 9 Months Green – 10 Months Red – 11 Months Gold – 1–60 Years NA Key-Tags: White – Just for Today Pink – Welcome Back Orange – 30 Days Green – 60 Days Red – 90 Days Blue – 6 Months Yellow – 9 Months Glow-in-the-Dark White – 1 Year Grey – 18 Months Black & Gold – Multiple Years We’d Love to Hear From You If you have ideas, feature requests, or feedback, please reach out to recoverybirthdays@gmail.com or through the app’s support page. Recovery Birthdays Celebrate. Remember. Support. Never forget their important day again.
QR Wizard
Instantly scan QR codes and barcodes for menus, product info, and tickets, even offline or in low light. Generate custom codes for links, contacts, or Wi-Fi and share them easily. Offers batch scanning, history, and secure access with biometric options.
- Lightning-fast QR/barcode scanning
- Offline scanning capability
- Create custom QR codes
- Share codes via multiple platforms
- Batch scanning for multiple codes
- Scan history and favorites
- Flashlight support for low light
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SCAN WITH CONFIDENCE Scan QR codes and barcodes in an instant—menus, product info, tickets, and more. Works offline and even in low light. CREATE & SHARE Generate custom QR codes for links, contacts, Wi-Fi, or messages. Share them via text, email, or social media. KEY FEATURES • Lightning-Fast Scanning: Just point your camera—no extra steps, no delays. • Offline Access: Scan anywhere, anytime—no internet needed. • Batch Mode: Scan multiple codes at once—perfect for events or shopping. • History & Favorites: Keep track of past scans and save important ones. • Flashlight Support: Low-light? No problem. • Secure: Protect your codes with Face ID/Touch ID. FOR EVERYONE, EVERY DAY • Shoppers: Instantly compare prices or check reviews. • Students: Share notes or event links with a simple scan. • Travelers: Save boarding passes, hotel Wi-Fi, or maps with ease. • Socializers: Add flair to invites or your Instagram bio with custom codes. PREMIUM-ONLY FEATURES • Unlimited online code lookups. • Batch scanning: Capture multiple codes in one go—perfect for bulk tasks. • Protected access to your codes with Face ID and Touch ID. FLEXIBLE PLANS • Monthly & Annual: Unlock all features—cancel anytime. • Lifetime: One-time payment for lifetime access—no recurring fees! Privacy Policy: https://qrwizard.app/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://qrwizard.app/terms/
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Verdict
Recovery Birthdays and QR Wizard both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of QR Wizard's written reviews are positive against 50% of Recovery Birthdays's. QR Wizard also leads on ratings volume (204 vs 11) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Recovery Birthdays's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and device support (4 vs 2). 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. QR Wizard sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Recovery Birthdays asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Recovery Birthdays against 5.0 for QR Wizard. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: QR Wizard has 204 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Recovery Birthdays's written reviews are positive against 100% of QR Wizard's.
Recovery Birthdays ships an update fortnightly, QR Wizard weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Recovery Birthdays | QR Wizard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better | 5.0 (204 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 204 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kurt Lane | Ruben Nine Blanco |
Customer experience
Recovery Birthdays
QR Wizard
Bugs and requests
Recovery Birthdays
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
QR Wizard
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to scan codes directly to a server via custom API end-point for small business owners
- Way to customize QR codes after importing them
- Sync codes between different devices (e.g., iPhone and iPad)
- Option to protect access to codes with a password
- Feature to export codes in CSV format or as images
In-app purchases
Recovery Birthdays
No in-app purchases
QR Wizard
- QR Wizard Premium - One Month$2.991 Month
- QR Wizard Premium - One Year$17.991 Year
- QR Wizard Premium - Lifetime$24.99
Questions
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