# Recovery Birthdays vs Timecode Gen

The clearest difference is price: Recovery Birthdays at Free against Timecode Gen's $4.99. Recovery Birthdays also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Timecode Gen's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Recovery Birthdays is free to download; Timecode Gen costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Recovery Birthdays holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Recovery Birthdays's written reviews are positive against 83% of Timecode Gen's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Recovery Birthdays ships an update fortnightly, Timecode Gen every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Recovery Birthdays | Timecode Gen |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | **Free** | $4.99 |
| Rating | **[5.0 (10 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/recovery-birthdays/id1526976657/reviews)** | [4.5 (4 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/timecode-gen/id6498150459/reviews) |
| Number of ratings | **10** | 4 |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | **83.3% of reviews** |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | **Every 5 days** |
| Monetization | **Free** | Paid |
| Size | 47 MB | 1 MB |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | **15.1** |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Kurt Lane](https://appshunter.io/developer/388617595) | [Anna Koynova](https://appshunter.io/developer/1441894484) |

## What reviewers say

### Recovery Birthdays

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/recovery-birthdays/id1526976657)

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.

**Highlights:** Recovery milestone reminders, Privacy-first contact management, Virtual chip and key-tag sending, Syncs with iPhone Contacts, Customizable widgets, QR code scanner and sharing

**In-app purchases:** none


### Timecode Gen

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/timecode-gen/id6498150459)

This app generates linear timecode (LTC) with support for various frame rates and audio output. It can create audio files with embedded timecode, operate in real-time using the device's current time, and manage cue playlists. It also allows for synchronized start/stop commands between devices via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.

**Highlights:** LTC SMPTE timecode generation (PAL, SECAM, 24-30 FPS), Audio file creation with embedded timecode (AAC/.m4a), Real-time generation using device's system time, CUE timecode playlist creation and management, Synchronized start/stop commands via Bluetooth/Wi-Fi, Sync TX/RX modes for device command transmission

**In-app purchases:** none


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Recovery Birthdays free?

Recovery Birthdays is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

### Is Timecode Gen free?

Timecode Gen costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.

### Which has better reviews, Recovery Birthdays or Timecode Gen?

Recovery Birthdays is rated higher. Recovery Birthdays averages 5.0 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Timecode Gen averages 4.5 from 4 ratings.

### Do Recovery Birthdays or Timecode Gen have ads?

Neither Recovery Birthdays nor Timecode Gen shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Recovery Birthdays or Timecode Gen?

Recovery Birthdays ships an update fortnightly, and Timecode Gen every 5 days. Most recently, Recovery Birthdays was updated on June 10, 2026 and Timecode Gen on September 8, 2026.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*