Birthday List vs Outside
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Birthday List
Easily manage all your important dates with this free app. Create multiple lists, add unlimited birthdays, and receive timely reminders. It helps you track days left, calculate ages, and organize events with notes and color coding.
- Multiple lists
- Unlimited birthdays
- Days left countdown
- Age calculation
- Notes and color coding
- Customizable reminders
- Dark mode
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Birthday list app that supports multiple lists & reminders. All features are completely free to use. Features: - Multiple lists - Any number of birthdays - Display the number of days left until birthdays - Calculate age - Notes and color coding - Reminders (the day, the day before, 7 days ago) - Dark mode - Free URL scheme: birthdaylist://
Outside
Plan, share, and remember important moments with loved ones. Ideal for long-distance relationships, trip planning, and creating a visual diary of your year. Features live widgets and offline access.
- Shared countdowns for long-distance couples
- Trip planning with group coordination
- Yearly memory archive and profile
- Live widgets for home and lock screens
- Calendar sync (Apple & Google)
- Offline functionality
- Photo sharing for Lock Screen
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Waiting is better together. Turn every date you can't wait for—weddings, trips, birthdays, reunions—into a countdown you share, with widgets you'll both smile at every day. Use Outside for trips, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, reunions, concerts and every date worth looking forward to. CREATE AND SHARE Create a countdown, send an invite and let friends, family or your partner join the same moment. WIDGETS AT A GLANCE Keep your next countdown on your Home Screen, Lock Screen or in StandBy. PLAN TOGETHER Add the date, place and details so everyone knows what is happening. FREE TO START The free plan includes creating, sharing and joining countdowns, plus Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy widgets. OUTSIDE PRO Outside Pro is optional and adds custom reminders, calendar sync, recurring events, attachments, camera-roll wallpapers, group chat, custom app icons, photo uploads and search, premium countdown styles, links and checklists. Available plans, prices and introductory trial eligibility are shown before purchase. Terms: https://outside.so/terms Privacy: https://outside.so/privacy Support: https://outside.so/support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Birthday List at none against Outside's 17. Outside's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (54% vs 20%). On price, rating and device support 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. Outside sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Birthday List asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Birthday List against 4.7 for Outside. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Outside has 2.8K ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 20% of Birthday List's written reviews are positive against 54% of Outside's.
Birthday List ships an update every 2 months, Outside every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Birthday List | Outside |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (28 ratings) | 4.7 (2.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 53.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 2.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FugaPiyo Inc. | Outside HQ LTD |
Customer experience
Birthday List
Outside
Bugs and requests
Birthday List
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Outside
Reported bugs
3 issues- Widget not working after iOS updates
- Countdown events suddenly blocked by paywall
- Paid subscription not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- More customization options for widgets
- Ability to delete or edit events
- Improved Android support
- Memories/map feature to track past events
In-app purchases
Birthday List
No in-app purchases
Outside
- Monthly subscription$2.991 Month
- Outside Pro Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Monthly Plan$4.491 Month
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- Monthly subscription3 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Yearly Pro Deal3 Days trial$12.491 Year
- Annual Pro3 Days trial$12.491 Year
- Outside Pro Annual$19.991 Year
- Annual Plan3 Days trial$29.491 Year
- Outside Pro Annual3 Days trial$31.491 Year
- Annual plan3 Days trial$44.491 Year
- Unlock Countdown styles$0.99
- Ad supported tier$4.99
- All Time Deal$5.49
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- All Time Deal$7.49
- All Time Pro$9.99
- Lifetime Access$29.99
- Lifetime access$44.49
Questions
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