Next Birthdays vs Yet Another Countdown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Next Birthdays
This app displays the birthdays of your contacts. It requires access to your address book to show the dates. Ensure birthdays are already saved in your contacts.
- Displays contact birthdays
- Accesses address book
- Simple, no-frills interface
- Requires pre-saved birthday data
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Shows your contacts’ birthdays. No frills. Just the birthdays. This requires that you have added your contacts’ birthdays to your address book. The app needs access to your address book to display the birthdays. With widgets, you can keep upcoming birthdays visible right on your Home Screen and Lock Screen.
Yet Another Countdown
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Count down to the days that matter and count up from the ones you're proud of. Birthdays, trips, holidays, concerts, a due date or a quit streak, all in one clean, iOS-style list. Features: - Home Screen widgets in Small, Medium and Large - Lock Screen widgets - Live Activities on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island on the big day - An emoji, color and shape for every countdown - Yearly recurring events - Count up from past dates - Calendar import - Notifications - iCloud sync across your devices - Drag and drop sorting Unlimited countdowns. No account required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Next Birthdays at none against Yet Another Countdown's 2. Next Birthdays also leads on ads (none vs shown). Yet Another Countdown's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Yet Another Countdown sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Next Birthdays asks for nothing beyond the download.
Next Birthdays ships an update every 2 months, Yet Another Countdown weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Next Birthdays | Yet Another Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Juergen Buchner | JONATAN DAUGBJERG BJERREKAER |
In-app purchases
Next Birthdays
No in-app purchases
Yet Another Countdown
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Remove Ads - Supporter$3.99
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