ScanText vs Birthday Reminder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScanText
Capture text from photos or PDF files and convert it into editable text. Edit, translate, share, or have the text read aloud. This utility works offline for convenient text extraction.
- Photo to text conversion
- PDF to text extraction
- Text editing
- Text translation
- Read text aloud
- Offline functionality
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Take a photo of any articles, and it will be converted to text. Scan any photos or PDF file to extract text. Continue to scan, edit, translate, share or read it out! It is that easy! No Internet connection needed.
Birthday Reminder
Never miss an important date again with live countdowns and customizable reminders. This app keeps track of birthdays, offers gift ideas, and displays upcoming events with a convenient home screen widget. It prioritizes privacy with local storage and no account requirements.
- Live birthday countdowns
- Customizable reminders
- Home screen widgets
- Gift idea saving
- Contact import
- Local data storage
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Never forget a birthday again. Birthday Reminder keeps every important date in one beautiful place — with live countdowns, gentle reminders, and a Home Screen widget that shows who's next at a glance. No ads. No account. Nothing leaves your device. COUNTDOWNS THAT KEEP YOU AHEAD See exactly how many days until every birthday, with the next one always at the top. Filter by this week, this month, family or friends when you want to plan ahead. REMINDERS ON YOUR SCHEDULE Choose when you hear about it — 30, 7, 3 or 1 day before, or on the morning itself. Set a default for everyone, or different timing for the people who matter most. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Small and medium widgets put your next birthdays right on your Home Screen, so you stay on top of things without opening the app. GIFT IDEAS, SAVED BEFORE YOU FORGET Jot down gift ideas the moment they occur to you, and keep a record of what you have already given so you never repeat a present. SET UP IN UNDER A MINUTE Import birthdays straight from your Contacts, then add a photo so you recognize everyone at a glance. SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE Fully translated into English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Japanese and Arabic. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything is stored locally on your iPhone. No sign-up, no cloud account, no tracking and no advertising — ever. Free to track up to 5 people. A single Premium purchase unlocks unlimited birthdays and supports independent development. No subscription. Download Birthday Reminder and be the one who always remembers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Birthday Reminder at Free against ScanText's $0.99. Birthday Reminder also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). ScanText's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads 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
Birthday Reminder is free to download; ScanText costs $0.99 up front. Birthday Reminder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ScanText asks for nothing beyond the download.
Birthday Reminder holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 15 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of ScanText's written reviews are positive against 80% of Birthday Reminder's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ScanText ships an update every 8 days, Birthday Reminder weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScanText | Birthday Reminder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (6 ratings) | 4.9 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Virtual GS | Damien Asseya |
Customer experience
ScanText
Birthday Reminder
In-app purchases
ScanText
No in-app purchases
Birthday Reminder
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