Comparison

birthpay vs Yoinks

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

birthpay

Effortlessly track important dates with timely reminders. Sync contacts for instant birthday data and discover suggested celebrations from friends. Facilitates anonymous gifting, allowing recipients to confirm their birthday within the app for automatic delivery.

Highlights
  • Birthday reminders (week before, day before, day of)
  • Contacts synchronization for instant data
  • Suggested birthdays from friends' contacts
  • Anonymous gifting option
  • Recipient birthday confirmation for automatic delivery
Features
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Track birthdays effortlessly: Reminders: A week in advance, day before, and on the day. Contacts Sync: Pull birthdays from your phone instantly. Suggested Birthdays: Suggested birthdays from your friends' contact lists. Gifting made easy: They can confirm their birthday on the app and it will send automatically. Stay Anonymous: Choose to gift without revealing yourself.

About

Yoinks

Effortlessly earn from your shared content. Posts are free for 24 hours, then lock, allowing fans to unlock them with a single tap and generate automatic revenue for you. Focus on creating and sharing, as earnings are processed automatically without complex storefronts or pricing tiers.

Highlights
  • Automatic earnings from locked content
  • Content locks after 24 hours
  • One-tap unblur for viewers
  • Fresh-first feed prioritizing new posts
  • Transparent unlock pricing
Features
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Earn from every moment. Yoinks makes it effortless to monetize your content. Share anything—photos, videos, notes—free for 24 hours. After that, it locks. Fans who missed it can unlock with one tap—and you earn automatically. No storefronts. No pricing tiers. No extra work. Share. Earn. Repeat. • Automatic earnings Post and go. After 24 hours, Yoinks adds a micro-paywall and sends revenue your way—automatically. • Fresh-first feed Your timeline stays focused on what’s new. Older posts blur until they’re unlocked. • One-tap unblur Missed the moment? Viewers can instantly unlock posts and support creators directly. Discover and support. • Transparent pricing See exactly what an unlock costs before you tap. No surprises, no hidden fees. Some features may not yet be available in all regions. Turn your next post into passive income. Download Yoinks and start earning today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://app.termly.io/policy-viewer/policy.html?policyUUID=590a8cff-ae31-4112-89bb-0c3f648dc704

Screenshots

birthpay4 screens
Yoinks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: birthpay at none against Yoinks's 1. birthpay also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and ratings volume (12 vs 2). Yoinks's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Yoinks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. birthpay asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Yoinks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: birthpay has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

birthpay ships an update weekly, Yoinks monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
birthpay versus Yoinks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterbirthpayYoinks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (12 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better2
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB96 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperweWake LLCYoinks.inc

Customer experience

birthpay

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Yoinks

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

birthpay

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Yoinks

One-time1
  • 5 Yoinks Pack$4.99

Questions

Is birthpay free?
birthpay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Yoinks free?
Yoinks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, birthpay or Yoinks?
Yoinks is rated higher. birthpay averages 4.7 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Yoinks averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do birthpay or Yoinks have ads?
Neither birthpay nor Yoinks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, birthpay or Yoinks?
birthpay ships an update weekly, and Yoinks monthly. Most recently, birthpay was updated on October 4, 2026 and Yoinks on October 6, 2026.

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