Birthday List vs Widgeton
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Birthday List
Organize your contacts' birthdays with this app. It highlights upcoming or recent birthdays within a 7-day window, making it easy to remember special dates. Keep track of important celebrations effortlessly.
- Birthday list from contacts
- Highlights birthdays within 7 days
- Upcoming birthday alerts
- Past birthday tracking
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List up the birth day list from Contacts who has birthday data. The day will be drawn in red which birth day will be or was with in 7 days.
Widgeton
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With Widgeton you can personalize you home screen as you want. It delivers highly customizable set of widgets with information about your daily steps, distance, hour, calendar, battery and your current location. Each can be adjusted as you want. You can change its appearance: color, font size, font style. You can change an image, background gradient colors. Widgeton optionally integrates with Apple Health to get information about your daily steps and distance. Widgeton includes an optional premium subscription which allows you change the default appearance of the widgets. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Widgeton at none against Birthday List's shown. Widgeton also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Birthday List sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Widgeton sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Birthday List ships an update every 3 months, Widgeton monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Birthday List | Widgeton |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 49.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shuji Fukumoto | Artur Skwarek |
Bugs and requests
Birthday List
Reported bugs
12 issues- App crashes on launch after iOS updates
- Blank cards displaying no birthday information
- Birthday dates showing one day off from actual date
- App freezes and becomes unresponsive
- Contact photos erased after app updates
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- Groups not displaying or syncing properly
- Age calculation off by one year
- App won't open on iOS 6 and newer versions
- Spelling errors in month names (January, June)
- App not recognizing all contacts from address book
- Slow loading with 'looking for birthday' message
- Incompatibility with iCloud sync
Requested features
13 requests- Ability to manually add birthdays without contacts
- Push notifications and reminders for upcoming birthdays
- Customizable reminder timing (e.g., 2 weeks before)
- Group/category management for organizing contacts
- Anniversary tracking in addition to birthdays
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- App icon badge showing number of upcoming birthdays
- Start app view at current month instead of January
- Integration with social media (Facebook) for birthday sync
- Edit and modify birthdays within the app
- Show age person will be turning, not current age
- Add to calendar integration
- Customizable photo sizes and display options
- Support for children and non-contacts in birthday list
Widgeton
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Birthday List
- AD free$0.99
Widgeton
- Monthly subscription$0.991 Month
