Comparison

Birthday Reminders vs OSHO Bardo

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

Head to head
About

Birthday Reminders

Never miss an important date again. This app helps you organize and track birthdays and anniversaries from your contacts. Receive timely notifications and easily add missing birthday information.

Highlights
  • Organize contact birthdays
  • Search and fix missing birthdays
  • Receive customizable notifications
  • See upcoming and missed birthdays
  • Add birthdays to contacts
  • Syncs with address book
Features
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Never forget a birthday or anniversary again. Birthday Reminders turns the birthdays in your Contacts into a clear, timely reminder list. See what is coming up, what you missed, and which contacts still need a birthday. Add or correct birthdays quickly, then receive a local notification at the hour you choose. Features: • View upcoming birthdays and recently missed birthdays
 • Find contacts with missing birthdays 
• Search and filter your contacts
 • Add or edit birthdays directly in your Contacts 
• See countdowns and ages at a glance
 • Receive configurable birthday notifications
 • Keep birthdays in your standard Contacts database Your birthdays stay connected to the Contacts features already built into iPhone and iPad.

About

OSHO Bardo

This app offers a meditation practice inspired by Tibetan traditions, designed to help users become more comfortable with the concept of 'letting go' and the process of dying. It provides a contemporary approach to meditation, suitable for all backgrounds, to foster presence, relaxation, and inner transformation.

Highlights
  • Meditation practice for letting go
  • Contemporary approach to dying consciously
  • Shift from outer to inner focus
  • Relaxation and presence techniques
  • Suitable for all spiritual affiliations
  • Preparation for life's transitions
Features
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OSHO Bardo is a meditation, and the metaphysical dying or ‘letting go’ that happens when we move into meditation is similar in many ways to physical death. Meditation is a way to rehearse – and so become more at ease with – the process of dying before it actually happens. To benefit from OSHO Bardo you don’t need to wait for the final moments of death; regularly practicing the process can create this freedom in your life and at the same time dispel the fear of death. In dying, as in meditating, we can... ⁕ Shift from the outer world to the inner ⁕ Relax, letting go of all tension ⁕ Move from doing to being 

 ⁕ Let go of all the various roles with which we have been identified 

⁕ Enter our own journey, however many other people might be around us 
 OSHO Bardo can be used by anyone, of any or no religious or spiritual affiliation. It is for: ⁕ Anyone who would like to live and die consciously 

⁕ Anyone who would like to be able to relax while remaining present and alert ⁕ Anyone who has a fear around living or dying ⁕ Those already familiar with meditation as well as those who would like to learn how to meditate ⁕ Carers of those who are ill or dying The term BARDO means ‘a transitional time’ and, as such, it offers a heightened potential for inner transformation. The original Bardo Thödol was an ancient method used in Tibet to support the transition of dying. Osho has asked that a new, more contemporary version be created which supports people who want to die consciously and in a spirit of celebration. OSHO Bardo can be used as a regular meditation to help us to relax and know more awareness and joy in our everyday lives. It is also a preparation for the crescendo of life and the greatest experience of letting go that we will encounter – letting go of life itself. Over two thousand years ago Tibetan Buddhists created a practice of dying and being reborn. Central to this is the scripture called the Bardo Thödol – Liberation in the Intermediate State through Hearing (aka The Tibetan Book of the Dead). The term, ‘bardo’,’means ‘a transitional time’ and as such it is a time of a heightened potential for inner transformation. Meditation is used as a method to enter this ‘Intermediate State’ consciously and so become free of attachments. Osho praises the Bardo Thödol as Tibet’s most valuable contribution to the world. However, he also says that a more contemporary version of the Bardo, or a process like it, is needed. The Bardo Thödol was created for a specific time, culture, and religion and for people for whom the practice of meditation was intrinsic to daily living. Osho’s vision is global, encompassing the diversity of those who are new to meditation as well as contemporary and even future meditators. This is reflected in the text of OSHO Bardo, with its easily understandable suggestions that are free of any cultural or religious references. * Available in English, 中文, Dansk, Ελληνικά, हिन्दी, Italiano, Español, 日本語, Deutsch, Русский & Nederlands language. ABOUT OSHO Osho is a contemporary mystic whose life and teachings have influenced millions of people of all ages, and from all walks of life. 
His often provocative and challenging teachings generate today more and more interest and his readership is dramatically expanding around the world in more than fifty languages. People can easily recognize the wisdom of his insights, and their relevance to our lives and to the issues we are facing today. 
 The Sunday Times in London named Osho as one of the "1,000 Makers of the 20th Century". He is known around the world for his revolutionary contribution to meditation – the science of inner transformation – with the unique approach of his "OSHO Active Meditations" acknowledging the accelerated pace of contemporary life and bringing meditation into modern life.

Screenshots

Birthday Reminders4 screens
OSHO Bardo3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: OSHO Bardo at 78% against Birthday Reminders's 20%. OSHO Bardo also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). Birthday Reminders's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $7.99) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.6). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Birthday Reminders costs $1.99 and OSHO Bardo $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OSHO Bardo holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Birthday Reminders's written reviews are positive against 78% of OSHO Bardo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Birthday Reminders ships an update every 3 months, OSHO Bardo every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Birthday Reminders versus OSHO Bardo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBirthday RemindersOSHO Bardo
Price$1.99 — better$7.99
Rating4.4 (7 ratings)4.9 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.4% of reviews77.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings725 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.4 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerbitrzr, LDAOsho International Corp.

Customer experience

Birthday Reminders

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive20.4%
Neutral22.4%
Negative57.1%

OSHO Bardo

All ratings25 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%

In-app purchases

None

Birthday Reminders

No in-app purchases

None

OSHO Bardo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Birthday Reminders free?
Birthday Reminders costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is OSHO Bardo free?
OSHO Bardo costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Birthday Reminders or OSHO Bardo?
OSHO Bardo is rated higher. Birthday Reminders averages 4.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while OSHO Bardo averages 4.9 from 25 ratings.
Do Birthday Reminders or OSHO Bardo have ads?
Neither Birthday Reminders nor OSHO Bardo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Birthday Reminders or OSHO Bardo?
Birthday Reminders ships an update every 3 months, and OSHO Bardo every 5 weeks. Most recently, Birthday Reminders was updated on November 10, 2026 and OSHO Bardo on November 11, 2026.

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