Comparison

Birthday Reminders vs tsumune

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

tsumune

Features
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「今日もがんばったな」を、自分だけのためにそっと残せるアプリです。 SNSに投稿しなくていい。 人と比べなくていい。 ただ、自分の「できたこと」を積み重ねていく。 tsumune(つむね)は、毎日のちいさな達成をひとつずつ記録する、やさしい日記アプリです。 【こんな方におすすめ】 ・毎日がんばっているのに、自分をほめられない方 ・SNS疲れを感じていて、比べない記録をしたい方 ・習慣化したいことがあるけど、続かなくて悩んでいる方 ・自己肯定感を自然に育てたい方 【tsumuneの特徴】 ・シンプルな日記形式で「今日やったこと」「明日やりたいこと」を記録 ・記録が増えると画面に花が咲き、ゆっくり成長していく ・だれにも見せない、自分だけのスペース ・余計な機能なし。開いたらすぐ書ける ふりかえったとき、「こんなにがんばってたんだ」と、自分をちょっと好きになれるかもしれません。 tsumuneは、あなたの小さな積み重ねを、そっと応援します。 ※このアプリは日本語のみ対応しています。 This app is available in Japanese only.

Screenshots

Birthday Reminders4 screens
tsumune4 screens

Verdict

The call

Birthday Reminders and tsumune are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 tsumune $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Birthday Reminders ships an update every 3 months, tsumune every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Birthday Reminders versus tsumune: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBirthday Reminderstsumune
Price$1.99$1.99
Rating4.3 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews20.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.413.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerbitrzr, LDAKaoru Nishimura

In-app purchases

None

Birthday Reminders

No in-app purchases

None

tsumune

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Birthday Reminders free?
Birthday Reminders costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is tsumune free?
tsumune costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Birthday Reminders or tsumune have ads?
Neither Birthday Reminders nor tsumune shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Birthday Reminders or tsumune?
Birthday Reminders ships an update every 3 months, and tsumune every 5 months. Most recently, Birthday Reminders was updated on October 29, 2026 and tsumune on October 28, 2026.

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