Comparison

Birthdays vs eLivelihood

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

Head to head
About

Birthdays

Never forget a friend's birthday again. This app scans your contacts to show upcoming birthdays and days remaining. Send wishes via email, iMessage, or call directly from the app.

Highlights
  • Scans contacts for birthdays
  • Shows upcoming birthdays
  • Countdown to birthdays
  • Send wishes via email/iMessage
  • Direct calling to contacts
  • Location-based notifications
Features
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Remember the birthdays that matter. Birthdays keeps the people you care about in one simple, beautiful list. See whose birthday is coming up next, know exactly how many days are left, and get a reminder with enough time to make their day special. ADD PEOPLE IN SECONDS Pick the people you want to remember straight from your Contacts. Birthdays only sees the people you choose, not your whole address book. Missing a date? Add or change it right in the app. SEE WHAT'S COMING UP Birthdays are grouped by month, starting with this one, so the next celebration is always at the top. Each person shows a countdown, and when you know their birth year, the age they're turning. REMINDERS ON YOUR SCHEDULE Get a notification on the day, one week before, or two weeks before. That's time to send a message, choose a gift, or plan a party. Reminders repeat every year automatically. UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Small, medium, and large widgets show who's next and how many days remain, without opening the app. MAKE IT PERSONAL Give everyone a photo, and crop it just the way you like. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Names, birthdays, and photos stay on your device. No account, no sign-up. ONE PURCHASE. NO SUBSCRIPTION. Every feature is free for up to seven birthdays. Unlock unlimited birthdays, plus all future features, with a single one-time purchase. No subscriptions, no renewals. Questions or feedback? Write to support@chromedomesoftware.com. We'd love to hear from you.

About

eLivelihood

Features
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Organize and Manage Family Caregiving eLivelihood was founded to help families manage the logistics associated with providing care for aging parents. Our mission is to ease the burden and enhance the life for the parent by putting all the tools you need in one convenient application. • Manage tasks, appointments and events with a customized calendar that also tracks time for 3rd party caregivers. • Keep important information like medication lists, doctor information or the will and advanced directives secure yet easy to access for those that need to know with our SafeKeeper document storage. • Monitor their basic health statistics by integrating motion sensors and FitBit data that tracks changes to indicate potential risks. • Securely monitor finances and easily pool funds to a customizable debit card to track expenses and minimize Senior fraud. The application supports multiple recipient Teams with multiple team members. • Keep your parent engaged and connected to extended family with an easy to use tablet application that shares pictures, videos and sends them notifications like medication reminders and wellness checks. • Keep everything secure. Give access to sensitive information only to those that need to know.

Screenshots

Birthdays4 screens
eLivelihood4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: eLivelihood at Free against Birthdays's $5.00. eLivelihood also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and device support (3 vs 1). On update cadence and ads 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

eLivelihood is free to download; Birthdays costs $5.00 up front. Birthdays sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. eLivelihood asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Birthdays ships an update every 3 months, eLivelihood every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Birthdays versus eLivelihood: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBirthdayseLivelihood
Price$5.00Free — better
Rating4.6 (141 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings141 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLucien DuponteLivelihood, Inc.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Birthdays

One-time4
  • Generous Tip$0.99
  • Massive Tip$1.99
  • Amazing Tip$4.99
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  • Birthdays Pro$5.00
None

eLivelihood

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Birthdays free?
Birthdays costs $5.00, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is eLivelihood free?
eLivelihood is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Birthdays or eLivelihood have ads?
Neither Birthdays nor eLivelihood shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Birthdays or eLivelihood?
Birthdays ships an update every 3 months, and eLivelihood every 4 months. Most recently, Birthdays was updated on November 1, 2026 and eLivelihood on November 2, 2026.

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