Comparison

Gift Plan vs ALARM, embrace risk

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

Head to head
About

Gift Plan

Never forget a special occasion or struggle with gift ideas again. This app helps you track important dates, store recipient details, and manage gift lists. It provides timely reminders and a centralized place to brainstorm and organize presents for any event.

Highlights
  • Upcoming occasion list
  • Contact and Facebook birthday import
  • Customizable occasion types
  • Shopping list with pricing
  • Recipient profiles
  • Gift idea entry
  • Multiple occasion notifications
  • Calendar view
Features
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Perfect for Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries, Valentine's Day... Gift Plan is the app for every occasion! If you're like most people, there have been many occasions when you've been stuck for gift ideas at the shopping mall, you couldn't remember the right clothing size to buy for a loved-one, or even worse, you've totally forgotten about a birthday or anniversary! Gift Plan is here to help... Features include: • Chronological, filterable list of upcoming occasions • Contacts birthday importing • Facebook birthday importing • Customizable color-coded occasion types • Shopping list with support for prices, overall tally and emailing of gifts • Customizable recipient profiles • Ideas tab for quickly entering gift ideas as they come to you • Up to two notifications prior to each occasion plus one on the day • Calendar view with color-coded occasion indicators • Optional passcode protection …and a lot more. In profile view, you can flick through full screen photos of the people you love and see their personal tastes, gift ideas, sizes and upcoming occasions all at a glance! Here's what the press have to say about Gift Plan: "Every aspect is polished to perfection." - Australian Macworld “Gorgeous iPhone app simplifies gift giving" - Mashable.com 'Spark of Genius' "There isn’t a moment when Gift Plan is undesirable to use if not outright fun! 9/10" - iPhone Appstorm Connect with us: Website: www.airsource.co.uk Twitter: @airsourceltd

About

ALARM, embrace risk

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ALARM is a not-for-profit professional membership association that has supported risk management professionals for over 30 years. We provide our members with outstanding support to achieve professional excellence, including education, training, guidance, networking, and industry recognition for best practice across risk management and related services.

Screenshots

Gift Plan4 screens
ALARM, embrace risk3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ALARM, embrace risk at Free against Gift Plan's $0.99. Gift Plan's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 18 months). On 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

ALARM, embrace risk is free to download; Gift Plan costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gift Plan ships an update every 2 months, ALARM, embrace risk every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Gift Plan versus ALARM, embrace risk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGift PlanALARM, embrace risk
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (219 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews74.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings219 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 18 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAirsourceAlarm, the public risk management association

Bugs and requests

Gift Plan

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when trying to add/edit photos
  • Inconsistencies in displaying purchased gifts
  • Issues with deleting or modifying existing entries
  • Problems with importing contacts and birthdays

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to categorize contacts (e.g., family, friends)
  • Implement iCloud/cloud sync to access data across devices
  • Introduce a budgeting tool to track spending per person/occasion
  • Allow adding notes, links, and other details to gift ideas
  • Provide an option to mark gifts as received

ALARM, embrace risk

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Gift Plan

No in-app purchases

None

ALARM, embrace risk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gift Plan free?
Gift Plan costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ALARM, embrace risk free?
ALARM, embrace risk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gift Plan or ALARM, embrace risk have ads?
ALARM, embrace risk shows ads; Gift Plan does not.
Which is updated more often, Gift Plan or ALARM, embrace risk?
Gift Plan ships an update every 2 months, and ALARM, embrace risk every 18 months. Most recently, Gift Plan was updated on November 6, 2026 and ALARM, embrace risk on November 3, 2026.

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