Gift Plan vs ALARM, embrace risk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Gift Plan | ALARM, embrace risk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (219 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 74.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 219 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Airsource | Alarm, 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
Gift Plan
No in-app purchases
ALARM, embrace risk
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Gift Plan free?
Is ALARM, embrace risk free?
Do Gift Plan or ALARM, embrace risk have ads?
Which is updated more often, Gift Plan or ALARM, embrace risk?
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