HappyDay! vs Pingu.li
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HappyDay!
Never forget a birthday again with this organized datebook. It helps you manage contacts and Facebook friends, sending reminders and messages directly from the app. Stay connected and celebrate important dates effortlessly.
- Birthday organization
- Facebook friend import
- Contact list management
- Direct messaging (email, SMS, Facebook)
- Call functionality
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Have you ever imagined not forgetting your friends’ and relatives’ birthdays? What if there existed a datebook to remind you about birthdays in an organized, simple and efficient way? Now you’ve got it! NO DELAYS, NO FORGETFULNESS ANYMORE!!! FEATURES √ Organizes a list of your friends by birthdays √ convert facebook's friend to contact - importing First Name, Last Name, Birthday and Photo √ List of contacts and Facebook friends √ Send e-mail, SMS or Facebook message √ Make calls (FaceTime iPod Touch) And if you liked HappyDay! Please leave your opinion here in the AppStore!
Pingu.li
Easily manage gift ideas and wish lists for friends and family. Get birthday reminders and ensure no one receives duplicate gifts by claiming wishes. Access your lists from your phone or browser.
- Share wishes and gift ideas
- Claim wishes to avoid duplicates
- Birthday reminders
- Connect with friends and family
- Save ideas from websites
- Access via browser
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Get reminded about birthdays on time. Find, save and share wishes and gift ideas for your friends and family. Claim a wish of a friend, so they don’t get it twice. Have you ever created chat channels to discuss gift ideas for a loved one with family and friends? Pingu.li will make your life a lot easier! Connect with your fiends and family on pingu.li Save wishes or ideas directly from a website to your pingu.li wishlist or contacts. Whenever a gift idea for a loved one pops up in your mind, just put it in pingu.li and buy it when the time is right. Put your own wishes in your wish list and just wait and let others surprise you. Relax and celebrate birthdays always with the right gift. Access your wishes also from the browser on your computer using pingu.li Features: * Share wishes and gift ideas * Claim wishes of others * See upcoming birthdays * Connect with other users * Add notes to your contacts
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pingu.li at 5.0 against HappyDay!'s 1.0. Pingu.li also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). HappyDay!'s advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pingu.li holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
HappyDay! ships an update every 6 weeks, Pingu.li every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HappyDay! | Pingu.li |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gustavo Duarte de Oliveira | spread emotions GmbH |
Customer experience
HappyDay!
Pingu.li
In-app purchases
HappyDay!
No in-app purchases
Pingu.li
No in-app purchases
