Comparison

Birthday Calendar + vs CalculateAge

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

Head to head
About

Birthday Calendar +

Easily track important dates and send personalized greetings. Import events from contacts or create custom ones, set reminders, and back up your data. Discover fun facts about friends' birthdays.

Highlights
  • Import events from contacts and iCalendar
  • Create custom events
  • Set event reminders
  • Send personalized greetings with pictures
  • View friend's Zodiac sign
  • Backup and restore events
Features
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Birthday Calendar + helps you remember and celebrate the people who matter—birthdays, anniversaries, and every special day you never want to miss. Remember the date. Plan the gift. Find the right words. Completely rebuilt for modern iPhone and iPad, it’s the same app you’ve trusted for years with a clearer design, helpful reminders, thoughtful gift planning, AI-powered wishes, and Home Screen widgets. If you’re updating from an older version, your events stay on your device. NEVER MISS A BIG DAY • Clear Upcoming list with photos and countdowns • See how old someone is turning or how many years they’re celebrating • Month calendar for scanning upcoming occasions • Reminders on the day and your chosen number of days before • Birthdays, anniversaries, and custom occasions PLAN THOUGHTFUL GIFTS • Save gift ideas directly on a birthday or anniversary • Keep notes, prices, and links with each idea • Ask AI for suggestions based on your budget and what they love • Keep every idea with the event so it’s easy to find later FIND THE RIGHT WORDS • Write your own birthday wish, anniversary message, or greeting • Ask AI to create something warm, funny, or short • Choose from wishes, poems, haikus, limericks, quotes, captions, and toasts • Create messages in multiple languages • Add your own instructions to make each message personal • Send through Messages, Mail, or the Share sheet • Review past wishes so you remember what you sent last time KNOW WHO YOU’RE CELEBRATING • Add a photo, relationship, interests, and personal notes • Keep phone and email details close at hand • Import birthdays from Contacts to get started quickly GLANCE FROM YOUR HOME SCREEN • Birthday Reminder widgets in small, medium, and large sizes • See upcoming celebrations without opening the app KEEP YOUR CALENDAR SAFE • Add photos from your library • Optional iCloud backup and restore • Existing events remain on your device when upgrading Your calendar is stored on your device, and you don't need an account to get started. AI features are optional. Each AI-generated greeting or gift suggestion uses one credit. New installs include 10 credits, with more available for purchase when needed. Questions or ideas? We’d love to hear from you. If Birthday Calendar + helps you show up for the people you love, a rating means the world.

About

CalculateAge

Features
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CalculateAge - The Ultimate Age Calculator & Birthday Companion: Transform how you calculate age or time span between two dates, celebrate birthdays with CalculateAge, the most comprehensive age calculation app available! Whether you're planning celebrations, tracking milestones, or simply curious about time calculations, CalculateAge has everything you need.

Screenshots

Birthday Calendar +4 screens
CalculateAge4 screens

Verdict

The call

Birthday Calendar + and CalculateAge 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

Both are free to download. Birthday Calendar + sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and CalculateAge sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Birthday Calendar + ships an update every 3 weeks, CalculateAge every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Birthday Calendar + versus CalculateAge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBirthday Calendar +CalculateAge
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (1.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews54.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.9K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMobTouch IncZST

Bugs and requests

Birthday Calendar +

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Reminders not working
  • Sync feature not working
  • Account creation issues
  • App crashing when adding new entries
  • Incompatible with iOS 11
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  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

12 requests
  • Search by name
  • Add a nickname
  • More space for longer names
  • Option to not include the year for birthdays
  • Ability to set reminders more than a week in advance
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  • Place to add gift ideas
  • Sync across devices
  • Password reset/recovery option
  • Ability to sort birthdays alphabetically
  • Option to not include the year for birthdays
  • Dark mode
  • Advanced analytics dashboard

CalculateAge

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Birthday Calendar +

One-time4
  • Birthday Calendar + Unlimited$0.99
  • Virtual Gift$0.99
  • 10 AI Greeting Credits$0.99
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  • Premium Virtual Gift$1.99
4 purchases

CalculateAge

One-time4
  • Tip $1.99$1.99
  • Tip $2.99$2.99
  • Tip $4.99$4.99
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  • Tip $9.99$9.99

Questions

Is Birthday Calendar + free?
Birthday Calendar + is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CalculateAge free?
CalculateAge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Birthday Calendar + or CalculateAge have ads?
Neither Birthday Calendar + nor CalculateAge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Birthday Calendar + or CalculateAge?
Birthday Calendar + ships an update every 3 weeks, and CalculateAge every 5 weeks. Most recently, Birthday Calendar + was updated on November 8, 2026 and CalculateAge on October 30, 2026.

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