AutoSilent vs Birthday Countdown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AutoSilent
This app automatically silences your iPhone or iPad during scheduled meetings, at specific locations, or at set times. It seamlessly integrates with your calendar and location services to manage your device's ringer, ensuring you're never disturbed or embarrassed by notifications in inappropriate situations. It can also automatically unmute your device when the event concludes.
- Automatic silencing for calendar events
- Location-based silencing
- Scheduled silencing
- Automatic unmuting
- Calendar synchronization
- Customizable silent event criteria
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AutoSilent automatically mutes your iDevice (iPhone, iPad) during meetings, scheduled times or at selected locations. Comes with 7 days free trial period. After this you may purchase an auto-renewing subscription through an In-App Purchase. If you do not maintain a subscription you will not be able to have premium features, like: Schedule events, Location Events snd Calendar events. • Auto-renewable subscription • 1 month ($1.99) • Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew (at the duration selected) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Current subscription may not be cancelled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Note: ------ In case of a problem to identify an already purchased subscription, please try first to quit and re-open the app. In case it does not work please click on "Restore Purchases". EULA ------ https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy -------------- http://www.gutherz.org/autosilent/privacy_policy_autosilent.html In the first tab the next silent event that it finds in your iPhone calendars. This tab is not intended to be used to add or modify events. To add new event just open your Calendar application and add/modify your event. AutoSilent will automatically synchronize with your calendars. On first run, make sure to allow AutoSilent to get your current location and allow it to get notifications. AutoSilent synchronizes with your calendars and automatically silents your iDevice during meetings. AutoSilent automatically re-sets your iDevice back to Regular/Ring mode at the end of the meeting. AutoSilent is a location based application. It can detect your current location and mute your iDevice automatically when you are at School or at the University. AutoSilent will set your iDevice back to Regular/Ring mode when you leave those places. Don’t miss an important call because you forget to un mute your phone. Don’t be embarrassed by alerts that go on while you are in a meeting. Let AutoSilent do the job for you. Calendar event is considered silent when: 1. Availability is busy 2. Not a whole day event 3. Event notes do not contain !ring 4. Event notes contain !silent Calendar Tab – This tab shows you the next meeting that AutoSilent will automatically mute your iDevice Locations Tab – Lists locations where AutoSilent automatically mutes your iDevice. You can click on any of the location rows and make modifications. Settings Tab - Calendar Silent: enables or disables mute for calendar events. Location silent: enables or disables mute for Location events. Ring/Silent Notification: Enables or disables notification alerts whenever iDevice changes its mode from mute to un mute and vice versa. Next Silent Event: Specifies the number of days to look forward for the next Silent event in your calendar(s). (Defaults to 30 days) Location Radius: Specifies the radius where AutoSilent checks for location events. (Defaults to 500 meters) Calendar: Selects the calendar to check for calendar events. (Defaults to ALL calendars) Silent Out Of Office: Silence the phone during "Out Of Office" events. Keep Mute Status: When selected AutoSilent will not change your iDevice to ring mode if it was silent before event was started. Only !silent events: AutoSilent will only look for !silent events in your selected calendars. Mute on WiFi network: put _all for all WiFi networks or the WiFi name that will be used by AutoSilent to mute your device once you are connected to that network. AutoSilent will unmute your device once you are disconnected from that network. Battery Disclaimer: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Birthday Countdown
This app provides a simple and quick way to remember birthdays with customizable widgets for your home screen and lock screen. It offers countdowns to upcoming birthdays, multiple widget styles, and iCloud sync for seamless data management across devices.
- iOS 17 Standby widget
- iOS 17 Lockscreen Widget
- Birthday and Age countdown
- Watch App and iCloud sync
- Multiple widget styles and themes
- Multiple app icons
- Light & Dark modes
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Never forget any birthday from now onwards. Quick & Simple Birthday Widget Reminder app on your Home Screen. Create Multiple widget Features Include. • standby widget. • Lockscreen Widget • Variety of Widget Style & Theme • Birthday & Age countdown screen. • Watch App & iCloud sync • Multiple App Icons • Light & Dark modes. • Supports all size of widgets. No Ads. Download Simple & Quick Birthday Reminder Widget App and Enjoy!!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Birthday Countdown at 4.8 against AutoSilent's 3.6. AutoSilent's advantage is ratings volume (184 vs 22) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. AutoSilent sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and Birthday Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Birthday Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AutoSilent has 184 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of AutoSilent's written reviews are positive against 40% of Birthday Countdown's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
AutoSilent ships an update every 3 weeks, Birthday Countdown every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AutoSilent | Birthday Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (184 ratings) | 4.8 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.1% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 184 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Niv Gutherz | Amit Verma |
Customer experience
AutoSilent
Birthday Countdown
Bugs and requests
AutoSilent
Reported bugs
3 issues- Silencing not working as expected
- Constant notifications/alerts from the app
- Losing custom settings after updates
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to selectively silence contacts/numbers
- Master on/off switch for easier deactivation
- More flexible scheduling options (e.g. overnight)
- Improved integration with iOS Focus mode
Birthday Countdown
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AutoSilent
- AutoSilent Premium Features$1.991 Month
Birthday Countdown
- Birthday Pro.$8.99
Questions
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