Only Birthdays vs Grattis
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Only Birthdays
Easily track all your important dates with this app. Get timely reminders for birthdays and see how many days are left until the event. It offers a clean interface with light and dark modes, plus curated gift suggestions.
- Birthday tracking
- Contact import
- Customizable reminders
- Days until birthday display
- Age calculation
- Gift ideas
- Light and dark modes
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Track the birthdays of your contacts and get reminders. Display days until a birthday, and the age of your friends and family. Import from contacts. Import and export from files. Light mode and dark mode. Hot gift ideas curated frequently. No ads, no subscriptions!
Grattis
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Grattis helps you remember birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and the days that matter—and makes it easy to send personalized digital birthday cards directly from the app. Add important dates to a beautiful circular year view and see what is coming up at a glance. Grattis keeps track of ages, recurring dates, zodiac signs, and birthday reminders, so you have time to plan before the day arrives. You can import birthdays from Calendar, customize reminders, add photos or emoji, share selected days with other Grattis users, and keep upcoming dates on your Home Screen with the widget. Simple, personal, and built for the moments you do not want to miss.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Grattis at weekly against Only Birthdays's every 3 weeks. Only Birthdays's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Only Birthdays ships an update every 3 weeks, Grattis weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Only Birthdays | Grattis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DDGA Ltd. | Victor Keinander |
In-app purchases
Only Birthdays
No in-app purchases
Grattis
No in-app purchases
