Comparison

Only Birthdays vs Year Planner

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Birthday tracking
  • Contact import
  • Customizable reminders
  • Days until birthday display
  • Age calculation
  • Gift ideas
  • Light and dark modes
Features
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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!

About

Year Planner

Features
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See your whole year as one living wheel. Almanac Year turns 365 days into a single glowing ring. Every birthday, anniversary, deadline and holiday you pin becomes a point of light on the wheel — and the months that carry the most weight glow brightest. One glance tells you where the year builds, where it rests, and what is coming next. Most calendar apps show you a week. Almanac Year shows you the shape of the year, and how your time is balanced between Work, Rest, Play, People and Growth. WHAT YOU GET • Read your entire year at a glance — twelve months on one wheel, lit by how much each month holds • Never miss a moment that matters — a quiet reminder arrives the day before, at 9 in the morning • Count down to every milestone in days, with the anniversary or age number worked out for you • Spot your fullest and lightest months before they arrive, so you can rebalance early • See where your year leans — work, rest, play, people or growth — season by season • Keep an eye on the holidays you care about, with regional lists you can switch in a tap PERFECT FOR • People who forget birthdays and anniversaries until it is too late • Planners mapping out a sabbatical, a wedding, a launch or a big creative year • Anyone who feels the year slip away and wants to see where the time actually goes • Families juggling reunions, school years and travel around the calendar WHY NOT JUST USE A CALENDAR? A calendar is built to answer "what is on Tuesday?". It cannot tell you that October is overloaded, that spring has nothing restful in it, or that your fifteenth anniversary is 41 days away. Almanac Year sits above the calendar: it holds only the moments that shape a year, weighs them, and shows you the pattern. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your year lives on this iPhone. No account, no sign-in, no cloud sync, no tracking. Reminders are scheduled locally on your device and never leave it. FULL ACCESS Almanac Year is a premium app. Choose a weekly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a paid period is not refunded on cancellation. Pin your first milestone and watch the wheel light up. Terms of Service: https://pnkl26.web.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://pnkl26.web.app/privacy-policy Support: pnkhanhlinh0206@gmail.com

Screenshots

Only Birthdays4 screens
Year Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Only Birthdays at none against Year Planner's 3. Only Birthdays also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Year Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Only Birthdays asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Only Birthdays ships an update every 3 weeks, Year Planner every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Only Birthdays versus Year Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOnly BirthdaysYear Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDDGA Ltd.Linh Phan Nhat Khanh

In-app purchases

None

Only Birthdays

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Year Planner

Subscriptions2
  • Almanac Premium Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Almanac Premium Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Season Balance Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Only Birthdays free?
Only Birthdays is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Year Planner free?
Year Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Only Birthdays or Year Planner have ads?
Neither Only Birthdays nor Year Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Only Birthdays or Year Planner?
Only Birthdays ships an update every 3 weeks, and Year Planner every 4 months. Most recently, Only Birthdays was updated on October 6, 2026 and Year Planner on October 20, 2026.

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