Birthday reminder BirthdayPal vs giftstring
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Birthday reminder BirthdayPal
Never forget a birthday again with this app. It provides a countdown to upcoming birthdays, displays names, ages, and remaining days, and sends timely notifications. Enjoy a clean, ad-free design with a strong focus on user privacy.
- Birthday countdown
- Name and age tracking
- Upcoming event notifications
- Minimalistic design
- Ad-free experience
- On-device data privacy
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BirthdayPal let's you never forget a birthday again. Ever. • Countdown of upcoming birthdays • Name, age, and days at a glance • Notifications • Minimalistic clean design • No ads • Privacy: Your data belongs to you, and stays on your phone, only. If you have any question about the app, or need help about something, please do not hesitate to contact me. I’ll be happy to help! Email: birthdaypal.app@gmail.com Privacy Policy: http://ingo-augsten.de/apps/birthdaypal/privacy_policy.html Terms of Usage: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
giftstring
Create a unique, lasting gift by weaving together voice and video messages from loved ones. Perfect for special occasions, this app allows you to record your own message, invite others to contribute, and send a private, playable link.
- Record audio or video messages
- Invite contributors via email
- Create a single, lasting gift
- Send private playable links
- Delete messages anytime
- Cancel gifts before sending
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giftstring is a quiet way to gather what matters: the voice and video of the people who love someone, woven together into a single gift. Mom's eightieth, a friend's wedding, a graduation, a goodbye — moments that ask for more than a card. With giftstring, you record a short message of your own, invite the people who matter, and email it as one beautiful, lasting gift. — Record an audio or video message in seconds. — Invite contributors by email; they each add their own. — When the gift is ready, send it. The recipient gets a private link they can play anywhere. — Your recordings are yours. Delete a message anytime before the gift ships. Cancel a gift entirely if you change your mind. giftstring is built around a simple idea: the most precious thing you can give someone is a few minutes of yourself, and the voices of the people who love them. We don't sell your data, we don't use your recordings to train anyone else's AI, and you can delete everything with one tap. Made for the moments that matter.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: giftstring at 5.0 against Birthday reminder BirthdayPal's 4.2. giftstring also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). Birthday reminder BirthdayPal's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Birthday reminder BirthdayPal sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. giftstring asks for nothing beyond the download.
giftstring holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Birthday reminder BirthdayPal ships an update every 2 months, giftstring every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Birthday reminder BirthdayPal | giftstring |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ingo Augsten | Akila Kesavasamy |
Customer experience
Birthday reminder BirthdayPal
giftstring
In-app purchases
Birthday reminder BirthdayPal
- Coffee$2.99
- Latte$6.99
- Breakfast$14.99
giftstring
No in-app purchases
Questions
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