Comparison

Birthdays vs Mapable

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

Head to head
About

Birthdays

Features
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Have you always had a hard time keeping track of people's birthdays? Did you always want to see all the birthdays of the people you care about from a bird's eye view, and see which one is coming up soonest? If so, this is the perfect app for you. Currently, this version is at its simplest. It allows you to add people, and for each person, you can specify their names, birthdate, and add some notes about them. All data is stored locally on your phone, meaning if you delete the app, the data will be erased. In the future, might add cloud coverage, and sync to calendar. On the main page, once you've added at least one person, it will display their name and how old they are turning this year as well as in how many days is their birthdays. The list is ordered by ascending birthdays. So the person who's birthday is soonest will be at the top of the list. You can edit each person as well as delete. If you have any feedback, feel free to leave a review :)

About

Mapable

Capture thoughts, voice memos, photos, and links effortlessly. This app uses AI to automatically organize, tag, and link your information, visualizing it as an interactive mind map. Ask natural language questions to retrieve answers from your entire knowledge base.

Highlights
  • Instant capture (text, voice, images, URLs)
  • AI auto-tagging and linking
  • Interactive knowledge graph visualization
  • Natural language search
  • Daily journal with prompts
  • Goal tracking and todo management
Features
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Mapable is a calm second brain that organizes itself. Throw in a thought, a voice note, a screenshot, a link or a TikTok. Mapable files each one into a few clear topics, draws them as a map, and answers when you ask. No folders. No tags. No setup. CAPTURE ANYTHING • Thoughts, voice notes, photos and screenshots, links • TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube videos: Mapable watches them and remembers what's inside, down to the moment • Share from any app with the share sheet, or dictate anywhere with your voice IT ORGANIZES ITSELF • Every note lands in one of a few stable topics, automatically • Your topics are drawn as a topographic map: each topic is a hill that grows as you add to it • Related notes link up on their own ASK YOUR NOTES • Ask in plain words: "where was that ramen place?" • Get an answer in your language, with the notes it came from, even "the moment at 0:21 in that TikTok" YOUR DAY, IN ONE PLACE • Today: your calendar, todos, rituals, and a note resurfaced from a while ago • It noticed: Mapable spots todos, dates, goals and habits inside your notes and suggests them. Nothing is added without your tap • Grow: goals drawn as summits, rituals with streaks, and the people named in your notes • Evening check-in: your mood as weather, plus a few words • Weekly review: what grew this week, as a map you can share MADE FOR BUSY HEADS Students, readers, makers, parents, and anyone whose reading list makes them feel guilty. Use it as a brain dump, a voice journal, a recipe keeper, a bookmark manager, or the place where saved TikToks finally get watched again. SIX LANGUAGES English, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, German and Italian. Mapable replies in your language. IN THEIR WORDS "honestly I just throw stuff in and forget about it, then a week later it's sitting exactly where I'd have put it. bit spooky" (John) "asked it where that restaurant was that I saved months ago and it just knew" (Lina) "my reading list used to make me feel guilty. now I actually go back to it" (Dennis) "I never stick with notes apps. still using this one" (Irina) FREE AND PRO Mapable is free: 5 notes a day, 3 Asks a week and 1 video a week. Mapable Pro removes the limits: unlimited notes, Asks and videos. Mapable Pro is $9.99 a month or $59.99 a year. The yearly plan includes a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://www.mapable.dev/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.mapable.dev/terms

Screenshots

Birthdays2 screens
Mapable4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Birthdays at none against Mapable's 2. Birthdays also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Mapable sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Birthdays asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 6 level
Birthdays versus Mapable: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBirthdaysMapable
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJEANLOUIS REBELLOAlexis Raimbault

In-app purchases

None

Birthdays

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Mapable

Subscriptions2
  • Mapable Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Mapable Pro Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Birthdays free?
Birthdays is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mapable free?
Mapable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Birthdays or Mapable have ads?
Mapable shows ads; Birthdays does not.

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