Comparison

Lunar Birthday Notes vs Anniversary Countdown Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Lunar Birthday Notes

Record lunar birthdays and track upcoming celebrations with intuitive visual cues. Customize themes and avatars for a personalized experience. Receive birthday notifications and enjoy special animations on the big day.

Highlights
  • Record lunar birthdays
  • Sort by date of birth
  • Display distance days
  • Chinese zodiac year display
  • Customizable theme colors
  • Character avatars
  • Birthday cake animation
Features
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Lunar Birthday Japan is an app that focuses on recording lunar birthdays. -Sort by date of birth, with the most recent ranking in the top -Displaying distance days in a progress bar is very intuitive -When selecting a year, the Chinese zodiac can be displayed, so even if you don't know the exact year, you can still know the exact year based on the Chinese zodiac -Rich selection of theme colors, everyone's preferences are different, and it is difficult for one product to meet the preferences of all friends, so a variety of theme colors have been added -Different characters use different avatars to increase realism -Reduce input and adopt a tiled built-in method, making it easy to quickly add and modify with just a few clicks -Innovatively utilizing the design methods of post-00s, 80s, and 90s generations, allowing you to quickly select the year -On your birthday, your avatar will turn into a birthday cake. Click to play the music box's birthday ringtone, and you can silently send birthday wishes to your family and friends

About

Anniversary Countdown Tracker

Features
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Anniversary Countdown Tracker turns the dates that matter — your wedding day, the day you met, a birthday, a quiet milestone — into a live count you can see at a glance: how many days until the next one, and how many days you have already shared. Most countdown apps treat every date the same. This one understands anniversaries. It knows your 25th is Silver and your next big one is Pearl, counts time together in real years, months and days (never days divided by 365), lands a Feb 29 anniversary on the right day, and repeats yearly so you enter a date once and never again. WHAT YOU GET • "612 days until your Silver anniversary" waiting on your Home Screen widget — no need to open the app • A running days-together counter: 9 years, 4 months, 11 days — 3,421 days in total • Reminders that actually arrive: a week before, a day before, the morning of — at the hour you choose • The traditional gift for every year — Paper, Wood, Silver, Gold — surfaced before you have to search for it • A plan for the day: dinner spot, gift idea and place saved with each date, plus a photo and a note • Share cards ready to post — "1,000 days together" as a clean image in two taps PERFECT FOR • Couples counting the days together since their first date • Spouses who never want to scramble the week before a wedding anniversary • Anyone keeping birthdays, memorials and family milestones in one calm place • Long-distance partners watching the count to the next reunion WHY NOT JUST USE THE CALENDAR? A calendar tells you a date exists. It does not count the days for you, does not know your 30th is Pearl, fires one alert you will swipe away, and puts your anniversary next to a dentist appointment. Here, every date gets a countdown, a memory and a reminder plan of its own. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your dates, notes and photos stay on your iPhone. No account, no cloud upload, no tracking. The widget shows only the short summary it needs. FULL ACCESS Anniversary Countdown Tracker requires Full Access: a weekly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Full Access unlocks unlimited events, the Home Screen widget, multi-date reminders, every share-card design and all event colours. Add your first date today — by tonight, the count is already on your Home Screen. Terms of Use: https://leanstudio.asia/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://leanstudio.asia/privacy-policy Support: support@leanstudio.asia

Screenshots

Lunar Birthday Notes4 screens
Anniversary Countdown Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Anniversary Countdown Tracker at none against Lunar Birthday Notes's 1. Lunar Birthday Notes's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lunar Birthday Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Anniversary Countdown Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lunar Birthday Notes ships an update every 2 months, Anniversary Countdown Tracker every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Lunar Birthday Notes versus Anniversary Countdown Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLunar Birthday NotesAnniversary Countdown Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer单 安LEAN ASIA CO., LTD

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Lunar Birthday Notes

One-time1
  • 永久VIP$2.99
None

Anniversary Countdown Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lunar Birthday Notes free?
Lunar Birthday Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Anniversary Countdown Tracker free?
Anniversary Countdown Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lunar Birthday Notes or Anniversary Countdown Tracker have ads?
Neither Lunar Birthday Notes nor Anniversary Countdown Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lunar Birthday Notes or Anniversary Countdown Tracker?
Lunar Birthday Notes ships an update every 2 months, and Anniversary Countdown Tracker every 4 months. Most recently, Lunar Birthday Notes was updated on October 7, 2026 and Anniversary Countdown Tracker on October 12, 2026.

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