Comparison

Birthday Reminder vs giftstring

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

Head to head
About

Birthday Reminder

Never miss an important date again. This app centralizes birthdays with smart alerts, gift planning tools, and home screen countdown widgets. Organize contacts, track budgets, and personalize entries to make remembering effortless.

Highlights
  • Import birthdays from contacts
  • Customizable reminder alerts
  • Gift idea saving and budget tracking
  • Home screen countdown widgets
  • Contact organization and personalization
  • Privacy-focused data storage
Features
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Never miss a birthday again. Birthday Reminder keeps every important date in one place — with smart alerts, gift planning, and countdown widgets that make remembering effortless. FREE TO TRY • Add up to 5 birthdays and occasions at no cost • Unlock unlimited birthdays with a one-time in-app upgrade SMART BIRTHDAY ALERTS • Import birthdays straight from your contacts • Custom reminders — days, weeks, or months ahead • Push notifications so you never forget • Different alert times for different people GIFT PLANNER & BUDGETS • Save gift ideas for each contact • Track budgets and past gifts • Build wishlists so you always know what to buy • Note sizes, colors, and preferences BIRTHDAY COUNTDOWN WIDGET • Home screen widget shows the next birthday • See exactly how many days until each celebration • Glanceable countdown for family and friends ORGANIZE & PERSONALIZE • Group by family, friends, or colleagues • Sort by upcoming date, age, or name • Add photos and notes to each contact • Track ages and zodiac signs PRIVACY FIRST • Your data stays on your device • Optional iCloud sync across your Apple devices • No third-party tracking, no data sharing WHAT PEOPLE SAY "Simple and really easy to use with personalized notifications" — 5-star review Perfect for families, busy professionals, and anyone who wants to show they care. Download Birthday Reminder today and make every celebration count.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Birthday Reminder4 screens
giftstring4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: giftstring at none against Birthday Reminder's 1. giftstring also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, 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. Birthday Reminder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. giftstring asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Birthday Reminder ships an update every 3 weeks, giftstring every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Birthday Reminder versus giftstring: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBirthday Remindergiftstring
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJacob Dale-RourkeAkila Kesavasamy

Customer experience

Birthday Reminder

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

giftstring

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Birthday Reminder

One-time1
  • Premium Unlock$1.99
None

giftstring

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Birthday Reminder free?
Birthday Reminder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is giftstring free?
giftstring is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Birthday Reminder or giftstring have ads?
Neither Birthday Reminder nor giftstring shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Birthday Reminder or giftstring?
Birthday Reminder ships an update every 3 weeks, and giftstring every 8 days. Most recently, Birthday Reminder was updated on October 28, 2026 and giftstring on October 10, 2026.

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