Grail vs Birthday Tracker & Countdown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grail
This app offers a collection of digital widgets inspired by unique and hard-to-find wrist and pocket watches. Enhance your device's aesthetic with these distinctive horological designs.
- Widget collection based on watches
- Unique and hard-to-obtain designs
- Digital horology aesthetic
- Customizable clock widgets
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Grail is a collection of widgets based off wrist and pocket watches that either offer an interesting design, are hard to physically obtain, or both.
Birthday Tracker & Countdown
Never forget a birthday again with this app. Easily add birthdays manually or import them from your contacts. Receive timely reminders before important dates, with customizable notification options.
- Add birthdays manually
- Import from contacts
- Customizable reminders
- Countdown timers
- Searchable list
- Push notifications
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Birthday Countdown helps you never miss a birthday. Add birthdays manually or import them from your contacts in one tap, then get timely reminders so you can wish everyone a happy birthday. • Add birthdays with name, date, optional year, notes, and a custom emoji • Import birthdays from your contacts • View a clear list with “Today” and “Upcoming” sections and a countdown for each person • Search your list when you have lots of birthdays • Get push notifications at the right time in your timezone: – One week before – One day before – On the birthday Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://birthday-tracker-countdown.vercel.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Birthday Tracker & Countdown at fortnightly against Grail's every 2 months. Birthday Tracker & Countdown also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Grail holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Birthday Tracker & Countdown has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Grail ships an update every 2 months, Birthday Tracker & Countdown fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Grail | Birthday Tracker & Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.8 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Reda Hallal | Abdelhak Ajbouni |
In-app purchases
Grail
No in-app purchases
Birthday Tracker & Countdown
No in-app purchases
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