Comparison

Milestone vs Values Card Sort

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

Head to head
About

Milestone

Features
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Milestone makes it easy to keep track of the birthdays and anniversaries that matter most to you. Add a birthday and instantly see their current age, zodiac sign, birthstone, generation, and even their current school grade. Add an anniversary and see how many years it's been and how many days until the next one. Add a home screen widget to see upcoming birthdays and anniversaries at a glance β€” no need to open the app. Share a birthday or anniversary with someone who also uses Milestone β€” one at a time or a whole group at once. Features: - Birthday tracking with automatic age calculation (years, months, or days) - Anniversary tracking with countdowns and year calculations - Home screen widgets to see upcoming birthdays and anniversaries at a glance - Zodiac sign, birthstone, and generation β€” all computed automatically - School grade calculation for kids and students - Search and sort by name, age, birthday, or countdown - Share birthdays and anniversaries with other Milestone users, one at a time or in bulk - Customizable notifications so you never forget an important date - All data stored locally on your device β€” no account required, no data colle

About

Values Card Sort

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Values Card Sort is a free app for working out which values matter most to you right now. It uses the 83 values of the Personal Values Card Sort by W. R. Miller, J. C’de Baca, D. B. Matthews, and P. L. Wilbourne, University of New Mexico, 2001, which is in the public domain. The cards include values like Honesty, Family, Adventure, and Health. You see one card at a time and put it in a pile, Very Important, Important, or Not Important. Then you look over your piles and move anything that landed in the wrong place. If more than ten cards end up Very Important, you narrow them to ten first. From there you choose five, put them in order, and write a little about each one, what living it looks like for you now and one small step you could take this week. Each finished sort is saved on your device. Your top five shows on the home screen, and when you sort again, the app shows which values are still in your five, which are new, and which dropped out. It doesn’t score the change or tell you what it means. You can share any sort as a PDF or copy it as text. You can do it on your own before a big decision, at the start of a new year, or whenever you want to see where your priorities sit. Parents, teachers, counselors, and clinicians can also use it with the people they work with. There’s a second deck for younger people. The youth deck uses 48 values from Values Card Sort for Kids by Aria E. Fiat, PhD, adapted and used with her permission. It’s meant for an adult to go through with a child or teen, with the adult running the app. Its cards are in English in both languages. Also in the app: - Add a value of your own if the deck is missing one - Short Learn pages on what values are and how to use the five you choose - An optional reminder a week after a sort to look back at your five - A link to print the cards if you’d rather sort them on a table - English and Spanish, with a language switch in Settings - Dark Mode and support for larger text No accounts, ads, or analytics, and nothing you write is sent to us. Your sorts stay on your device, or in your own iCloud if you turn on sync. You can lock the app with Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode, and Delete everything in Settings clears your sorts from this device, and from iCloud when sync is on. Values Card Sort is for education and personal reflection. It is not therapy or medical care, and it is not for emergencies. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical condition. For medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, talk with a healthcare professional. In an emergency, call 911. If you are in crisis in the United States, call or text 988.

Screenshots

Milestone4 screens
Values Card Sort4 screens

Verdict

The call

Milestone and Values Card Sort are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Milestone ships an update weekly, Values Card Sort every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Milestone versus Values Card Sort: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMilestoneValues Card Sort
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size7 MB4 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBrandon WhichardEveryday Insight LLC

In-app purchases

None

Milestone

No in-app purchases

None

Values Card Sort

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Milestone free?
Milestone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Values Card Sort free?
Values Card Sort is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Milestone or Values Card Sort have ads?
Neither Milestone nor Values Card Sort shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Milestone or Values Card Sort?
Milestone ships an update weekly, and Values Card Sort every 5 days. Most recently, Milestone was updated on October 28, 2026 and Values Card Sort on October 31, 2026.

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