Comparison

Birthday Time! 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 Time!

This app transforms birthdays into unique daily moments by mapping them to specific times. Receive timely notifications for each person's special time, both AM and PM, and enjoy celebratory visuals. It also offers a live clock, famous birthday pairings, and quick messaging features.

Highlights
  • Automatic birthday detection
  • Smart notifications (AM/PM)
  • Quiet hours setting
  • Live clock display
  • Celebration mode with confetti
  • Famous birthday pairings
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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Birthday Time turns every birthday into a special moment — twice a day. Here's how it works: your friend's birthday maps to a unique time. The month becomes the hour, and the day becomes the minute. July 4? That's 7:04 PM. December 25? 12:25 PM. January 1? 1:01 PM. Every person you know has their own Birthday Time, and it happens twice daily — once in the AM and once in the PM. Birthday Time sends you a notification at the exact moment so you never miss it. FEATURES • Automatic Birthday Detection — Import contacts who already have birthdays saved, or add anyone manually • Smart Notifications — Get notified at the exact minute of each person's Birthday Time, both AM and PM • Quiet Hours — Set a window so you're never woken up by an early-morning Birthday Time • Live Clock — Watch the current time and see whose birthday it maps to right now • Celebration Mode — When it's someone's Birthday Time, the app lights up with confetti and gold • Famous Birthdays — Discover which celebrities share the current Birthday Time, with photos from Wikipedia • Quick Message — Tap to send a birthday text right from the celebration screen • Home Screen Widget — Small and medium widgets that update every minute and celebrate active Birthday Times • Beautiful Design — Animated gradient backgrounds, floating particles, and glass effects Birthday Time is a fun, delightful way to think about the people in your life — every single day.

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 Time!4 screens
giftstring4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: giftstring at 100% against Birthday Time!'s 0%. giftstring also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

giftstring holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Birthday Time!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of giftstring's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Birthday Time! ships an update weekly, giftstring every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Birthday Time! versus giftstring: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBirthday Time!giftstring
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 8 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBobby RohwederAkila Kesavasamy

Customer experience

Birthday Time!

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

giftstring

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

In-app purchases

None

Birthday Time!

No in-app purchases

None

giftstring

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Birthday Time! free?
Birthday Time! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is giftstring free?
giftstring is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Birthday Time! or giftstring?
giftstring is rated higher. Birthday Time! averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while giftstring averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Birthday Time! or giftstring have ads?
Birthday Time! shows ads; giftstring does not.
Which is updated more often, Birthday Time! or giftstring?
Birthday Time! ships an update weekly, and giftstring every 8 days. Most recently, Birthday Time! was updated on October 7, 2026 and giftstring on October 10, 2026.

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