Comparison

Birthdays vs Minoo

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

Head to head
About

Birthdays

Features
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Every birthday and anniversary that matters β€” on your Home Screen, with the right words ready when the day comes. Private, offline and never a subscription. Pick the people you care about straight from Contacts. Apple's picker hands over only the people you tap; the app never reads your address book. Everything stays on your iPhone. No account, no cloud, no tracking, no ads. REMINDERS YOU CAN TRUST β€’ A reminder on the morning of every birthday and anniversary β€’ Reminders repeat every year on their own; with a very long list, Birthdays asks you to open it before anyone is missed β€’ Heads-up reminders 1, 3, 7 or 14 days before, at the time you choose β€’ An optional Monday summary of the week ahead β€’ Reminder Check shows exactly what is scheduled and sends a test reminder on demand WIDGETS FOR EVERY SCREEN β€’ Small, Medium and Large: who's next, and how many days β€’ Lock Screen: a countdown ring, a card, or one line above the clock β€’ Mark a wish as sent right from the widget β€’ One Birthday: a countdown to one person you choose BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES AND REMEMBRANCE Add a couple's anniversary and see the years together, or keep a quiet reminder on the birthday of someone you've lost β€” no confetti, no wishes, just a moment to remember. THE RIGHT WORDS, IN ONE TAP Dozens of hand-written wishes in five tones β€” warm, short, funny, heartfelt or formal β€” with milestone and belated ones too. Messages opens with their number and your note, ready to send. SEND A BIRTHDAY CARD Seven card designs with their name and age, including Together for anniversaries, made on your iPhone and sent in Messages or anywhere you like. GIFTS WITHOUT THE PANIC Note gift ideas the moment they come to you, add a price, mark what you've bought, and see every coming birthday and anniversary in the gift planner. When you give a gift, it moves to their history β€” so next year you know exactly what you gave. ALL ABOUT THEIR DAY Every person gets a large countdown, the age they turn and a small almanac: star sign, Chinese zodiac, birthstone, birth flower, the day of the week they were born and, for anniversaries, the traditional gift. MAKE IT YOURS Six color themes for the app and widgets, seven app icons, a photo for everyone, and an optional celebration on the day. YOUR DATA, YOUR COPY Search by name, note or gift idea. Back up to a file you keep, restore it any time, and export to a calendar (.ics) or spreadsheet (.csv). FREE β€’ Your closest five people β€” birthdays, anniversaries or remembrance days β€’ Same-day reminders and Reminder Check β€’ Every list widget, including Mark wished β€’ Ages, milestones and the almanac β€’ Warm and short wishes, and the Classic card β€’ Search, backup, export and Siri PREMIUM β€” one purchase, no subscription β€’ Everyone you care about β€’ Heads-up reminders, your own reminder time and the Monday summary β€’ The gift planner, with prices and gift history β€’ All five wish tones and a saved wish for each person β€’ All seven card designs β€’ Family, Friends and Work circles on any widget, and pins β€’ All themes, app icons and celebrations β€’ The One Birthday widget Family Sharing supported.

About

Minoo

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A minimalist cross-platform Markdown note-taking app designed to streamline your workflow and sync seamlessly across your devices, no server required. Stay organised, stay focused and keep your notes private. FEATURES β€’ Local Sync. Paired devices automatically synchronise notes via your local network, no server or account is required. If a conflict occurs, both versions are kept and the older file is moved to the trash with a [conflicted] label. β€’ Plain Markdown files. Each note is saved as a standard Markdown .md file in regular folders. Your data belongs entirely to you, meaning you can back it up, use other editors, or track it with Git. β€’ Raw Markdown styling. Beautiful raw Markdown rendering of headings, bold text, italic text, lists, horizontal lines, quotes, code and code blocks, links, and tables. β€’ Sidebar. Easily organise your notes. You can drag and drop folders, select multiple files at once, and rename items. Deleted notes can be recovered until the trash is manually emptied. β€’ Command Palette & Search. Navigate the app instantly using a central command palette. Run full-text searches across your open note or across all of them. β€’ Customisation & Settings. Choose from four beautiful themes and start customising your experience. All your configurations are saved in a settings.toml file, making them easy to back up and export. β€’ Intuitive Touch Gestures. Navigate fluidly on mobile devices. Swipe from the left to open the sidebar, from the right to access the command palette, press and hold to open context menus and tap with three fingers in the editor for a context-menu. OPEN SOURCE Minoo is free and open source under the MIT licence. Read the code, file an issue, or build it yourself: https://github.com/ScepticDope/Minoo

Screenshots

Birthdays4 screens
Minoo3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Minoo at none against Birthdays's 1. Minoo also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

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. Birthdays sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Minoo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Birthdays ships an update every 3 weeks, Minoo every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Birthdays versus Minoo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBirthdaysMinoo
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks β€” betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac β€” better
Requires iOS17.015.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size5 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMURATHAN ORANReinout van Kempen

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Birthdays

One-time1
  • Birthday Premium$4.99
None

Minoo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Birthdays free?
Birthdays is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Minoo free?
Minoo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Birthdays or Minoo have ads?
Neither Birthdays nor Minoo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Birthdays or Minoo?
Birthdays ships an update every 3 weeks, and Minoo every 5 weeks. Most recently, Birthdays was updated on November 10, 2026 and Minoo on November 10, 2026.

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