Comparison

Avoid Town vs Birthday Calendar & Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Avoid Town

Check current town busyness before you leave to avoid traffic. This app helps residents and visitors gauge the crowds in George Town, Cayman Islands, especially on cruise ship days. Make informed decisions to bypass busy areas and save time.

Highlights
  • Check town busyness
  • Avoid traffic
  • Cruise ship impact indicator
  • Real-time crowd assessment
  • Time-saving utility
Features
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Cruise ships visit the Cayman Islands on a regular basis and the thousands of passengers they bring in every day are an important part of the islands' tourism product. However for residents lots of ships also means loads of traffic downtown. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could check how busy town was going to be? And if you’re in a rush, maybe you should avoid town entirely? There should be an app for that right? Yep, we thought so too! Check Avoid Town before you leave and don't get caught out again.

About

Birthday Calendar & Countdown

Never forget a birthday again with this app. It helps you add contacts, customize their profiles with emojis, and provides timely reminders. Beautiful widgets and calendar import make managing special dates easy.

Highlights
  • Birthday reminders
  • Customizable profiles with emojis
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Calendar import
  • Age tracking
Features
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Birthday makes remembering and celebrating birthdays effortless. Add friends and family, customize with emojis, and get timely reminders so you never miss a special day. Enjoy beautiful home screen and lock screen widgets, calendar import, and age tracking.

Screenshots

Avoid Town4 screens
Birthday Calendar & Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Birthday Calendar & Countdown at Free against Avoid Town's $1.99. Avoid Town's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.5). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

Birthday Calendar & Countdown is free to download; Avoid Town costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Avoid Town against 4.8 for Birthday Calendar & Countdown. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Avoid Town ships an update every 4 months, Birthday Calendar & Countdown every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Avoid Town versus Birthday Calendar & Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAvoid TownBirthday Calendar & Countdown
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (7 ratings)4.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerjadehopper ltd.Noah Seeger

Customer experience

Avoid Town

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Birthday Calendar & Countdown

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Avoid Town

No in-app purchases

None

Birthday Calendar & Countdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Avoid Town free?
Avoid Town costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Birthday Calendar & Countdown free?
Birthday Calendar & Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Avoid Town or Birthday Calendar & Countdown?
Birthday Calendar & Countdown is rated higher. Avoid Town averages 4.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Birthday Calendar & Countdown averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Avoid Town or Birthday Calendar & Countdown have ads?
Neither Avoid Town nor Birthday Calendar & Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Avoid Town or Birthday Calendar & Countdown?
Avoid Town ships an update every 4 months, and Birthday Calendar & Countdown every 3 months. Most recently, Avoid Town was updated on October 24, 2026 and Birthday Calendar & Countdown on October 24, 2026.

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