Best Birthday Reminder Apps in 2026: Free and Paid, Compared

The table and the picks below compare ten options. Every fact comes from each app's own pages, checked on October 5, 2026.

"Not listed" means the app's own pages don't say.

For each app we used only what the company says on its own website, help pages or app store listing, and we checked every fact on October 5, 2026. If an app's own pages don't mention something, we write "Not listed". That is not a claim that the feature is missing. Prices and features change, and some prices differ by country, so check before you choose. The sources are at the end.

Greetigo is our app. We list it last and describe it the same way as the others.

Then decide whether you want help with what to say. Only some of these apps offer it.

Price: Free reminders. Premium is $29.99/yr, or $4.99/mo in its iPhone app ($5/mo on its website), and includes all of its cards, message suggestions and no ads.
Runs on: Its website and an iPhone app
Reminders: Unlimited and free. Its website emails you, by default 7 days and 3 days before; its iPhone app sends notifications and can import the birthdays in your phone contacts.
Help with the message: A large library of digital greeting cards to send by email or text; message suggestions on Premium.

A good fit if: you like sending digital greeting cards.

Price: Free and open source, with no ads
Runs on: Android (Google Play and F-Droid)
Reminders: A phone notification on the day, plus extra ones you choose. Tracks birthdays, anniversaries, name days and other events, and can import from your contacts or calendar.
Help with the message: Not listed

A good fit if: you use Android and want a free, simple app on your phone.

Price: $3 a year for up to 10 friends, or $9 a year for unlimited friends and early reminders. It starts with a free trial of 7 reminders.
Runs on: Text messages (SMS) to your phone, set up on its website. There is no app to download.
Reminders: A text message on each friend's birthday, with earlier reminders on Premium. Premium can import from Google Calendar.
Help with the message: Not listed. It says its goal isn't to automate birthday wishes; it reminds you to reach out yourself. It can also mail a paper birthday card with your message.

A good fit if: you want a text on the day, with the option of a mailed card.

Price: Free for your first 10 people. Kinu Plus is $6.99/mo or $69.99/yr (US prices; it also offers a one-time plan).
Runs on: iPhone, Android and the web
Reminders: Phone notifications before birthdays and other dates. It also keeps notes about the people in your life and nudges you when it's been a while since you were in touch.
Help with the message: Not listed

A good fit if: you want notes and keep-in-touch nudges along with birthdays.

Price: Free with basic features for a limited number of close friends. hip PLUS adds unlimited reminders and removes ads; its prices are shown in the App Store.
Runs on: iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch (iOS only)
Reminders: Notifications on your phone and Apple Watch. It imports birthdays from your phone's contacts and calendar.
Help with the message: Tap a mood (simple, funny or touching) to generate a greeting, then send it by text or another messaging app. Its pages don't say which plan includes this.

A good fit if: you use an iPhone and want the reminder and a greeting on your phone.

Price: Free, with ads
Runs on: Its website
Reminders: By email: 7 days before, 3 days before and on the day. You can share reminders with others.
Help with the message: Not listed

A good fit if: you want free email reminders for family dates and don't mind ads.

Price: Free for email reminders. Text and phone-call reminders use prepaid credits, which start from 6p. A Pro plan for businesses is £3 a month. Prices are in pounds; it's a UK service.
Runs on: A web app
Reminders: By email, text or phone call, repeating every year, with more than one reminder per date if you like. It's a general reminder service, not only for birthdays.
Help with the message: Not listed

A good fit if: you want free email reminders, with the option of a text, for any kind of date.

Price: Free
Runs on: Web, Android and iPhone
Reminders: Shows birthdays from your Google Contacts (and, on iPhone and iPad, your Apple Contacts), and you can add birthdays in its apps. For birthdays you add in the app, it reminds you on your phone a week before and on the day. Notifications for other events can also come in the browser or by email.
Help with the message: Not listed

A good fit if: you already live in Google Calendar and want birthdays next to the rest of your schedule. Our guide: how to get birthday reminders in Google Calendar.

Price: Comes with Apple devices
Runs on: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and iCloud.com
Reminders: Repeat on the schedule you set, and you can create them with Siri. Apple Calendar can also show birthdays from your Contacts.
Help with the message: Not listed

A good fit if: you use Apple devices and are happy to set up each reminder yourself.

Greetigo is our app, so we list it last and hold it to the same rules.

Price: Free for up to 10 saved dates. Plus is $4.99/mo or $49.90/yr and Premium is $9.99/mo or $99.90/yr, with a 7-day free trial for first-time subscribers.
Runs on: Any web browser, plus an app for Mac. There is no iPhone or Android app.
Reminders: By email, on the days you choose for each date: the day before by default, or on the day, or 1, 3, 7 or 14 days before. The Mac app can also show Mac notifications. No text message (SMS) reminders.
Help with the message: Every birthday or anniversary reminder has a message already written for that person: a free template with their name, or on Plus and Premium, the AI-written draft you saved (AI drafts only after you allow them). Click Send to email it to them from Greetigo (2 a month on Free, 15 on Plus, 100 on Premium), or copy it. Nothing is sent on its own.
Getting dates in: Add them by hand, paste a list, or import a contacts (.vcf) or .ics calendar file or a CSV file.

A good fit if: you want an email before each date with the words ready. See the reminder email, or Greetigo next to each app, side by side.