# Birthday Countdown ‎

> The Happy Birthday App

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id417047728](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id417047728)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id417047728`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sevenlogics, Inc.
- **Category:** Lifestyle
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (2,133 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.6.6
- **Last updated:** 2024-08-15
- **First published:** 2011-03-04
- **Size:** 100 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-23
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/birthday-countdown/id417047728)
- **Website:** [https://www.sunflowr.com/](https://www.sunflowr.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.sunflowr.com/privacy](https://www.sunflowr.com/privacy)

## Description

Birthday Countdown is a Chrome extension that lets you count toward birthdays in style. It supports flexible countdown units (years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds, and even heartbeats), and lets you base photos on your library, Instagram, Facebook, or free photo collections. Customize the name, set reminders, attach a song, drag the countdown display, and personalize the font and colors. You can track birthdays or ages, manage multiple countdowns, and share countdowns across social platforms.

Upgrade to Premium for iOS widgets, a slideshow background, and an ad-free experience. Subscriptions are billed through the store and renew automatically unless canceled. Terms and Privacy links are included.

## Rankings

- #40,302 — Overall
- #35 — countdown

## Review summary

Users praise Birthday Countdown for reliable timing, easy management of many birthdays, rich customization, and convenient widgets/lock-screen access. The main drawbacks are premium gating for widgets, occasional widget glitches or setup issues, and some limitations in editing names or photos. Overall, it’s a long-standing, useful tool for remembering birthdays, with the strongest positives centered on accuracy and customization and the biggest friction around premium features for widgets.

### Pros

- Accurate countdown with days, hours and minutes and real-time updates.
- Easy to manage multiple birthdays in one place.
- Rich customization options including backgrounds, fonts and colors.
- Lock screen and home screen widgets for quick glance at upcoming birthdays.
- Long-term usability and reliance, with users returning year after year.

### Cons

- Widget features are premium-only, limiting access for free users.
- Widget setup can be glitchy or confusing, with issues like no countdown display or entries being deleted.
- Name/photo editing is limited or not easily adjustable within the app.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id417047728)