Candle: Birthday Reminder

A free, private iPhone app that quietly remembers the birthdays that matter. No accounts, no ads, and no guilt. Just the people you love.

Candle is a free iPhone app that quietly remembers the birthdays that matter, then gently taps you on the shoulder in time to do something about them. No accounts, no ads, and no guilt.

Most birthday apps are really just to-do lists wearing a party hat: a wall of 100 names and a nagging red badge that turns a happy occasion into homework. Candle acts as an external memory that holds every detail and stays silent until the moment it's useful. Send a gift that will arrive in time or get a reminder to send that "happy birthday" text.

How It Stays Calm

A Breathable Home Screen: See birthdays for today, this week, next week, and later this month. A birthday six months away stays tucked away until it's actually close. When nothing is coming up, Candle simply says "Nothing needs you right now."

One Tap to Start Full: Candle pulls in every birthday already saved in your contacts. It only pulls contacts with birthdays, so your favorite pizza place stays out of it.

Two Gentle Nudges: You receive one heads-up a week before (enough time for a gift or card to arrive) and one on the day, with a one-tap "send a text" button. There is no red anywhere, and no badges.

Sparks: See a perfect gift in a shop window? Capture it in five seconds as a photo, link, note, or voice memo, without deciding who it's for right away.

The Gift Vault: Keep track of what you gave last year, and fold your saved ideas neatly away until you need them.

Private by Design, Free by Choice

There is no account and no sign-up. Everything lives in your own iCloud, syncing privately across your devices. Nothing is uploaded, sold, or tracked, and the app stays completely free.