Cake: Birthday Reminders
Never miss
a birthday
again.
Cake: Birthday Reminders pulls birthdays from your contacts and gives you time to show up — with reminders days ahead, zodiac context, and a built-in card studio. Free, private, on your device.
Why Cake?
Your iPhone already tracks birthdays.
It just doesn't help you show up.
Calendar gives you a notification the morning of — then nothing. Cake: Birthday Reminders gives you days of lead time, conversation starters, and a way to send something personal.
Calendar & Contacts
- Birthday shows up the morning of
- One line among meetings and todos
- No context, no personality
- No way to send a card from it
Cake: Birthday Reminders
- Reminders days in advance
- Dedicated timeline, just birthdays
- Zodiac, birthstones, birthday twins
- Built-in card studio
Setup
Ready in under a minute.
Download
Free on the App Store. No account, no sign-up, no email required.
Sync contacts
One tap imports birthdays from your iPhone contacts. Permission is asked only when you need it.
That's it
Cake: Birthday Reminders handles the rest. You just show up.
Profiles
Everyone you care about,
all in one place.
Each person gets a profile card with a live countdown, quick actions, and small details that make you feel closer. Tap to call, message, or set a reminder. No feeds, no noise.
- Live countdown to the next birthday
- Quick actions — call, message, or remind in one tap
- Personal stats — heartbeats, breaths, days alive
Context
Know what to write
in the card.
Every birthday comes with context you can actually use — zodiac signs, birthstones, numerology, celebrity birthday twins, and this-day-in-history. Small details that make a message feel personal, not generic.
Card Studio
Send something
better than a text.
Build birthday cards with photos and templates right inside the app, then share them directly. Nine color themes make the whole experience feel like yours.
Privacy by design
Your data stays
on your phone.
Cake: Birthday Reminders keeps everything local — birthdays, photos, notes — right on your device. Your iCloud handles backup with Apple's end-to-end encryption. We chose this architecture because a birthday app shouldn't need a server.
Cake: Birthday Reminders is built by one independent developer. There are no investors to report to and no growth targets to chase — just a focused app that does one thing well.
Read the privacy policyQuestions
Everything you might
be wondering.
Is Cake free?
Yes. Cake: Birthday Reminders is free to download from the App Store. Optional cosmetic extras like color themes and card templates are available as in-app purchases.
Does Cake collect my data?
Cake: Birthday Reminders stores everything locally on your device — birthdays, photos, and notes all stay on your phone. The app doesn't use servers or analytics. The only cloud touchpoint is a single share counter stored in your personal iCloud, managed entirely by Apple.
Which iOS version does Cake support?
Cake: Birthday Reminders requires iOS 18 or later and is optimized for iOS 26.
Does Cake sync with my iPhone contacts?
Yes. Cake: Birthday Reminders imports birthdays from your iPhone Contacts in one tap. The sync is optional and only runs when you grant permission.
Can I share birthdays with someone else?
Yes. Cake: Birthday Reminders includes Nearby Share, which uses Apple's MultipeerConnectivity and end-to-end encryption to send birthdays directly to another device on your local network. Everything stays between you and the other person.
Why should I use Cake instead of Apple Calendar?
Calendar shows a birthday as one line on a busy day and notifies you the morning of. Cake: Birthday Reminders is purpose-built for birthdays: it reminds you days in advance so you have time to prepare, gives you conversation starters like zodiac signs and celebrity birthday twins, and includes a card studio so you can send something personal.
Who makes Cake?
Cake: Birthday Reminders is built by one independent developer under BYSN Apps. It exists because birthday reminders should be simple, private, and personal — and nothing else on iOS brings all three together.