Birthday reminders with a heads-up for gifts

Yes. Buzzley has a Birthdays tab: add a name and a date, say whether you know the year, and pick the time of day you want to be reminded. It then reminds you every year, shows how old the person turns, and you can add an early warning the day before so there is still time to buy a card.

Add a birthday or anniversary

1. Open the Birthdays tab and tap Add birthday, or tap the add button on the home screen and choose Birthday or anniversary.
2. Under Name, enter who it is for.
3. Under Type, choose Birthday or Anniversary.
4. Set the Date. If you know the year, turn on I know the year: the list and the notification then show the age, such as "Anna turns 40 today", or the number of years for an anniversary.
5. Under Remind me at, pick the time on the day. It starts at 9:00.
6. Save. Buzzley names the reminder for you, as "Anna's birthday" or "Anna's anniversary".

The Birthdays tab lists everyone with a countdown: Today, Tomorrow, or "In 12 days".

Birthdays on 29 February

A birthday on 29 February rings on 28 February in years without a 29th, and on the 29th in leap years.

Get a heads-up before the day

A reminder on the day itself is too late for a present that has to arrive by post. Add an early warning:

1. Open the birthday you saved and tap More options (the settings icon at the top). This opens the full reminder editor for that birthday.
2. Open Early warning and pick up to three heads-ups. The longest is 1 day before; there are also 2 hours, 1 hour and shorter ones.
3. Save.

The early warning arrives as its own notification, such as "In 1 day: Anna's birthday".

For a longer lead time, such as a week to order a gift, add a separate yearly reminder: create a reminder a week before the birthday, set Repeat to Every year, and title it "Order Anna's present".

Choose how it gets your attention

Under More options you can also change the Notification style. Most people leave birthdays as Simple, a normal notification. If you keep missing them, pick Alarm: on Android it rings through silent mode and Do Not Disturb, and on iPhone it rings through silent mode with iOS 26 or later.

Share birthdays with the family

In a Buzzley sharing group, set the birthday's Visibility to All devices and it shows on everyone's phone, so one person enters Grandma's birthday and everyone is reminded. The family reminders page explains how a group shares one plan.

To make sure someone does the card, set Who is it for? to that person and add yourself under If missed, tell. If they don't tap Done within the time you choose, from 15 minutes to 2 hours, you hear about it.

What it doesn't do

• No contacts import. Buzzley doesn't read birthdays from your phone's contacts or from Facebook. You add each one by hand, once.
• No gift lists or greeting cards. It reminds you. A checklist on the reminder (up to 50 items) can hold gift ideas if you like.
• No calendar sync in. Birthdays already in Google Calendar stay there. Buzzley can send its own reminders out to a calendar through its private calendar feed, but it doesn't import yours.

Common questions

Can I add an anniversary that started in a known year?

Yes. Choose Anniversary under Type and turn on I know the year. The list then shows how many years it will be.

What if I don't know someone's birth year?

Leave I know the year off. The reminder still comes every year; it just doesn't show an age.

What does Buzzley cost?

There is no free plan. Try it for 7 days with no card, then Core is $2.99 a month or $24.99 a year. See all plans.

Birthdays are one kind of yearly reminder. For other repeating dates, see recurring reminders for chores, and for one-off dates with a heads-up, appointment reminders.