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24 alternatives to I built a Chrome extension–export Facebook birthdays to text reminders
A few years ago I bought the birthdays.app domain, and decided to make a birthday reminder app based only on text reminders—SMS in the US, WhatsApp outside the US. This year, I've focused on improving the app's importing options. Previously, it only supported adding friends manually or via text. Earlier in the year, I built a Google Calendar sync flow (using OAuth), and just recently, made a Chrome extension to import Facebook friends' birthdays. The flow is—install the extension, pull Facebook birthdays, select friends, then import to birthdays.app (using an import code from the web app).…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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I bought the birthdays.app domain a few years ago and decided to build a simple birthday app, just text message reminders. I had hacked together a duct-tape version for myself a couple years prior (using zapier + google sheets), and found it useful. It was a pain sifting through Facebook birthdays (90% irrelevant), and I found the text reminders simpler than a calendar. The app has been slowly growing since 2023, and is now up to 739 paying users (mostly on the $9/yr plan, with a few paying $3/yr). Earlier this year, I built a Google Calendar integration to automatically sync…
2025 · birthdays.app · its alternatives →
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So now you can finally delete your Facebook account
2019 · diaryemail.com · its alternatives →
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Export your Facebook birthdays so you can finally ditch FB
2021 · hbd.cool · its alternatives →
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Cute widget that keeps track of all upcoming birthdays
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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See your daily schedule and join meetings in one-click.
2021 · manganum.app · its alternatives →
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Birthday App▲142Take your friends birthdays and leave Facebook forever
2022 · birthday.app · its alternatives →
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Save to Facebook▲206Add any page to your Facebook Saved list (Chrome Extension)
2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Schedule meetings without leaving your inbox
2018 · calendly.com · its alternatives →
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BriefBook▲78Paste your availability in text format from your calendar
2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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Private notes to remember and search for FB friends
2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Allows exporting of birthdays from Snapchat to your calendar
2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Facebook Notes▲254Facebook launches a platform for writers and bloggers
2015 · about.fb.com · its alternatives →
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Text to Calendar▲184Easily create a calendar event from highlighted text
2024 · text-to-cal.com · its alternatives →
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Cloud Sync: Reminders across devices, plus email alerts.
2025 · bestreminderapp.com · its alternatives →
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Meeting reminders on WhatsApp for busy individuals
2021 · smo9.co.in · its alternatives →
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Never forget another birthday, get text reminders
2023 · giftopedia.app · its alternatives →
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Facebook Memos▲110Remember how you met your Facebook friends
2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Helping friends spend more time together In Real Life!
2019 · irl.com · its alternatives →
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