We help people celebrate for free.
Birthday Hunter is the #1 app for birthday freebies and deals in the United States. We track, verify, and organize over 1,000 birthday offers from restaurants, retailers, and brands, so you actually get the free stuff you're already owed on your birthday.
Nobody should pay for something a brand is already giving away free.
Birthdays are special. They're the one day a year that's actually about you, and almost every brand worth knowing about quietly has a free gift waiting for you on yours. The problem? Nobody tells you. Birthday Hunter exists to make it easy for anyone to celebrate, no matter their budget.
The honest origin: every major restaurant, coffee shop, and retailer has a birthday reward program, but there was no single place to find all of them. People were signing up for one brand at a time, missing half the offers, and forgetting about the ones they did sign up for.
In 2024, I started building Birthday Hunter solo. One person, one codebase, one mission: catalogue every real birthday freebie I could verify, then ship the apps to deliver them. Starbucks, Sephora, Chipotle, Dunkin', IHOP, Baskin-Robbins, Ulta, Red Robin, Denny's, and hundreds more. The promise was simple: if a deal is in the directory, it's real, it's active, and I've explained exactly what it takes to claim it.
In February 2025, Birthday Hunter went live publicly, iOS, Android, and the web directory all launched together. Today the platform tracks 1,000+ verified birthday freebies and pays out real cash through Venmo, Cash App, and PayPal, not in-app gift cards.
Birthdays are still the biggest payday, your birthday remains the single best day on Birthday Hunter , but the platform has grown into something larger: a full rewards app where members earn every day through a spin wheel, games, surveys, sponsored offers, raffles, and referrals. It all funnels into one B-Day Bucks balance, and members can cash out in real money or gift cards whenever they cross the $20 floor.
Every offer passes a 4-step verification before it goes live.
We take verification seriously because a stale or fake birthday deal wastes something you can't get back: your actual birthday.
1. We find the offer
Our deals team monitors official brand loyalty programs, press releases, and user reports daily. If a brand advertises a birthday perk anywhere publicly, we track it down.
2. We confirm it exists
We enroll in the brand's program directly and trigger the birthday reward flow so we can read the actual offer, not a secondhand description. We document the purchase requirement, signup lead time, and redemption window.
3. Real users spot-check
App users who redeem an offer rate it. When multiple users report an offer has changed or been discontinued, the deal is flagged within hours and reviewed by our team.
4. We re-verify every 90 days
High-volume offers are re-checked monthly; every other offer is re-checked at least quarterly. When a brand changes terms, the listing is updated within 7 days and saved-deal users are notified.
Spot a wrong or expired offer?
Email hello@birthdayhunter.com or tap "Report this deal" in the app. We investigate within 48 hours.
Principles we've committed to.
Free forever for users
Every birthday offer in the core directory is free to browse and claim. The apps are free to download. We will never charge users to find a deal.
Honest verification
If we haven't verified it, it doesn't go in the directory. If a brand pays us, it doesn't affect whether, or where, they appear in the core listings.
Delight over dark patterns
Birthdays should feel good. No subscription traps, no fake timers, no growth hacks at the user's expense. B-Day Bucks payouts go to Venmo, Cash App, or PayPal, no in-app-only gift cards.
One person built this.
Birthday Hunter is a solo project. No funding round, no growth team, no army of contractors, just one builder shipping every release.
Yaovi Kpoga
Founder & Solo Builder
Built Birthday Hunter alone, end-to-end. Started in 2024, launched the iOS, Android, and web apps in February 2025. Writes every line of code, verifies every deal, and ships every release. If you email support, you get me. I built this because birthdays are special, and I want everyone to be able to celebrate, easily and for free.
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Questions? Email hello@birthdayhunter.com.