Your bias's birthday matters as much as a family birthday. But the dates that matter in fandom don't stop there: the debut date, the day the group formed, the day a member joined, your first concert, and the days left until the next one. DayList is an app for managing people's birthdays and anniversaries — and everything it does works just as well for fandom.
Fandom has more dates than you think
Even with a single bias, there are plenty of dates to keep track of: their birthday, the debut date, the group's formation date, the day they joined, your first concert, the release of the first single. If you stan a whole group, you have a birthday for every member, and someone's celebration seems to come around every month.
Keep those in a calendar app or a notes app and, sooner or later, "wait, the birthday is tomorrow?" happens. Realizing on the day itself is too late for the cake order, the fan project, or the post you meant to write. Fandom dates aren't for memorizing. They're for getting notified about.
Choose “Birthday” for your bias and “Anniversary” for the debut date
DayList has two kinds of entries: birthdays and anniversaries. Add your bias and choose Birthday to see their age and the days until their next birthday. Add the debut or formation date and choose Anniversary to see how many years it's been (which debut anniversary is coming) and the days until the next one.
- Birthday — add your bias and each member here. Shows age, star sign, and days until the next birthday
- Anniversary — use for the debut date, formation date, the day a member joined, your first concert, or the day you became a fan. Shows the anniversary count and days elapsed
Create a color-coded group for each artist and the list tells you at a glance whose day it is. Family and friends can live in the same app without getting mixed up — the color and the name keep them apart.
Start preparing the birthday celebration 7 days ahead
You can attach up to 5 notifications to a single birthday. The real problem with a fan celebration isn't noticing on the day; it's running out of time to prepare. So split the reminders by stage.
- 7 days before — order the cake or flowers, check the goods for your display, book the birthday café
- 1 day before (24 hours) — write the post and pick the photos
- Midnight on the day — a notification set to a specific time, so you can post the moment the date changes
- Morning of the day — photograph your display, check the time of the live stream or event
Timings run from 1 hour, 3 hours, 12 hours, and 24 hours before to 7, 14, and 30 days before — and you can also set an exact date and time. That's the one to use for "midnight on the birthday" or "10 minutes before tickets go on sale".
Celebrate day 1,000 since debut, or day 100 since you became a fan
Notifications aren't limited to the same date every year. You can also be notified on day N since an anniversary. Day 100, day 500, and day 1,000 are presets, and you can enter any number of days you like.
Day 1,000 since debut, day 3,000 since the group formed, day 100 since you became a fan. These milestones fall outside the yearly cycle and are easy to miss — unless they're in your notifications. The elapsed days are shown on the detail screen too, so "how many days since debut is it today?" is always one tap away.
Count down to the concert from your Home Screen
The list shows the days remaining until each date. Add the concert or event day as an anniversary and the countdown is always in view. With Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets (Premium), you don't even need to open the app.
Share a whole group with fellow fans
Typing in every member's birthday and the debut date is a project in itself. DayList lets you share an entire group. Send a share link or a share code, and the recipient adds the whole group to their own list.
One person builds the group; everyone else in the fandom just imports it. Creating and importing are both free. When you all have the same list, there's no more "did you know it's their birthday today?"
Keep a record of what you did last year
The gift log isn't only for family presents. The flower stand you sent for the birthday, the fan-funded ad you joined, the fan letter you wrote, the cake you bought — log it per person and next year you won't have to wonder what you did last time.
How to set it up
- Add your bias and choose Birthday (one entry per member if there are several)
- Add the debut date, formation date, and similar dates and choose Anniversary
- Create a group, pick a color, and put the artist's dates in it
- On the birthday's detail screen, turn on notifications and add reminders such as "7 days before", "24 hours before", and "midnight on the day (specific time)" — up to 5
- On the debut date, add a day-N reminder such as day 1,000
- If you have fellow fans, send them the group's share link
On the free plan you can turn on notifications for up to 3 people; the Premium plan has no limit. If you stan a group and want reminders for every member, Premium is the better fit.
Summary
Fandom dates come in many kinds — birthdays, debut dates, concert days — and they take time to prepare for. Choose Birthday for your bias and Anniversary for the debut date, use reminders 7 days before and at midnight on the day, a day-1,000 reminder, and group sharing with fellow fans, and the night-before panic is over. With DayList, be ready for your bias's day before it arrives.