Comparison

Self Reminder vs Punching

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Self Reminder

Record voice memos to set timely reminders for important tasks. This app allows you to use your own voice to create alerts, with options for different tones based on urgency. It acts as a personal voice assistant to help you remember crucial information.

Highlights
  • Record voice memos
  • Set timed reminders
  • Customizable urgency tones
  • Personal voice assistant
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Have you ever missed an important moment because you simply forgot? Self Reminder lets you record your own voice as a reminder, so when the time comes, you hear your own voice telling you what matters most. No more boring system beeps. No more misreading text notes. How it works: Tap Record, speak your reminder, set a date and time - done in seconds. Your original voice plays at the scheduled time, so you hear exactly what you needed to remember. Tap the notification to open the app and hear the full recording. What makes it different: Your voice, not a system sound - truly personal reminders. Built-in speech-to-text - every recording gets an auto-generated transcript. Beautiful iOS-native design with waveform visualization while recording. Organize by category: Reminder, Important, Emergency, Personal. Complete reminders and mark them done. One-tap shortcut notifications with custom audio. Supported Languages: English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Russian, Portuguese, Thai, Vietnamese. Perfect for quick voice reminders, shopping lists, appointment alerts, study sessions, business tasks, or any moment you'd rather speak than type. You are your own best voice reminder. Record it, save it, hear it. Millva.com

About

Punching

Features
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Turn the moment you hold into a moving sticker. Punching is a camera app that tears off whatever you see through the lens as a sticker. Line up the scene in the hole-puncher window in the middle of the screen and press and hold. You get a sticker that captures the short motion just before and after your press. If there’s a subject to cut out, like a person, a pet or an object, only that subject is cut out; if there isn’t, like a landscape, it’s punched out as a stamp with a perforated edge. Here’s what you can do Send from Messages and the keyboard Punched stickers appear in the sticker drawer in Messages, and once you turn on the Punching keyboard you can pick and paste them in other apps too. Moving stickers are sent moving. Copy and send in one tap Tap send right after punching, or touch and hold a sticker to copy it and paste it anywhere. Change the shape and motion any time Even after punching, you can switch between the cut-out and stamp shapes, and between motion and still. Your original photo is kept as it was. A look and a few words Choose a look from Original, Sepia, Black & White, Faded, Vivid and Cyan, and leave a short note on each sticker. The date and place you punched it are saved too. A sticker book for every theme Create books by theme and pick stickers book by book in Messages and the keyboard. Choose pages like kraft, grid, lined or parchment, and arrange the order however you like. Print real stickers Turn a book into a printable PDF with stamp-shaped cut lines and print it straight onto sticker paper. Import from Photos Turn photos you took earlier into stickers and add them to a book. All your stickers and photos are stored only on your device.

Screenshots

Self Reminder4 screens
Punching4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Punching at none against Self Reminder's shown. Punching also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Self Reminder ships an update every 5 months, Punching weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Self Reminder versus Punching: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSelf ReminderPunching
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCHI HAO CHIUhyunho lee

In-app purchases

None

Self Reminder

No in-app purchases

None

Punching

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Self Reminder free?
Self Reminder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Punching free?
Punching is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Self Reminder or Punching have ads?
Self Reminder shows ads; Punching does not.
Which is updated more often, Self Reminder or Punching?
Self Reminder ships an update every 5 months, and Punching weekly. Most recently, Self Reminder was updated on November 11, 2026 and Punching on November 6, 2026.

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