Comparison

Reminder, Reminders with Voice vs PushBack Notifications

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

Head to head
About

Reminder, Reminders with Voice

Create custom reminders with personalized sounds, including your own voice or music. Schedule recurring events, set wake-up alarms, and add images for easy identification. Manage all your reminders in a convenient calendar view.

Highlights
  • Customizable voice and music notification sounds
  • Flexible recurring reminder scheduling
  • Wake-up alarm functionality
  • Add images to reminders
  • Auto-Snooze and Pre-Alarm options
  • Calendar view for all reminders
Features
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Reminders is a powerful and easy-to-use app that lets you set up all kinds of reminders. Record your own voice or pick a song from your music library and use it as your notification sound. It will play exactly when you need it. Reminders are fully configurable: Pre-Alarms, Auto-Snooze, Snooze, Reschedule, Custom Messages, Custom Sounds, Custom Images, Notes and More. Practically any type of reminder can be set. You can also create custom images with AI to make your reminders even more personal (Available on iOS 26 and later). Repeat throughout the day • Repeat every X minutes (Every 20 mins, Every 90 mins) • Repeat every X hours (Every hour, Every 4 hours) • Repeat at specific times (9:15, 10:30, 11:50) Daily • Repeat every X days (Every day, Every 3 days) Weekly • Repeat on selected days of the week (Repeat only on Mondays and Fridays) • Repeat on weekdays, weekends • Repeat every X weeks (Every week, Every 2 weeks) Monthly • Repeat on selected days of the month (Repeat on the 15th and the 30th) • Repeat every first Monday of the month • Repeat every last Friday of the month Yearly • Repeat every year (Birthdays, Anniversaries) Cycle • Repeat daily for 21 days and then take 7 days off (Birth Control) • Repeat for 3 consecutive days and then take 2 days off One-Time • Set a reminder at a specific date and time Wake-Up Alarm • Wake up at 8:00 on weekdays • Wake up at 9:00 on weekends Main Features • Easy to use for everyone • Use your own voice as the reminder sound. It will play at the scheduled time • Pick a song from your music library and set it as the reminder sound • The Auto-Snooze feature allows the alarm to repeat up to 5 times at regular intervals (e.g. 1 min, 10 mins, 30 mins) until you take action • Snooze a reminder or mark it as "Done" directly from the lock screen or notification banner • Pre-Alarms: Receive up to 5 notifications before the scheduled date • Add images or photos to each reminder for easy identification, or create custom images with AI (Available on iOS 26 and later) • Reschedule reminders to a new time and date in the future • It has a calendar to view all reminders by month • Easy one-tap option to turn individual reminders on or off • Option to pause all reminders when you don't want to be disturbed • Backup and restore reminders on the same device or multiple devices • More than 90 built-in images • 32 built-in alarm sounds General • Critical Alerts support • VoiceOver accessibility support • Dark Mode • Automatically adjusts to the font size selected on the device • Notifications are local. No internet connection required • App doesn't need to be open to receive notifications • Universal App, full native support for iPhone and iPad Free Version • In the free version you can only add up to 3 reminders • Full version with unlimited reminders is available as an In-App Purchase • One-Time payment. No monthly or annual fees

About

PushBack Notifications

Receive and interact with notifications directly from your iPhone. This API allows for actionable notifications with buttons and reply fields, enabling server and script interaction without opening the app. It supports synchronous responses and custom callback URLs for seamless integration.

Highlights
  • Actionable notifications with buttons
  • Reply textbox for direct input
  • Synchronous interaction with servers
  • Customizable response callbacks
  • Quick setup with curl
  • No registration required
  • Multi-user invites
Features
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Send Notifications Pushback lets you receive interactive notifications on your iPhone. A notification can have actions, such as buttons or a reply textbox, which allows you to interact with your servers, scripts, applications, etc., without even opening the app. Synchronous Interactions When you send a notification with our API, Pushback can keep the connection open, waiting for the user's interaction. Once they have hit a button, the response is delivered to your request, useful for quick prototypes or cron jobs. Response Callbacks Pushback can send responses from your notifications to a server via a callback URL. The responses can be customized to only send the data you are interested in. Quick Setup Install the app and use curl. That's it. Hassle free No registration required. Try it out and sign up later. Multiple Users Invite friends and coworkers to receive notications with a link. Contact Send questions or any issues to support@pushback.io Privacy Policy - https://pushback.io/privacy.html Terms of Use - https://pushback.io/terms-of-use/

Screenshots

Reminder, Reminders with Voice4 screens
PushBack Notifications4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Reminder, Reminders with Voice at 21K against PushBack Notifications's 5. Reminder, Reminders with Voice also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). PushBack Notifications's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 81%) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Reminder, Reminders with Voice sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PushBack Notifications sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $15.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Reminder, Reminders with Voice against 4.8 for PushBack Notifications. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reminder, Reminders with Voice has 21K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Reminder, Reminders with Voice's written reviews are positive against 100% of PushBack Notifications's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reminder, Reminders with Voice ships an update every 2 weeks, PushBack Notifications monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Reminder, Reminders with Voice versus PushBack Notifications: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReminder, Reminders with VoicePushBack Notifications
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (21K ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings21K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergio LiceaPlainIce LLC

Customer experience

Reminder, Reminders with Voice

All ratings20,706 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral3.4%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews659 reviews
Positive81.2%
Neutral6.4%
Negative12.4%

PushBack Notifications

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Reminder, Reminders with Voice

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Reminders not working when phone is locked
  • Reminder time adjusting incorrectly when changing time zones

Requested features

8 requests
  • Ability to edit reminder notes/messages individually
  • Option to sync with Google/Outlook calendars
  • Duplicate one-time reminders
  • More sound/tone options with longer duration
  • Widget support for quick access
Show 3 more
  • Ability to categorize reminders
  • Show upcoming tasks in iOS Calendar
  • Sync reminders across devices

PushBack Notifications

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Reminder, Reminders with Voice

One-time1
  • Full Version$2.99
1 purchases

PushBack Notifications

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited Messages$15.991 Year

Questions

Is Reminder, Reminders with Voice free?
Reminder, Reminders with Voice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PushBack Notifications free?
PushBack Notifications is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Reminder, Reminders with Voice or PushBack Notifications?
PushBack Notifications is rated higher. Reminder, Reminders with Voice averages 4.7 out of 5 from 21K ratings, while PushBack Notifications averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Reminder, Reminders with Voice or PushBack Notifications have ads?
Neither Reminder, Reminders with Voice nor PushBack Notifications shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reminder, Reminders with Voice or PushBack Notifications?
Reminder, Reminders with Voice ships an update every 2 weeks, and PushBack Notifications monthly. Most recently, Reminder, Reminders with Voice was updated on November 10, 2026 and PushBack Notifications on November 2, 2026.

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