Comparison

iRemember vs VIDates (Very Important Dates)

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

Head to head
About

iRemember

Never forget a friend's birthday again. This app helps you track ages and sends timely reminders. A limited free version is available, with a full version offering more features.

Highlights
  • Track friend's ages
  • Birthday reminders
  • Import contacts
  • Limited free version
  • Full version available
Features
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You will always know how old are your friends and never forget to say them happy birthday. There are some restrictions in the light-version: - you may only import contacts from the device phone book; - you may not create new contacts and edit existing ones; - you may not schedule more then 10 notifications. Also full-version of the app with no restriction is available.

About

VIDates (Very Important Dates)

Never forget important dates again. This app helps you track birthdays, anniversaries, and other significant events for your contacts. Get timely reminders and stay connected with loved ones.

Highlights
  • Syncs with phone contacts
  • Dates without years supported
  • Chronological event sorting
  • Contact reminders
  • Zodiac and Chinese horoscope signs
  • Customizable reminders
  • In-app contact creation
Features
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Each person has a Very Important Dates (VIDates), which are of great importance in his life. The main such date - birthday. Schools, institutes graduation, children's or parents’ birthdays, for pet lovers - the birthday of the beloved pet and so on... Do you remember what emotions you felt when the person, whom you hadn’t seen for a long time, congratulated you with your Birthday? You are pleased, you are imbued with a greater warmth to this person. Congratulating people with their very important dates, you get their extra liking, trust and appreciation. VIDates will help you! App features: - Uses data from the contact list on your phone and sync your account - Dates for the events can be installed without the year (for example, "March 3") - Arranges events in a chronological order with the information about the contact, event name, date, anniversary, the number of days before the event - Allows you to contact the person in case of the contact information availability - Allows you to contact the person in the presence of contact information. - Allows you to turn on a reminder for each event. The reminder can be set for any time and any frequency (up to an hour). - Shown zodiac sign, symbols of the Chinese horoscope - When you install the notification takes notes in the "Reminder" For payed version: - Allows you to change the color of the interface - Keeps your recorded information about people directly in the application (for example, a newborn nephew birthday). - You can assign to contact an unlimited number of events - You can set the General reminder for all events. If "on" - automatically set to "One day before, at 12 o'clock." - It creates a separate calendar for events other than births of contacts from your address book. You can extend the app with in-app purchases: - "Contacts inside the app" - the Ability to create contacts directly in the app and save it inside the application (not in the "Contacts" of the device). - "General reminder" - the Ability to set a reminder on all events. Possibility of setting individual reminders remains. - "More events" - the Ability to assign a contact an unlimited number of different events. - "Custom colors" - the Ability to set custom colors for the interface. - "Disable advertising" - 6-month auto-renewable subscription to block advertising. Auto-renewable subscription means that: - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account upon purchase confirmation. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - iTunes Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. - You can turn off auto-renewal by going to iTunes Account settings after purchase. Please write what features you want to see in the app. Terms of use: http://vidates.ru/?page=terms

Screenshots

iRemember2 screens
VIDates (Very Important Dates)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: VIDates (Very Important Dates) at 41% against iRemember's 0%. VIDates (Very Important Dates) also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). iRemember's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. VIDates (Very Important Dates) sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per 6 months. iRemember asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iRemember ships an update every 4 months, VIDates (Very Important Dates) monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and August 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Β· 4 level
iRemember versus VIDates (Very Important Dates): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriRememberVIDates (Very Important Dates)
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews41.2% of reviews β€” better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly β€” better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported β€” betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS16.615.6 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size19 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGrigory KonovalovMaxim Pakhotin

Customer experience

iRemember

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

VIDates (Very Important Dates)

Written reviews34 reviews
Positive41.2%
Neutral8.8%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

iRemember

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

VIDates (Very Important Dates)

Subscriptions1
  • Disable advertising$2.496 Months
One-time4
  • More events$0.99
  • Own colors$0.99
  • General reminder$1.99
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  • Contacts inside the app$1.99

Questions

Is iRemember free?
iRemember is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VIDates (Very Important Dates) free?
VIDates (Very Important Dates) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do iRemember or VIDates (Very Important Dates) have ads?
Both iRemember and VIDates (Very Important Dates) show ads.
Which is updated more often, iRemember or VIDates (Very Important Dates)?
iRemember ships an update every 4 months, and VIDates (Very Important Dates) monthly. Most recently, iRemember was updated on August 29, 2026 and VIDates (Very Important Dates) on August 23, 2026.

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