Remindful vs Brightway
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Remindful
This app provides a customizable bell timer with various real bell sounds and a vibrate-only mode for silent operation. Set configurable reminder intervals with optional repeats and personalize your experience with different background images.
- Multiple real bell sounds
- Vibrate-only mode
- Customizable reminder message
- Configurable reminder interval
- Optional repeat function
- Background image options
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A bell timer with: - several real bell sounds to choose from - vibrate-only mode for silent operation - customizable reminder message - configurable reminder interval with optional repeat - several background image options
Brightway
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Private, cross-platform, Brightway is uniquely designed both to keep track of your life and improve your mental wellbeing. WHAT MAKES BRIGHTWAY UNIQUE 1. Science-Based Brightway is the first journaling app based on the principles of integrative psychotherapy. It was created in collaboration with Dr Vlad Beliavsky – a mental health expert and author of The Pyramid Mind – to create not only a great journaling experience but help you with improving your mental wellbeing. 2. Life Review Framework Brightway contains a unique guided framework to do monthly and annual reviews. It is designed to help you reflect on your past month and year so that you can learn, find peace, and grow. TOP WAYS TO USE THE APP • Note taking (to organise ideas, create to-do lists) • Personal diary (to record private moments, safeguard your memories, keep track of your life) • Gratitude journal (to keep a gratitude list) • Travel journal (to keep track of the places you’ve ever been) • Mood tracker (to capture your feelings, track your mood or pour your feelings in a private and secure space) • Self-improvement journal (to analyse your thoughts, learn from your lowlights, identify and celebrate your highlights) FEATURES Preserve every moment • Unlimited journal entries • Attach photos, location, time • Text editing Learn • Monthly reviews to reflect on the past month • Annual reviews to summarise the whole year • Detailed statistics to gain insight from your entries Search & Organize • Templates to make your journaling easy and consistent • Tags to divide entries by type • Find entries by keywords • Filter entries by date, location, etc. • View your entries in timeline, calendar, world map, photo gallery Backup & Sync • Automatic backup to Google Drive or iCloud to keep your journal data safe • Access your entries on multiple devices • Export to JSON, TXT, DOCX, PDF to print or share your entries • Import data from other journaling apps. Customization • Beautiful wallpapers to personalize your diary layout • Dark mode to journal at night time • Multiple reminders to always remember to make a note
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Remindful at none against Brightway's 2. Remindful also leads on iOS requirement (10.1 vs 15.0). On price, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Brightway sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Remindful asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Remindful | Brightway |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (36 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sunship Productions | Vladyslav Bieliavskyi |
In-app purchases
Remindful
No in-app purchases
Brightway
- Premium subscription - Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Premium subscription - Annual7 Days trial$21.491 Year









