Comparison

JournalReminders vs Take Back Time Best Practices

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

Head to head

JournalReminders

Reminders with a timer

Free

📊 Productivity

No ratingsView app →

Take Back Time Best Practices

Productivity Best Practices

Free

📊 Productivity

No ratingsView app →

About

JournalReminders

This app combines a to-do list with journaling features. It syncs with your device's reminders, offers smart delay options, and allows you to write and review journal entries. "On This Day" helps you revisit past experiences.

Highlights

Syncs with Reminders app
Smart Delay for reminders
Journal entry creation
Review completed reminders
"On This Day" feature
Calendar event integration

Features

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To-do list app with timer. Reminders tab • Syncs with Reminders app. (Required.) • Favorites for quick reminder creation. • Smart Delay scatters reminders throughout today or a month. Write tab • Write journal entries. Review tab • Review today's completed reminders before saving to journal. Read tab • Read journal entries. • "On This Day" shows past entries from the same date. See where you spent time. Settings tab • Copy Calendar events to Reminders. Support: vibecoder.company@gmail.com

About

Take Back Time Best Practices

Features

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This app is your one place stop for best practices around time management and productivity to boost your profits in business and in life. We have carefully selected from the best experts in their space to provide you with best practices to be more motivated, more strategic, more disciplined, more structured to get BETTER RESULTS FASTER

Screenshots

JournalReminders4 screens

Take Back Time Best Practices4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: JournalReminders at none against Take Back Time Best Practices's shown. JournalReminders also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). Take Back Time Best Practices's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.1). On price, in-app purchases 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

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

JournalReminders ships an update every 2 weeks, Take Back Time Best Practices every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level

JournalReminders versus Take Back Time Best Practices: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	JournalReminders	Take Back Time Best Practices
Price	Free	Free
Positive reviews	50.0% of reviews	—
Update frequency	Every 2 weeks — better	Every 4 months
Ads	No — better	Yes
In-app purchases	No	No
Monetization	Free	—
Devices	iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch	iPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS	18.1	15.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size	15 MB	28 MB
Age rating	+4	17+
Developer	Seung-Un Ham	Penny Zenker

In-app purchases

None

JournalReminders

No in-app purchases

None

Take Back Time Best Practices

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is JournalReminders free?

JournalReminders is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is Take Back Time Best Practices free?

Take Back Time Best Practices is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do JournalReminders or Take Back Time Best Practices have ads?

Take Back Time Best Practices shows ads; JournalReminders does not.

Which is updated more often, JournalReminders or Take Back Time Best Practices?

JournalReminders ships an update every 2 weeks, and Take Back Time Best Practices every 4 months. Most recently, JournalReminders was updated on October 7, 2026 and Take Back Time Best Practices on October 25, 2026.