Comparison

CalenDraw vs Remember

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

Head to head
About

CalenDraw

This app combines handwritten notes, drawings, and calendars in a single digital workspace. It allows for direct annotation on your calendar with a stylus, event management, and integration with other popular calendar and reminder services. Organize your thoughts and schedule visually.

Highlights
  • Handwritten notes and drawings on calendar
  • Color-coded scheduling
  • Drag and drop event rescheduling
  • Keyboard event entry
  • Calendar and reminder integration
  • Full-text search
  • Customizable widgets
Read full description

Transform your ideas into beautifully organized plans with CalenDraw, where creative expression meets efficient planning. Seamlessly blend handwritten notes, drawings, and calendars in one intuitive digital workspace. CalenDraw is your digital planner reimagined. Make Your Calendar Personal • Write and draw directly on your calendar with Apple Pencil • Color code your schedule to stay organized • Drag and drop events to reschedule • Enter events with keyboard using rich text when your Pencil isn't handy Seamless Integration • Import events from Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook • Sync with iCloud across iPhone, iPad, and Mac • Integrate with Apple Reminders • Get notifications on your iPhone, Apple Watch and Mac • Add widgets to your Home Screen for quick views Stay Organized • Create and manage multiple task lists • Check off completed tasks • Link journal entries to specific dates • Organize thoughts in separate notebooks • Switch between Month, Week, and Day views Power Features • Find anything instantly with full-text search across all your calendars, notes, and tasks • Keep your planning seamless by connecting your Apple Reminders • Save time by storing your favorite drawing tools and colors in the Pencil Case for quick access Perfect for: Students combining class schedules with study notes Professionals planning creative projects Anyone who loves to visualize their plans and ideas Visual thinkers and creative organizers Journal enthusiasts and planners Subscription Information: Payment will be charged to your iTunes account after the trial ends upon confirmation. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled 24-hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited upon purchasing a subscription. Terms of Service: https://www.databenice.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://www.databenice.com/privacy-policy

About

Remember

This app provides persistent reminders for important tasks, ensuring they are addressed until marked as complete. It allows quick capture of reminders via typing or voice and offers direct action from notifications. The design prioritizes privacy with no account, ads, or cloud storage.

Highlights
  • Persistent reminders
  • Voice and text input
  • Actionable notifications
  • Offline functionality
  • Private by design
Features
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Some reminders are too important to disappear after one notification. Remember is a quiet, focused reminder app built around one simple idea: when something really matters, choose Don’t Let Me Forget. Remember will follow up at a thoughtful cadence until you mark it done, while respecting overnight quiet hours. CAPTURE IN SECONDS Type or dictate what you need to remember, choose a time, and get on with your day. DON’T LET ME FORGET Turn on persistent reminders for the things you cannot afford to miss. DONE OR LATER Act directly from the notification. Mark it complete or move it later. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, advertising, analytics, or cloud database. Reminder data stays on your device. Remember is intentionally small: no projects, dashboards, points, or productivity theater. Just the things you asked not to forget.

Screenshots

CalenDraw4 screens
Remember1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Remember at none against CalenDraw's 5. Remember also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). CalenDraw's advantage is ratings volume (3.5K vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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. CalenDraw sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Remember asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Remember holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CalenDraw has 3.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CalenDraw ships an update every 2 weeks, Remember every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
CalenDraw versus Remember: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalenDrawRemember
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (3.5K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.5K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDataBeNice LLCmaxwell nelson

Customer experience

CalenDraw

All ratings2,941 ratings
Positive87.7%
Neutral4.3%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews309 reviews
Positive57.0%
Neutral16.5%
Negative26.5%

Remember

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

CalenDraw

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Reminders showing up on wrong dates
  • Calendar dates not aligning correctly
  • Inability to delete task lists
  • Keyboard getting stuck
  • Pencil drawing functionality not working

Requested features

5 requests
  • Separate pages for notebooks and task lists
  • Option to remove animations
  • Ability to import photos/images
  • Weekly and yearly calendar views
  • Handwriting-to-text conversion

Remember

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

CalenDraw

Subscriptions5
  • CalenDraw Pro3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Pro Access3 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • CalenDraw Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
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  • CalenDraw Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • CalenDraw Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Remember

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CalenDraw free?
CalenDraw is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Remember free?
Remember is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CalenDraw or Remember?
Remember is rated higher. CalenDraw averages 4.5 out of 5 from 3.5K ratings, while Remember averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do CalenDraw or Remember have ads?
Neither CalenDraw nor Remember shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CalenDraw or Remember?
CalenDraw ships an update every 2 weeks, and Remember every 3 days. Most recently, CalenDraw was updated on November 7, 2026 and Remember on October 31, 2026.

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