fastbackward vs Rembr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
fastbackward
Relive past memories with your photos. This app resurfaces pictures taken on this day in previous years, helping you recall significant life events and see your personal growth. It also displays photos on a map using EXIF data and can show random memories if no photos exist for the date.
- Resurfaces photos from previous years
- Displays photos on a map using EXIF data
- Excludes screenshots from memories
- On-device processing for privacy
- Shows random memories if no photos for the date
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Have you ever wondered what you were doing on this day last year? Or the year before? What about the year before that? With fastbackward you'll not only know, but have your photos to remind you, too. Taking photos is great, but looking at those photos is where the real fun begins. Your iPhone takes stunning photos but it needs fastbackward to surface the most important photos at the right time. Your iPhone is full of photos but they're a jumbled mess in the Photos app. What makes fastbackward so valuable is the way it surfaces photos you took today, but in years past. You'll see your kids growing up as well as any big life events that happened on this day, too. Didn't take a photo on this day? Fastbackward can show you a random memory instead. As well as showing you your photos and jogging your memory, fastbackward will also use your photos' EXIF data to plot where you took them on a map. You'll never wonder where you took your favourite landscape photo ever again. Features include: - The ability to exclude screenshots from your memories. - Privacy. Because your photos are hugely personal, fastbackward doesn't upload any of them to the internet. All of the processing is carried out on your device, right where it should be. - EXIF data used to display a map of where you took your photos.
Rembr
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Rembr is a small app that helps you remember days from previous years. The widget first looks for pictures from today's date from other years, and if it doesn't find any, it expands the search to this week. And if that doesn't work either, it expands the search to only the 10 pictures closest to today's date. The app itself does the same thing and allows you to get an overview of "This Day," "This Week," and "This Month." You can click on the pictures and share them as you wish. Rembr is the perfect app for those who want to reminisce and remember important moments from their past. With its intuitive design and easy-to-use interface, Rembr makes it simple to revisit special days from years gone by. Try it now and relive your precious memories!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Rembr at every 3 days against fastbackward's every 3 weeks. Rembr also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. fastbackward sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Rembr sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
fastbackward ships an update every 3 weeks, Rembr every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | fastbackward | Rembr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maximilian Krauss | Bror Brurberg |
In-app purchases
fastbackward
- fastbackward Pro$1.99
Rembr
- Liten kaffe$0.49
- Stor kaffe$1.99









