Comparison

Reminder, simple & useful vs Linger

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

Head to head
About

Reminder, simple & useful

Set reminders quickly and easily with minimal steps. Supports one-time and recurring tasks, with options for quick entry and customizable sounds. Advanced features include image reminders and widgets.

Highlights
  • Quick one-time reminders
  • Recurring task management
  • Favorite reminders for one-tap entry
  • Emoji-based reminders
  • Customizable sound library
  • Advanced features like image reminders and widgets
Features
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Sometimes you need to set a reminder QUICKLY AND SIMPLY. With minimal steps. Just the text (sometimes without it) and the time. And when the reminder comes, it's just as easy to complete or postpone the task for 15 minutes, an hour, or until tomorrow... Sometimes it seems like that's all you need almost always. Quickly and conveniently set one-time reminders and don't forget about recurring tasks (drink water, exercise, healthy habits, medication). Set your favorite reminders for quick entry with one tap (boil an egg, run a bath, etc.). The first app where entering a reminder requires no text at all. Funny emojis will automatically appear at the right time. (Text and notes for reminders are included, of course, for those who are not lazy.) A sound library and 2 volume levels: loud - for everyone around, quiet - for introverts with a poor memory (like me))). Plus a secret "silent" option, just vibration—just as you requested, James. Advanced features: additional reminder repetitions, reminders with images, a large widget with a reminder list, a countdown widget, and more. If anyone can think of a better and more convenient way to make this, please email me at vtezin@gmail.com

About

Linger

This app places reminders directly on your lock screen, ensuring they remain visible until completed. It uses natural language processing to understand scheduling and allows for quick completion with a simple swipe. Track your progress with visual streaks and archive past reminders.

Highlights
  • Persistent lock screen reminder cards
  • Natural language reminder scheduling
  • One-gesture completion
  • Habit streak tracking
  • Reminder archiving
  • Home screen widget
  • Customizable colors and dark mode
Features
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Reminders that don't go away. Every reminder gets its own card on your Lock Screen, and it stays there until you deal with it. No badge to miss, no list you have to remember to open. Swipe the card away and it's done. If you have ever closed a reminders app and forgotten the reminder existed, Linger is built for exactly that. WRITE IT THE WAY YOU'D SAY IT Type "water the plants every Tuesday at 8am" and Linger reads the schedule out of the sentence. It shows you what it understood, so nothing gets silently misread. Every repeat you'd actually want is there — daily, weekdays, every Tuesday and Thursday, the 1st of the month — without a form to fill in. FINISHING IS ONE GESTURE Swipe the card off your Lock Screen and the reminder is complete. A repeat rolls forward to its next date on its own. You never have to open the app at all. SEE WHAT IT ADDS UP TO Every reminder keeps a grid of each day you ticked it off — months of it, readable at a glance. Streaks count themselves. It's the difference between thinking you've kept something up and knowing you have. PUT SOMETHING DOWN WITHOUT LOSING IT Archive takes a reminder off your Lock Screen and out of the list, and keeps its whole history. Bring it back whenever you like and the grid comes back with it. Something archived in March and restored in August returns on its next real date, not five months overdue. YOUR REMINDERS NEVER LEAVE YOUR PHONE No account. No sign-up. No ads, no analytics, no tracking of any kind. What you write is a file on your device and nowhere else — there is no copy of it on any server, ours included. ALSO • A Home Screen widget, so it's there before you unlock • Fourteen colours, so a glance tells you which is which • Dark mode, lit properly rather than dimmed • A backstop notification, so a reminder can never quietly vanish FREE, AND WHAT PLUS ADDS Linger is free to use, with one reminder on your Lock Screen at a time. Linger Plus lifts that limit — keep as many as you like, each on its own card — and is a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-off lifetime purchase. The yearly plan starts with seven days free: the whole app, nothing held back. We'll remind you the day before the trial ends, so it can't turn into a charge you didn't expect. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Linger Plus is available as a monthly subscription and a yearly subscription, both auto-renewing, and as a one-time lifetime purchase that never renews. The price in your local currency is shown on the purchase screen before anything is charged. A subscription renews at the end of each period unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before that period ends. You can turn it off at any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://spicelabs.app/linger/privacy/

Screenshots

Reminder, simple & useful4 screens
Linger4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Linger at every 2 days against Reminder, simple & useful's every 3 weeks. Linger also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 84%). Reminder, simple & useful's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Reminder, simple & useful sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Linger sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Linger holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reminder, simple & useful has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Reminder, simple & useful's written reviews are positive against 100% of Linger's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reminder, simple & useful ships an update every 3 weeks, Linger every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Reminder, simple & useful versus Linger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReminder, simple & usefulLinger
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (17 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVladimir TezinNeel Chary

Customer experience

Reminder, simple & useful

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive84.1%
Neutral1.6%
Negative14.3%

Linger

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Reminder, simple & useful

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Annually7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time6
  • Thanks for author$0.99
  • Widget+$0.99
  • Live Activity$0.99
Show 3 more
  • Quick Reminders +$0.99
  • Reminders+$0.99
  • Reminder Premium Lifetime$17.99
3 purchases

Linger

Subscriptions2
  • Linger Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Linger Plus Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Linger Plus Lifetime$44.99

Questions

Is Reminder, simple & useful free?
Reminder, simple & useful is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Linger free?
Linger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Reminder, simple & useful or Linger?
Linger is rated higher. Reminder, simple & useful averages 4.8 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Linger averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Reminder, simple & useful or Linger have ads?
Neither Reminder, simple & useful nor Linger shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reminder, simple & useful or Linger?
Reminder, simple & useful ships an update every 3 weeks, and Linger every 2 days. Most recently, Reminder, simple & useful was updated on November 7, 2026 and Linger on October 31, 2026.

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