Comparison

BetterReminders vs Remindfully

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

Head to head
About

BetterReminders

Never miss an important event with this voice-narrated reminder app. Set up reminders in seconds with an easy interface and receive spoken alerts even when your device is locked. Mark tasks as complete to automatically cancel alarms.

Highlights
  • Voice-narrated alarms
  • Easy reminder setup
  • Automatic alarm cancellation
  • Unlimited one-time reminders
  • Unlimited repeating reminders
  • Dark Mode support
Features
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Tired of missing calendar notifications? BetterReminders is the app for you! BetterReminders is a reminders app which provides voice-narrated alarms that tell you exactly which event is coming up -- all without picking up your device! Our easy-to-navigate user interface allows you to set up a reminder in seconds! How it works: Type in a reminder, pick a time, and you’re all set! It’s hassle-free -- no need to record or find audio files -- BetterReminders will handle everything! When it's time to remind you, BetterReminders will ring first, then read out your reminder to let you know which event is coming up. Finished a task early? Mark a reminder as “completed” and the alarm will automatically cancel! BetterReminders supports unlimited one-time and repeating reminders! Notes • Audio will play for up to 30 seconds if your phone is locked and up to 5 seconds if your phone is unlocked. • Supports 7 unique ringtones. • Supports Dark Mode. • Optimized for both iPhone and iPad.

About

Remindfully

This app consolidates your Apple Reminders into a single daily digest, reducing notification overload. It intelligently handles urgent tasks and missed recurring reminders, while keeping your existing workflow intact.

Highlights
  • Daily digest notification
  • Time-based interrupts
  • High-priority interrupts
  • Completion sync with Apple Reminders
  • Smart handling of missed reminders
  • Lock-screen card (Pro)
  • Per-list interrupt rules (Pro)
Features
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You already capture reminders the easy way — a quick "Hey Siri," a tap on your Watch, a line typed into Apple's Reminders. The problem isn't capturing them. It's the wall of notifications that follows. Remindfully sits quietly on top of Apple Reminders and changes one thing: how they reach you. Instead of a buzz for every item, you get one calm digest each morning — everything due today, in a single glance. The things that genuinely can't wait still interrupt, at the moment they matter. Everything else simply waits in the digest, where it belongs. Your reminders never move. Remindfully reads from Apple Reminders and writes your changes straight back, so Siri, your Watch, and the Reminders app all keep working exactly as before. Nothing to migrate. Nothing to rebuild. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT - One daily digest — a single summary notification each morning instead of a steady drip all day. - The important stuff still gets through — reminders set for a specific time can interrupt at that time, and anything you mark High Priority always breaks through, even when everything else is staying quiet. - Smarter about missed reminders than you'd expect — miss a daily reminder and Remindfully quietly rolls it to today. But miss a weekly or monthly one, and it stays clearly flagged, so a missed bill never disappears for three weeks. - Fix things without switching apps — create a reminder, correct a mistyped title or a wrong date, set or change a repeat, or delete something, all from inside Remindfully. Everything syncs straight to Apple Reminders. - A calm lock-screen card — see today's progress and what's next at a glance, check things off right from the lock screen, and glance at it on your Apple Watch. (Pro) - Per-list rules — let one list always interrupt while the rest stay in the digest. (Pro) FREE FOREVER - The daily digest, time-based interrupts, high-priority interrupts, completion sync, editing, and the full reminder mirror are free — no time limit. REMINDFULLY PRO — $4.99, ONE TIME - Unlock the lock-screen card and per-list interrupt rules with a single purchase. No subscription. Buy it once, keep it. - Remindfully requires access to Apple Reminders to read your items and mark them complete. It does not collect or transmit your reminders anywhere — everything stays on your device and in your own iCloud.

Screenshots

BetterReminders4 screens
Remindfully4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Remindfully at Free against BetterReminders's $0.99. Remindfully also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 weeks). BetterReminders's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On rating, ratings volume and ads 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

Remindfully is free to download; BetterReminders costs $0.99 up front. Remindfully sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BetterReminders asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BetterReminders against 5.0 for Remindfully. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BetterReminders ships an update every 6 weeks, Remindfully every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
BetterReminders versus Remindfully: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBetterRemindersRemindfully
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDerek LuanFogarty Holdings LLC

Customer experience

BetterReminders

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Remindfully

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BetterReminders

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Remindfully

One-time1
  • Remindfully Pro$4.99

Questions

Is BetterReminders free?
BetterReminders costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Remindfully free?
Remindfully is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BetterReminders or Remindfully?
BetterReminders and Remindfully are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do BetterReminders or Remindfully have ads?
Neither BetterReminders nor Remindfully shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BetterReminders or Remindfully?
BetterReminders ships an update every 6 weeks, and Remindfully every 3 days. Most recently, BetterReminders was updated on October 8, 2026 and Remindfully on October 13, 2026.

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