A Nudge vs Random Reminder App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
A Nudge
This app provides gentle reminders to take short breaks during your work sessions. It helps you maintain focus while ensuring you get moments of rest and relaxation. You can customize or postpone these prompts as needed.
- Random break reminders
- Customizable reminder intervals
- Cancel upcoming nudges
- Snooze alerts
- Promotes focus and relaxation
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A Nudge is an app that helps you focus on your work yet still take an occasional break. When you get A Nudge, stand up, get a drink, stretch, send a text, write a few chapters in your novel — whatever gives you a moment of peace. A nudge will happen within 25-50 minutes when you start a new one. You can cancel your upcoming nudge any time, or snooze it for a shorter random amount when it alerts you.
Random Reminder App
Create custom push notifications for random delivery throughout the day. Set multiple reminders with personalized messages and frequency. Control notification times and days to suit your schedule.
- Create custom push notifications
- Set multiple reminders per day
- Personalize notification messages
- Customize notification timing
- Select notification days
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Random Reminder App allows you to create custom push notifications that will be sent to you at random times of the day. - Write as many reminders as you want, and whatever you write shows up in your push notifications - Choose how many random reminder notifications you want to get per day PER EACH NOTIFICATION -> For example, you can choose to get a "Drink water" reminder 5 times per day, and a "Go for a walk" reminder 2 times per day - Customize when you'll get reminders throughout the day (so that you don't receive notifications when you're sleeping) - Choose which days of the week you'd like to get notifications Use it as a: -Random reminder app for drinking more water -Random reminder app for working out -Random reminder app for meditating -Random reminder app for taking a break from work -Random reminder app for going outside -Random reminder app for words of affirmation and positivity -Random reminder app for helping with anxiety or depression -Random reminder app for calling a friend or family member ...or for literally anything you need to be randomly reminded of throughout the day!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: A Nudge at none against Random Reminder App's 1. A Nudge also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months). Random Reminder App's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.5). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Random Reminder App sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. A Nudge asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for A Nudge against 3.6 for Random Reminder App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Random Reminder App has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of A Nudge's written reviews are positive against 55% of Random Reminder App's.
A Nudge ships an update every 5 days, Random Reminder App every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | A Nudge | Random Reminder App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 3.6 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 54.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nathan Birkholz | OneUp App LLC |
Customer experience
A Nudge
Random Reminder App
In-app purchases
A Nudge
No in-app purchases
Random Reminder App
- Lifetime Access$7.99
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