Comparison

Deadline Tracker vs Remainders

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

Head to head
About

Deadline Tracker

Stay on top of your tasks with a visual countdown timer and customizable widgets. Organize deadlines with tags, set repeating tasks, and receive timely reminders. Syncs across devices for seamless access.

Highlights
  • Customizable themes
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Deadline auto-repeat
  • iCloud Sync
  • Notification reminders
  • Tagging system
  • Sort and pin deadlines
Features
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- Customizable Themes: personalize the deadlines and choose your favorite style of design to make deadline tracking more intuitive and interesting. - Home and lock screen widgets: quickly view upcoming deadlines on your home and lock screens. Stay up to date on your progress without opening the app. - Deadline auto-repeat: Easily set up repeating deadlines for tasks that need to be completed on a regular basis. - iCloud Sync: Keep your deadlines synchronized across all your devices with iCloud. Easily access your deadlines wherever you are, switching seamlessly from iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro and Mac. - Notification reminders: Never forget an important deadline again. - Tagging System: Easily organize your deadlines with our powerful tagging system. Use tags to categorize and label tasks, and easily find and manage specific deadlines. - Sort and Pin System: Easily sort and prioritize tasks based on a variety of criteria such as date created, date edited, percent complete and time remaining. Pin important deadlines for quick access and viewing. Terms of Use (End User License Agreement): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Remainders

Track upcoming events with real-time countdowns, from years to seconds. Share these countdowns with others, add event-specific links and tasks, and personalize them with custom images. Stay informed with home screen widgets and receive timely notifications.

Highlights
  • Real-time countdowns
  • Collaborative sharing
  • Event links and URLs
  • Tasks and notes
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Customizable event images
  • Repeating event support
Features
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Remainders – Countdown Events Count down to every event—from years to seconds. Watch your upcoming moments approach in real time with beautiful, redesigned views. Remainders is the collaborative countdown app for vacations, birthdays, holidays, projects, and more. Countdown Sharing Share countdowns with friends, family, and teammates. Everyone sees updates instantly—stay organized and celebrate life’s biggest moments together. Event Links & URLs Attach website links with rich previews to events for quick access later. Tasks & Notes Add checklists to each event for packing, projects, or shopping. Mark tasks complete and take quick notes to remember key details. Widgets for Home & Lock Screen Stay up to date without opening the app with Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy mode widgets. Pin specific countdowns or automatically show your next event at a glance. Our colorful widget designs make your events stand out. Event Cover Images Personalize every countdown with your own photos or create unique AI-generated covers using Apple’s Image Playground. Repeating Events Never miss recurring events like birthdays or anniversaries. Notifications Set multiple time-sensitive notifications to remind you about upcoming events. Import from Calendar Quickly add events by importing them from your calendar. Spotlight Search Find any event on your device instantly using Spotlight Search. Archive Events Keep your history without clutter. Archive past events instead of deleting them so you can revisit them later. Optimized for Every Device Remainders runs natively on iPhone, iPad, and Vision Pro with full iCloud sync, keyboard shortcuts, and multitasking support. Do more than count down — plan, share, and celebrate every event with Remainders.

Screenshots

Deadline Tracker4 screens
Remainders4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Remainders at 76% against Deadline Tracker's 0%. Remainders also leads on ratings volume (169 vs 10) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Deadline Tracker's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Deadline Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Remainders sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Remainders holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Remainders has 169 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Deadline Tracker's written reviews are positive against 76% of Remainders's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deadline Tracker ships an update every 9 days, Remainders monthly. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Deadline Tracker versus Remainders: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeadline TrackerRemainders
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (10 ratings)4.7 (169 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews76.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10169 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision ProiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZIJIAN CHENFabricate LLC

Customer experience

Deadline Tracker

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Remainders

All ratings169 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral11.8%
Negative11.8%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Deadline Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month$1.991 Month
  • 1 Year7 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$9.99
3 purchases

Remainders

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Deadline Tracker free?
Deadline Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Remainders free?
Remainders is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Deadline Tracker or Remainders?
Remainders is rated higher. Deadline Tracker averages 4.5 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Remainders averages 4.7 from 169 ratings.
Do Deadline Tracker or Remainders have ads?
Neither Deadline Tracker nor Remainders shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Deadline Tracker or Remainders?
Deadline Tracker ships an update every 9 days, and Remainders monthly. Most recently, Deadline Tracker was updated on October 21, 2026 and Remainders on October 21, 2026.

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