Comparison

Remember The Milk vs Remember

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

Head to head
About

Remember The Milk

Capture your to-dos and get timely reminders through various channels like email, text, and mobile notifications. Organize tasks with priorities, due dates, and tags, and sync seamlessly across all your devices. Share lists and assign tasks to others for efficient collaboration.

Highlights
  • Capture to-dos and reminders
  • Sync across devices
  • Share lists and assign tasks
  • Organize with priorities and tags
  • Integrates with popular services
  • Smart Lists for saved searches
Features
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Remember The Milk is the smart to-do app for busy people. You'll never forget the milk (or anything else) again. • Get to-dos out of your head, and let the app remember for you • Get reminded via email, text, IM, Twitter, and mobile notifications • Share your lists and give tasks to others to get things done faster • Stay magically in sync on all of your devices • Organize the way you want to with priorities, due dates, repeats, lists, tags, and more • Search your tasks and notes, and save your favorite searches as Smart Lists • See tasks nearby and plan the best way to get things done • Integrates with Gmail, Google Calendar, Twitter, Evernote, and more • Used by millions worldwide to be more organized and productive --- "Remember The Milk is a veritable Swiss Army knife of to-do list management." - Lifehacker --- Get more done with Remember The Milk Pro! Remember The Milk is free to download and use. Purchase a Pro subscription in the app to unlock: • Subtasks - break your tasks down into smaller, more manageable pieces • Unlimited sharing - share your lists with others to get things done faster • Color your tags - make your lists both organized and colorful with tag colors • Advanced sorting - sort and group your tasks however you like • Get reminded - never forget a task with reminders on your mobile device • Badges and widgets - see your tasks at a glance and always know how many are due • Apple Watch app - add and review tasks with ease on your Apple Watch • Connect with IFTTT and Zapier - connect your Remember The Milk tasks with hundreds of other services • Sync with Microsoft Outlook - keep your tasks seamlessly in sync with Microsoft Outlook • Automate with MilkScript - write your own code to automate certain actions in Remember The Milk • Attach files to your tasks - connect to Dropbox or Google Drive to attach related files to any task • Unlimited storage - keep track of all your hard work with unlimited completed tasks • And more! --- Remember The Milk Pro subscriptions are $49.99 (USD) annually. Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the current subscription during the active subscription period. Manage your subscriptions in the iTunes Store after purchase. Remember The Milk Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: https://www.rememberthemilk.com/privacy https://www.rememberthemilk.com/terms

About

Remember

This app provides persistent reminders for important tasks, ensuring they are addressed until marked as complete. It allows quick capture of reminders via typing or voice and offers direct action from notifications. The design prioritizes privacy with no account, ads, or cloud storage.

Highlights
  • Persistent reminders
  • Voice and text input
  • Actionable notifications
  • Offline functionality
  • Private by design
Features
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Some reminders are too important to disappear after one notification. Remember is a quiet, focused reminder app built around one simple idea: when something really matters, choose Don’t Let Me Forget. Remember will follow up at a thoughtful cadence until you mark it done, while respecting overnight quiet hours. CAPTURE IN SECONDS Type or dictate what you need to remember, choose a time, and get on with your day. DON’T LET ME FORGET Turn on persistent reminders for the things you cannot afford to miss. DONE OR LATER Act directly from the notification. Mark it complete or move it later. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, advertising, analytics, or cloud database. Reminder data stays on your device. Remember is intentionally small: no projects, dashboards, points, or productivity theater. Just the things you asked not to forget.

Screenshots

Remember The Milk4 screens
Remember1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Remember at none against Remember The Milk's 1. Remember also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Remember The Milk's advantage is ratings volume (4.8K vs 1) and device support (4 vs 1). On price 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

Both are free to download. Remember The Milk sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $49.99 per year. Remember asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Remember holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Remember The Milk has 4.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Remember The Milk ships an update every 2 months, Remember every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Remember The Milk versus Remember: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemember The MilkRemember
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4.8K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings4.8K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRemember The Milkmaxwell nelson

Customer experience

Remember The Milk

All ratings4,818 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral2.8%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews1,445 reviews
Positive85.3%
Neutral4.9%
Negative9.8%

Remember

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Remember The Milk

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Tasks disappearing after time zone changes
  • Drag and drop functionality not working as expected
  • Unreliable push notifications

Requested features

5 requests
  • Calendar view integration
  • Improved time zone support
  • Bulk editing and management of tasks
  • Customizable notifications and reminders
  • Better sharing and collaboration options

Remember

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Remember The Milk

Subscriptions1
  • Remember The Milk Pro$49.991 Year
None

Remember

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Remember The Milk free?
Remember The Milk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Remember free?
Remember is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Remember The Milk or Remember?
Remember is rated higher. Remember The Milk averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4.8K ratings, while Remember averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Remember The Milk or Remember have ads?
Neither Remember The Milk nor Remember shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Remember The Milk or Remember?
Remember The Milk ships an update every 2 months, and Remember every 3 days. Most recently, Remember The Milk was updated on October 31, 2026 and Remember on October 14, 2026.

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