Reminder vs Simple Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reminder
This app simplifies task management with quick and easy reminder creation. It offers flexible repeat intervals, customizable actions, and a home screen widget for at-a-glance viewing. Enjoy offline functionality and seamless integration with your calendar.
- Quick reminder creation
- Flexible repeat intervals
- Customizable reminder actions
- Home screen widget
- Calendar event import
- Offline notifications
- Backup and restore
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Beep Me: Simplify Your Life, Stay On Time! Tired of forgetting important tasks or appointments? Beep Me is the reminder app designed to help you manage your schedule effortlessly. Whether it’s setting a quick reminder or one that keeps nagging you until you act, Beep Me has you covered with just a couple of taps. Imagine this: You’re in a meeting and remember you promised to call Jack later. Quickly note “Call Jack” and set a reminder for 2:30 PM. Or, you’ve got a pizza in the oven and need a timer for 20 minutes? Beep Me makes it easy to set reminders in seconds without the hassle of complicated apps or calendar clutter. Key Features: ◆ Nagging Mode: Never miss a reminder again! Set how often and how many times Beep Me should nag you until you act. ◆ Quick Setup: Create reminders in seconds using either timer-style (e.g., “Remind me in 20 minutes”) or clock-style (e.g., “Remind me at 2:30 PM”). ◆ Repeat Reminders: Customize daily, weekly, monthly, or custom intervals to fit your schedule. ◆ Apple Watch Integration: View, snooze, or mark reminders as done straight from your wrist when a reminder pops up. ◆ Customizable Sounds & Widgets: Choose your preferred notification sounds and add widgets to your home screen for quick access to reminders. ◆ Beep Priority: Set High priority to break through Focus modes, or Urgent to sound alarms even in Silent mode. What Users Are Saying: ◆ "This app is a game-changer. The nagging reminders mean I never forget anything!" ◆ "Quick, intuitive, and exactly what I needed to stay on top of my tasks." Ready to stay on top of your schedule? Download Beep Me today and experience a life with fewer forgotten tasks and more peace of mind! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Simple Notes
A powerful yet simple note-taking application offering cross-device syncing, customizable themes, and robust security features. It allows users to set reminders, highlight text, and even save notes as images.
- Cross-device syncing (Dropbox/iCloud)
- Zoomable font sizes
- Searchable highlighted text
- Note reminders
- Password protection (AES 256-bit)
- Shake to undo/redo
- Customizable themes and fonts
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Simple, Clean and Easy to Use, Yet Powerful and Loaded with Features. Key Features: --------------------- - One universal app for all your IOS Devices. - Sync your notes with Dropbox and/or iCloud. - Zoom in or out on any note to get the ideal font size suitable for your vision. - Highlight words and search terms inside your notes. - Set reminders to your notes to read them later. - Save text as an image to your camera roll. - Use Password Protection with Advanced Encryption Standard (AES 256-bit) to secure data and to protect your notes from prying eyes. - Shake your device to undo or redo: delete, creating, editing, restoring and more. - 9 font styles with five font colors. - Sort your notes chronologically or alphabetically. - Choose from six different color themes to modify your notes to suit your taste. - The ability to AirPrint your notes. - Auto Paste: when you run the app it will save text that you copied (Text in the Clipboard) automatically as a note. - Night Mode that makes reading in the dark easier on your eyes. - And much more..
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Reminder at 4.6 against Simple Notes's 4.0. Reminder also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (365 vs 39). Simple Notes's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $9.99) and device support (4 vs 2). On review sentiment, 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
Reminder costs $9.99 and Simple Notes $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Reminder holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reminder has 365 ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Reminder's written reviews are positive against 82% of Simple Notes's.
Reminder ships an update weekly, Simple Notes every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reminder | Simple Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (365 ratings) — better | 4.0 (39 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.3% of reviews — better | 82.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 365 — better | 39 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yaniv Kalsky | Sadah Software Solutions, LLC |
Customer experience
Reminder
Simple Notes
Bugs and requests
Reminder
Reported bugs
3 issues- Reminders not syncing across devices
- Alarm not working after iOS updates
- Interface issues after recent update
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to send reminders via email
- Option to use custom ringtones
- Landscape mode support
- More repeat interval options (e.g. every 2-3 days)
Simple Notes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Reminder
No in-app purchases
Simple Notes
No in-app purchases









