HiFutureSelf vs Hey Max
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HiFutureSelf
Send messages to your future self or friends, scheduled for delivery at a specific time. This app helps you remember important tasks, offer encouragement, or share memories.
- Schedule future messages
- Send messages to yourself
- Send messages to friends
- Add photos to messages
- Home screen widget
- Set repeating reminders
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Send messages to your future self! Write a note. Pick a moment: a date, a time, or a place. HiFutureSelf delivers it exactly when you need it. Your grocery list as you walk into the store. A pep talk before the gym. A quiet "breathe" as you step out the door. The simplest reminder app you'll ever use. And the most thoughtful. *Celebrating 16 years on the App Store!* WHAT YOU CAN SEND • A note to yourself tomorrow, next month, or ten years from now. • A voice memo recording for your future self. • A photo, a face, a moment, a memory to land at the right time. • A secret message to a friend. Surprise the people you love with a note that arrives exactly when they need it. WHEN IT ARRIVES IS UP TO YOU • Any future date and time, down to the minute. • The moment you arrive at or leave a place. • Hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or on the specific days you choose. • Pause anytime with a swipe. Resume the same way. BUILT TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY • 5 home screen widgets so your upcoming messages are always in view. • Light and dark mode, matched to your iOS theme automatically. • A library of motivational messages for the days the words won't come. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No ads. No tracking. No in-app purchases. No data collection. Your messages live on your device, with optional iCloud sync. Works fully offline. Download HiFutureSelf. Free. Start writing to the version of you who'll need it most.
Hey Max
An intelligent AI personal assistant that can chat, generate ideas, write emails, send messages, and make calls. It offers real-time visual analysis through your camera and remembers your preferences for a personalized experience.
- AI-powered chat and idea generation
- Email and message composition
- Voice and video calling
- Real-time visual analysis via camera
- Multilingual translation
- Personalized memory and assistance
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Meet Hey Max, your AI companion for everyday life. Talk naturally with Max, ask questions, get help, create, translate and use Max Vision to understand what’s around you. ENHANCED CALLS & MESSAGING Make voice and video calls with Hey Max contacts, send messages and easily see recent, incoming, outgoing and missed calls. MAX DESKTOP Turn ideas into reality. Max Desktop is a powerful workspace for iPad and desktop computers. Build apps and websites, create images and social content, write books, scripts and documents, and organize projects and files with Max helping you along the way. CREATOR MODE Create content, captions, images and projects with Max. MAX PORTAL Extend Hey Max to supported devices and stay connected with Max, friends and family. TRANSLATION & LANGUAGES Translate conversations, practice languages and communicate across language barriers. MAXINE A kid-focused experience for learning, homework, languages, creativity and projects with parental controls. Talk. Create. Learn. Communicate. Build. Just say, “Hey Max…” TERMS OF USE {EULA}: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: HiFutureSelf at 554 against Hey Max's 1. Hey Max's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hey Max holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HiFutureSelf has 554 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
HiFutureSelf ships an update every 2 weeks, Hey Max every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HiFutureSelf | Hey Max |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (554 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 554 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DBElement, LLC | stephen marlow |
Customer experience
HiFutureSelf
Hey Max
Bugs and requests
HiFutureSelf
Reported bugs
3 issues- Reminders not sending at the correct time
- Unexpected deletion of existing reminders
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Add more customization options for reminders (e.g., repeat on specific days, delayed notifications)
- Implement a search or sorting function for sent reminders
- Integrate with other productivity apps or calendars
- Add support for voice commands or voice reminders
- Provide more sound and notification options
Hey Max
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HiFutureSelf
No in-app purchases
Hey Max
No in-app purchases
