Comparison

Due vs Scratch

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

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About

Due

This app helps you remember everything you need to do with persistent, effective reminders. It offers fast setup and postponement options, natural language parsing for dates and times, and countdown timers. Keep your tasks in sync across devices and enjoy offline functionality with complete privacy.

Highlights
  • Persistent and effective reminders
  • Fast reminder setup and postponement
  • Natural date and time parsing
  • Countdown timers
  • Powerful recurring reminders
  • Sync across devices
  • Offline functionality and privacy
Features
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Due remembers all the things that you need so you don't have to. It reminds you again and again until you act, so it’s impossible to forget anything. And it's lightning-fast to set and postpone reminders, all thanks to a clever time picker and natural date parsing. KEY FEATURES 1. Persistent & Effective Auto Snooze* keeps nudging you about a missed reminder until you mark it done or reschedule it. Choose between every 1, 5, 10, 15, 30 and 60 minutes. 2. Impossible to Miss Some reminders can't wait. Use Critical Alerts to get through silent mode and Focus. Or use Prominent Alerts†, which ring like an alarm until you act. 3. Fast to Set, Fast to Postpone Keep the times you use most a tap away. Twelve Quick Access Times—all fully customizable—make setting or postponing reminders a piece of cake. 4. Just Type or Say It Type or say “Dentist 3p Thu” or “Meeting in 1h 20m”. Due spots the date, and one tap sets it. 5. Powerful Recurring Reminders From simple daily reminders to the every-3rd-Wednesday-of-the-month kind, Due keeps up with your routine. 6. Countdown Timers Not every reminder happens at a time of day. Some happen when the laundry cycle is done. That's what timers are for: precise to the second, with Auto Snooze too. Or just say “Hey Siri, start Laundry timer in Due”. 7. On Your Apple Watch Wear an Apple Watch? Due comes with you. Mark reminders done, snooze them, add new ones, start and stop timers—all from your wrist. It's a companion to Due on iPhone, so keep your iPhone nearby. 8. Widgets, Control Center & Shortcuts See what's coming up on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Start timers and add reminders from Control Center, and automate the rest with Shortcuts. 9. Everywhere You Are Your reminders and timers on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac‡, all kept in sync with iCloud or Dropbox. 10. No Account, Completely Private There's no account to sign up for. We don't store, and we can't access, your reminders and timers. And you don't need internet to receive reminders. 11. Accessible to Everyone Due follows the text size you set on your device, on every screen, and offers full VoiceOver support. It's also localized in 17 languages. * By default, auto snooze repeats 5 times, and can be configured to repeat up to 10 times. Due can auto snooze any overdue items indefinitely when you launch Due or act on any of its notifications. † Prominent Alerts require iOS 26 or later. ‡ Sync on Mac requires Due for Mac (sold separately). WHAT'S THAT IN-APP PURCHASE ABOUT? When you purchase Due today, you will have access to every feature in the app today—no further purchase required. You will also get every new feature released within a year of your purchase. The optional Due Upgrade Pass subscription gives you access to new features released after that first year. And here's the deal: Every feature that you have unlocked will remain available to you, forever—even if you stop subscribing. Even without a subscription, you'll always receive bug-fix and compatibility updates for free. These updates add support for the latest iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches, and keep Due working well on the latest versions of iOS, iPadOS and watchOS. Due has a pretty good track record with that. To illustrate: If you bought Due back in 2010 for your iPhone 3G running iOS 4, that very same app in 2026 is now optimized for iPhone 18 Pro Max running iOS 27. It even works on devices that didn't exist back then, such as the iPad Pro and the Apple Watch. TERMS & PRIVACY POLICY Our terms of use and privacy policy are available here: https://www.dueapp.com/terms.html COMPATIBILITY Due requires an iPhone or iPad running iOS 18 or later. The Apple Watch app requires watchOS 10 or later, and your paired iPhone nearby.

About

Scratch

A fast and simple note-taking app for capturing ideas, drafting messages, or saving temporary text. It automatically saves your work and offers advanced text correction using AI. Easily copy, paste, share, or clear your notes.

Highlights
  • Automatic saving of all notes
  • AI-powered spelling, grammar, and punctuation correction
  • One-tap text copying
  • Clipboard pasting
  • Sharing to other applications
  • Customizable appearance modes and colors
  • Adjustable text size and haptic feedback
Features
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Scratch es un espacio sencillo y rápido donde puedes escribir cualquier cosa justo cuando la necesitas. Úsala para apuntar una idea, preparar un mensaje, guardar un texto temporal o escribir algo que después quieras copiar y utilizar en otra aplicación. Todo lo que escribas se guarda automáticamente para que puedas volver más tarde sin perderlo. También puedes corregir la ortografía, la gramática y la puntuación de tus textos mediante Apple Intelligence. La corrección conserva el idioma, el significado y el tono original del contenido. Desde su barra de herramientas puedes: • Copiar el texto con un toque. • Pegar contenido desde el portapapeles. • Compartirlo con otras aplicaciones. • Borrar todo cuando quieras empezar de nuevo. Cuando aparece el teclado, la barra de herramientas se coloca automáticamente sobre él para que todas las acciones sigan estando siempre a mano. Además, Scratch permite personalizar el modo de apariencia, el color de la interfaz, el tamaño del texto y la respuesta háptica. Una aplicación directa, cuidada y sin distracciones para escribir, corregir y compartir.

Screenshots

Due4 screens
Scratch2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scratch at none against Due's 4. Scratch also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 weeks) and price ($1.99 vs $7.99). Due's advantage is ratings volume (2.8K vs 1) and chart position (#11 vs unranked). On ads and device support 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

Due costs $7.99 and Scratch $1.99 up front. Due sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Scratch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scratch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Due has 2.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Due's written reviews are positive against 100% of Scratch's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Due ships an update every 4 weeks, Scratch every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Due versus Scratch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDueScratch
Price$7.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.7 (2.8K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.8K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#11 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDue Apps LLPFran Besora Malo

Customer experience

Due

All ratings2,801 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral2.4%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews784 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral6.0%
Negative11.6%

Scratch

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Due

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Reminders not triggering on Apple Watch
  • Completed reminders not clearing from all devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Location-based reminders
  • Integration with calendar apps
  • Ability to set reminders for specific time ranges
  • Custom reminder sounds
  • Backup and restore functionality

Scratch

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Due

Subscriptions1
  • Annual Upgrade Pass (Mobile)$4.991 Year
One-time3
  • Kind Tip$3.00
  • Generous Tip$5.00
  • Wonderful Tip$10.00
None

Scratch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Due free?
Due costs $7.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Scratch free?
Scratch costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Due or Scratch?
Scratch is rated higher. Due averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.8K ratings, while Scratch averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Due or Scratch have ads?
Neither Due nor Scratch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Due or Scratch?
Due ships an update every 4 weeks, and Scratch every 2 days. Most recently, Due was updated on October 20, 2026 and Scratch on October 12, 2026.

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