RingRemind vs Birth Control Ring Reminder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RingRemind
This app helps users manage their birth control ring schedule. It automatically creates calendar events for inserting and removing the ring, simplifying the process of remembering crucial dates.
- Schedule "Insert Ring" events
- Schedule "Remove Ring" events
- Automatic calendar event creation
- Customizable event titles and settings
- Simple user interface
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For those who uses birth control ring and is tired of having to remember when to insert/remove the ring. RingRemind provides a simple interface to schedule "Insert Ring" and "Remove Ring" events. All you have to do is select an "Insert" date and the repeating events will be added to your calendar. If you would like to customize the events' titles and settings, it can be done using the default Calendar app.
Birth Control Ring Reminder
This app provides precise reminders for contraceptive ring insertion and removal, ensuring method safety. It offers clear cycle information, customizable alarms, and discreet data management. Additional features like personalized notifications and calendar integration are available via subscription.
- Precise ring insertion/removal alarms
- 24-hour advance event announcement
- Customizable period duration
- Health notes and cycle history
- Ring stock low notifications
- Personalized app appearance
- Discreet, local data storage
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To keep this method of contraception reliable, it's very important to insert and remove the ring at exactly the scheduled times. Ring Reminder alerts you at precisely those moments and lets you know about every upcoming change 24 hours in advance. All of your data is handled discreetly and is available to you alone. What makes Ring Reminder special: • Clear, at-a-glance cycle details • Minute-accurate alerts for your ring change — plus an early reminder 24 hours before • Flexible cycle length: enter how long you want to wear the ring and how long your break should be (recommended: 21+7 days, or 28 days) • Health diary: record your mood, bleeding, how the ring is sitting and other symptoms — with room for a note of your own • History: a clearly structured overview of your cycles, including your notes, that you can manage at any time • Ring supply: get an automatic heads-up when you're running low on rings • Calendar: keep track of your current cycle as well as your past and upcoming ones • Personalization: shape the app the way you like it — upload your own background image or change the app color • Available in 19 languages • Discretion: your data never leaves your phone • Intuitive to use • Free to use, with no ads More features with the Ring Reminder PLUS subscription: • Extra notification: create your own notification with your own text and choose how many hours in advance you want to be reminded • Personalized/anonymized notifications: write your own wording to make notifications more personal — or to anonymize them and throw off anyone who happens to glance at your screen • iPhone calendar integration: sync your ring dates with the iPhone calendar and, if you like, have an iPhone calendar alert remind you as well • Export your history: save your history as a CSV spreadsheet or a PDF document and share it, for example with your doctor • Turn off notifications: switch off the notification you get 24 hours before a ring change Ring Reminder PLUS info: Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for the renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period, and the renewal price will be shown. After purchase, you can manage the subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your account settings in the App Store. We'd love to hear your feedback, so we can keep improving the app and add the features you'd like to see.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Birth Control Ring Reminder at 94% against RingRemind's 57%. Birth Control Ring Reminder also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 17 months) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 6). RingRemind's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Birth Control Ring Reminder sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. RingRemind asks for nothing beyond the download.
Birth Control Ring Reminder holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Birth Control Ring Reminder has 1.2K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of RingRemind's written reviews are positive against 94% of Birth Control Ring Reminder's.
RingRemind ships an update every 17 months, Birth Control Ring Reminder every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RingRemind | Birth Control Ring Reminder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) | 4.6 (1.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.5% of reviews | 93.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 0FF | BitsApps |
Customer experience
RingRemind
Birth Control Ring Reminder
Bugs and requests
RingRemind
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Birth Control Ring Reminder
Reported bugs
2 issues- Losing insertion/removal dates
- Inconsistent reminder functionality
Requested features
3 requests- Sync with calendar app
- More customization options
- Multiple reminder notifications
In-app purchases
RingRemind
No in-app purchases
Birth Control Ring Reminder
- RingReminder Plus$2.991 Month
- RingReminder Plus1 Month trial$14.991 Year
Questions
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