Comparison

Reminder with Voice Reminders vs Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Reminder with Voice Reminders

Easily create and manage recurring reminders with custom sounds, including voice recordings or music. Set up hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly alerts, and a wake-up alarm with adjustable snooze options. Never miss an important event again with this user-friendly reminder app.

Highlights
  • Recurring reminders (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)
  • Custom voice or music reminder sounds
  • Wake-up alarm with snooze
  • Pre-alarms and auto-snooze
  • Add images to reminders
  • Calendar view of reminders
Features
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Aida Reminder lets you create reminders very easily and quickly. Recurring reminders are fully supported, you can set hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and yearly reminders, or even reminders for specific days of the week or month. It also has a wake-up alarm with a custom snooze time. Don't miss those important events ever again! Use your own voice recordings or pick a song from your music library and set it as the reminder sound. It will play at the scheduled time. You can also create custom images with AI to make your reminders even more personal (Available on iOS 26 and later). RECURRING REMINDERS • Repeat every X hours, days, weeks, months or years (e.g. Every 4 hours, Every 2 days, Every 3 months, Every year) • Repeat on selected days of the week (e.g. Every week only on Mondays and Fridays) • Repeat on selected days of the month (e.g. Every month on the 15th, 3rd Monday of the month, Last weekday of the month) • Repeat every X hours (e.g. From 8 AM to 8 PM every 4 hours, From 9 AM to 4 PM every 2 hours and 20 mins) • Repeat every half hour (e.g. From 10 AM to 2 PM, every 30 minutes) • Repeat at specific times (e.g. 9:15 AM, 1:30 PM, 8:50 PM) MAIN FEATURES • Super fast, set up reminders in seconds • User friendly interface • 9 different categories to choose from: One-Time, Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly, Wake-Up Alarm, Voice Reminder, Music Reminder • Voice Reminders: Use your own voice to record reminders. They will play at the scheduled time • Music Reminders: Pick a song from your music library and set it as the reminder sound • Snooze reminders directly from the notification banner or from the lock screen • Auto-Snooze: Automatically repeat the alarm up to 5 times at regular intervals (e.g. 1 min, 10 mins, 30 mins) until you take action • Pre-Alarms: Receive up to 5 notifications before the scheduled date • Add images or photos to each reminder for easy identification, or create custom images with AI (Available on iOS 26 and later) • Option to skip the current alarm and reschedule it for the next repeating date • It has a calendar to view all reminders by month • Drop-down panel for easy access to quickly edit or reschedule any reminder • Easy one-tap action to turn individual reminders on or off • Option to pause all reminders when you don't want to be disturbed • Wake-up alarm with custom snooze time • See your past reminders in the History tab • Sort reminders by Priority or Activation Date • Backup and restore reminders on the same device or multiple devices • Auto-delete your completed reminders • More than 120 built-in images • 45 built-in alarm sounds GENERAL • Critical Alerts support • VoiceOver accessibility support • Dark Mode • Automatically adjusts to the font size selected on the device • Notifications are local. No internet connection required • App doesn't need to be open to receive notifications • Universal App, full native support for iPhone and iPad FREE VERSION • In the free version you can only add 1 hourly, daily and weekly reminder • Full version with unlimited reminders is available as an In-App Purchase • One-Time payment. No monthly or annual fees

About

Countdown

Organize your life with a comprehensive reminder system for events, recurring monthly expenses, and important countdown dates. Manage multiple timers efficiently and keep track of all your important dates in one place.

Highlights
  • Event and countdown reminders
  • Automatic recurring monthly expenses
  • Multiple timer management
  • Efficient list management
  • Nearest date sorting
Features
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“Reminder" is designed to notify your events, monthly expense, and countdown dates. Features : * You can have a whole list in one screen to have an efficient management * Monthly expenses are automatically repeating every month. (The same date will be repeated for next month if you missed the specified date. 1. The Latest List * Show the list of countdown the d-day and monthly expenses in nearest dates 2. Timer * Multiple Timers (Cooking, Meditation, Break, etc. number of timers can be managed in one screen) * Timer that is being used frequently can be arranged at the top of the list 3. Countdown D-days * Anniversary, Birthday, Children’s birthday, party, meeting, social event and concert, etc. All of your events are managed in one screen * Listed from the nearest date 4. Monthly Expenses (Notification for monthly fees) * Letting you know the list of monthly expenses on time * You can pre-set the details of expenses to let you know on time * Monthly expenses are automatically repeating every month Reminder Version: Limited functions Reminder++ Pro version: Access to all functions

Screenshots

Reminder with Voice Reminders4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Reminder with Voice Reminders at 80% against Countdown's 33%. Reminder with Voice Reminders also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months). Countdown's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Reminder with Voice Reminders sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reminder with Voice Reminders ships an update every 3 weeks, Countdown every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Reminder with Voice Reminders versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReminder with Voice RemindersCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (18K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews79.8% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings18K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergio Liceajekyung sung

Customer experience

Reminder with Voice Reminders

All ratings17,529 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral3.7%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews489 reviews
Positive79.8%
Neutral6.5%
Negative13.7%

Countdown

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Reminder with Voice Reminders

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Reminders not triggering correctly
  • Notification issues on iOS 18
  • Reminder history disappearing unexpectedly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to sort reminders chronologically
  • Option to import custom sounds/music
  • Sync reminders across iOS devices
  • More language localization options
  • Improved widget/home screen integration

Countdown

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Reminder with Voice Reminders

One-time1
  • Full Version$2.99
None

Countdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Reminder with Voice Reminders free?
Reminder with Voice Reminders is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Reminder with Voice Reminders or Countdown have ads?
Neither Reminder with Voice Reminders nor Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reminder with Voice Reminders or Countdown?
Reminder with Voice Reminders ships an update every 3 weeks, and Countdown every 8 months. Most recently, Reminder with Voice Reminders was updated on November 10, 2026 and Countdown on November 2, 2026.

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