Comparison

Reminder & Countdown vs Frickit

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

Head to head
About

Reminder & Countdown

Never miss an important event with this app. Set up custom reminders for everything from birthdays to holidays, with real-time countdowns and configurable alerts. Personalize your events with unique icons, backgrounds, and fonts, and easily share your countdowns with friends and family.

Highlights
  • Real-time countdowns
  • Customizable alerts
  • Event personalization (icons, backgrounds, fonts)
  • Import birthdays and calendar events
  • Event sharing via multiple platforms
  • Multiple reminder options
Features
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The app is designed to remind you about all your important events, meetings, friends’ birthdays, a long-awaited TV Shows premieres, dentist appointments, coming-soon holidays, a wedding date and any upcoming events you don’t want to miss. Event information comes in a nicely-wrapped pack. All details (such as date and time, font, icon, alert sound, background and other options) can be configured according to your taste. The app is complemented with excellent sharing options giving you an opportunity to send your reminders to anyone throughout the world via SMS, MMS, Email, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, WhatsApp, Viber and other social networks and services. KEY FEATURES: - Multiple reminders - Counting down in real-time - Selection of timing units you wish to count down - Sorting entries by date, name or applying a customizable sorting - Individual names, time&date options, categories - Various icons - Custom intervals to repeat events - Configurable alerts before or after a due date - Individual backgrounds - A wide variety of fonts to choose from - Formatting Dates and Times: Full, Short, and Abbreviated time units can be applied - Importing birthdays from your Address book - Importing events from the iOS Calendar app and Reminders app - Changing the default event icon to a personal photo - Set photos as background - Sharing countdowns through all available ways sending the whole countdown screenshot or only a part of it And you can also: - Enjoy awesome, easy to use UI - Make colourful notes - Brighten up reminders - Use the app as an alarm Thank you for your thoughts, they are very valuable! We are continued to make Reminder & Countdown even better, so never lose the drive to share your impressions and feedback with us at support@persapps.com

About

Frickit

Features
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Your brain has 37 tabs open. Let's close a few. Frickit is mental clarity software for the brain that's carrying too much. Tasks. Ideas. Goals. Reminders. The thing you're avoiding. The thing you're worried you'll forget. Frick helps you get it out of your head and into a system that feels human. NOT ANOTHER PRODUCTIVITY APP Most apps ask "what did you get done?" Frick asks "what's taking up space?" Most apps track streaks. Frick tracks progress. Most apps assume every day starts fresh. Frick remembers where you've been. TOUGH LOVE COACH Some weeks you want a coach instead of a cushion. Toggle Tough Love and Frick gets directive — same voice, more bite. Less observation, more direction. FRICK REMEMBERS The friend who pays attention is the one whose advice you actually take. Frick references your real tasks, your real mood, your real patterns. Three weeks ago: "Mornings feel impossible." Today: "You've journaled before noon four times this week." Most apps treat every day like the first day. Frick doesn't. WHAT'S INSIDE Today: One place for the day. Your tasks, a short morning note from Frick, nothing else competing for attention. Plan: Weekly goals, monthly goals, life goals. The bigger arcs without the dashboard chrome. Journal: A conversation, not a form. Pick a mood, say what's on your mind, get a response that references your real day. Reflect: Evidence of what you actually did this week, your mood across the days, and an occasional letter from Frick about who you're becoming. Brain dump: Say everything that's in your head, in any order. Frick sorts it into tasks, goals, and notes you'll come back to. Overwhelm mode: One tap and the entire list hides except the one thing worth doing next. The rest is still there. You'll come back to it. But not right now. THE QUIET PARTS No streaks to break. No percentages staring at you. No "you got this" pep talk. No advice you didn't ask for. Just someone paying attention. PRIVACY Your tasks, goals, journal entries and your business. We don't train AI models on your content. We don't sell your data. Full policy at justfrickit.com/privacy. For the brain that's carrying too much.

Screenshots

Reminder & Countdown4 screens
Frickit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Frickit at none against Reminder & Countdown's shown. Frickit also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reminder & Countdown ships an update every 3 months, Frickit weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Reminder & Countdown versus Frickit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReminder & CountdownFrickit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (17K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings17K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergey AstakhovSlim Geransar

Bugs and requests

Reminder & Countdown

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Reminders not clearing after being deleted
  • Countdown timers not always accurate
  • Notification issues after iOS updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow snooze and nag functions for reminders
  • Integrate with calendar apps for better sync
  • Add ability to filter reminders by work/school days
  • Provide more customization options for backgrounds and icons
  • Enable sharing of countdowns with friends and family

Frickit

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Reminder & Countdown

No in-app purchases

None

Frickit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Reminder & Countdown free?
Reminder & Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Frickit free?
Frickit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Reminder & Countdown or Frickit have ads?
Reminder & Countdown shows ads; Frickit does not.
Which is updated more often, Reminder & Countdown or Frickit?
Reminder & Countdown ships an update every 3 months, and Frickit weekly. Most recently, Reminder & Countdown was updated on October 22, 2026 and Frickit on October 17, 2026.

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