小聪提醒 vs MarkThen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
小聪提醒
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Record the important events, then we will remind you on time. Make your life and work in perfect order. 1, Support a variety of common reminders, such as: birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, wake-up alarms, meetings, mortgage, repay credit cards, etc. 2, You can custom reminders as you want, such as: by day reminder, weekly reminder, monthly reminder, annual reminders. 3, Support iCloud backup,never worry about data loss. 4, Encryption capabilities to protect your privacy. 5, Support importing birthdays from 'contacts'. Privacy policy: http://www.renmai001.com/others/policy.htm Terms of use: http://www.renmai001.com/others/terms.htm
MarkThen
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MarkThen is a local-first step-by-step flow reminder that turns routines into clear, actionable sequences. Use it for morning and bedtime routines, study plans, workouts, household tasks, work checklists, and anything you want to complete one step at a time. Key features • Create custom flows with your own steps and intervals • Focus on one active flow at a time; the next interval starts after you complete or skip the current step • Receive on-device notifications when a step is due • Choose System Default, Silent, or one of 12 app sounds for each flow • View the current step and progress through Lock Screen Live Activities and the Dynamic Island on supported devices while iOS permits • Enable a more noticeable persistent alert when supported by the system and device and after granting the required permission • Keep local history and delete individual records or select, select all visible, and delete records in batches • No account required and no cloud sync; flows and history stay on your device • Available in Simplified Chinese and English The free version supports up to 3 flows with up to 8 steps per flow. MarkThen Pro Lifetime is a one-time purchase with no subscription. It removes product-level limits on the number of flows and steps; practical capacity remains subject to device storage and system resources. Previous purchases can be verified with Restore Purchases. Live Activity duration and placement are managed by iOS and are not guaranteed to remain visible indefinitely. Due-time alerts continue to rely on local notifications and system-permitted alert capabilities.
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Verdict
小聪提醒 and MarkThen are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. 小聪提醒 sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per year and MarkThen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | 小聪提醒 | MarkThen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (14 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 79.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 波 李 | 建勇 叶 |
Bugs and requests
小聪提醒
Reported bugs
11 issues- Automatic renewal not successful
- App is in Chinese
- Lost photos after update
- App crashes on older iOS versions
- App freezes
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- Incorrect birthday calculation
- Alerts won't stop
- Unexpected charges for 'free' app
- App shows a '1' on screen for no reason
- App crashes when importing contacts
- App crashes on startup after update
Requested features
6 requests- Add anniversary category
- Add SMS template
- Provide privacy protection
- Store data via iCloud
- Show birthdays of the day
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- Add English language option
MarkThen
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
小聪提醒
- Billed Yearly(Auto-Renewal)$2.491 Year
- Pro$2.491 Year
- Pro$2.991 Year
- Pro for Month$0.99
- Pro version(monthly)$0.99
- Donate us$2.99
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- Pro$2.99
- Pro2 variants$4.99
MarkThen
- MarkThen Pro Lifetime$4.99









