Comparison

Remainders vs TimeAid

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

Head to head
About

Remainders

Track upcoming events with real-time countdowns, from years to seconds. Share these countdowns with others, add event-specific links and tasks, and personalize them with custom images. Stay informed with home screen widgets and receive timely notifications.

Highlights
  • Real-time countdowns
  • Collaborative sharing
  • Event links and URLs
  • Tasks and notes
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Customizable event images
  • Repeating event support
Features
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Count down to the moments that matter—and plan everything around them. Remainders is a collaborative countdown app for vacations, birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, projects, entertainment releases, and everything else you’re looking forward to. DISCOVER WHAT’S NEXT Explore the Event Gallery to quickly add upcoming holidays, movies, games, sports, technology events, and more. KEEP EVERY EVENT ORGANIZED Group events into categories, filter by category or status, and quickly find the countdown you need. Countdown spans show the time between events, helping you see what’s coming next. FOLLOW THE WHOLE JOURNEY Add start and end dates to track an event’s countdown, duration, and progress. View the complete journey in a detailed event timeline. PLAN AND COUNT DOWN TOGETHER Share events with friends, family, and teammates. Everyone receives updates, so you can plan trips, prepare for celebrations, and follow important milestones together. TASKS, NOTES, AND LINKS Add checklists for packing, projects, shopping, or event preparation. Keep notes and attach useful website links with rich previews. WIDGETS AT A GLANCE Follow your events without opening the app using colorful Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy widgets. Pin a specific countdown or automatically display your next event. MAKE EVERY COUNTDOWN YOURS Personalize events with your own photos or create unique cover images using Apple’s Image Playground. MORE WAYS TO STAY ON TRACK • Set multiple time-sensitive reminders • Create repeating events for birthdays and anniversaries • Import events from your calendar • Find events using Spotlight Search • Archive completed events without deleting them • Sync across iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro • Use keyboard shortcuts and multitasking on iPad Whether you’re planning a vacation, preparing for a birthday, tracking a deadline, or waiting for a favorite release, Remainders helps you organize, share, and enjoy the countdown.

About

TimeAid

Share alarms, timers, and stopwatches with others globally in real-time. Coordinate activities, track progress, and communicate through in-app messaging, all within a modern and safe interface.

Highlights
  • Real-time shared timers and stopwatches
  • In-app messaging with GIFs and attachments
  • Personalized user profiles and following
  • Activity history log for shared clocks
  • Sleek and modern user interface
  • AI-moderated safe conversations
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With TimeAid, you can share alarms, timers and stopwatches with friends, family, and teammates, across the globe in real-time. It’s the perfect tool for busy parents, fitness partners, remote colleagues, and anyone who needs to stay in sync, even when they’re apart. Set, share, and track clocks with ease—whether you're timing your daughter's toothbrushing session from across the country or collaborating with your running group on daily workouts. TimeAid keeps you connected when timing matters most. TimeAid's Key Features: Shared Timers & Stopwatches: pick a type, set a time, create, share, and stay in sync on every start, pause or update with real-time notifications for everyone observing. In-App Messaging: Group chat within each timer or stopwatch. Stay on the same page with messages, send GIFs, and even giphy attachments—perfect for fun moments while coordinating. Personalized Profiles: Customize your profile with pictures, handle and username, favorite chat images. Find and follow your team, family, co-parent, friends or coaches. Finally, your achievements, deadlines, appointments, game clocks, lap & workout times, practically anything you can think of, can be shared with anybody on a mobile device. Activity History: Want to know when that clock started or ended? TimeAid keeps a full activity log for all your shared clocks—perfect for tracking everything from deadlines to daily routines. Sleek & Modern Design: Experience a cutting-edge UI with animated progress indicators and a dashboard that organizes all your clocks in one place for quick access. Safe, non-toxic: Keep conversations safe with built-in AI moderation to block toxic messages and ensure everyone can engage in a positive environment. You can manage followers, block unwanted users, and curate your experience with ease. Whether you're keeping your fitness goals on track, staying in sync with family, or coordinating with remote teams, TimeAid is designed to help you stay on top of your most important moments. No matter the distance, no matter the time zone—TimeAid brings you together, one clock at a time. Download TimeAid now and start your journey toward seamless, shared timekeeping! Time is best shared.

Screenshots

Remainders4 screens
TimeAid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Remainders at 4.7 against TimeAid's 1.0. Remainders also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (169 vs 1). TimeAid's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly). On price 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. Remainders sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. TimeAid asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Remainders holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Remainders has 169 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Remainders ships an update monthly, TimeAid every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Remainders versus TimeAid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemaindersTimeAid
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (169 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings169 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFabricate LLCBook5 Inc.

Bugs and requests

Remainders

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Notifications not going through or showing
  • Widgets do not show minutes and seconds countdown

Requested features

7 requests
  • Option to revert to day counters
  • Ability to edit event start time for accurate progress tracking
  • Filter events by tags or categories
  • Separate section for tasks
  • Calendar integration
Show 2 more
  • Assign tasks to shared event participants
  • Widgets to show minutes and seconds countdown

TimeAid

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Remainders

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$19.99
None

TimeAid

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Remainders free?
Remainders is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TimeAid free?
TimeAid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Remainders or TimeAid?
Remainders is rated higher. Remainders averages 4.7 out of 5 from 169 ratings, while TimeAid averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Remainders or TimeAid have ads?
TimeAid shows ads; Remainders does not.
Which is updated more often, Remainders or TimeAid?
Remainders ships an update monthly, and TimeAid every 8 days. Most recently, Remainders was updated on November 7, 2026 and TimeAid on October 30, 2026.

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