Remainders vs Dayrift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Real-time countdowns
- Collaborative sharing
- Event links and URLs
- Tasks and notes
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Customizable event images
- Repeating event support
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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.
Dayrift
This app helps you track important future events and past milestones by counting the days until or since they occur. It offers a simple interface, customizable themes, and works offline without requiring an account. Your data is kept private and can sync securely via iCloud.
- Count down to future events
- Count up since past milestones
- Simple event creation with emoji
- View all events at a glance
- 8 customizable color themes
- Offline functionality
- Private data storage
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Track the moments that matter. Dayrift is a simple, beautiful app for counting days until future events and days since past milestones. Count down to what's ahead Vacation, wedding, graduation, product launch, retirement — see exactly how many days remain until your important dates. Count up from what's passed Sobriety, relationships, new job, baby's birth, moving day — track how far you've come since life's meaningful moments. Designed for simplicity Add events in seconds with a name, date, and emoji See all your countdowns and count-ups at a glance Choose from 8 beautiful color themes Works offline, no account required Private by design Your data stays on your device and syncs securely via iCloud to your other Apple devices. No analytics, no tracking, no servers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Dayrift at free against Remainders's free with in-app purchases. Dayrift also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). Remainders's advantage is ratings volume (169 vs 5) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Remainders sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Dayrift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dayrift holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Remainders has 169 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Remainders ships an update monthly, Dayrift fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Remainders | Dayrift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (169 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 169 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fabricate LLC | Crimson IO LLC |
Customer experience
Remainders
Dayrift
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
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- Assign tasks to shared event participants
- Widgets to show minutes and seconds countdown
Dayrift
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Remainders
- Monthly$0.991 Month
- Yearly$9.991 Year
- Lifetime$19.99
Dayrift
- Dayrift Plus$2.99









