Comparison

Remainders vs MasterCast

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

MasterCast

Manage theatrical productions from auditions to post-casting. Features include scheduling, casting, communication tools, conflict management, and file distribution for cast members. Includes a dedicated costuming module.

Highlights
  • Audition scheduling
  • Callback management
  • Show casting
  • Cast communication
  • Conflict management
  • File distribution
  • Costuming module
Features
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MasterCast is a Production Management software that allows theaters, and other companies the ability to schedule auditions, run callbacks, cast a show, and run the production post casting. Has cast communications, calendars, conflict management, file distribution to cast, etc. Costuming module.

Screenshots

Remainders4 screens
MasterCast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MasterCast at none against Remainders's 3. MasterCast also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Remainders's advantage is ratings volume (169 vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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. MasterCast asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MasterCast 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Remainders versus MasterCast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemaindersMasterCast
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (169 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings169 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFabricate LLCDAVID THOMAS HALES

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

MasterCast

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

MasterCast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Remainders free?
Remainders is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MasterCast free?
MasterCast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Remainders or MasterCast?
MasterCast is rated higher. Remainders averages 4.7 out of 5 from 169 ratings, while MasterCast averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Remainders or MasterCast have ads?
Neither Remainders nor MasterCast shows ads.

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