Facing death vs Death Reminder App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Facing death
This app helps users explore and prepare for the end of life, making it a more meaningful experience. It offers tools for creating farewell cards, notes, and action plans, alongside a photo album for life memories. It also integrates with health apps to track fitness goals.
- Farewell card creation
- Note and epitaph writing
- Action plan development
- Life memory photo album
- HealthKit integration for step tracking
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Death is always with us, part of our being. We should talk about it, prepare for it, and use it to guide our lives Make the end of life less painful and more meaningful. We have time to understand how our life will end. And the most important thing is how to spend the last time. Use this app to know about information and preparation about death. Then you can make your farewell card, notes, epitaph, action plan, use checklist to have a quick check. Use photo album to save your meaningful time, memory and life record We integrate with the health app (HealthKit) to read and track your steps data and help you track your daily steps and monitor your progress towards your fitness goals.
Death Reminder App
This app helps you confront the reality of your mortality to foster a greater sense of urgency, purpose, and joy in your daily life. It draws inspiration from ancient Buddhist practices to encourage you to cherish every moment and live more extraordinarily.
- Daily death reminders
- Fosters urgency and purpose
- Inspired by Buddhist Maranasati
- Promotes living extraordinarily
- Aids in finding clarity and joy
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You’ve been sleepwalking through life without a sense of urgency. Sometimes you even know what to do, but you don’t do it. You feel like you have all the time in the world. You don’t—and you know this. You know you will die...but you don’t feel it. If you could truly feel it, you could heal yourself. You would discover clarity, purpose, and joy. You would cherish every second. And the best part? This transformation isn’t a trick. No silly affirmations. No hypnosis. This is real. Lasting. Life-long. Because it’s the truth. The Buddhists understood the power of death on the mind. They created an entire practice of meditations and contemplations called Maranasati—considered among the most powerful transformative techniques in their system. The Death Reminder App re-creates that experience, allowing you to embrace this transformation in just days. Your time is running out. Make every moment extraordinary. Note: This app is a paid subscription service that includes a free trial. Note: This app does not provide any professional mental health or crisis intervention services. Privacy Policy: https://www.deathreminder.app/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.deathreminder.app/tos
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Facing death at 5.0 against Death Reminder App's 4.2. Facing death also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks). Death Reminder App's advantage is ratings volume (104 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Facing death sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Death Reminder App sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Facing death holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Death Reminder App has 104 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Facing death ships an update every 10 days, Death Reminder App every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Facing death | Death Reminder App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.2 (104 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 40.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 104 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 171 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Man Hung Sun | TheDeep, LLC. |
Customer experience
Facing death
Death Reminder App
Bugs and requests
Facing death
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Death Reminder App
Reported bugs
5 issues- Cannot enable notifications
- App doesn't let you clear pay screen
- Free trial charges before trial ends
- Cannot cancel subscription easily
- App doesn't work/no content
Requested features
5 requests- Offer a free version
- Make the app free
- Allow one-time payment option
- Customize reminder frequency
- Improve AI content for productivity focus
In-app purchases
Facing death
- upgrade$0.99
Death Reminder App
- Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$8.991 Month
- 3 Month Subscription7 Days trial$24.003 Months
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- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$79.991 Year
- Life Time OfferFree
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