Comparison

Facing death vs Death Reminder App

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Farewell card creation
  • Note and epitaph writing
  • Action plan development
  • Life memory photo album
  • HealthKit integration for step tracking
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Daily death reminders
  • Fosters urgency and purpose
  • Inspired by Buddhist Maranasati
  • Promotes living extraordinarily
  • Aids in finding clarity and joy
Features
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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

Screenshots

Facing death4 screens
Death Reminder App4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Facing death versus Death Reminder App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFacing deathDeath Reminder App
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.2 (104 ratings)
Positive reviews—40.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1104 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.013.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size171 MB41 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperMan Hung SunTheDeep, LLC.

Customer experience

Facing death

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Death Reminder App

All ratings104 ratings
Positive77.9%
Neutral1.9%
Negative20.2%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive40.5%
Neutral5.4%
Negative54.1%

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

1 purchases

Facing death

One-time1
  • upgrade$0.99
5 purchases

Death Reminder App

Subscriptions4
  • 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
One-time1
  • Life Time OfferFree

Questions

Is Facing death free?
Facing death is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Death Reminder App free?
Death Reminder App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Facing death or Death Reminder App?
Facing death is rated higher. Facing death averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Death Reminder App averages 4.2 from 104 ratings.
Do Facing death or Death Reminder App have ads?
Neither Facing death nor Death Reminder App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Facing death or Death Reminder App?
Facing death ships an update every 10 days, and Death Reminder App every 5 weeks. Most recently, Facing death was updated on October 2, 2026 and Death Reminder App on October 13, 2026.

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