Comparison

Don't Forget to Bring vs KinTerm

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

Head to head
About

Don't Forget to Bring

Features
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Welcome to "Don't Forget to Bring" β€” making every departure more effortless and organized. Here are some of the core features of our app: Using the Checklist: In "Don't Forget to Bring," you can easily add or delete items from your list, mark confirmed items, and set reminder times to ensure you don't forget any important belongings. List Management: Create and maintain multiple lists to suit different needs and occasions. You can easily create default lists or create new ones by copying existing lists. Managing Lists: Choose to use specific lists, manage list groups, and share your list content with family or colleagues, making organization and collaboration simple and efficient. Download "Don't Forget to Bring" and let's make life more organized together!

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KinTerm

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Going home for the holidays, a wedding banquet, a family gathering β€” and you can't remember what to call that relative. KinTerm starts from you. Tap through Father, Mother, Older Sister, Cousin... and it shows the correct Chinese kinship term right away. It also keeps your family tree, birthdays and anniversaries, a Chinese almanac, greetings and a red envelope log in one place. β–  Free β€’ Kinship term calculator Up to five levels of relatives, with the terms commonly used in Taiwan. Reverse lookup: who is "granduncle's granddaughter"? It works that out too. Shows the legal degree of kinship (Taiwan Civil Code, Article 968). β€’ Family tree (up to 5 people) Add family members and see the relationship chart. Add a profile photo or mark someone as deceased. β€’ Days Birthdays, wedding anniversaries and your own occasions together, with the next 30 days at a glance. β€’ Almanac Daily guidance, calendar, fortune and festival culture. β€’ Greetings and red envelopes Copy a festival greeting in one tap. The red envelope log keeps what you gave and received separately (up to 5 records), with suggested amounts. β–  Premium (one-time purchase, no subscription) β€’ Unlimited family tree members and red envelope records, plus export as a table β€’ Kinship terms for 7 regions: Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Hokkien, Hakka, Singapore, Malaysia β€’ 4 greeting tones, with your surname as the signature β€’ Voice reading of kinship terms (uses your phone's built-in voices; available voices depend on the device) β€’ Family tree PDF export β€’ A photo album for each family member β€’ Almanac extras: years 1900–2100, auspicious day search, monthly focus, baby naming and name matching, seasonal food, temple visits, daily fortune stick, dark theme, larger font, add to calendar β€’ Backup and moving to a new phone: backup files and automatic iCloud sync, with your data and photos together β–  Your data β€’ Your data is stored on your own phone. No sign-up, no account. β€’ A copy goes to your own iCloud only when you turn on sync or share a backup file yourself. β€’ No ads. β€’ Permissions are requested only when needed: photos are chosen through the system photo picker, which hands over only the one you pick; notifications are requested when you turn on a reminder; calendar access when you tap add to calendar. No camera, location, contacts or microphone. β€’ The kinship calculator, family tree and almanac all work on the phone, without a network connection. β–  When it helps β€’ Visiting family for the holidays β†’ check what to call everyone before you walk in β€’ Wedding gifts β†’ log who came and how much they gave β€’ Family group chat β†’ pick a greeting and copy it β€’ Introducing your partner β†’ build the family tree first and explain who is who β€’ An elder's birthday is coming β†’ see it early in Days The full privacy policy is in the app under Settings β†’ Privacy Policy. Languages: Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, English, Japanese

Screenshots

Don't Forget to Bring4 screens
KinTerm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Don't Forget to Bring at none against KinTerm's 1. KinTerm's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. KinTerm sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Don't Forget to Bring asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Don't Forget to Bring ships an update every 2 weeks, KinTerm fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Don't Forget to Bring versus KinTerm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDon't Forget to BringKinTerm
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksFortnightly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS16.015.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size6 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperιΎ™ θ°’KUN WEI TU

In-app purchases

None

Don't Forget to Bring

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

KinTerm

One-time1
  • KinTerm Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Don't Forget to Bring free?
Don't Forget to Bring is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KinTerm free?
KinTerm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Don't Forget to Bring or KinTerm have ads?
Neither Don't Forget to Bring nor KinTerm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Don't Forget to Bring or KinTerm?
Don't Forget to Bring ships an update every 2 weeks, and KinTerm fortnightly. Most recently, Don't Forget to Bring was updated on October 5, 2026 and KinTerm on October 6, 2026.

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