Comparison

Remember vs Backward

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

Head to head
About

Remember

Features
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Remember is more than just a note-taking app; it's your personal digital diary. Use it to document your daily life, record your thoughts and feelings, and track your growth and evolution. Key Features: Daily Journaling: Easily log your thoughts, feelings, and experiences each day. Mood Tracking: Monitor your emotional state over time and identify patterns. Photo Journaling: Attach photos to your entries to relive memories visually. Customizable Tags: Organize your entries by topic, mood, or any other criteria. Secure and Private: Your journal entries are safe and accessible only to you. Start your journaling journey today with Remember. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://rememberapp.wixsite.com/home/privacy

About

Backward

Relive past moments by revisiting photos, music, and journal entries from this day in previous years. Set reminders to reflect daily and build a growing journal for your future self.

Highlights
  • View photos and videos from this day in past years
  • Rediscover music released on this date
  • Write journal entries for your future self
  • Set morning and evening reflection reminders
  • Track daily visits and writing streaks
  • Integrate with Siri and Shortcuts
Features
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Some days change your life. Others are worth remembering just as they were. Backward brings back the photos you took, the music released on this day, and the words you wrote, all connected by the same date across the years. Open it with your morning coffee to see what today looked like last year, five years ago, or further back. Photos and videos from your library are grouped by year, ready to explore. At the end of the day, leave a line for your future self. A small win, a conversation, or something that made you laugh. A sentence or two is plenty. Next year on this date, your note returns alongside the ones from years before. Over time, your journal grows a little each day. Connect your music library to rediscover albums and songs released on this date. Make looking back part of your day: - Set morning and evening reminders at times you choose. - Track your daily visits and writing streak. - Keep memories on your Home Screen and check your daily progress from the Lock Screen. - Open today’s memories or start a note with Siri, Shortcuts, and Control Center. - Enable date browsing to explore any day of the year. - Arrange your Today screen, choose an accent color, and pick your app icon. - Leave out individual photos, videos, screenshots, or entire albums without removing them from your library. - Search your journal, import past entries, and export your notes.

Screenshots

Remember4 screens
Backward4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Remember at 17.6 against Backward's 26.0. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Remember versus Backward: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRememberBackward
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB149 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNaga Raghav SreeramAndrew Mastracchio

In-app purchases

None

Remember

No in-app purchases

None

Backward

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Remember free?
Remember is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Backward free?
Backward is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Remember or Backward have ads?
Neither Remember nor Backward shows ads.

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