Comparison

Death Reminder App vs Intelligent Diary

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

Head to head
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

About

Intelligent Diary

This private digital journal captures video, voice, photos, text, and handwriting entirely on your device. It analyzes your entries to reveal personal patterns and insights, all without sending any data off your phone. Your journal is stored as accessible files, with options to import from other apps and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • On-device data processing
  • Multimedia entry capture (video, voice, photo, text, handwriting)
  • Automatic transcription and analysis
  • Searchable text and insights
  • Data visualization (charts, map)
  • Import from Day One and Apple Journal
  • Device-to-device Wi-Fi sync
Features
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Intelligent Diary is a 100% on-device private digital journal. It captures video, voice, photo, text, and scanned handwriting. Everything is transcribed and analyzed entirely on your device: the app learns who and what you talk about and how you felt about it, then turns years of entries into searchable text, insights, charts, and a map of your own words — without one byte ever leaving your phone. There's no account, no ads, no subscription, and no advice: it surfaces your own patterns and lets you draw your own conclusions. Your diary is a normal folder of ordinary files you can open, edit, and back up with any tool you like; it imports from Day One and Apple Journal, and syncs device-to-device over your own Wi-Fi — or through iCloud if you turn it on. The basics are free, and three one-time in-app purchases (each with a 60-day free trial) let you own everything forever.

Screenshots

Death Reminder App4 screens
Intelligent Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Intelligent Diary at 5.0 against Death Reminder App's 4.2. Intelligent Diary also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). Death Reminder App's advantage is ratings volume (104 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 26.5). 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. Death Reminder App sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Intelligent Diary sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Intelligent Diary 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

Death Reminder App ships an update every 5 weeks, Intelligent Diary every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Death Reminder App versus Intelligent Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeath Reminder AppIntelligent Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (104 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings104 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.4 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB3.7 GB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperTheDeep, LLC.Elise Wood

Bugs and 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

Intelligent Diary

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

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
3 purchases

Intelligent Diary

One-time3
  • Words$2.00
  • Charts$4.00
  • Hallucination Station$4.00

Questions

Is Death Reminder App free?
Death Reminder App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Intelligent Diary free?
Intelligent Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Death Reminder App or Intelligent Diary?
Intelligent Diary is rated higher. Death Reminder App averages 4.2 out of 5 from 104 ratings, while Intelligent Diary averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Death Reminder App or Intelligent Diary have ads?
Neither Death Reminder App nor Intelligent Diary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Death Reminder App or Intelligent Diary?
Death Reminder App ships an update every 5 weeks, and Intelligent Diary every 5 days. Most recently, Death Reminder App was updated on October 21, 2026 and Intelligent Diary on October 25, 2026.

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