Comparison

Notify vs Gentle Reminders

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

Head to head
About

Notify

Transform your thoughts into instant notifications to remember what matters. Schedule reminders, customize themes, and access your history offline. Easily import events and reminders from other apps.

Highlights
  • Create instant notifications
  • Schedule notifications
  • Lock screen widgets
  • Customizable themes
  • Offline functionality
  • Import calendar events
  • Import reminders
Features
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Life’s busy. Remembering shouldn’t be. Notify helps you remember what matters most. It’s your thoughts, turned into instant notifications. We built Notify because we forget things too. Capture a thought before it’s gone and turn it into a lock screen reminder in seconds. Whether it’s something to bring with you, a task for later or an idea you don’t want to lose, just type it and send. You don’t need to choose a date or time to remind yourself now. Notify puts your notes where you’ll see them: on your iPhone lock screen. Use Live Activities for visible reminders you can glance at throughout your day, with a simple way to edit them while they’re active. • Quick reminders, your way Choose a Live Activity, a smaller live notification or a standard notification. Send yourself a quick note now, or schedule a reminder for when you need it. • Capture thoughts even faster Open Notify straight from a lock screen widget. Use Siri to start a reminder, or voice-to-text to get your message down without typing. • Photo reminders Sometimes a picture says it better. Take a photo in Notify and turn it into a Photo Live Activity, so the thing you need to remember is right there on your lock screen. • Ticklists for everyday tasks Keep a short to-do list on your lock screen and tick things off as you go. Schedule a repeating ticklist for your daily routine and start with fresh, unticked tasks each time. • Reminders for later Schedule any notification type once or on a repeating schedule. Change the message, type or schedule when plans change. When a scheduled Live Activity needs you to open Notify to start it, a notification will prompt you. • Notification history and folders Find past reminders, resend a note and organise your notification history into folders with your own names, colours and icons. Deleting a folder keeps your notifications. • Bring your plans together Import events from Apple Calendar and tasks from Apple Reminders to use them as notifications in Notify. • Make Notify feel like yours Choose your theme colour, pick a custom colour and explore a collection of backgrounds, from simple black to animated designs. Create and schedule reminders on your device, even offline. iCloud sync is available with Premium and can be turned off in settings. Notify is free to download. Notify Premium adds photo and ticklist reminders, smaller and standard notifications, history folders, voice-to-text, all backgrounds, imports and more, with a one-time purchase and no subscription. Got a thought you don’t want to forget? Send it to yourself.

About

Gentle Reminders

Features
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Gentle Reminders helps you remember the small things that matter—without the pressure of a heavy productivity suite. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Add reminders in plain language from a simple field at the top of the screen. • See items grouped by time (for example Today and Earlier) so the list stays easy to scan. • Mark anything as Pending or Done with one tap—perfect for gentle check-ins. • Choose how often you want to be nudged: from minutes up to months. Open the bell control anytime to adjust your rhythm. • Get local notifications on your device when it’s time for the next reminder. (Grant notification permission when asked.) BUILT FOR CALM A warm green palette, readable type, and a straightforward layout keep the focus on your list—not on settings or accounts. PRIVACY & DATA Reminder text and preferences are stored locally on your device. There is no sign-in and no cloud account required to use the app. Questions or feedback? Use the support link in the listing.

Screenshots

Notify4 screens
Gentle Reminders4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gentle Reminders at none against Notify's 1. Gentle Reminders also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price and ads 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. Notify sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gentle Reminders asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Notify versus Gentle Reminders: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotifyGentle Reminders
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDominic PonniahAbisoye Oke-Lawal

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Notify

One-time1
  • Notify Premium$5.99
None

Gentle Reminders

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Notify free?
Notify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gentle Reminders free?
Gentle Reminders is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Notify or Gentle Reminders have ads?
Neither Notify nor Gentle Reminders shows ads.

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