Comparison

Re vs Brink

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

Head to head
About

Re

This app allows users to quickly set reminders and to-dos using natural language. It offers a clean interface, private offline storage, and smart notifications to help you stay organized with minimal effort.

Highlights
  • Quick reminders via natural language
  • Clean and stylish user interface
  • Private and offline data storage
  • Customizable input phrases
  • Visual organization with colorful tags
  • Smart notifications
  • Home screen widgets
  • Sync with Apple Reminders
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Re:mindr is designed for speed and simplicity. Unlike feature-heavy planners, it focuses on allowing users to set reminders with minimal friction: capture tasks, todos, and alerts in seconds. Create quick reminders using natural typing and stay productive without managing complex schedules or planners. Re:mindr is built for people who want to organize tasks with minimal effort and maximum clarity. Features • Quick reminders – add tasks and todos instantly using natural language.
 • Clean, stylish design – a calm and modern UI that keeps your focus where it belongs.
 • Private & offline – no account required, all data stays on your device.
 • Custom phrases – personalize your input for faster, more natural typing.
 • Colorful tags – organize reminders visually without complicated structures.
 • Smart notifications – get notified exactly when you need.
 • Widgets – access your reminders directly from your Home Screen.
 • Action Button support – create reminders even faster.
 • Sync with Apple Reminders – great companion to your existing workflow. Whether it’s a quick task, an important alert, or a reminder scheduled for later, Re:mindr helps you stay focused and organized without friction. Why Re:mindr? Other apps overwhelm you with projects, categories, scrolling through calendars and time pickers. Re:mindr does one thing perfectly: reminding you when you need it. Designed with care for iPhone. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Brink

Features
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Brink is an app blocker for iPhone that puts a timer on the apps you doomscroll. Choose the apps (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X, Reddit, whatever eats your evenings), set how long you're allowed in, and press Start. When time's up, an alarm goes off and those apps lock for a cooldown you picked. Then they come back on their own. It's for people who open a feed "for five minutes" and look up an hour later, and for anyone who finds Screen Time's app limits too easy to wave away. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick the apps and websites to limit. Only those are blocked: never your whole phone, a whole category, or your messages. 2. Set your allowance, say 20 minutes, and your cooldown, say 30. 3. Press Start, in the app or from the widget, Control Center or Shortcuts. The countdown runs on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. 4. At zero an alarm goes off, with a different line every time, and the apps lock. 5. When the cooldown ends, they unlock by themselves. WHAT PEOPLE USE IT FOR • Evening and bedtime scrolling: one round of Reels, then the phone goes quiet • Short-video loops: TikTok, Reels and Shorts with a hard stop • Work and study: a block that starts itself when Work Focus turns on • Breaking the reflex: a daily open limit turns every visit into a decision FREE, FOR REAL One block with up to three apps, both timers, the alarm, daily open limits, the widget and today's screen time counter. No time limit, no trial clock, no account. Trends is free for your first week. BRINK PRO • Strict Mode: no early exit from anywhere, and no deleting apps to get around it • Schedules: a block starts itself every day, or when Sleep or Work Focus turns on • No app limit, and more than one block, for evenings, mornings and work • Trends, streaks and a Sunday recap • One emergency unlock a week, for the night it really matters Yearly with a free trial, or pay once for lifetime. No weekly subscription. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no sign-up. You choose apps in Apple's own Screen Time picker, so Brink never learns which apps you picked or what you do in them. Your screen time is drawn by Apple and never leaves your phone. QUESTIONS How is Brink different from Screen Time's app limits? When a Screen Time limit runs out, "Ignore Limit" is usually one tap away. Brink starts when you press Start, sounds an alarm when time is up, and keeps the apps locked for the whole cooldown. On a free block you can still leave early with "Let me in"; Strict Mode in Brink Pro takes that away. Does Brink block my whole phone? No. Only the apps and websites you picked. Calls, messages and everything else keep working. Is Brink free? Yes. One block with up to three apps and both timers is free, with no time limit. Brink Pro adds Strict Mode, schedules, more apps and blocks, and Trends. Can I get around it? A determined you can get around any blocker, this one included. Brink is built to break the autopilot reach for your phone, not to be a jail. If you want no way out, turn on Strict Mode. What does it need? An iPhone with iOS 17 or later and Screen Time access, which iOS asks you for once. No account. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://brink.evatech.app/privacy

Screenshots

Re4 screens
Brink4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Brink at 17.0 against Re's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Re sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Brink sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Re ships an update weekly, Brink every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Re versus Brink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReBrink
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMartin SiptakEvatech Innovations,TOO

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Re

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly subscription3 Days trial$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime$12.99
2 purchases

Brink

Subscriptions1
  • Brink Pro — Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Brink Pro — Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Re free?
Re is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brink free?
Brink is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Re or Brink have ads?
Neither Re nor Brink shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Re or Brink?
Re ships an update weekly, and Brink every 10 days. Most recently, Re was updated on November 5, 2026 and Brink on November 10, 2026.

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