Comparison

Shared Reminders vs WhileHere

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

Head to head
About

Shared Reminders

Features
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Remember the right thing at the right place, and remind the people you live with. OnTheGo reminds you the moment you arrive somewhere or leave. Buy milk when you reach the market, grab your umbrella as you leave home, pick up the prescription at the pharmacy. NEW: TOGETHER Send your partner or housemate a reminder that rings on their phone when they reach a place, or at the time you pick. • "Get the medicine" rings when they arrive at the pharmacy • See when it reached their phone, when it rang and when they finished it • Make groups for home, family or friends • Receiving reminders is free; sending them is part of Premium LOCATION REMINDERS • Get reminded when you arrive at a place or when you leave it • Choose how wide the reminder area is, from 100 m to 5 km • Add a delay, like "15 minutes after I get home" • Snooze a reminder for 15 minutes or an hour • Let it ring as an alarm that cuts through silent mode (iOS 26 or later) • Works in the background, even when the app is closed DAYS AND TIMES • Limit a reminder to certain days and hours • Repeat it daily, weekly or monthly, even on the first Monday of the month • Quick reminders: one tap where you are, they ring once and clean themselves up YOUR PLACES • Save Home, Work and your favorite places • Start a reminder from a saved place in one tap • Pick any spot on the map, or search for it HOME SCREEN WIDGET See your active reminders at a glance. FREE iCLOUD SYNC Keep reminders, favorites, Home and Work the same on all your devices with your own iCloud account. Only you can see this data. PRIVACY • No account, no ads, no tracking • Your location stays on your iPhone • Purchases are verified with RevenueCat; your reminders and places are never sent to it PREMIUM • Turn on your location reminders, up to 20 at once (the most iOS allows an app) • Send reminders to your people with Together Choose a yearly plan, with a free trial for new subscribers, or pay once for Lifetime. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

WhileHere

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WhileHere reminds you about tasks based on where you are — not what time it is. Create a task like "buy groceries," and WhileHere finds matching places near you and suggests them on the map. Pick your spots, set a radius, and forget about it. When you reach one of those places, your reminder appears — right when you can actually act on it. LEAVE-BASED REMINDERS Some tasks can't be done until you leave. Choose "When I leave" and your current location becomes the leave place — give it a name like "Apartment" if you like, and set how far you need to move away before it triggers. The moment you leave, you're notified that your reminder is set and your task places activate automatically. Arrive at one and your reminder appears. Leave home, remember the groceries, buy them on the way. WHY WHILEHERE • Remind by place • Smart place suggestions from your task title • Multiple places per task — whichever you reach first reminds you • Adjustable radius for every reminder • Track each leave task's progress: waiting to leave, on the way, done • Remind Later and Mark Done right from the notification • Works in the background ON YOUR DEVICE, ONLY Your tasks and places stay on your device. No account, no feed, no sharing. Location is used only to trigger your own reminders. Stop forgetting the task you drove right past. Put the reminder where the task is.

Screenshots

Shared Reminders4 screens
WhileHere4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WhileHere at none against Shared Reminders's 5. WhileHere also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Shared Reminders's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Shared Reminders sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. WhileHere asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shared Reminders ships an update every 3 weeks, WhileHere every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Shared Reminders versus WhileHere: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShared RemindersWhileHere
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSalih GoleAnand Kumar

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Shared Reminders

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Beacon$1.991 Month
  • OnTheGo Weekly$1.997 Days
  • OnTheGo Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • OnTheGo Lifetime$9.99
  • OnTheGo Lifetime$12.99
None

WhileHere

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shared Reminders free?
Shared Reminders is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WhileHere free?
WhileHere is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shared Reminders or WhileHere have ads?
Neither Shared Reminders nor WhileHere shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shared Reminders or WhileHere?
Shared Reminders ships an update every 3 weeks, and WhileHere every 5 months. Most recently, Shared Reminders was updated on October 25, 2026 and WhileHere on October 6, 2026.

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