Comparison

Important First vs Don't Let Me Forget

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

Head to head

Important First

Focus on what matters

Remind me

★ 5.01 ratingsView app →

About

Important First

Features

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ImportantFirst is a simple task manager based on the Time Management Matrix (popularized by Stephen R. Covey). Organize your tasks into four quadrants: Urgent & Important: do now Not Urgent & Important: schedule and build momentum Urgent & Not Important: reduce distractions Not Urgent & Not Important: eliminate clutter Features: Create and manage tasks quickly Organize tasks by quadrant Stay focused on high-impact work Sync across devices with secure sign-in Designed to help you make consistent progress on what matters most.

About

Don't Let Me Forget

Never miss important dates or tasks again. This app allows you to set recurring or one-off reminders for anything you need to remember, from birthdays to appointments. It offers customizable notifications and cross-platform syncing.

Highlights

Create unlimited reminders
Categorize reminders by contact or general
Edit and delete reminders
Auto-delete, reschedule, or disable reminders
Cross-platform support (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
iCloud sync
Customizable background images (Subscription)

Features

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Never again forget an anniversary, birthday, appointment.... or to pick up the kids from school! Don't Let Me Forget will remind you of anything you deem important enough to want to remember. Is this a recurring event? No problem, set it up once and tell it how often it should remind you. Once off? No problem! Don't Let Me Forget is free to download and use and is 100% AD FREE! It collects no personal information and thus shares nothing with third parties, even us! Free to use but does offer a paid upgrade that gives you advance warning of upcoming reminders. For example, have an anniversary coming up? Give yourself enough time to buy a gift with a 4 week early notification and a 2 week follow up reminder! Never be accusing of forgetting ever again. Features include: * Create as many reminders as you want * Find your reminders either by contact if it relates to a specific person or via the general purpose Reminders tab if not * Reminders can be edited or deleted at any time * Reminders can auto delete after they fire, reschedule themselves for a future date or disable themselves, ready for you to edit at a later date * Full cross-platform SwiftUI (iPhone, iPad, Mac) * iCloud sync via CloudKit * Contact integration * Clean native UI on every platform * Subscription gating via StoreKit 2 * Customizable background images (Subscription) * Smart per-reminder advance notifications with background refresh (Subscription) Terms Of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mybadstudios.com/privacy-policy-dont-let-me-forget/

Screenshots

Important First4 screens

Don't Let Me Forget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Important First at none against Don't Let Me Forget's 1. Important First also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Don't Let Me Forget sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Important First asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Important First ships an update every 6 weeks, Don't Let Me Forget monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level

Important First versus Don't Let Me Forget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Important First	Don't Let Me Forget
Price	Free	Free
Rating	—	5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews	—	100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings	—	1 — better
Update frequency	Every 6 weeks	Monthly — better
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No — better	Yes
Monetization	—	Free with in-app purchases
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod — better	iPhone, iPad
Requires iOS	15.1 — better	26.0
Further details — not scored
Size	30 MB	7 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	Georgi Georgiev	Ryunosuke Jansen

In-app purchases

None

Important First

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Don't Let Me Forget

Subscriptions1

Premium$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Important First free?

Important First is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is Don't Let Me Forget free?

Don't Let Me Forget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

Do Important First or Don't Let Me Forget have ads?

Neither Important First nor Don't Let Me Forget shows ads.

Which is updated more often, Important First or Don't Let Me Forget?

Important First ships an update every 6 weeks, and Don't Let Me Forget monthly. Most recently, Important First was updated on October 15, 2026 and Don't Let Me Forget on October 2, 2026.