Comparison

BlahBlah vs Never Forget

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

Head to head
About

BlahBlah

This app provides a private chat interface for users to send messages, notes, and media to themselves. It offers features like voice memos, rich link previews, and a unique dialogue mode for internal reflection. Capture thoughts from anywhere and revisit past messages with advanced search and organization tools.

Highlights
  • Self-messaging chat interface
  • Send text, images, voice memos, links, locations
  • On-device voice memo transcription
  • Share from other apps
  • Dialogue mode for internal reflection
  • Backdate messages
  • On This Day and Daily Reflection features
  • Customizable chat themes
Features
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BlahBlah - Message Your Future Self Because some things are only worth saying to yourself. # Sound Familiar? You send links to yourself on WhatsApp. You text an idea to your own number before it disappears. Millions of people do this every day — in apps never quite designed for it. BlahBlah is what that habit always deserved. # What is BlahBlah? BlahBlah is a self-messaging app for iOS, built around the familiar comfort of a chat interface — except every message is from you, to you. Not a journal. Not a note-taking app. Not a to-do list. A chat. With yourself. # What You Can Send A thought doesn't always arrive as words — so send text, images, voice memos (with on-device transcription), links with rich previews, locations, and Apple Music cards. # Capture From Anywhere See something worth keeping in another app? Tap Share to send text, links or photos straight into BlahBlah. BlahBlah controls live in Control Centre, the Lock Screen and the Action Button — one tap to a note, voice, photo, link, music or location. A Quick Capture widget and Siri & Shortcuts capture without even opening the app. # Two Voices, One You Sometimes the clearest thinking isn't a monologue. It's an argument. Dialogue mode splits the conversation into two sides — rational and emotional, question and answer. Set names and avatars for each role, then start talking. # Write to a Past Moment Backdate records a message to an earlier date and time — yesterday's forgotten note — then drops it where it belongs in your timeline. A Premium feature, from the "+" menu or Control Centre. # Start From a Template Save what you write again and again — a daily rant, a morning check-in — as a template with its tags, and start from it in one tap. With Premium, reminders open the right template at the right time. # Look Back BlahBlah helps you return to yourself: • On This Day — what you wrote a week, a month, even a year ago. A banner surfaces it, or a daily reminder brings it to you. • Daily Reflection — a gentle question to look inward, fresh each day. Open it from a widget, reminder or Control Centre; your answer keeps the question with it. • Streak — a Home and Lock Screen widget counting your days in a row, current at a glance. # Find Your Past Self Search and browse your whole history: Search by keyword, browse by type — every photo, location and link — or filter by date range, tag (Starred, Idea or your own, AND/OR), template and dialogue role. Tap any result to jump back to that moment. # Keep It Just Right Long-press any message to edit it in place. Edited messages are automatically tagged so you can find them again. # Make It Yours This conversation is personal — so make it look right: • Five bubble themes, from Classic Blue to Sakura Blossom • Plus message alignment, timestamp frequency, corner style and bubble tail # Free vs Premium Free covers the everyday — text, photo, link, location and music messages, editing, resending, a template, On This Day, iCloud sync, and a 20-message taste of Dialogue mode. Premium unlocks voice memos with transcription, up to 9 photos a message, unlimited Dialogue mode, 10 custom tags, 20 templates with reminders, place and music search, full search history, batch actions, and every personalisation option. # Private & Everywhere BlahBlah syncs across all your Apple devices via iCloud — no account, no server, no analytics, no third parties. Everything stays between you and your devices. Your inner monologue is yours alone. BlahBlah — Say it. Save it. Come back to it. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Never Forget

Features
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Some people you don't want to forget. Never Forget is the quietly powerful way to schedule messages for later — birthdays, check-ins, client follow-ups, the "thinking of you" note you'd never remember at 9pm on a Tuesday. Set it now, and we'll tap you on the shoulder at exactly the right moment. One tap is enough. At the scheduled time, you get a notification. Tap it — your message opens, pre-written, in WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, or Apple Messages. Hit send. Done. No auto-send. Ever. iOS doesn't let apps secretly send messages on your behalf — and honestly, we wouldn't want to. The send button stays yours. What you write is what gets sent, when you say so. Works where your conversations already live. WhatsApp Telegram Signal Apple Messages/SMS No new messenger to learn. No friends to invite. No "let's move this conversation to our platform." Just your existing chats, on time. Built for real life: Recurring messages for birthdays and anniversaries you keep forgetting Reusable templates for the messages you send often Photo, voice note, and file attachments Smart defaults — platform, time, recurrence, all remembered Clean, calm design. No noise. Who it's for: The friend who always means to text back The freelancer keeping clients warm The grandchild who wants to remember every birthday Anyone who's ever thought "I should message them" — and then didn't No data harvesting. No notifications begging for attention. Just a small, well-made tool that quietly makes you better at staying in touch. Never Forget. One tap. On time. Never Forget Premium Unlock unlimited scheduling, recurring messages, templates, and attachments. Monthly — €1.99 / month Yearly — €9.99 / year (save over 50%) 7-day free trial — try Premium free for 7 days. Cancel anytime before the trial ends and you won't be charged. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the price of the selected plan. Subscriptions may be managed, and auto-renewal turned off, in your Apple ID Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://mshields2.github.io/neverforget-legal/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BlahBlah4 screens
Never Forget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BlahBlah at weekly against Never Forget's every 2 weeks. BlahBlah also leads on iOS requirement (17.1 vs 26.0). 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. BlahBlah sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Never Forget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BlahBlah ships an update weekly, Never Forget every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
BlahBlah versus Never Forget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlahBlahNever Forget
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB15 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer晓晖 王Sebastian Johann

In-app purchases

3 purchases

BlahBlah

Subscriptions2
  • BlahBlah Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • BlahBlah Premium Yearly$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • BlahBlah Premium Lifetime$12.99
2 purchases

Never Forget

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is BlahBlah free?
BlahBlah is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Never Forget free?
Never Forget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BlahBlah or Never Forget have ads?
Neither BlahBlah nor Never Forget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BlahBlah or Never Forget?
BlahBlah ships an update weekly, and Never Forget every 2 weeks. Most recently, BlahBlah was updated on October 19, 2026 and Never Forget on October 25, 2026.

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