Sebastian Assistant vs RemCall
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sebastian Assistant
This app offers a streamlined way to manage reminders, notes, and actions through voice or text input. It features a smart dashboard for daily overviews, customizable widgets, and a privacy-first approach with on-device data storage.
- Voice + Text Actions
- Smart Dashboard
- Sticky Notes
- Widgets & Standby
- Customizable Sections
- Privacy-First
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Sebastian — Daily Assistant Sebastian pulls your calendar, reminders, notes, alarms and timers into one place, and keeps them tied to the people they are actually about. THREADS Link a calendar, a reminder list, a note, an alarm or a timer to a person, and Sebastian builds them a thread — one timeline of every appointment, reminder, note and comment involving them. Filter it to one kind of entry, then share it as text or a formatted PDF. It is the fastest way to answer "what has been going on with Mum's care?" without digging through four apps. YOUR DAY • Today: events, due reminders and what needs attention, in a dashboard you arrange yourself. • Reminders: group by list, due date, priority or status. Save Quick Views, act on many at once, and timebox a task straight onto your calendar. • Calendar: day, week and month, with conflict spotting and travel time. • Notes: Markdown, images and attachments, with their own widgets — and with Plus, Notes on the web: read and edit them in any browser, synced through your own iCloud. TIMERS, ALARMS AND FASTING Multiple named timers, full alarm scheduling, and fasting timers that keep running past their target so you can see how long you actually fasted. WIDGETS AND SHORTCUTS Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy widgets, launcher cards, Live Activities, Control Center controls, Spotlight search and Siri Shortcuts. DRIVE MODE A large-type, glanceable view of what is next when you are on the road. PRIVACY Your calendar, reminders and contacts stay on your device and in Apple's own apps. Sebastian asks for what it needs and nothing more. There is no account and no sign-up. FREE AND PLUS Free shows every calendar and reminder list you have — nothing is hidden. You can add to and edit any three of each, and tick off or delete a reminder wherever it lives. It includes alarms, timers, severe weather alerts, and the small and medium widgets. Sebastian Plus is a single one-time purchase — no subscription, nothing to renew — and it lifts every limit: editing in all your calendars and lists, unlimited notes, sync across your devices, Notes on the web, full thread history and export, hourly and 10-day forecasts, focus timers, shared tags and the large launcher widgets. It is shareable with your Family Sharing group. New installs get 30 days of everything to try first. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
RemCall
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RemCall is the reminder that actually reaches you. It doesn't buzz silently in a notification tray — it rings your phone and tells you, out loud, what you asked to remember. Set a reminder for any moment — "call mom at 6," "take medication at 9," "leave for the airport" — and when the time comes, RemCall places a real phone call to you and reminds you in a natural, human-sounding voice. Even when notifications get ignored, a ringing phone doesn't. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Reminders that call your phone at the exact time you set • A natural AI voice that speaks the reminder you created • Recurring reminders — daily, weekly, or a custom schedule • Keep calling — RemCall rings back until you confirm • A built-in voice assistant — just tap the mic and create or change reminders hands-free • See your upcoming reminders and full call history at a glance WITHOUT OPENING THE APP • Home screen widgets — your next call, what's upcoming, or your whole agenda at a glance • Lock Screen and StandBy widgets — check your next reminder without unlocking • A Live Activity in the Dynamic Island while a reminder call is running • A Control Center button that calls you right now • Ask Siri — "Add a reminder in RemCall" — or run it from Shortcuts WHY REMCALL • Notifications are easy to swipe away. A phone call isn't. • Made for the things you can't afford to miss — medication, appointments, wake-ups, deadlines, and important calls. • Straightforward plans — pick how many reminder calls you need each month, and change or cancel any time. Set it once, and let RemCall make sure the moment never slips by. RemCall Premium is an auto-renewing monthly subscription. Your plan renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel it any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://remcall.app/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Sebastian Assistant at every 2 days against RemCall's every 5 days. RemCall's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). 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
Both are free to download. Sebastian Assistant sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and RemCall sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sebastian Assistant ships an update every 2 days, RemCall every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sebastian Assistant | RemCall |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Surratt | Parthav . |
In-app purchases
Sebastian Assistant
- Sebastian Plus$9.99
RemCall
- Lite$3.991 Month
- Plus$9.991 Month
- Pro$24.991 Month
- 25 Extra Minutes$2.99
- 30 Minutes$5.99
- 100 Minutes$17.99
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- 300 Minutes$49.99









