Comparison

Kawai Reminders vs Dingly

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

Head to head
About

Kawai Reminders

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Kawai Reminders is a beautiful and intuitive reminder app designed with a cute kawaii aesthetic. Stay organized and never miss important tasks with our charming notification system, colorful categories, and delightful animations. Perfect for daily planning, shopping lists, study schedules, and life goals. Features include customizable reminders, recurring tasks, priority levels, and a playful design that makes productivity fun.

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Dingly

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Dingly reads the calendars you choose and rings a real alarm before each meeting, so you're never caught off guard. - Real alarms: Dingly uses the same system alarms as the Clock app, so they ring even when your iPhone is on silent or in a Focus, and even if Dingly isn't open. - Two alerts per meeting: 15 minutes and 1 minute before by default. Change either one. - Meetings that start at the same time share one alarm. - Snooze or stop right from the alarm. - Skip a single meeting with a swipe; it won't ring on any of your devices. - Join Zoom, Google Meet, Teams or Webex calls right from the list or the countdown. - A countdown to your next meeting in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen, in your calendar's color. It appears with the first alarm, keeps counting down to the last one, and goes away when you stop it. Only ever one per meeting. - Choose from a set of pleasant alarm sounds. - Ignore meetings by keyword (like "lunch"), skip weekends, and pick which calendars to watch. - See your meetings for the days ahead, and keep up with your calendar automatically. A Shortcuts action can sync it any time. - Pause for a vacation, get a morning summary, ask Siri or use the widget to join or skip a meeting, and get a warning if a meeting's video link changes. - Add a short note to any meeting; it shows highlighted on its alarm and countdown. - Ring earlier for the meetings that need it: choose a first alert for one meeting, a whole series, or every meeting with a keyword like "kid pickup". - Works on iPhone, iPhone Duo and iPad, in English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Requires iOS 26.

Screenshots

Kawai Reminders4 screens
Dingly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dingly at Free against Kawai Reminders's $2.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Dingly is free to download; Kawai Reminders costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Kawai Reminders versus Dingly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKawai RemindersDingly
Price$2.99Free โ€” better
Update frequencyโ€”Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlejandro Hernandez MitreJiro Feingold

In-app purchases

None

Kawai Reminders

No in-app purchases

None

Dingly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kawai Reminders free?
Kawai Reminders costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dingly free?
Dingly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kawai Reminders or Dingly have ads?
Neither Kawai Reminders nor Dingly shows ads.

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