Life Reminders vs ShelfKeep

Life Reminders is a privacy-first deadline tracker for everything your life quietly depends on — passports, driving licenses, car insurance, bills, tax filings, pet vaccines, birthdays, subscriptions, home maintenance, and 70+ more categories. Tap the microphone and speak naturally: "Mom's passport expires next March" or "Car service every 6 months." Life Reminders extracts the category, date, and person automatically — no forms, no fiddling. ZERO TRACKING, ZERO ACCOUNTS Your reminders never leave your device. No sign-up, no cloud account, no analytics. Just a clean notification when something matters. 70+ SMART CATEGORIES ACROSS 8 REGIONS Pre-tuned for the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India, France, Germany, Italy, and Singapore. Region-specific categories appear automatically based on where you live. CATEGORY-AWARE ALERT SCHEDULES Every category knows when to remind you. Passports alert a full year before expiry. Bills alert 3 days out. Tax deadlines alert 30 days out. Set it once, trust it forever. VOICE-FIRST, ON-DEVICE Voice transcription runs entirely on your device using Apple's speech recognizer. Your voice never leaves your phone. CALENDAR, TIMELINE, DASHBOARD Three ways to see what's coming: a Dashboard grouped by urgency, a Timeline of the next 12 months, and a full Calendar with week, month, and year views. FAMILY TAGGING Attach reminders to specific people — Mom, Dad, Riya, the dog. RECURRING REMINDERS & OVERDUE NAGGING Annual renewals, monthly bills, weekly chores, custom intervals — all handled. Something slipped? Life Reminders re-notifies you daily until you act. PRICING • Free — 5 reminders, no ads • Ad-Supported — 20 reminders with one discreet ad • Pro ($4.99 one-time) — unlimited, no ads, iCloud sync, Family Sharing Works on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch.

Shelfkeep is where you put the things in your life that have a date attached, and we make sure you don't forget them. Forget your passport expiration → trip canceled. Forget a free trial → wallet drained. Forget a warranty window → can't claim. Forget a renewal → fine in the mail. Same feeling every time: Oh, I forgot. Shelfkeep keeps all of it on one screen, organized into shelves, with smart reminders before each date so you actually have time to act. WHAT YOU CAN TRACK - Subscriptions and free trials (with monthly cost summary) - Documents: passport, driver's license, visa, work permit - Warranties and receipts - Vehicle registration, insurance, inspection - Medications and prescriptions - Professional certifications and licenses - Home maintenance: smoke detectors, filters, fire extinguishers - Anything else with a date REMINDERS Local notifications fire 30 days, 7 days, 1 day, and the day of each expiration. Choose which ones you want in Settings. Or choose a custom reminder. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - No account, no login, no sign-up - 100% local — your data lives only on your device - No tracking, no analytics, no ads - If you uninstall, the data is gone with it FREE FOREVER No paywall, no premium tier, no in-app purchases. Just a useful tool. Made by Shelf Studio.