Comparison

Spanly vs Remsy

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

Head to head
About

Spanly

Features
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Spanly turns the time that matters into a clear visual gauge. Exams, birthdays, anniversaries, project deadlinesβ€”see what’s left with numbers and progress bars, and change how you spend each day. KEY FEATURES β€’ Countdown and progress gauges for every goal β€’ Display units: seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years β€’ To-Do lists with subtasks, linked checkmarks, and quantity progress β€’ Calendar view for scheduled tasks β€’ Home Screen widgets so you can check progress without opening the app β€’ Dark mode and multi-language support PREMIUM Enjoy full access for the first 30 days. After that, unlock widgets, To-Dos, calendar, and an ad-free experience with a one-time Premium purchase. Keep your focus on what matters nextβ€”with Spanly.

About

Remsy

Features
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Remsy is a reminder app. You can set a reminder for a part of the day instead of an exact time. Pick morning, afternoon, evening, night, or anytime. Remsy picks a minute inside that window for you and keeps it on a round number, so you get 7:00 rather than 7:03. If you want an exact time you can set one, down to the minute. Reminders fire once. If you miss one it stays in your list until you finish it, move it, or delete it. It won't notify you again, and nothing turns red. Repeats (Remsy Plus) Pick a number and a unit: minutes, hours, weeks, months, or years. There's also a plain Every day. Minutes and hours run around the clock rather than inside a part of the day, which is useful for medication. Set one for 9pm every four hours and it goes off at 9pm, 1am, 5am, 9am, and so on. If you miss one, the card keeps showing the occurrence you missed instead of skipping ahead to the next one. You can pause a repeat until a date you pick. It starts again on its own, on the same schedule as before. Someday For things with no date yet. Remsy picks a day 15 to 90 days out. The day is different for each item, so if you save ten things in one sitting they come back spread out instead of all on the same afternoon. After that it works like any other reminder. You can also share a link into Remsy from another app. Those don't have a date either, so they go to Someday too. Sound and Focus These are two separate settings. One decides whether the reminder makes a sound. The other decides whether it comes through Focus or Do Not Disturb. They work independently, so a silent reminder can still come through Focus. Silent only means no sound. The reminder still shows up on your lock screen. Nothing is marked urgent automatically. That part is always your choice. Palettes and languages 19 palettes, light and dark. Porcelain and Midnight are free, the rest come with Remsy Plus. Each one is checked for contrast, so text stays readable in all of them. English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese. Privacy No account, no sign-in, no server. Your reminders stay on your phone. No ads, no analytics, no tracking. The only thing Remsy connects to is RevenueCat, to check whether Remsy Plus is active. It sends an anonymous ID and your store receipt, nothing else. Backup You can back up everything to a file: your reminders, your archive, and your settings, including your palette, language, and the times you've set for each part of the day. Remsy hands the file to the normal share sheet, so it can go wherever you want it. Save it to Files, AirDrop it, mail it to yourself, or drop it into whatever app you use to send yourself things. To restore, open the file in Remsy. It asks you to confirm first, then puts everything back. Same phone or a new one, either way. There's no account and nothing to sign into, it's just a file you keep. Free Three active reminders at a time, counting every list including Someday. Remsy Plus - Unlimited reminders - All 19 palettes - Repeats, with custom intervals and pause Monthly ($2.99) or yearly ($14.99), auto-renewing, or Lifetime ($39.99) as a one-time purchase. Buying Lifetime does not cancel an existing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://denisfenger.github.io/remsy/privacy

Screenshots

Spanly4 screens
Remsy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Remsy at none against Spanly's shown. Remsy also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 5 weeks). Spanly's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Spanly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Remsy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spanly ships an update every 5 weeks, Remsy every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences Β· 2 level
Spanly versus Remsy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpanlyRemsy
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 8 days β€” better
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 β€” better16.4
Further details β€” not scored
Size25 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRina HayashiFenger Digital GmbH

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Spanly

One-time1
  • Spanly Premium$4.99
3 purchases

Remsy

Subscriptions2
  • Remsy Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Remsy Plus Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Remsy Plus Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Spanly free?
Spanly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Remsy free?
Remsy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Spanly or Remsy have ads?
Spanly shows ads; Remsy does not.
Which is updated more often, Spanly or Remsy?
Spanly ships an update every 5 weeks, and Remsy every 8 days. Most recently, Spanly was updated on October 25, 2026 and Remsy on October 25, 2026.

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