Memento vs Reliquum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Memento
Track important life events with beautiful, personalized countdowns. Add photos, favorite songs, notes, and receive timely notifications. Create widgets and share moments with friends.
- Personalized event countdowns
- Custom photos and favorite songs
- Event notes and reminders
- Widget creation
- Timely notifications
- Social sharing
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Memento - a countdown app that helps you track life’s most important moments beautifully and effortlessly. From birthdays and anniversaries to weddings, holidays, and parties, watch time move closer to the events that matter most. Personalize each countdown, stay organized with notes and favorites, and never miss a moment with timely notifications. First released in 2012, Memento is back refined, modernized, and still true to what made it special. An OG classic, rebuilt for today. Key Features - Create countdowns for birthdays, events, holidays, and milestones - Personalize each event with your own photos - Assign your favourite song to any event. Every time you open that countdown, your music plays automatically, making moments even more personal. - Add notes to capture ideas, plans, or memories - Get notifications - Create widgets - Share moments with friends on social media - Discover Public Events
Reliquum
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Write a letter to your future self or someone you care about. Add a photo, audio or video, then seal it until a date or a place you choose. Reliquum keeps those memories private until their moment arrives. Handwrite a personal letter on a supported device, choose your paper and ink, and read it on iPhone or iPad. Save a draft and return when the words come. Your first three relics are free. A single lifetime purchase unlocks unlimited relics, with no subscription. No account or analytics. Optional iCloud backup stores encrypted copies, including drafts, and is off by default. For personal use only. Apple’s Standard End User License Agreement applies: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Memento and Reliquum are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Memento sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Reliquum sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Memento ships an update every 11 days, Reliquum every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Memento | Reliquum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anand Raj R | Jean-Baptiste Meyer |
In-app purchases
Memento
- Pro (Lifetime)$2.99
Reliquum
- Unlimited Relics$4.99







