Comparison

Remainder vs Aimstep

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

Head to head
About

Remainder

This app helps you plan your day by timeboxing tasks and meetings. It automatically adjusts your schedule based on actual task completion times and can block distracting apps during work periods. Premium features include AI-powered scheduling and advanced analytics.

Highlights
  • Time blocking for tasks and meetings
  • Automatic schedule replanning
  • Distracting app blocking
  • Calendar synchronization
  • Task completion tracking
  • Detailed statistics
Features
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Spend your time on purpose. Keep the Remainder. Remainder is a time blocking or timeboxing to-do list. It plans what and when you will do something, nearly doubling your likelihood of follow-through. Unlike other apps, it follows how long each task actually takes and silently replans your day accordingly. How it works. - Plan your day as blocks: tasks, meetings, breaks - Sync to your calendars, to flow tasks around meetings - Block distracting apps while working on a task, but greenlight the apps when you need them Describe it to plan it. - Braindump everything you need to do - Remainder lays out a full schedule of your day See where your time went. - Remainder manages your estimates and actual time - Track how much time you save - Monitor detailed stats and streaks Sync across devices - Be sure to get the Mac and iPad versions, so you don't always have to run it from your phone - Remainder privately updates in real time REMAINDER PLUS The free app plans your day, runs the timer, syncs your calendars, and blocks distracting apps. Remainder Plus adds AI day planning (describe your day and get a full schedule), per-task app greenlights, and the complete stats suite: time by project, estimate accuracy, and personal records. Plus is $4.99/week, $7.99/month, or $49.99/year. The yearly plan starts with a 1-week free trial. Prices may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; the yearly free trial converts to a paid subscription the same way. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Any unused trial time is forfeited when you purchase a plan. Terms of Use: https://remainder.co/term Privacy Policy: https://remainder.co/privacy It's not that productivity has inherent value. You don't owe the world your output. It's that it feels good to look back and know the day went where you meant it to.

About

Aimstep

Features
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What's your card? A few honest questions and your discipline gets a rating out of 99. Then lock in with your squad and make it climb, every Sunday. LOCK IN WITH YOUR SQUAD Start a private squad of up to 6, or join a friend's with their 6-character code. You see each other's cards and ranks, today's count (2/3, 3/3…) and streaks, ranked by rating. Every day one of you locks in counts for the whole squad. No chat, no feed, no DMs: one reaction a day, like Respect or Lock in. Your missions stay private. Report, block or remove anyone, leave anytime. PICK YOUR ARC • Winter Arc: until December 31. Walk into the new year ranked. • 30-day lock in: one month, no zero days. • 75-day challenge: body, mind and sleep, every day for 75 days. • New Year Reset: all of January. Every arc has an end date. Your card is minted for it, and if you finish, that edition is yours for good. GET RATED Six honest questions about last week. Out comes your starting card: an overall rating out of 99 and six stats. WILL, BODY, MIND, FOCUS, SLEEP, MONEY. Pick three pillars to raise; WILL grows with every day you keep. 3 MISSIONS A DAY One mission per pillar, every day, built from your answers. Check it off and the points are banked for Sunday. Bad day? Minimum mode gives you the 10-minute version. Half the points, streak saved, no zero days. A mission doesn't fit your day? Swap it, up to three times a week. EVERY SUNDAY AT 6 PM Your card upgrades. The week you kept turns into points, up to +4 a week, so nobody fakes their way up. Cross a line and you rank up: Recruit → Legionary → Veteran → Centurion → General → Imperator. Bronze, silver, gold, obsidian, then violet and laurel. Imperator takes months of near-perfect weeks. And when your arc ends, a final upgrade at midnight seals the card you earned. ALSO IN THERE • One side quest a week: extra WILL and a stamp for your collection • A journal of every day and every Sunday • Day 1 next to today, stat by stat • Post your day, your upgrade, your card • A reminder at 9 PM if a mission is still open, and one when Sunday's upgrade lands No feed. No strangers. Just you, your squad and your Day 1. SUBSCRIPTION Aimstep needs a subscription to run your arc. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period or trial. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://prime-legal.nicobe21.chatgpt.site/terms Privacy Policy: https://prime-legal.nicobe21.chatgpt.site/privacy

Screenshots

Remainder4 screens
Aimstep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Remainder at 3 against Aimstep's 1. Aimstep's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Remainder sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Aimstep sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Remainder ships an update every 5 days, Aimstep weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Remainder versus Aimstep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemainderAimstep
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFilter Company, LLCMANGIN Nicolas

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Remainder

Subscriptions4
  • Remainder Plus Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Remainder Plus Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Remainder Plus Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Remainder Plus Yearly - First Year1 Year trial$29.991 Year
3 purchases

Aimstep

Subscriptions3
  • Aimstep Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Aimstep Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Aimstep Annual3 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Remainder free?
Remainder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Aimstep free?
Aimstep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Remainder or Aimstep have ads?
Both Remainder and Aimstep show ads.
Which is updated more often, Remainder or Aimstep?
Remainder ships an update every 5 days, and Aimstep weekly. Most recently, Remainder was updated on October 31, 2026 and Aimstep on November 6, 2026.

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