Comparison

Remindo vs Barake

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

Head to head
About

Remindo

Features
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Head too full? Just hand it all over, I've got this. I'm Cortex, your pocket-sized second brain. Tell me what you don't want to forget, and I'll bring it back up at exactly the right moment. No account to create, no dashboard to set up: you open the app, you type, done. A TITLE, β€œWHEN?”, DONE An idea, an errand, a birthday… Type it, pick Today, Tomorrow or a date, and I'll tell you right away whether I'll ping you. Category, steps, a goal or a description? They wait quietly under β€œMore options”. YOUR NOTES, ORGANIZED WITHOUT EFFORT Codes, shoe sizes, gift ideas: your notes get their own tab. Pin the ones you keep reopening, sort them by category, and find any of them by typing a word. Bold, italics, bullets and little callouts keep your lists readable. TODAY FIRST I open on what matters today, with what's coming up and everything else one tap away. A reminder is overdue? Move it to tonight or tomorrow in one gesture. Checked it too soon? β€œUndo”, and it's as if nothing happened. And if it doesn't need a time, it doesn't get one. YOUR ROUTINES, ON AUTOPILOT Just β€œRepeat”: every day, every week, every two weeks or every month. Water the plants, meditate, call grandma: they come back on their own, on the right day, all you do is tick them off. GOALS THAT ACTUALLY MOVE 30 push-ups, 8 glasses of water, 20 pages. Set a number, add your progress through the day, and watch the bar fill up. 30/100, then 60/100, then… there you go. I'LL CHECK IN, GENTLY A midday check-in, an evening nudge. You set the times, and I go quiet the moment there's nothing left to do. Promise, I'm not the clingy type. YOUR JOURNAL, GENTLY Capture your day's moments with their time, hashtags and a few photos. A small review in the evening; later, your memories by week, month or year. YOUR WIDGET, RIGHT ON THE HOME SCREEN Your day right on the home screen, plus a shortcut in your phone's quick settings to jot an idea down in two seconds. You can even share text from another app β€” it lands straight with me. YOUR DAY ON YOUR WRIST Today's reminders show up on your watch. On Wear OS, the Remindo app and its tile put today's list one swipe from your watch face. Tick them off, add +1 to your goals, without pulling out your phone β€” and everything syncs back on its own. YOUR NOTES STAY WITH YOU No account. No cloud. No ads. Your notes live on your phone and are never sent anywhere β€” the app works fully offline. Only anonymous usage statistics and crash reports are sent, to fix bugs. Never the content of your notes, and you can switch it all off in the settings. Come on, empty your head. I'll take it from here.

About

Barake

This app helps parents manage their children's screen time by allowing kids to earn minutes through chores and quizzes. Approved tasks and quiz completions unlock app usage, with a zero-minute balance resulting in automatic app locking.

Highlights
  • Earn screen time via chores
  • Unlock apps with earned minutes
  • App categories and specific app limits
  • Self-grading quizzes for minutes
  • Daily earning caps and bedtime locks
  • Always allowed apps (phone, messages, school)
  • Parental code for settings protection
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Screen time is earned. Barake is a parental control app that ends the nightly bargaining: your kid does their chores and passes their quizzes, you approve, and the minutes they earn unlock their apps. When the counter reaches zero, everything locks again β€” no stepping in, no reminding. HOW IT WORKS 1. You choose the apps to limit: whole categories (Games, Social media…) or specific apps. 2. Your kid earns minutes: with chores you approve in one tap, and with short quizzes that grade themselves. 3. The minutes unlock their apps. They use them whenever they like. At zero, the apps lock again. CHORES, WITHOUT THE NAGGING β€’ A catalog of everyday tasks with suggested minutes: tidy your room, set the table, homework, reading… β€’ You decide what each task is worth and which days it comes back. β€’ A photo as proof, when you ask for one. β€’ A notification when a task is waiting for you. Declined? Add a note about what's missing, and they send it again. β€’ Gift minutes, no task needed, whenever you like. QUIZZES FOR MINUTES Short multiple-choice quizzes matched to your kid's age or grade, starting with math. A time limit per question, an explanation for every answer, and the minutes land as soon as they pass β€” nothing for you to check. Didn't pass? Another try later. YOU STAY IN CHARGE β€’ A daily cap on the minutes they can earn. β€’ A bedtime: after that, nothing unlocks until morning. β€’ Apps that are always allowed: Phone, Messages, school apps. β€’ A parent code protects the settings on their phone. β€’ Follow everything from your own phone: minutes earned, used and left. On your kid's iPhone, Barake uses Apple's Screen Time, with your approval as the parent in Family Sharing. Setup takes about ten minutes, step by step. PRIVACY Barake blocks and unblocks apps; it never reads what your kid does in them. On iPhone, Apple doesn't even share the names of the chosen apps with Barake. No ads, no data sold, no tracking on your kid's phone. Task photos are deleted after 30 days. SUBSCRIPTION 7-day free trial, then a monthly or yearly subscription. One subscription covers all your kids. If the subscription stops, every block is lifted on your kid's phone: we don't lock a kid out over a payment. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://barake.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://barake.app/privacy

Screenshots

Remindo4 screens
Barake4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Remindo at none against Barake's shown. Remindo also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Remindo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Barake sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Remindo ships an update weekly, Barake every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 6 level
Remindo versus Barake: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemindoBarake
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsβ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days β€” better
AdsNo β€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetizationβ€”Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better16.4
Further details β€” not scored
Size47 MB65 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperNicolas ZanetteOrizon 42

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Remindo

One-time1
  • Remindo Plus$3.99
2 purchases

Barake

Subscriptions2
  • Barake premium3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Barake premium3 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Remindo free?
Remindo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Barake free?
Barake is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Remindo or Barake have ads?
Barake shows ads; Remindo does not.
Which is updated more often, Remindo or Barake?
Remindo ships an update weekly, and Barake every 5 days. Most recently, Remindo was updated on October 31, 2026 and Barake on November 8, 2026.

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