Comparison

Linger vs Badger

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

Head to head
About

Linger

This app places reminders directly on your lock screen, ensuring they remain visible until completed. It uses natural language processing to understand scheduling and allows for quick completion with a simple swipe. Track your progress with visual streaks and archive past reminders.

Highlights
  • Persistent lock screen reminder cards
  • Natural language reminder scheduling
  • One-gesture completion
  • Habit streak tracking
  • Reminder archiving
  • Home screen widget
  • Customizable colors and dark mode
Features
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Reminders that don't go away. Every reminder gets its own card on your Lock Screen, and it stays there until you deal with it. No badge to miss, no list you have to remember to open. Swipe the card away and it's done. If you have ever closed a reminders app and forgotten the reminder existed, Linger is built for exactly that. WRITE IT THE WAY YOU'D SAY IT Type "water the plants every Tuesday at 8am" and Linger reads the schedule out of the sentence. It shows you what it understood, so nothing gets silently misread. Every repeat you'd actually want is there — daily, weekdays, every Tuesday and Thursday, the 1st of the month — without a form to fill in. FINISHING IS ONE GESTURE Swipe the card off your Lock Screen and the reminder is complete. A repeat rolls forward to its next date on its own. You never have to open the app at all. SEE WHAT IT ADDS UP TO Every reminder keeps a grid of each day you ticked it off — months of it, readable at a glance. Streaks count themselves. It's the difference between thinking you've kept something up and knowing you have. PUT SOMETHING DOWN WITHOUT LOSING IT Archive takes a reminder off your Lock Screen and out of the list, and keeps its whole history. Bring it back whenever you like and the grid comes back with it. Something archived in March and restored in August returns on its next real date, not five months overdue. YOUR REMINDERS NEVER LEAVE YOUR PHONE No account. No sign-up. No ads, no analytics, no tracking of any kind. What you write is a file on your device and nowhere else — there is no copy of it on any server, ours included. ALSO • A Home Screen widget, so it's there before you unlock • Fourteen colours, so a glance tells you which is which • Dark mode, lit properly rather than dimmed • A backstop notification, so a reminder can never quietly vanish FREE, AND WHAT PLUS ADDS Linger is free to use, with one reminder on your Lock Screen at a time. Linger Plus lifts that limit — keep as many as you like, each on its own card — and is a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-off lifetime purchase. The yearly plan starts with seven days free: the whole app, nothing held back. We'll remind you the day before the trial ends, so it can't turn into a charge you didn't expect. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Linger Plus is available as a monthly subscription and a yearly subscription, both auto-renewing, and as a one-time lifetime purchase that never renews. The price in your local currency is shown on the purchase screen before anything is charged. A subscription renews at the end of each period unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before that period ends. You can turn it off at any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://spicelabs.app/linger/privacy/

About

Badger

Features
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Badger is the reminder that won't let go. Set it once, and it rings again and again — every 5 minutes, or every single minute — until you tap Done. For the things you keep forgetting: trash day, moving the car for street cleaning, calling Mom, paying rent, feeding the cat. PICK HOW HARD BADGER PUSHES • Once — rings one time, badge stays • Nag — every 5 minutes, up to 12 times, until you tap Done • Relentless — every minute, up to 30 times, sent as Time-Sensitive notifications, which iOS can deliver during Focus when you allow Time-Sensitive alerts for Badger DONE FROM THE LOCK SCREEN Every ring has Done and Snooze buttons right on the notification. Swiping it away doesn't count — that's the point. REPEAT YOUR WAY Daily, weekdays only, Tuesday & Friday, the 1st of the month, or a single date. ICONS PICK THEMSELVES Type "Move the car" and Badger picks a car icon. "Feed the cat" gets a cat. Change it with one tap. HISTORY THAT KEEPS YOU HONEST Every Done, every miss, and how many rings it took. 100% ON YOUR PHONE No account. No cloud. No analytics. Your reminders never leave your iPhone. FREE FOREVER, OR $3.99 ONCE 3 reminders are free with no time limit. Badger Pro unlocks unlimited reminders, Relentless mode, all sounds, quiet hours and custom snooze — one payment, no subscription, ever. Family Sharing supported. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://badger.comedev.com/#privacy

Screenshots

Linger4 screens
Badger4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Badger at 17.0 against Linger's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Linger sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Badger sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Linger versus Badger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLingerBadger
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNeel Chary丽 江

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Linger

Subscriptions2
  • Linger Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Linger Plus Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Linger Plus Lifetime$44.99
1 purchases

Badger

One-time1
  • Badger Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Linger free?
Linger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Badger free?
Badger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Linger or Badger have ads?
Neither Linger nor Badger shows ads.

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