Remind Me Faster vs Dayrift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Remind Me Faster
This app streamlines adding tasks to your existing Apple Reminders. Quickly input reminders using natural language or one-tap presets for times, locations, and lists. It integrates with your Lock Screen, Control Center, and Share Sheet for instant access.
- Natural language input for reminders
- One-tap presets for common alerts
- Lock Screen and Control Center access
- Quick-switch lists with gestures
- Set reminder priority
- Auto-complete for routine tasks
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Quick-entry for Apple Reminders: Remind Me Faster gets tasks into Apple Reminders the moment they cross your mind. Your most-used times, locations, and lists are available with a couple of taps. It’s also available on your Lock Screen, control center, and share sheet. There's no need to switch task managers; Remind Me Faster is a companion to the Reminders app that's already on your device. Reminders you add can be viewed in the built-in Reminders app. 9to5mac — "ultimate companion app for Apple Reminders" MacStories — Best app update 2024 runner-up Lifehacker — Favourite apps of 2022 • Use natural language to set times, locations, priority, or lists — e.g. “Reply to Mike tomorrow 10am”, “Check out the new album leaving work” • Set common time or location alerts with one-tap presets • Auto-complete for routine reminders • Quick-switch lists with gestures • Set priority — ! !! !!! • Lock Screen, Control Center, and Action Button launchers • Share sheet, Shortcuts, and URL scheme • Nudges to finish saving reminders Remind Me Faster is indie-made, without tracking or ads. Most functionality is free, with some extras available as one-time purchases.
Dayrift
This app helps you track important future events and past milestones by counting the days until or since they occur. It offers a simple interface, customizable themes, and works offline without requiring an account. Your data is kept private and can sync securely via iCloud.
- Count down to future events
- Count up since past milestones
- Simple event creation with emoji
- View all events at a glance
- 8 customizable color themes
- Offline functionality
- Private data storage
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Track the moments that matter. Dayrift is a simple, beautiful app for counting days until future events and days since past milestones. Count down to what's ahead Vacation, wedding, graduation, product launch, retirement — see exactly how many days remain until your important dates. Count up from what's passed Sobriety, relationships, new job, baby's birth, moving day — track how far you've come since life's meaningful moments. Designed for simplicity Add events in seconds with a name, date, and emoji See all your countdowns and count-ups at a glance Choose from 8 beautiful color themes Works offline, no account required Private by design Your data stays on your device and syncs securely via iCloud to your other Apple devices. No analytics, no tracking, no servers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dayrift at none against Remind Me Faster's 9. Dayrift also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Remind Me Faster's advantage is ratings volume (456 vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Remind Me Faster sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Dayrift asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dayrift holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Remind Me Faster has 456 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Remind Me Faster ships an update every 9 days, Dayrift every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and August 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Remind Me Faster | Dayrift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (456 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 456 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nick Leith | Crimson IO LLC |
Customer experience
Remind Me Faster
Dayrift
Bugs and requests
Remind Me Faster
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on setting location
- Natural language input not working properly
Requested features
8 requests- Add repeat reminders
- Allow custom time intervals
- Add tags/categories support
- Sync settings across devices
- Add URL handling
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- Integrate with Calendar
- Add Apple Watch app
- Customizable quick buttons
Dayrift
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Remind Me Faster
- App Icon SetFree
- [Removed]Free
- [Legacy] More Location Presets$0.99
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- [Removed] Tip jar$0.99
- [Removed] Tip jar$1.99
- [Removed] Tip jar$3.99
- Auto-Complete$5.99
- Customise Time Controls$7.99
- Natural Language Input$9.99
Dayrift
No in-app purchases









