Comparison

KeyDates Your Memory App vs Lifely

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

Head to head
About

KeyDates Your Memory App

Easily capture and organize your life's moments with a visual timeline. Import events from calendars and social media, set reminders for future occurrences, and share memories privately with others. All your data is securely stored and exportable.

Highlights
  • Visual timeline of memories
  • Calendar view with event density
  • Import from calendar and social media
  • Private memory sharing with tags
  • Customizable reminders for future events
  • Data export to CSV
  • Advanced search and filtering
Features
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Capture your daily memories, events and more by adding KeyDates or importing from your calendar or social media. Unlock all features for a once-off lifetime fee - no ads or subscriptions! A Beautiful Timeline: Your timeline displays each of your memories in reverse-chronological order, and can be filtered easily according to our 16 distinct, colour-coded categories, people, date range, specific year, or On This Day. There is also a simple Search function, as well as an extensive Advanced Search feature so that you can quickly isolate memories as sorted by category, dates or keywords. On This Day: By using our easy-to-access button, view each memory from the current date - across all years. A Modern Calendar: The calendar functionality, new to 2.0, provides a new view for your memories, with graduating colours for dates with more events - so you can see your most eventful days at a glance. Tags: The secure, internal Tagging functionality allows you to privately send a static memory to another user's application with a one-time notification - no chat, comments or private messaging. Accepting the Tag within the app will put a copy of the memory onto the recipient's KeyDates Timeline, and enable the ability to view all events that have been shared with a the other user in a beautiful collated view. Reminders and Future Events: Memories set for a day in the future, as well as those with certain Categories like Subscriptions come with the ability to set a Reminder - which will push a notification to you before the event occurs, allowing you complete control of all your Scheduling and Reminders, and pre-setting a KeyDate for events you know will occur in the future. Export Event Data All of your data is now cloud-based, however as an added security measure, we offer the capability of exporting your data as a CSV, emailed securely to you. Your account and stored data is able to be deleted at any point in time. Privacy Policy: https://www.keydates.com.au/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.keydates.com.au/eula Website: https://www.keydates.com.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keydatesapp Support / Contact Us: We can be contacted at feedback@keydates.com.au - for all support, feedback, comments and messages.

About

Lifely

This app helps you record life's important moments, achievements, and memories in a chronological timeline. It offers secure data encryption and synchronization, allowing you to easily navigate and revisit past events.

Highlights
  • Chronological timeline of memories
  • Secure data encryption
  • Server synchronization
  • Event tracking by category
  • Zoom and scroll navigation
  • Password protection
Features
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Your whole life on one timeline. Lifely is a personal diary and journal for everyday memories and the moments that change your story. Keep the same diary on your phone and in your browser. Install Lifely on iPhone and iPad. On a Mac with Apple silicon, get the iPad app from the Mac App Store (Apple M1 or later, macOS 12 or later). You can also use the same diary in your browser. Write about today, add a memory from years ago, or record a milestone you want to look back on. Give each event a date and keep your thoughts, the people involved and the details together. SEE YOUR LIFE AT EVERY SCALE Zoom out to see years and decades, then zoom in to a single day. Follow the connections between everyday entries, important events and the different chapters of your life. The life calendar gives you another view of your years and weeks. On your phone, swipe to scroll through your timeline and pinch to change its scale. GIVE MEMORIES THEIR CONTEXT Add photos, a place, a mood or a song to an event. Keep a travel memory, a family celebration or an ordinary afternoon with someone you love. A short note can hold the details you would otherwise forget. FIND THE MOMENTS THAT MATTER Organize your diary with tags, people, life periods and importance levels. Revisit your time at school, the years in a particular city or the memories you share with one person. Search your entries when you want to find a specific moment. RETURN TO YOUR STORY Rediscover past events through memories, look back at how your life has unfolded and share selected moments as designed cards. Write as much or as little as you want, whenever you have something to remember. YOUR DIARY ON YOUR PHONE AND IN YOUR BROWSER Open your online diary in a browser with the same account you use on your phone. Your entries sync when you are connected. On your phone, write entries offline and sync when you reconnect. Protect access to the app with a passcode or biometric unlock on a supported device. Lifely includes ads and in-app purchases. Photo attachments and some organization features are part of Premium. Start with one moment that matters to you. Let the next entries become part of your life story. Terms of Use: https://sheep-apps.com/lifely/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://sheep-apps.com/lifely/privacy-policy

Screenshots

KeyDates Your Memory App4 screens
Lifely4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: KeyDates Your Memory App at 93% against Lifely's 33%. KeyDates Your Memory App also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.8) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Lifely's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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. KeyDates Your Memory App sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year and Lifely sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KeyDates Your Memory App holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of KeyDates Your Memory App's written reviews are positive against 33% of Lifely's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KeyDates Your Memory App ships an update every 3 weeks, Lifely every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
KeyDates Your Memory App versus Lifely: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeyDates Your Memory AppLifely
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (7 ratings) — better3.8 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size119 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMilestones Technology Group Pty LtdSheep Apps Inc

Customer experience

KeyDates Your Memory App

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%

Lifely

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

KeyDates Your Memory App

Subscriptions1
  • KeyDate Pro $29.99/year1 Month trial$29.991 Year
One-time7
  • Additional KeyDate$0.99
  • Lifetime access to 3 photos$1.99
  • Buy Additional Cagetory$1.99
Show 4 more
  • Lifetime Import Calendar Event$3.99
  • Lifetime import Facebook posts$3.99
  • Custom Subcategories Creation$9.99
  • Life Time KeyDates Pro$24.99
2 purchases

Lifely

Subscriptions2
  • Full access for 1 month$4.991 Month
  • Full access for 1 year3 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is KeyDates Your Memory App free?
KeyDates Your Memory App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lifely free?
Lifely is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, KeyDates Your Memory App or Lifely?
KeyDates Your Memory App is rated higher. KeyDates Your Memory App averages 4.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Lifely averages 3.8 from 6 ratings.
Do KeyDates Your Memory App or Lifely have ads?
Neither KeyDates Your Memory App nor Lifely shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KeyDates Your Memory App or Lifely?
KeyDates Your Memory App ships an update every 3 weeks, and Lifely every 10 days. Most recently, KeyDates Your Memory App was updated on November 1, 2026 and Lifely on November 3, 2026.

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