Memento vs Reminders MenuBar

Memento

• Apple Reminders users who want a different interface
• Reminders that need both a time and a place
• Buyers who want one purchase across their Apple devices

Reminders MenuBar

• Mac users who keep their tasks in Apple Reminders
• Adding or checking off reminders without opening the Reminders app
• Keyboard users who want a global shortcut for quick capture

Memento

• Apple platforms only: the listing covers iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Vision and Apple Watch.
• It is a paid download at $5.99 with no free version or trial.
• Lists are identified by their titles, so the support page warns that two lists with the same name can cause reminders to be reordered.
• The support page says iOS limits background updates, so the app relies on Background App Refresh to notice new reminders.

Reminders MenuBar

• macOS only, and it requires macOS Monterey 12 or later; there is no iPhone, iPad, Windows or web version.
• It is a front end to Apple Reminders, not a separate task store: it needs permission to access reminders and relies on Apple's own sync.
• The README lists Homebrew and a direct download from GitHub as the install routes and mentions no Mac App Store listing.

Memento

Built on Apple Reminders

Memento reads and writes the same database as Apple's Reminders, so there is nothing to migrate and reminders sync through iCloud and appear in both apps.

Time and location alerts

A reminder can alert at a set time, on arriving at or leaving a place, or both together.

Notifications with actions

Notifications offer quick actions to complete, snooze or reschedule a reminder without opening the app, including on Apple Watch.

Grid and list layouts

Reminders can be shown in a visual grid or a compact list, with a dark mode that uses true black for OLED displays.

Grouping by time period

Reminders are grouped into overdue, today, upcoming and someday, so the ones that matter now are separated from the rest.

Share sheet, iMessage and widgets

Reminders can be created from other apps through the share sheet and sent to friends from an iMessage app, and widgets show selected reminders at a glance.

Reminders MenuBar

Reminders in the menu bar

Every interaction happens in a popover opened from the macOS menu bar, which can show an icon, a counter or the title of the next upcoming reminder.

Natural-language entry

New reminders are typed in natural language that sets the due date, list and tags. Version 2.2.0 added typing shortcuts for flagged (!f) and urgent (!u) reminders.

Edit and complete reminders

Reminders can be marked as completed or edited in place, including their due dates, priorities, recurrence rules, lists and tags.

Upcoming view, search and filters

An upcoming section shows reminders within a time interval you configure, a search covers all reminders, and lists and tags filter what is displayed.

Sync through Apple Reminders

The app uses Apple's EventKit store to access the reminders on the Mac, the same ones shown in Apple Reminders and synced through iCloud, after a one-time permission request.

Global shortcut and in-app updates

A global keyboard shortcut toggles the app from anywhere, and since version 2.0.0 updates are delivered inside the app through Sparkle.

Memento

• Memento$5.99

  one-time purchase

  A single App Store listing for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Vision and Apple Watch, with no in-app purchases listed.

Reminders MenuBar

• Free$0

  The complete app, installed with Homebrew or as a disk image or zip archive from the GitHub releases page.