Memento vs Unforgetful

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

Unforgetful

• People who dismiss a notification and then forget the task
• Apple Reminders and Siri users who want persistent alerts
• A short list of near-term tasks, not project planning

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.

Unforgetful

• A subscription is required to use the app; there is no free plan once the one-month trial ends.
• By design it has no calendar, scheduling, timers, collaboration, tags, folders or archives.
• It is for Apple devices only: the App Store lists iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch.
• The developer says dictation records the whole phrase as the title and does not yet pick dates or times out of it.

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.

Unforgetful

Works on Apple Reminders data

Tasks are read from and written to Reminders, so there is no import or export, Siri's "Remind me" requests show up, and it can be used alongside Reminders or other apps on that data.

Notifications that repeat

Every task keeps notifying until it is completed or deleted, even after a notification has been missed or dismissed.

Smart snooze

Snooze intervals are based on each task's snooze history and grow as a task is snoozed more often. Nothing is marked overdue.

Spaced-out alerts

Tasks due at the same moment are spread out so they do not arrive as one pile, and a recurring task that was missed several times is rescheduled from now.

Delayed location reminders

A location-based reminder can fire a set time after arrival, for example five minutes after getting home.

Capture by dictation

A microphone button in the app, its widgets and its Lock Screen and Control Center controls records a spoken task as a title.

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.

Unforgetful

• Unforgetful Annual$19.99

  per year

  The only plan. One subscription covers iPhone, iPad and Mac, and it starts after a one-month free trial.