# Special Dates — user reviews > 38 indexed App Store user reviews of Special Dates by Ernesto Fernández Calles, rated 4.00/5 from 5 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/special-dates/id1532853488/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/special-dates/id1532853488.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 0 ## Newest reviews (11 of 38) ### 3/5 — Curiously CPU intensive *2024-11-27, version 1.7.1* This widget does the job adequately. It’s simple and intuitive but does seem to occupy the CPU a lot for something that tends to do one calculation a day. ### 3/5 — Good, but watch out for Sequoia Update *2024-10-09, version 1.7.1* The app is good and it’s been a true companion for most of my life’s milestones, as I used it for motivation and morale, as a countdown for my last uni exams, the dissertation and the bar exam. However, I’m sad to have to remove for the time being, as I found out it was draining my battery like crazy after the Sequoia update. Watch out, at least until it’s optimized again (if). ### 4/5 — Battery Drain on 15 Pro Max *2024-09-22* App started using background access even when background refresh was off and was on power save mode. Phone started getting hot. ### 4/5 — Almost Perfect *2024-05-20* Special Dates is nearly perfect. It's one main shortcoming as I can see is that is has a limited number of date types. It doesn't allow a person to flag something as a Birthday or Holiday. ### 4/5 — Casi perfecta *2024-02-20, version 2.0.0* Me parece una app muy útil, pero a la que le falta un detalle (por lo menos bajo mi punto de vista) para hacerla aún más útil. Que lleguen notificaciones al iPhone un día antes o una semana antes o ambas de que acabe la cuenta atrás. Esa quinta estrella se la dejo en el aire por si el desarrollador lo implementa ### 4/5 — Great app and useful *2023-09-22* App is great. Simple to use! The only thing I wish they have is have folders instead of just a big lists of tracking ### 4/5 — Great App but wish there was customizable repeat features. *2023-09-14, version 1.7.1* Works well but wish you were able to set it to a custom amount of time for a date to repeat ### 5/5 — a perfect mac and ios app *2023-02-18, version 1.7.1* Does one thing really well - Displays special events Works with Mac iPhone & iPad - syncs automatically ### 3/5 — Seems legit... *2022-10-25* But the widget shows up black for me on macOS 13.0 :( ### 5/5 — Great app *2022-09-01, version 1.6.0* Works really well, looks great, can use it as a widget and don't need to pay $3.00 for a "better" app that doesn't work as well ### 5/5 — Best Countdown App *2022-08-19, version 1.6.0* This the perfect countdown app because its so simple and the UI looks exactly like it would be from Apple. It works! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — good app, too much cpu usage *2025-12-08, version 1.7.1* the widget used about 70% of my cpu all day without me realising which made my mac very laggy and die very quickly. i love the simplicity and the app itself but please fix the cpu issue. ### 1/5 — Cool, aber furchtbar optimiert? Malware? *2025-07-18, version 1.7.1* Die App macht an sich alles was sie soll und sieht dabei gut aus. Aber sie zieht durchgehend ca. 10% CPU bei einem MacBook Pro M4, sobald das Widget angezeigt wird. Gehts noch? Mit der Leistung kann ich 10 Safari Tabs laufen lassen. Ich habe mich gewundert, warum mein Macbook ständig im „Leerlauf“ warm wird. Keine Ahnung ob hier nur irgendetwas falsch programmiert wurde oder die App die CPU Leistung für irgendwelche andere Zwecke abzweigt… ### 1/5 — CPU hog on mac *2024-12-08* I love the iOS app, but the Mac widget consistently uses a tremendous amount of CPU. I see the app hasn’t been updated in two years, so I assume it is abandonware? ### 1/5 — Not work *2021-06-05, version 1.4.0* Icant see the widget ### 2/5 — CPU Usage *2026-04-13, version 1.7.1* Nicely designed and simple app, would be exactly what I’m looking for except it was using 40% of my M1 Pro CPU. ### 2/5 — Oddly CPU/Battery Intensive *2025-08-28, version 1.7.1* This app works well for tracking countdowns, but constantly uses a very high level of CPU on my M3 Air. On battery, it drains super fast and gets very warm. Would be 5 stars if this wasn’t the case! ### 2/5 — (Zu) Hohe CPU Last *2025-05-26, version 1.7.1* Die App tut was sie soll und sieht gut aus. Es wenige aber für mich persönlich ausreichende Möglichkeiten das Widget optisch anzupassen. Was mir aber sehr negativ aufgefallen ist, ist das die CPU Ressourcen, welche die App braucht durchgehend bei 8-9% liegen (M1 Max). Das finde ich schon ordentlich viel für eine Widget. Damit verbunden dann natürlich auch die reduzierte Akkulaufzeit usw. Ich werde die App daher auch wieder löschen und mich nach Alternativen umschauen. ### 3/5 — Good for people with a gazillion cores and who don’t care about their battery life *2025-07-12* This is a great app! Works as intended, but it took 62% of my intel i5’s cores! It’s good but it shouldn’t consume almost anything for what the app actually does. ### 3/5 — Works well if you don’t need battery life *2025-02-20* This dramatically reduced by battery to less than 3 hours on my M2 Max laptop. The UI is great n all but it should consume 0 battery life for what it does. Perhaps I’ll have to write my own app. ### 3/5 — Nice and simple *2024-12-07* Does exactly what I want, but it seems to be a bit of a resource hog. Putting a single widget on my desktop consumes a steady 80% of one of my CPU cores. App would be perfect if not for this! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — simple, amaziing, perfect *2024-09-01* simple design, no subscriptions necessary. i use it for school ### 5/5 — Enjoyed the app *2024-07-09* The app has no bugs, simple easy to use. Love the emoji feature and how I can place the widgets on any device, from my Mac,iPhone, and iPad. ### 5/5 — Works great *2024-07-03* Simple and free app that does exactly what it says it does. Perfect. ### 5/5 — Simple app, works great *2024-03-06, version 1.7.1* Free way to keep track of the time until important upcoming events visible as a widget at a glance without clutter. Works well on m1 on sonoma, no problems given that its free. ### 5/5 — Perfect simple countdown widget! *2024-01-31, version 1.7.1* Exactly what it says on the tin, a nice simple countdown widget for your desktop. Recommended… ### 5/5 — Fantastic app! *2023-07-19* No ads, no data collection, just a simple count down app. And it’s free! Exactly what I was looking for. One of the other reviews said the UI needed updated, but it has been and now it looks great. Love this app! ### 5/5 — Casi perfecta *2023-07-18, version 1.7.1* Enhorabuena, es buenísima la app. Sería aún mejor si pudiera seleccionarse la fecha que mostrar en los widgets manualmente. ### 5/5 — Brilliant Utility app *2023-06-12, version 1.7.1* Absolutely spot on. ### 5/5 — ¡Muy util! *2023-05-12, version 1.7.1* Aplicación sencilla y muy intuitiva. Te permite tener tus fechas destacadas a vista de Widget en la pantalla. Se ha convertido en una aplicación indispensable en mi iPhone. La recomiendo 100% ### 5/5 — Buena aplicación *2023-02-25, version 1.7.1* Cumple su cometido. Se puede personalizar que icono añadir con emojis. Muy recomendable --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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