Pass the Phrase vs Date Memos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pass the Phrase
Generate unique and memorable phrases for passwords, project names, or business ideas. This app offers millions of multi-syllable or multi-word combinations, with features like saving, sharing, daily inspiration, and text-to-speech.
- Phrase generation
- Save and share favorites
- Daily phrase notifications
- Text-to-speech functionality
- Global phrase synchronization
- Offline phrase generation
- Shake to generate new phrase
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Instant Inspiration for your password or business name "Pass the Phrase" is an intriguing phrase generator for your iPhone/iPad. It creates millions of sweetly memorable random multi-syllable or multi-word phrases, useful as pass-phrases or passwords, secret-names for your next project, or possibly great new business names. You can: * Save and share your favorite phrases with your friends * Automatically send yourself a new phrase every day * Have the phrase read aloud * Globally synchronize your app so you all get the same phrase at the same time (like a secret virtual handshake!) Here are several fun phrase examples that "Pass the Phrase" has come up with: Anti-giraffe Questionably-fractal-quirky-sink Randomly-flying-opinion Simultaneously-beautiful-risks Verbose-snarkinator Romantic-turbo-syndrome Jubilant-glyph Brazenly-sultry-handshake Duo-bendigram Truculent-cats Ride-bot Billowing-consequence Blessed-runes Here are the features that make "Pass the Phrase" a great phrase generator: * Easily share your favorite phrases with your friends via e-mail, social media, etc. * Bookmark up to 10 of your favorite phrases, and then "Rewind" any time to bring any of them back and to show again. * Tap the phrase text to easily copy it to other applications. * Tap the speaker icon to read the phrase aloud. * Choose a color for the text displayed. * Creates almost limitless real and computer-generated phrases using a huge internal vocabulary and my proprietary "MakeSents© Engine". * Turn on "Global-Sync", and you will be globally synchronized with everyone else's "Pass the Phrase" app... everyone gets the same phrase at the same time anywhere in the world. * Turn on "Daily Phrases" to automatically receive a new phrase notification every day. * Phrases are completely yours to use however you wish. * Work without a net... You can run Pass the Phrase anywhere... you never need an internet connection to create and export phrases. * Shake your iPhone or iPad to get a new phrase (feature not available on the Macintosh, it is not meant to be shaken!) * Ask for new phrases any time, "Pass the Phrase" is designed to delight!
Date Memos
Never forget important dates with this app. It supports both solar and lunar calendars, allows for custom reminders, and syncs across all your Apple devices. Pin key events to widgets for quick access.
- Solar and lunar calendar support
- Customizable event reminders
- Cross-device iCloud sync
- Widget support with pinned events
- Dark mode
- iMessage app for sharing events
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Highlights: - Design and develop with native frameworks, bring you smooth experience. - Not only can be used on iPhone and iPad, but also can be used on Apple Vision, Mac and Apple Watch. - Not only designed for iPhone, user Interface is also optimized for Apple Vision, iPad and Mac. - Dark mode supported. - Including powerful but easy use functions such as group, repeat, anniversary and favorite. - Not only can note solar calendar events, but also lunar calendar events. - Set alert's time and date of your event to remind you ahead. - Widget supported, also you can pin your most important events to the top in widget. - Sync across multi-devices with iCloud. - iMessage App supported, you can share your events as stickers to others.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pass the Phrase at Free against Date Memos's $0.99. Pass the Phrase also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 27.0). Date Memos's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 41 months) and device support (5 vs 3). On rating, 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
Pass the Phrase is free to download; Date Memos costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pass the Phrase against 5.0 for Date Memos. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.
Pass the Phrase ships an update every 41 months, Date Memos every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pass the Phrase | Date Memos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 41 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eduard Schwan | 泽新 李 |
Customer experience
Pass the Phrase
Date Memos
In-app purchases
Pass the Phrase
No in-app purchases
Date Memos
No in-app purchases
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