The Dates vs Kidgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Dates
Never forget important dates again with this app. It helps you track anniversaries, birthdays, graduations, and other significant events. See how many days are left until your next vacation or how many days you've been alive, all presented in years, months, and days.
- Track birth dates
- Monitor anniversaries
- Countdown to graduations
- Calculate days alive
- Vacation countdown
- Support for iPhone and Apple Watch
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Do you forget dates? You won't forget anymore! -Birth Dates, -Wedding Anniversary, -Graduation, -First Steps of Your Baby -Or Important Dates for you. How many days are left on vacation time? We're counting down for you. How many days have you been alive? You can see everything as year, month, day. Whether on your IPhone and Apple Watch !
Kidgets
Create personalized home screen widgets to track important dates and information. Choose from beautiful templates or customize your own to display ages, countdowns to events, and even photos.
- Customizable age widgets
- Event countdowns
- Kid's school/sport tracking
- Photo widgets
- Curated templates
- User-friendly interface
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Kidgets lets you customize your home screen with beautiful widgets. Start with our gorgeously curated templates to keep track of things like ages, your child's information about school or sport, countdown to events like anniversaries, birthdays, trips, and holidays. From there you can customize them to fit your unique style. Unlike other widget apps, Kidgets is easy to use and focuses on curating only the best widgets for you. • Keep track of your age • Keep track of your kid's ages • Keep track of your kid's school and sports information • Countdown to upcoming events like birthdays, holidays and vacations. • Keep track of your pregnancy • Add photos of your friends, family or pets Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/41220274
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Dates at none against Kidgets's 2. The Dates also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Kidgets sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. The Dates asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Dates ships an update every 5 days, Kidgets every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Dates | Kidgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.3 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 149 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Melih Eran | Tinybyte Apps LLC |
Customer experience
The Dates
Kidgets
In-app purchases
The Dates
No in-app purchases
Kidgets
- Kidgets Pro Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Kidgets Pro Annual3 Days trial$4.991 Year
Questions
Is The Dates free?
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Do The Dates or Kidgets have ads?
Which is updated more often, The Dates or Kidgets?
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