The Dates vs Lafaer
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 !
Lafaer
This utility app offers personalized configuration and automatic adaptation to your environment. It features advanced sensitivity tuning and allows control over LED lights. Adjust sensor distance for optimal performance.
- Personalized configuration
- Automatic environmental adaptation
- Advanced sensitivity tuning
- Sensor distance adjustment
- LED light control
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Personalised configuration Automatic adaptation to the surroundings Advanced sensitivity tuning Adjustment of the sensor distance Control of LED lights
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Dates at 100% against Lafaer's 27%. The Dates also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (11.3 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Dates ships an update every 5 days, Lafaer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Dates | Lafaer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 2.4 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 27.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.3 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 149 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Melih Eran | GL Technologies (HK) Limited |
Customer experience
The Dates
Lafaer
In-app purchases
The Dates
No in-app purchases
Lafaer
No in-app purchases
