TaskWatch vs Special Dates
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TaskWatch
This app delivers actionable tasks to wearable devices, transforming enterprise data into measurable actions for employees in various industries. It enables real-time awareness of critical information from sensors, robots, and software systems, ensuring business continuity.
- Enterprise data transformation
- Actionable task delivery
- Wearable device integration
- Real-time employee awareness
- Zero-code cloud setup
- Task tracking and escalation
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TaskWatch cloud transforms enterprise data into actionable and measurable tasks delivered on your TaskWatch devices. Enterprise data in business verticals such as Manufacturing, Retail, Hospitality, Aviation, etc can use TaskWatch to make their employees contextually aware of emerging information. As an example when you need the workforce to respond to time sensitive information generated by the sensors, programmable logic controllers, IoT hub, back end software systems or material handling robots - the information is relayed to the right-employees and tracked/escalated to ensure continuity of business operations. It is for the business to define which time-sensitive event needs to be connected to the TaskWatch cloud and it is delivered via a zero-code cloud within minutes.
Special Dates
Easily save and track important dates with a minimalist countdown widget. This app helps you remember upcoming events like birthdays or bills, syncing them across your devices.
- Save important dates
- Track days remaining
- Periodic event saving
- Birthday reminders
- Bill tracking
- iOS 14 widget support
- Cross-device syncing
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Save your important dates and track the days that have left. Simplest app to save dates and see a countdown of each one. Allows to save periodically events like birthday or bills. Supports all the widget sizes that have iOS 26 and the dates will be synced between your devices
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TaskWatch at 5.0 against Special Dates's 4.0. TaskWatch also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Special Dates sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. TaskWatch asks for nothing beyond the download.
TaskWatch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively.
TaskWatch ships an update monthly, Special Dates every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TaskWatch | Special Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 61.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TaskWatch Corporation | Ernesto Fernández Calles |
Customer experience
TaskWatch
Special Dates
In-app purchases
TaskWatch
No in-app purchases
Special Dates
- Coffee$0.99
- Cake$2.99
- Party$4.99
