Special Dates vs BEMA Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
BEMA Mobile
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The iOS BEMA app enables law enforcement and first responders to document activities and initiate a field report while on scene. Location, date/time, text descriptions, and images can be organized and uploaded to a defined cloud repository for further processing and review. A simple zip archive file can also be created if desired, and shared by way of email, AirDrop, or other standard sharing methods.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BEMA Mobile at none against Special Dates's 3. BEMA Mobile also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). Special Dates's advantage is device support. On price and update cadence 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. BEMA Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.
Special Dates ships an update every 3 months, BEMA Mobile every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Special Dates | BEMA Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 61.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ernesto Fernández Calles | 4LNS, Inc |
In-app purchases
Special Dates
- Coffee$0.99
- Cake$2.99
- Party$4.99
BEMA Mobile
No in-app purchases
