Special Dates vs Almanac
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
Almanac
Easily track upcoming events with a personalized countdown. Get notified when your special days arrive. Customize the look and feel to match your style.
- Event countdowns
- Customizable widgets
- Personalized appearances
- Device-specific storage
- Event notifications
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Almanac is a simple app to keep track of the events you look forward to. Simply add an event in the future and the app will count down the days until then and notify you on the day it happens. Almanac is highly customizable with widgets, custom app icons, and custom appearances to make it feel like your own. All events are stored privately in your device. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Almanac at 4.6 against Special Dates's 4.0. Almanac also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 61%) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Special Dates's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume and ads 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. Almanac asks for nothing beyond the download.
Almanac holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Special Dates's written reviews are positive against 100% of Almanac's.
Special Dates ships an update every 3 months, Almanac every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Special Dates | Almanac |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 4.6 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ernesto Fernández Calles | Gabriel Valdivia |
Customer experience
Special Dates
Almanac
In-app purchases
Special Dates
- Coffee$0.99
- Cake$2.99
- Party$4.99
Almanac
No in-app purchases
