Special Dates vs Clean Count
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
Clean Count
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Clean Count is your all-in-one countdown tracker for life’s upcoming moments. Whether it’s a birthday, a vacation, or a product launch, Clean Count helps you stay organized with a simple, clutter-free interface and stylish home screen widgets. What Clean Count has: Clean & Intuitive Design Keep things simple. Quickly add or edit events without digging through menus. Customizable Colors & Styles Personalize each countdown with vibrant hues and modern patterns. Stylish Widgets View your top events on the Home Screen in small, medium, or large widget formats. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited styles , picture support, and iCloud sync across all your devices. Download Clean Count today for a fresh, modern approach to tracking every milestone! No intrusive ads, no unnecessary clutter, just pure countdown bliss.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Special Dates at 3 against Clean Count's 1. Clean Count's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Clean Count sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Special Dates ships an update every 3 months, Clean Count every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Special Dates | Clean Count |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ernesto Fernández Calles | Nikolaus Letsche-Fried |
In-app purchases
Special Dates
- Coffee$0.99
- Cake$2.99
- Party$4.99
Clean Count
- Clean Count Unlimited$2.99
