Special Dates vs Milestones
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
Milestones
Never forget important dates like birthdays and anniversaries again. This app provides timely reminders and allows you to quickly send messages to celebrate loved ones. It helps you highlight significant milestones and stay connected.
- Birthday and anniversary reminders
- View upcoming celebrations
- Highlight landmark milestones
- Quick message sending
- Home Screen widgets
- Lock Screen widgets
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Milestones keeps track of birthdays, anniversaries, and life’s important moments so you can celebrate the people who matter most. Get gentle reminders, see what’s coming up, and send a quick message when the day arrives. With Milestones you can: • See today’s birthdays and anniversaries instantly • View upcoming celebrations • Highlight landmark milestones like 18th birthdays or 50th anniversaries • Send a quick birthday or anniversary message in seconds • Keep celebrations visible with Home Screen widgets • Stay on track with Lock Screen widgets and reminders Milestones turns remembering into celebrating. Because the best relationships are built on the moments we choose to remember.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Special Dates at Free against Milestones's $1.99. Special Dates also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). Milestones's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Special Dates is free to download; Milestones costs $1.99 up front. Special Dates sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Milestones asks for nothing beyond the download.
Milestones holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Special Dates has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Special Dates ships an update every 3 months, Milestones every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Special Dates | Milestones |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ernesto Fernández Calles | Second Geek Studios Ltd. |
Customer experience
Special Dates
Milestones
In-app purchases
Special Dates
- Coffee$0.99
- Cake$2.99
- Party$4.99
Milestones
No in-app purchases
