Comparison

Special Dates vs GeekScan

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Save important dates
  • Track days remaining
  • Periodic event saving
  • Birthday reminders
  • Bill tracking
  • iOS 14 widget support
  • Cross-device syncing
Features
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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

About

GeekScan

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GeekScan is a fast, offline-first tool for barcode scanning, text recognition, and barcode generation, designed for users who value accuracy, control, and structured data processing. All features run locally on the device with no internet connection required, no tracking, and no ads. Supports scanning a wide range of common barcode and QR code formats, including QR, Aztec, Data Matrix, PDF417, Micro QR, Code 128, Code 39, Code 93, Codabar, EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-E, ITF, GS1 DataBar series, MSI Plessey, and more. Supported barcode formats and recognition performance may vary depending on the device and system version. Also supports generating QR, Aztec, PDF417, Data Matrix, Micro QR, Code 128, Code 39, Code 93, Codabar, EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-E, ITF, MSI, and GS1 DataBar series barcodes. Text recognition runs fully offline and supports multiple languages, including English (US), Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Thai, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese. - Standard Mode: Uses the system built-in text recognition capability, suitable for everyday text extraction. - High Precision Mode: Includes an optimized model designed for Chinese and Japanese scenarios, ideal for extracting text from screenshots or long screenshots with higher recognition accuracy. All results are stored locally for quick access and reuse.

Screenshots

Special Dates3 screens
GeekScan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: GeekScan at every 3 days against Special Dates's every 4 months. GeekScan also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Special Dates sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and GeekScan sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Special Dates ships an update every 4 months, GeekScan every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Special Dates versus GeekScan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpecial DatesGeekScan
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB97 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErnesto Fernández Calles非 吴

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Special Dates

One-time3
  • Coffee$0.99
  • Cake$2.99
  • Party$4.99
2 purchases

GeekScan

One-time2
  • Support GeekScan$0.99
  • Additional Support$2.99

Questions

Is Special Dates free?
Special Dates is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GeekScan free?
GeekScan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Special Dates or GeekScan have ads?
Neither Special Dates nor GeekScan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Special Dates or GeekScan?
Special Dates ships an update every 4 months, and GeekScan every 3 days. Most recently, Special Dates was updated on September 19, 2026 and GeekScan on September 22, 2026.

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