Comparison

Special Dates vs Plop

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

Plop

Features
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Time doesn't pass. It collects. Plop is a calm focus timer that turns the time you focus into water dripping into a jar. Choose a duration, then watch the water rise as you work. YOUR EFFORT SURVIVES THE BREAK Locking your phone doesn't have to break the flow. Leave Plop for another app and the jar cracks, but your effort is not erased: most of the water stays. Come back and finish the remaining time, and the spilled water returns while the crack becomes a golden mend. Mending is always available; the way back never closes. EVERY FOCUS LEAVES A MARK Every focus you finish or leave for now stays visible as its own jar. See the rhythm of your current week, browse your collection month by month, and watch all your accumulated effort live in a lifetime jar. Plop keeps continuity visible without turning it into a target. YOUR RHYTHM, YOUR WAY Pick 15, 25, or 45 minutes, or set any duration from 5 to 180 minutes. Start your week on Monday or Sunday, then adjust sound, haptics, calm mode, keep-awake, and daily reminders. Use Plop in English or Turkish. Plop also offers a full-screen experience designed for iPad. YOURS ALONE Plop works offline. There is no account, advertising, analytics, or data transfer; your focus records stay on your device. Choose a duration. Let the first drop fall.

Screenshots

Special Dates3 screens
Plop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Plop at none against Special Dates's 3. Plop also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Plop asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Special Dates ships an update every 3 months, Plop weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Special Dates versus Plop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpecial DatesPlop
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErnesto Fernández CallesSeyyit Ahmet KILIC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Special Dates

One-time3
  • Coffee$0.99
  • Cake$2.99
  • Party$4.99
None

Plop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Special Dates free?
Special Dates is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Plop free?
Plop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Special Dates or Plop have ads?
Neither Special Dates nor Plop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Special Dates or Plop?
Special Dates ships an update every 3 months, and Plop weekly. Most recently, Special Dates was updated on October 12, 2026 and Plop on October 3, 2026.

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