Special Dates vs Dun
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
Dun
This AI-powered keyboard transforms your spoken words into polished text across various apps. It offers on-device transcription for enhanced privacy and supports multiple writing styles and real-time translation.
- On-device speech recognition
- Real-time text translation
- Customizable writing styles
- Full keyboard layout with dictation
- Pause and resume dictation
- Dynamic Island Live Activity
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Speak naturally. dun writes clearly. dun is the AI voice keyboard that turns what you say into polished, ready-to-send text in Mail, Messages, Slack, WhatsApp, Notes, and every other app. Talk at the speed of thought. dun keeps up. Dun Pro required. An active Dun Pro subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase is required to use voice dictation, the dun keyboard, writing styles, and translation. Weekly, monthly, and yearly subscription plans are available; prices are shown before purchase. Unlike cloud-only dictation apps, dun runs speech recognition on your iPhone. Your voice stays on your device. The mic is on only while you dictate. No screen scraping for “context.” No training on your speech. Why people choose dun - A real keyboard that also dictates - full layout with status and waveform in the header, so you can fix a word, add an emoji, and keep flowing - Pause mid-thought without ending the session - Writing styles you control: Exact, light cleanup, or stronger polish (Kind, Professional, Short). dun never “improves” meaning without your say - Speak in one language, paste in another. Duns automatically translates your direct voice in that textfield. - On-device privacy by design! All audio is transcribed on this iPhone; the mic is active only while you dictate - Dynamic Island Live Activity while you dictate - No account or login is required. Dun Pro — active subscription or one-time lifetime purchase — is required for dictation and premium features. Great for - Long emails while walking - Slack and WhatsApp replies that sound like you - Capturing ideas before they disappear - Bilingual writing without a separate translate app How it works 1. Add the dun keyboard and allow Full Access (so the keyboard can coordinate with the app and insert text) 2. Allow the microphone 3. Download an on-device speech model once 4. Switch to dun, tap the mic, speak. Pause if you need, stop to insert Privacy in one line Audio is transcribed on this iPhone. Optional style polish and translation use Apple on-device Foundation Models when available. We don’t run cloud STT on your voice. Requirements iPhone with iOS 26 or later. Apple Intelligence features (styles / translation) need a compatible device. Additional information - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - Privacy policy: https://meetdun.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dun at 4.5 against Special Dates's 4.0. Dun also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (87 vs 5). Special Dates's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (61% vs 42%). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Special Dates sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Dun sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dun holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dun has 87 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 61% of Special Dates's written reviews are positive against 42% of Dun's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Special Dates ships an update every 3 months, Dun daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Special Dates | Dun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 4.5 (87 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.0% of reviews — better | 41.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 87 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 289 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ernesto Fernández Calles | Manuel Fessen |
Customer experience
Special Dates
Dun
In-app purchases
Special Dates
- Coffee$0.99
- Cake$2.99
- Party$4.99
Dun
- Pro Weekly7 Days trial$2.497 Days
- Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Dun Pro Weekly7 Days trial$4.997 Days
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- Dun Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Dun Pro Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime$49.99









