Special Dates vs NoDoom
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
NoDoom
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Make space for what matters. Mind – Scroll Less helps you reduce distractions and build healthier screen habits. Choose the apps and websites that pull your attention away, start a protected focus session, and get back to what you intended to do. Features: • Block selected apps, website categories, and domains• Set focus sessions from 15 minutes to 24 hours• Use Locked Focus to prevent ending sessions early• Take optional five-minute breaks from Screen Time blocks• Create recurring focus schedules• Add specific Safari domains using the Safari extension• Listen to calming focus soundscapes• Review completed sessions and weekly focus time Mind – Scroll Less uses Apple’s Screen Time technology to protect your privacy. Your app and website selections remain on your device and aren’t visible to Mind – Scroll Less. Screen Time permission is required for app blocking. The Safari extension must be enabled separately to block manually entered domains.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NoDoom at none against Special Dates's 3. NoDoom also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 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
Both are free to download. Special Dates sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. NoDoom asks for nothing beyond the download.
Special Dates ships an update every 3 months, NoDoom weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Special Dates | NoDoom |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ernesto Fernández Calles | Tadashi Kumazawa |
In-app purchases
Special Dates
- Coffee$0.99
- Cake$2.99
- Party$4.99
NoDoom
No in-app purchases
