Comparison

BusyBox Sign vs Midnight Dates

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

Head to head
About

BusyBox Sign

Easily manage your smart signs by controlling their on/off status, selecting light colors, and setting various modes. Group multiple signs together to simplify status control and create visual messages.

Highlights
  • Set on/off status
  • Pick light colors
  • Set display modes
  • Group signs together
  • Simplify status control
  • Create visual messages
Features
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BusyBox Control app allows you to set on/off, pick light colors, set modes, group signs together. Control like this never felt so easy. BusyBox signs can work alone, or together as part of a one team of devices. You decide. Simplify your status control with groups. Sometimes an image is worth a thousand words. Use the App and the BusyBox D to make your message clear, fun and visual.

About

Midnight Dates

Easily track countdowns and count-ups for all your significant life events. Share these milestones with friends and family through various messaging and social platforms. Discover fun date-based facts and impress others with your knowledge of time.

Highlights
  • Track past and future dates
  • Share dates via email, messages, and social media
  • Supports iOS and watchOS with iCloud sync
  • Import and export date URLs
  • Backup dates via email
  • Universal app for iPhone and iPad
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This app calculates exactly how long it’s been, or how long it will be until, all the important dates in your life. And Midnight Dates also helps you share these with your friends and family. It’s a fountain of really fun date-based information! Impress your friends: • “Honey, we’ve been together 157 weeks… awww.” • “Next Monday is the 400th day since I quit using Windows!” • “It’s 1 year, 7 months, 2 weeks and 5 days until retirement!” • “We have only 218 years until James T. Kirk is born.” • “Tomorrow is the 17,500th day since the Moon landing!” • “Only 50 more days until Christmas!” Simple to use: • Tap the "+" button to create new dates to track. • Tap the date in the list to see it’s details. • Tap the "…" button in to edit and share the date in various methods supported by your devices such as email, messages, Twitter, Facebook, or AirDrop. Features include: • Supports all iOS 10 and later compatible iPhones and iPads with universal layout and split app view • Includes watchOS 3 app and watch face complication to view your dates on the go • Syncs via iCloud automatically with iOS and watchOS versions • Track any Gregorian calendar date from January 1, 1 to December 31, 10,000 • Sort by name, date, and day of the year • Share via: email, messages, Twitter, Facebook and other text based methods • Share directly to another device via AirDrop • Import and export urls from email and web and other iOS apps • Backup all date via email (send to yourself) Tell everyone: If you are enjoying Midnight Dates, please leave us a five-star review. It helps us keep development going. Some features we're considering for future versions are: • Today widget for macOS and iOS • System notifications and reminders • Localizing to lots of languages • Date calculation in other calendar systems • Customizable font and color themes, and dark mode • Date information such as: moons, zodiac, number-names (i.e. sesquicentennial) If you are interested in any of these possible features, or have other ideas or questions, please email us at support@midnightbeep.com. More Tips When sharing via email the date’s full description is included, while sharing via Messages, Twitter or Facebook will only be a short summary. You can use AirDrop in the sharing panel to give the date to another person running Midnight Dates on their device. Backup or share all your dates by sending yourself an email from the Options view. The long url at the end will import them all together. Share dates via the web and email using the Midnight Dates url format: mbd://DateName?2014-12-31 or from multiple dates: mbd://DateName?2014-12-31/DateName?2014-12-31/DateName?2014-12-31

Screenshots

BusyBox Sign4 screens
Midnight Dates4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BusyBox Sign at Free against Midnight Dates's $1.99. BusyBox Sign also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). Midnight Dates's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and device support (5 vs 2). On ads 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

BusyBox Sign is free to download; Midnight Dates costs $1.99 up front. Midnight Dates sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. BusyBox Sign asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Midnight Dates holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BusyBox Sign has 25 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BusyBox Sign ships an update every 2 months, Midnight Dates every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
BusyBox Sign versus Midnight Dates: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBusyBox SignMidnight Dates
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating3.0 (25 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings25 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmall Stage LLCMidnight Beep Softworks

Customer experience

BusyBox Sign

All ratings21 ratings
Positive38.1%
Neutral23.8%
Negative38.1%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral30.8%
Negative15.4%

Midnight Dates

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BusyBox Sign

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Midnight Dates

One-time4
  • Coffee Tip$0.99
  • Taco Tip$1.99
  • Burrito Tip$4.99
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  • Beer Tip$9.99

Questions

Is BusyBox Sign free?
BusyBox Sign is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Midnight Dates free?
Midnight Dates costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BusyBox Sign or Midnight Dates?
Midnight Dates is rated higher. BusyBox Sign averages 3.0 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Midnight Dates averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do BusyBox Sign or Midnight Dates have ads?
Neither BusyBox Sign nor Midnight Dates shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BusyBox Sign or Midnight Dates?
BusyBox Sign ships an update every 2 months, and Midnight Dates every 4 months. Most recently, BusyBox Sign was updated on October 21, 2026 and Midnight Dates on October 13, 2026.

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