Comparison

Midnight Dates vs Day Tracker

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

Head to head
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

About

Day Tracker

This app helps you understand dates, calculate time between them, and track personal countdowns with smart notifications and widgets. Personalize your experience with themes and icons for event planning and milestone tracking.

Highlights
  • Date calculation
  • Countdown tracking
  • Smart notifications
  • Home/Lock Screen widgets
  • Customizable themes and icons
  • Live calendar dashboard
Features
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Day Calculator is an all-in-one date companion that helps you quickly understand today, inspect any date, and calculate time between dates, while also tracking personal countdowns with reminders. It combines a live calendar dashboard, flexible duration tools, and customizable countdown events with smart notifications and Home/Lock Screen widgets that stay in sync. You can personalize the experience with themes, app icons, display formats, and badge options, making it great for planning events, tracking milestones, and getting useful date insights at a glance.

Screenshots

Midnight Dates4 screens
Day Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Day Tracker at Free against Midnight Dates's $1.99. Day Tracker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months). Midnight Dates's advantage is device support (5 vs 2) and iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On rating, ratings volume and 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Midnight Dates against 5.0 for Day Tracker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Midnight Dates ships an update every 4 months, Day Tracker every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Midnight Dates versus Day Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMidnight DatesDay Tracker
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings46 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB111 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMidnight Beep SoftworksSonnaz Group, LLC

Customer experience

Midnight Dates

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

Day Tracker

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
None

Day Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Midnight Dates free?
Midnight Dates costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Day Tracker free?
Day Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Midnight Dates or Day Tracker?
Midnight Dates and Day Tracker are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do Midnight Dates or Day Tracker have ads?
Neither Midnight Dates nor Day Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Midnight Dates or Day Tracker?
Midnight Dates ships an update every 4 months, and Day Tracker every 4 days. Most recently, Midnight Dates was updated on October 13, 2026 and Day Tracker on October 24, 2026.

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