VOW vs DateSmith
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VOW
This app empowers citizens to directly vote on legislation, ensuring their voices are heard by Congress. It provides integrity scorecards for representatives, fostering transparency and accountability in government.
- Vote on legislation
- Send citizen voice to Congress
- Receive representative integrity scorecards
- Track representative integrity reports
- Direct democracy platform
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VOW technology is based on a clear and simple understanding of our republic – the United States Constitution places the power with the people and therefore, with the VOW APP, CITIZENS VOTE on legislation, CONGRESS LISTENS by VOW sending the Citizen Voice for each congressional district to each congressional member, and Citizens receive representative VOW INTEGRITY SCORECARDS and integrity reports - INTEGRITY DELIEVERED - Now.
DateSmith
Display custom date formats or countdowns on your Lock Screen and Home Screen. Personalize with themes, photos, and text styles. Optimized for dual-screen devices and designed for privacy.
- Customizable date formats
- Countdown timers
- Home Screen widgets
- Lock Screen integration
- Themable designs
- Photo customization
- Dual-screen optimization
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Your date, above the clock. DateSmith puts a clearer, fuller date in the line above your Lock Screen clock, or a countdown to the day you are looking forward to. Now optimized for iPhone Duo, with bold Home Screen widgets you can make your own. YOUR FORMAT, YOUR WAY Pick any two of month, date, weekday and year, each in the style you like. See it live in a Lock Screen preview that changes with every tap. COUNTDOWNS Name it and pick the day. DateSmith shows the days left until a trip, a birthday or a big day. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Small, medium and large widgets show your date or countdown in big, clear type, with a week strip on the medium size, a month calendar on the large size and a date page on medium countdowns. - Themes: Dawn, Ocean, Aurora, Graphite and System - Your own photo, framed for the square and wide widget shapes - A different photo for Dark Mode if you like - Liquid Glass style text with a soft highlight and depth, or crisp solid text OPTIMIZED FOR IPHONE DUO DateSmith fits both displays, folded or open, in portrait and in landscape. Open it and hold it sideways to see your Lock Screen preview and every setting side by side. UPDATES ON ITS OWN DateSmith prepares the week ahead, so your widgets change each day, even when the app is closed. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no ads and no analytics. Your widgets need no internet connection. DateSmith never uploads your photo. SIMPLE SETUP 1. Touch and hold your Lock Screen 2. Tap Customize 3. Tap the date above the time 4. Choose DateSmith 5. Tap Done For the Home Screen, touch and hold an empty area of your Home Screen, tap Edit, tap Add Widget, then choose DateSmith. PLANS Try every format, countdown, theme, photo and text style free for 7 days. When the preview ends, your widgets show Preview Ended in place of your date or countdown until you subscribe. DateSmith Monthly or DateSmith Yearly keeps your widgets working. DateSmith Monthly includes a one-week free trial for eligible new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ben637482548.github.io/datesmith/#privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VOW at none against DateSmith's 2. VOW also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.2). DateSmith's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. DateSmith sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. VOW asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for VOW against 5.0 for DateSmith. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
VOW ships an update every 6 weeks, DateSmith weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VOW | DateSmith |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Technology for Delivering Direct Democracy | Benjamin Staab |
Customer experience
VOW
DateSmith
In-app purchases
VOW
No in-app purchases
DateSmith
- DateSmith Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- DateSmith Yearly$4.991 Year









