iReels vs The Dates
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iReels
Rediscover your video memories with a smart player. Browse and enjoy your camera roll videos in sequence or random order, filtered by dates and location. Features include a home screen widget for stats and AirPlay support for big screen viewing.
- Smart video playback
- Filter by date and location
- Home screen widget for stats
- Continuous auto-play
- AirPlay support
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iReels is the smart way to browse and enjoy your video memories. Play your camera roll videos in sequence or random order, filtered by dates and location. Perfect for reliving your favorite moments on iPhone, iPad, or over AirPlay with Apple TV. HOME SCREEN WIDGET See your video stats at a glance with our home screen widget. Know how many videos you captured this week, month, or year without opening the app. POWERFUL FILTERING - Filter by date: all time, 1 year, 6 months, 1 month, 1 week, 24 hours, or custom range - Map view groups your videos by location - Browse grid view for quick visual scanning PLAYBACK FEATURES - Continuous auto-play with smooth transitions - Date overlay shows when each video was captured - AirPlay support for big screen viewing Simple, beautiful, and designed to help you rediscover the videos you've captured.
The Dates
Never forget important dates again with this app. It helps you track anniversaries, birthdays, graduations, and other significant events. See how many days are left until your next vacation or how many days you've been alive, all presented in years, months, and days.
- Track birth dates
- Monitor anniversaries
- Countdown to graduations
- Calculate days alive
- Vacation countdown
- Support for iPhone and Apple Watch
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Do you forget dates? You won't forget anymore! -Birth Dates, -Wedding Anniversary, -Graduation, -First Steps of Your Baby -Or Important Dates for you. How many days are left on vacation time? We're counting down for you. How many days have you been alive? You can see everything as year, month, day. Whether on your IPhone and Apple Watch !
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Dates at none against iReels's 1. The Dates also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 68%). On price 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. iReels sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Dates asks for nothing beyond the download.
iReels ships an update fortnightly, The Dates every 5 days. Both last shipped on June 10, 2026.
| Parameter | iReels | The Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 11.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 149 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Genki Mine | Melih Eran |
Customer experience
iReels
The Dates
In-app purchases
iReels
- Ads Free$0.99
The Dates
No in-app purchases
