Comparison

DateSmith vs Vidguru

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Customizable date formats
  • Countdown timers
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Lock Screen integration
  • Themable designs
  • Photo customization
  • Dual-screen optimization
Features
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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

About

Vidguru

Transform photos and videos with AI. Generate unique artwork from text prompts, animate still images, transfer motion between videos, and restore old pictures. Explore a gallery of creations and start making your own instantly.

Highlights
  • AI image generation from text prompts
  • Photo animation and motion transfer
  • Photo enhancement and restoration
  • Video generation from prompts or photos
  • Inspiration gallery for remaking creations
  • Background processing for creations
Features
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Create stunning AI images and videos, edit your own videos with a sentence, and bring old photos back to life. Generate artwork from a prompt, animate your photos into cinematic clips, change the clothes, scene or style of any video, transfer motion from any video, and restore blurry photos in one tap. FEATURES • Edit Video — Upload a clip and describe the change: swap outfits, replace the background, or restyle the whole scene. Add reference photos for precise results, and compare the original and edited versions side by side. • Generate Image — Create images from a text prompt, or edit with up to 6 reference photos. Choose 1K or 2K resolution and any common aspect ratio. • Generate Video — Turn a prompt or a photo into a 2–15 second video, in Auto or any of 8 aspect ratios. • Motion Control — Apply the motion from a reference video to the character in your photo. • Photo Enhance — Upscale photos 4× and sharpen details, with optional face restoration. Compare before and after with a drag slider. • Inspiration Gallery — Browse curated creations and remake any of them with one tap. START INSTANTLY Open the app and browse right away — no account needed to explore. When you're ready to create, sign in with one tap. YOUR ACCOUNT • Sign in with Apple or Google — your credits, subscription, and creation history follow your account across your devices FREE CREDITS Free credits when you create your account — no payment required! HIGHLIGHTS • Browse the Inspiration Gallery without an account • Background processing — close the app anytime, results wait for you • Save and share your creations as real photos and videos • Clear pricing — every Generate button shows its exact credit cost before you tap HOW IT WORKS 1. Open the app and browse the Inspiration Gallery — no sign-up needed 2. Choose a tool: Generate Image, Generate Video, Edit Video, Motion Control, or Photo Enhance 3. Sign in with Apple or Google (one tap) and create 4. Download and share your creation Free to start. Upgrade for more credits. Pure creative freedom. --- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

DateSmith4 screens
Vidguru4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DateSmith at weekly against Vidguru's every 6 weeks. On price, 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

Both are free to download. DateSmith sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Vidguru sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for DateSmith against 5.0 for Vidguru. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DateSmith ships an update weekly, Vidguru every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
DateSmith versus Vidguru: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDateSmithVidguru
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB30 MB
Age rating4++17
DeveloperBenjamin Staab颖亦 陈

Customer experience

DateSmith

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Vidguru

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

DateSmith

Subscriptions2
  • DateSmith Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • DateSmith Yearly$4.991 Year
6 purchases

Vidguru

Subscriptions2
  • Plan Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Plan Annual$99.991 Year
One-time4
  • 300 Credits · 1 Month$9.99
  • 800 Credits · 1 Month$24.99
  • 4,800 Credits · 1 Year$99.99
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  • 10,000 Credits · 1 Year$199.99

Questions

Is DateSmith free?
DateSmith is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vidguru free?
Vidguru is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DateSmith or Vidguru?
DateSmith and Vidguru are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do DateSmith or Vidguru have ads?
Neither DateSmith nor Vidguru shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DateSmith or Vidguru?
DateSmith ships an update weekly, and Vidguru every 6 weeks. Most recently, DateSmith was updated on October 30, 2026 and Vidguru on October 25, 2026.

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