Comparison

DateSmith vs SessionScribe

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

SessionScribe

Features
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SessionScribe turns your iPhone and iPad into a private transcription studio. Record meetings, interviews, lectures, and therapy sessions — get accurate transcriptions with automatic speaker identification — all processed entirely on your device. Your audio never leaves your phone. Built for therapists, journalists, lawyers, researchers, students, and anyone who needs to remember what was said — without sending recordings to the cloud. KEY FEATURES AI-Powered Insights (Pro) Automatic summaries, key topics, action items, and emotional tone analysis. Specialised modes for therapy sessions (SOAP notes), interviews (candidate assessment), business meetings (decisions and next steps), and legal sessions (outline and key concepts). All generated locally using Apple Intelligence on iPhone 15 Pro and newer. Note: SOAP notes are AI-generated reference summaries. SessionScribe is a productivity tool, not a medical application. Accurate On-Device Transcription Record and transcribe in 9 core languages — English, Russian, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, and Korean — with extended support for 90+ additional languages. Powered by WhisperKit and Apple Speech Recognition. Automatic Speaker Identification SessionScribe detects and labels different speakers throughout your recordings, so you always know who said what. Multiple Export Formats Export as plain text, SRT subtitles, or rich Markdown documents with metadata and speaker labels. Drop transcripts straight into Notion, Obsidian, your DAW, or your case file. Full-Text Search (Pro) Find any word or phrase across every transcription you've made — instantly. Privacy by Architecture SessionScribe makes zero network calls. No audio, no transcripts, no metadata is ever sent to any server. No third-party analytics SDKs. The app works completely offline. Your conversations stay on your phone. PRICING Free — 30 minutes per session, 90 minutes per month, speaker labels, text export, on-device processing. Pro — Unlimited recording, all export formats, full-text search, AI Insights, SOAP notes. Subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://benchmarkio.github.io/sessionscribe-legal/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://benchmarkio.github.io/sessionscribe-legal/terms.html

Screenshots

DateSmith4 screens
SessionScribe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DateSmith at weekly against SessionScribe's every 6 weeks. DateSmith also leads on iOS requirement (18.2 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. DateSmith sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and SessionScribe sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DateSmith ships an update weekly, SessionScribe every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
DateSmith versus SessionScribe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDateSmithSessionScribe
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB977 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenjamin StaabPavel Iatskevich

In-app purchases

2 purchases

DateSmith

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

SessionScribe

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly2 variants$1.991 Month
  • Pro Annual1 Year trial2 variants$13.991 Year

Questions

Is DateSmith free?
DateSmith is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SessionScribe free?
SessionScribe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DateSmith or SessionScribe have ads?
Neither DateSmith nor SessionScribe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DateSmith or SessionScribe?
DateSmith ships an update weekly, and SessionScribe every 6 weeks. Most recently, DateSmith was updated on November 5, 2026 and SessionScribe on October 31, 2026.

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