Comparison

Date Tracker vs First Date

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

Head to head
About

Date Tracker

This app provides a private space to log dates, reflect on interactions, and identify patterns in your dating life. It helps you organize who you're seeing, understand your connections, and date with more intention.

Highlights
  • Log date details and feelings
  • Reflect on communication
  • Identify dating patterns
  • Track connection progress
  • Organize current matches
  • Access dating FAQs and resources
Features
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Date Tracker helps you log your dates, notice your patterns, and date with intention instead of just winging it. It's a private space to keep track of who you're seeing, how you feel, and who's actually a great match for you. When you track your dates, you can easily figure out who you want to keep dating and who's not a match without having to run to your group chat for every decision. What you can do: - Log each date, including how you felt and what you learned - Reflect on between-date texting and communication - Spot patterns across the people you've dated: who you pick, what hooks you, where it tends to go sideways - Track why connections end, and what you can learn from them - Check the pulse on a connection and see whether it's building or stalling - Keep everyone you're currently seeing organized in one private, judgment-free place - Get guidance and resources along the way, plus quick answers to dating FAQ so you don't get stuck Who it's for: You've done the work. You know your attachment style. You're looking for the real deal, and you're tired of dating in circles. Date Tracker is built for intentional, self-aware dating, not endless swiping. Created by Talia Koren, host of the Dating Intentionally podcast, who tracked all of her dates in her notes app with an emoji key. With the help of her dating reflection log, Talia met her husband on a dating app after going on 150ish first dates with over 60 people in 10 months. Dating doesn't have to feel like guesswork. Start seeing what's actually going on, and date like you mean it. Terms of Service: https://www.thedatetracker.com/terms

About

First Date

This private journal helps you navigate your dating life by providing pre-date questions, safety check-ins, and guided post-date reflections. Track your dating history, identify patterns, and enhance your safety with offline features. It's designed to be used alongside existing dating apps or for real-life encounters.

Highlights
  • Pre-date conversation questions
  • Safety check-ins and fake calls
  • Guided post-date reflection prompts
  • Voice memos with on-device transcripts
  • Dating pattern analysis
  • Offline date-safety guide
  • Face ID lock
Features
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First Date is a private journal for your dating life - not a dating app. Use it alongside the dating apps you already have, or for people you meet in real life. Keep track of who you're talking to, walk into each date with a few good questions, get home safely, and write down how it really went while it's fresh. BEFORE THE DATE - Three questions for tonight, chosen for what you're looking for (casual, long-term, marriage or just exploring) and for the interests you share. Shuffle for another set. - Write a one-line intention ("stay curious, home by ten"). Your reflection asks how it went. - Plan the venue with Apple Maps details and walking-time context. - Conversation prompts in five tones: playful, curious, direct, vulnerable and witty. DURING THE DATE - Safety check-ins: reminders ask if you're home safe. If you don't confirm, a second reminder opens a ready-to-send text to a contact you chose, with the venue. You press send. - A fake incoming call when you need an easy way out, with the caller name you pick. - An offline date-safety guide that works with no signal. AFTER THE DATE - Guided reflection: questions that get past "it was fine", a star rating, how you felt on the way home, and whether you'd see them again. - What felt good and what gave you pause, as tags. - Voice memos with on-device transcripts. - A heads-up when someone has gone quiet, on a threshold you choose. PATTERNS - Quick stats across your own history: dates per person, how long you talk before meeting, how often you leave feeling like yourself. - With Pro: filters by app, venue, pacing, chemistry, follow-up and how you left; month-by-month trends; and written patterns once 10 people are logged. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything you save stays in the app on your iPhone or iPad. There is no account, no server and no sync, so your journal never leaves your device. Voice memos are transcribed on the device. Venue search uses Apple Maps. No analytics or ad SDKs. Add a Face ID lock whenever you like. FIRST DATE PRO - ONE PAYMENT, NO SUBSCRIPTION The journal holds your first 5 people. First Date Pro is a single Lifetime purchase: it lifts that limit and adds deeper filters, month-by-month trends and written patterns. It never renews. Safety check-ins, the fake call, voice memos with transcripts, guided reflection, date-night questions, the Face ID lock, screenshot import and conversation prompts stay in the free journal. NOT A DATING APP First Date does not match you with anyone, host a profile, show a feed or message anyone for you. ABOUT SAFETY Check-ins remind you and pre-fill a message that you send yourself. First Date does not contact emergency services, does not share your live location and is not a monitoring service. If you are in danger, call your local emergency number. Privacy Policy: https://firstdate.keenshift.ai/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://firstdate.keenshift.ai/terms Support: https://firstdate.keenshift.ai/support

Screenshots

Date Tracker4 screens
First Date4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: First Date at 5.0 against Date Tracker's 4.6. Date Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Date Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per 3 months and First Date sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

First Date holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Date Tracker has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Date Tracker versus First Date: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDate TrackerFirst Date
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB5 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperDating Intentionally LLCMitaanshu Agarwal

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Date Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Quarterly$19.993 Months
  • Annual$59.991 Year
1 purchases

First Date

One-time1
  • First Date Pro Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Date Tracker free?
Date Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is First Date free?
First Date is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Date Tracker or First Date?
First Date is rated higher. Date Tracker averages 4.6 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while First Date averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Date Tracker or First Date have ads?
Neither Date Tracker nor First Date shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Date Tracker or First Date?
Date Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, and First Date every 2 weeks. Most recently, Date Tracker was updated on October 24, 2026 and First Date on October 25, 2026.

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