Comparison

Dale vs NoteThing Planner

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

Head to head
About

Dale

This app helps you visualize your year's progress and count down to important events. It offers customizable widgets and smart notifications to ensure you never miss a milestone. Track birthdays, vacations, and more with a clean, privacy-focused interface.

Highlights
  • Year progress visualization
  • Event countdowns
  • Home screen widgets
  • Smart notifications
  • Customizable color themes
  • Privacy-focused, local data storage
Features
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Make Every Day Count with Dale - The Minimalist Year Progress Tracker and Days Countdown App Track year progress like never before with Dale, a beautiful countdown app for iOS. See exactly how many days are left in the year and create event countdowns so you never miss what matters most. YEAR PROGRESS TRACKER Visualize your entire year with an elegant dot grid display Track year progress in real time with today highlighted See days completed and days remaining at a glance Year progress widget for your iPhone home screen Watch your year unfold day by day EVENT COUNTDOWN AND DAYS LEFT COUNTER Create countdowns for important dates Track birthdays, vacations, and anniversaries Days left calculator shows exactly how much time remains Track multiple countdowns at once Never forget important moments with reminders HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Year progress widget shows your annual journey Year countdown updates daily on your home screen Multiple widget sizes to match your style Customizable color themes SMART NOTIFICATIONS Countdown reminders when events finishes Get alerts so you never miss important dates CUSTOMIZATION 9 color palettes including Electric Blue, Neon Mint, and Purple Dream Customize year progress colors Personalize event countdown colors Premium themes with modern aesthetics Enhanced glow effect for today PREMIUM FEATURES Unlimited event countdowns (free users have limits) Advanced color customization with 9 premium themes Priority support Ad free experience One time purchase, yours forever WHY DALE Clean and minimal interface following iOS design guidelines Fast and lightweight countdown app Privacy focused, all data stored locally Seamless iOS widget integration Ideal for time management and goal tracking PERFECT FOR Year progress tracking and time awareness Birthday and anniversary countdowns Vacation and travel planning Retirement or graduation countdowns Project deadline tracking Goal setting and milestone tracking Life event planning POPULAR USES How many days left until my birthday Track my year progress Countdown to vacation Days until retirement Track project deadlines Anniversary countdown Dale transforms how you experience time. Whether tracking year progress to stay motivated or counting days until lifes biggest moments, Dale makes every day visible and meaningful. Download Dale now and start tracking your year with a beautiful countdown app for iOS. Privacy Policy - https://sites.google.com/view/daleapp/privacy Terms of Service - https://sites.google.com/view/daleapp/terms

About

NoteThing Planner

This app combines notes, tasks, goals, and reminders into a single, focused experience. It offers a rich text editor, task management with flexible recurrence, habit tracking, and smart reminders. Enjoy a unified productivity toolkit across all your Apple devices with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Rich text and Markdown editor
  • Task management with recurring options
  • Habit and goal tracking
  • Smart reminders with quiet hours
  • Cross-device sync via iCloud
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Native Mac app
Features
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Notes, tasks, goals, and reminders — together in one beautiful app. NoteThing is the productivity toolkit that replaces four apps with one. Capture quick thoughts, stay on top of deadlines, track habits over time, and never miss a reminder — from a single focused experience that works the same on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. One purchase covers every Apple device you own. No subscription. No in-app purchases. No account to create. NOTES • Rich text editor with formatting toolbar • Full Markdown mode with live preview • Folders and color-coded tags for organization • Fast search across every note TASKS • Due dates with flexible recurrence (daily, weekly, monthly, custom) • Smart notifications: at time, 15 minutes, 1 hour, or 1 day before • Completed recurring tasks automatically create the next occurrence • Upcoming view rolls all your deadlines into a single timeline GOALS • Track habits daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly • Yes/No tracking or quantity goals (push-ups, miles, dollars saved) • Four display styles: checkbox, tally marks, streak counter, progress bar • Complete history with charts and momentum REMINDERS • Recurring schedules with the same flexibility as tasks • Built-in quiet hours so notifications never wake you at 2 a.m. • Pause and resume individual reminders without losing their schedule • Smart batching keeps you under the system's 64-notification limit WORKS EVERYWHERE • One Universal Purchase covers iPhone, iPad, and Mac • iCloud sync via your own Apple Account — never our servers • Home Screen widgets in three sizes • Native Mac app with keyboard shortcuts, multi-select, and file export • Family Sharing supported HONEST PRICING • Buy once, own forever • No subscriptions, ever • No in-app purchases or paywalled features • No account to create — just your Apple Account • No ads, no upsells, no nags • Free updates for the life of the app SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE Fully translated into English, French, French (Canada), German, Spanish, Spanish (Latin America), Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish, Japanese, and Korean. PRIVATE BY DESIGN NoteThing does not collect or transmit any personal data. Your content lives on your device and — if you choose — in your private iCloud. There are no servers holding your content, no analytics SDKs, and no third-party trackers in the app. Stop juggling four subscriptions. Get the calm of a single tool that does everything you need, owned outright. NoteThing is the productivity app you'll actually use.

Screenshots

Dale4 screens
NoteThing Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dale at Free against NoteThing Planner's $2.99. Dale also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (14 vs 1). NoteThing Planner's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads 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

Dale is free to download; NoteThing Planner costs $2.99 up front. Dale sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NoteThing Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NoteThing Planner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dale has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dale ships an update weekly, NoteThing Planner every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Dale versus NoteThing Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaleNoteThing Planner
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.2 (14 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSanjay PathakCore Dump Software LLC

Customer experience

Dale

All ratings14 ratings
Positive78.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative21.4%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

NoteThing Planner

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dale

One-time1
  • Dale Lifetime$3.99
None

NoteThing Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dale free?
Dale is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NoteThing Planner free?
NoteThing Planner costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dale or NoteThing Planner?
NoteThing Planner is rated higher. Dale averages 4.2 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while NoteThing Planner averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Dale or NoteThing Planner have ads?
Neither Dale nor NoteThing Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dale or NoteThing Planner?
Dale ships an update weekly, and NoteThing Planner every 3 weeks. Most recently, Dale was updated on October 3, 2026 and NoteThing Planner on October 1, 2026.

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