Comparison

Couples Checklist vs Standing Date

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

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About

Couples Checklist

Organize date ideas and turn them into concrete plans with integrated directions and calendar options. Discover new local spots, track your relationship milestones, and cherish memories of shared experiences.

Highlights
  • Centralized date idea list
  • Instant plan creation with directions
  • Discover nearby spots by category
  • Relationship milestone tracking
  • Date memory journal
  • Add-on activity suggestions
Features
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The Couples Checklist is the easiest way to stop saying "we should go there" — and actually go. Free for both of you. No subscription, no trial. TONIGHT Open the app and the night is already planned: three stops near you, timed, with the walk between them. Tap "We're in," shuffle, or see it on a map. Not tonight? Plan it for Friday, or keep the idea so it isn't lost. Already have a date today? It's waiting at the top. A NEW IDEA EVERY THURSDAY A fresh date idea or road trip lands at the top of Tonight each week. Past drops stay in the archive. THIS WEEKEND Shows, concerts and events near you, in 53 cities across the US, UK, Canada and Australia. Add one to your plans in a tap, or build a whole night around it. DISCOVER Every kind of place near you on one map — restaurants, bars, dessert, museums, parks, shows, and more. Tap a kind and the map lights up. Tap a pin and answer three things: been? want? plan it? "Then go to" pairs something to do with dinner a short walk away: karaoke first, then steak. ANY TOWN Search "Bartaco, Port Chester" and it's on your list and your map. Works wherever you are, or wherever you're about to visit. TRIPS Road trip of the week: every Monday, a new two- or three-day getaway, already planned. Or plan your own — one place, a road trip, a city hop or a day trip. Stay an extra night, skip a stop, add one, save it for later, and fix the record when you're home. SAVED Your ideas sorted by the night — tonight, nights to plan, trips, dinner & drinks, shows. Rails, not one long list. MEMORIES Tick a place as been-there and add the photo right then. Every night out, by day and on a map. Your date passport fills in as you try every kind of date. THE "US" TAB Your relationship at a glance: an anniversary countdown, your date-night streak, and shared rewards you're working toward together. BUILT FOR TWO Add your partner and everything is shared — the ideas, the plans, the memories. One list you both can see. Stop scrolling. Start dating again.

About

Standing Date

Features
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Tonight's programme, in four acts. Standing Date is a date night planner for couples who keep ending up doing the same thing. It is laid out like a matinee playbill: you swipe between four acts, pull up the Programme for everything else, and the app hands you date ideas one ticket at a time. Act I · Tonight Tap once and a ticket comes up with a single date idea on it. There's no quiz first and no list to scroll. Narrow it with seven filters: in or out, low cost, two or three hours, cozy, a kid asleep at home, any season. Redraw as often as you like, and an idea won't come round again until you've seen every one that fits. Say "Let's do this one" and the ticket becomes a plan with numbered steps, what to bring, conversation starters for the way there, a map search for somewhere nearby, a calendar entry and a share button. Act II · The standing date Every Friday, every other Saturday, once a month: pick the rhythm, the day and the time once. The app counts down to it, reminds you beforehand, and keeps a streak that only moves when a date actually happens. Anniversaries and birthdays get their own reminder, and as one gets close the draw skips the no-cost ideas so the night feels like an occasion. Act III · Our jar The places you keep meaning to go and the things you said you'd try go in your date jar, each with its own kind, cost, length and energy. They're drawn right alongside the built-in ideas. Act IV · Memories After the night, each of you gives it a verdict and adds a line. Over time "What your dates say" shows which kinds of date you both enjoy, and the draw leans that way. That's a few rules running on your phone, not AI. Where to eat Dinner date, or only lunch on a Tuesday: tap Where to eat and one real restaurant comes up as a ticket, near you and open right now. Thumbs up, thumbs down or draw another, and it learns what you like. It asks before using your approximate location, or type a city instead. Three picks a day are free. Intermission: a second phone, if you want one One phone runs the whole show. If your partner wants a copy, link their phone with a six-character code (no account) and the standing date, tonight's plan, the jar and your memories stay in step on both. The ideas 150 date ideas come free, written by hand across six kinds: talk, play, make, move, taste and explore. None of them rely on a city guide, so they work in a small town as well as a big one. They name a kind of place, never a business. There's no sexual content, no dares and no drinking games. At the Box Office: Standing Date Plus - the full library of 600 ideas, plus four seasonal decks (autumn, holidays, heat wave, rainy day) - surprise dates: write up to three clues, lock them behind Face ID or your passcode, and get a nudge when it's time to send each one - three challenges: A to Z, a date every month, one of each kind - photos on your memories and a printable PDF yearbook - Two thumbs (four restaurants, you each vote in secret) and unlimited restaurant picks - creating a pairing code (joining one is always free) A home-screen widget counts down to your next date, and you can export everything to a backup file and restore it. There are no ads. Tickets and the fine print Plus comes as a Season Pass (Standing Date Plus Annual, a one-year subscription that starts with a 7-day free trial), a Single (Standing Date Plus Monthly, a one-month subscription), or Lifetime, a one-time purchase. Both subscriptions renew automatically. The Box Office shows each price in your currency before you buy, and payment goes to your Apple ID when you confirm. A subscription renews for the same length unless you turn auto-renew off at least 24 hours before the current period ends, and the renewal is charged within those last 24 hours. To cancel or switch plans, go to Settings, tap your name, then Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://adelyons.com/apps/standingdate/eula.html Privacy Policy: https://adelyons.com/apps/standingdate/privacy.html

Screenshots

Couples Checklist4 screens
Standing Date4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Couples Checklist at none against Standing Date's 3. Couples Checklist also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Standing Date sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Couples Checklist asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Couples Checklist ships an update every 5 days, Standing Date every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Couples Checklist versus Standing Date: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCouples ChecklistStanding Date
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB37 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperConnor MurphyAdelyons Software LLC

In-app purchases

None

Couples Checklist

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Standing Date

Subscriptions2
  • Standing Date Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Standing Date Plus Annual7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Standing Date Plus Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is Couples Checklist free?
Couples Checklist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Standing Date free?
Standing Date is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Couples Checklist or Standing Date have ads?
Neither Couples Checklist nor Standing Date shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Couples Checklist or Standing Date?
Couples Checklist ships an update every 5 days, and Standing Date every 2 weeks. Most recently, Couples Checklist was updated on October 31, 2026 and Standing Date on October 29, 2026.

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