Comparison

First Date vs Afterdate.

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

Head to head
About

First Date

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

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Afterdate.

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Good company. Better memory. Afterdate is your private place to remember who you met, how it felt, and what matters to you. Capture a date in a few words, add a photo, and keep the details together. REMEMBER THE DATE Save notes, photos, the place, and your first impression. Keep a history of each connection without digging through scattered notes. BE READY FOR THE NEXT ONE Open a briefing built from your saved details: what they enjoy, what happened last time, and what you wanted to ask about. YOUR STANDARDS. YOUR CALL. Answer optional quick questions and get two different perspectives: how the date felt, and how closely it matched your preferences. From pets to politics, you choose what matters. Skip anything you don't care about. Unknown answers stay unknown. A LITTLE PERSONALITY Choose supportive encouragement, occasional side-eye, or quiet mode. Your assistant should feel like your assistant. KEEP IT PERSONAL Protect your journal with your phone's authentication and encrypted local storage. Save an encrypted backup with a separate recovery code when you want one. There is no public feed, automatic journal upload, or Afterdate account to create. TRY TWO DATES ON US Your first two date entries are free. A one-time in-app purchase unlocks unlimited date entries. No subscription. No ads. Deleting an entry does not reset the free allowance. Your saved entries, editing, app lock, backups, and deletion remain available without purchasing. Hindsight changes the story. Afterdate helps you remember what you noticedβ€”and how you felt. Scores reflect your own observations and preferences, not verified facts or relationship predictions. Manual backups require both the saved file and its recovery code. There is no automatic sync. Restoring a purchase restores your unlock, not your journal.

Screenshots

First Date4 screens
Afterdate.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Afterdate. at 16.4 against First Date's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. First Date sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Afterdate. sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
First Date versus Afterdate.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFirst DateAfterdate.
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size5 MB33 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperMitaanshu AgarwalBrian Eells

In-app purchases

1 purchases

First Date

One-time1
  • First Date Pro Lifetime$79.99
1 purchases

Afterdate.

One-time1
  • Date Recall Unlimited$4.99

Questions

Is First Date free?
First Date is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Afterdate. free?
Afterdate. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do First Date or Afterdate. have ads?
Neither First Date nor Afterdate. shows ads.

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