Comparison

First Date vs Date Recall

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

Head to head
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

About

Date Recall

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Date Recall is a private dating journal and date tracker built for remembering the details that disappear between dates. Log who you met, what happened, what you learned, and how the connection actually felt. DATE 1 · THE BASICS Capture chemistry, conversation, respect, lifestyle details, dating goals, pets, politics, and the things you want to remember. DATE 2 · GO DEEPER The questionnaire shifts instead of repeating the same intake. Reflect on values, faith or worldview if it matters to you, what you learned, new green flags, and any concern or pattern worth watching. DATE 3+ · DIRECTION & PACE Check in on physical spark, intimacy, comfort, pace, and whether the connection feels casual, relationship-ready, or genuinely long-term. Intimacy questions are optional, and taking things slowly never lowers a score. TWO DIFFERENT SCORES Your Date Score reflects how the date felt: chemistry, conversation, and consideration. Your Ideal Match compares known answers with the preferences you chose. Missing answers stay unknown instead of counting against someone. Deeper reflections are not scored. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your journal is stored on your device, protected by your phone authentication and encrypted local storage. There is no public profile, social feed, advertising, analytics, or Date Recall account to create. You can export an encrypted backup with a separate recovery code. FREE TO START Your first two saved date entries are free. Date Recall Unlimited is a one-time purchase for unlimited date entries. No subscription and no ads. Date Recall records your own impressions and preferences. It does not verify facts about another person or make decisions for you.

Screenshots

First Date4 screens
Date Recall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Date Recall at 16.4 against First Date's 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. First Date sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Date Recall sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

First Date ships an update every 2 weeks, Date Recall every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
First Date versus Date Recall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFirst DateDate Recall
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — 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

Date Recall

One-time1
  • Date Recall Unlimited$4.99

Questions

Is First Date free?
First Date is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Date Recall free?
Date Recall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do First Date or Date Recall have ads?
Neither First Date nor Date Recall shows ads.
Which is updated more often, First Date or Date Recall?
First Date ships an update every 2 weeks, and Date Recall every 6 days. Most recently, First Date was updated on October 31, 2026 and Date Recall on October 31, 2026.

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