Dated vs Foreword
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dated
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There's a pattern in how you date. You can feel it, but you can't quite see it, because you're inside it. Dated is a private journal for your love life. Write after a date, a text spiral, a breakup, a situationship that won't end. Over time, the patterns you keep missing start to surface, in the words you already wrote. Therapy only hears the latest story. Friends react to this guy, not the last five. A blank notes app just holds the rant until you forget it. Dated is the one place that reads across everything. WRITE FOR FREE - Unlimited entries, by text or voice - Guided prompts built for dating, not generic "how was your day" - Tag the people you date and watch your timeline build - Full access to everything you've written, anytime - Export your entries whenever you want - iCloud backup and Face ID lock UPGRADE FOR THE INTELLIGENCE Premium is where the AI reads across your entries and shows you what you can't see alone: - Your Dating Blueprint: your type, your patterns, and the gap between what you want and what you choose - AI pattern insights across every entry and every person - Weekly summaries you'll actually want to screenshot - Emotional arcs that show how a connection shifted, week by week - Cluster view that groups the people who were quietly the same - AI insights included in your exports The writing is always free. The pattern recognition is the paid part. No AI in the free tier, no bait, no surprise. WHO IT'S FOR Single women who have done the therapy, read the books, built the career, and still keep ending up in the same place. In therapy or not. About to delete the apps again, or already have. Ever said "I keep dating the same type"? This shows you the answer, in your own words. PRIVATE BY DESIGN This is intimate writing, and it's treated that way. Entries on your device are encrypted. iCloud backups are protected by Apple's encryption. Your entries stay between you and your devices. No feed, no followers, no one reading over your shoulder. Dated doesn't diagnose you and it won't fix you. It isn't therapy. It's a private space to see what you keep choosing, so the next time can actually be different. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Foreword
This app helps you manifest your desires through voice-first affirmations. Record your goals and hear them played back as soothing, looping affirmations with synchronized captions and calming soundscapes. Choose from various methods like scripting or the 369 technique to build a daily practice.
- Voice-first affirmation recording
- Customizable soundscapes
- Scripting and 369 methods
- Guided 7-day on-ramp
- Daily lock screen widget
- Personalized affirmations in your own voice
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Foreword turns what you want into a small daily practice, in your own words and your own voice. Speak or write what you're calling in: a new job, more money, a calmer mind, being chosen, a fresh start. Foreword shapes it into a spoken loop with the words on screen, a soft aura that moves with the voice, and a sound bed underneath. Hear it through once and it closes on "It's done." Then it builds your days around it. Three ways to practice • Robotic loops. Your affirmations spoken on repeat, in a studio voice or your own. Listen on a walk, while you work, or as you fall asleep. • Scripting. Write your life as if it has already happened, one chapter at a time, and hear the chapter read back. Your story becomes a bound book, with its own cover and your name on it. • The 369 method. One line from your story, written three times in the morning, six in the afternoon and nine at night, for 33 days. Foreword keeps the count. A library of loops, with art 105 loops across money, career, love, confidence, self-concept, calm, sleep, grief, forgiveness and more. Each one is a single desire, written in the present tense, with its own cover. 33 are free to keep. Collections Save the loops that say it right and group them your way: mornings, before sleep, before a big call. A collection plays as a playlist, one loop after another, and starts again after the last. Some days, Today offers one of your own collections. Morning pages Ten minutes of talking or writing, first thing, about whatever is on your mind. Nothing gets tidied up. Your words become text on your phone and are sent nowhere. Moments Keep the good things as they happen: a line, a photo, a voice note, a doodle over the picture. Over time they become proof. Each month, Foreword gathers them into a recap, and your practice adds up to a card you can share. Widgets • Your line on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. • Add a moment from your Lock Screen or Control Center, in one tap. • Play a collection straight from your Home Screen. Make it yours • Two studio voices, Ivy and Theo, or record your own. • Ten sound beds, from rain to 432 Hz. • Press and hold to sink into a single line. • Spanish, French and Italian, with loops read by a native voice in each. A practice, not a feed One thing to do each day. No endless catalog. Miss a day and you simply pick back up: never miss twice, never a guilt trip. Honest about what it does Writing and hearing your own affirmations is a practice, not magic. Research on self-affirmation writing finds small, real gains in mood and self-view. Foreword gives that practice a shape you can keep. Private by design No account. Your story, recordings and pages live on your phone and in your iCloud. • Your voice is never cloned or stored. When a loop is made in your voice, your sample is used for that one reading and is not kept. • Morning pages are transcribed on your phone and never reach our servers. • Nothing is used for tracking. Foreword Premium Loops in your own voice, the full library and every sound bed, both studio voices, saving loops and building collections, speaking your morning pages, monthly recaps and the "Your Foreword so far" card, and widgets without the mark. 7 days free, then a yearly or monthly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Your words. Your voice. Your story. Terms of Use (EULA): https://goforeword.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://goforeword.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Foreword at none against Dated's shown. Foreword also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 27.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Dated sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and Foreword sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dated ships an update every 9 days, Foreword every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Dated | Foreword |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 27.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 164 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Evocentra Ventures LLC | Floppy LLC |
In-app purchases
Dated
- Premium Monthly$8.991 Month
- Founding Yearly$39.991 Year
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
Foreword
- Foreword Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Foreword Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$29.991 Year









