Comparison

Datey vs Shimy

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

Head to head
About

Datey

Track relationship milestones and shared memories, or journal your dating experiences. Plan dates, create bucket lists, and store photos. Offers privacy features like an app lock and private photo vault.

Highlights
  • Track relationship days and anniversaries
  • Shared memory collection with photos
  • Date planning and bucket lists
  • Journal dating experiences
  • Private photo vault
  • Optional app lock
Features
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Datey is a relationship tracker and journal for couples and singles. Count your days together, save shared memories and travels, build custom home page widgets and make plans as a couple. Use Single mode to keep track of your dates, the people you’re seeing and how you felt. COUPLE MODE • Track your days together from your relationship start date, and keep anniversaries and special days in view. • Link with your partner to build a shared collection of memories and photos from your time together. • Plan your next date and make a bucket list of places to go and things to do together. • Keep your trips and places visited together in one place, so you can look back on where you’ve been. • Answer questions, guess your partner’s answers and compare your responses. • Add widgets for your days together, upcoming plans and special days, so you can check them at a glance. SINGLE MODE • Create profiles for the people you date and keep notes and photos organized by person. • Record each date with its place, your feelings and what you spent, then revisit the details later. • Plan upcoming dates and add them to your calendar to keep track of what’s next. • Review your dating history with stats about the people you’ve met, places you’ve been and spending. • Create shareable recaps to look back on your dating experiences. PRIVACY Use an optional app lock and a private photo vault. Optional iCloud sync connects your own devices; linking with a partner requires iCloud. DATEY PRO Datey requires a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. An invited partner can use Couple mode without a separate purchase while shared access is active. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://dateyapp.co/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://dateyapp.co/privacy/

About

Shimy

This app connects you with real people nearby who are also open to meeting. Share a live selfie when you're out, and others can respond with their own. Chat opens if you both approve, with conversations lasting 24 hours.

Highlights
  • Real-time proximity matching
  • Live selfie verification
  • Expiring posts (3 hours)
  • Expiring chats (24 hours)
  • Identity verification
  • Mascot chat companion
Features
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no swiping. no stale profiles. no wondering if anyone's out there. see someone across the bar? now you can do something about it. if you're out, say so. posts last 3 hours. chats last 24. don't waste it. how it works - post a live selfie when you're out - see who's nearby and around right now - into someone? answer with your own selfie - they're into you too? chat opens. - make something happen before it's gone why it's different - camera-only. taken now, not two years ago - you only show up when you want to - everyone you see is actually near you - the feed is never stale. posts vanish in 3 hours - 24-hour chats. less talking, more meeting - identity verification required. catfish belong in the ocean. nothing happening yet? shimy's in your chats. always up. just be yourself*ie.

Screenshots

Datey4 screens
Shimy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shimy at none against Datey's 4. Datey's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Datey sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Shimy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Datey against 5.0 for Shimy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Datey ships an update every 2 days, Shimy fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Datey versus Shimy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDateyShimy
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size896 MB43 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperTortuga Global Tech LLCShimy, Inc.

Customer experience

Datey

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Shimy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Datey

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Datey Pro Yearly14 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly14 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$129.99
None

Shimy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Datey free?
Datey is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shimy free?
Shimy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Datey or Shimy?
Datey and Shimy are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Datey or Shimy have ads?
Neither Datey nor Shimy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Datey or Shimy?
Datey ships an update every 2 days, and Shimy fortnightly. Most recently, Datey was updated on November 13, 2026 and Shimy on November 5, 2026.

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