Comparison

Date Ideas vs Standing Date

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

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Date Ideas

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Never run out of date ideas again. Date Planner AI learns your city, relationship stage, budget, time, interests, food preferences, family needs, travel radius, and preferred pace. It keeps personalized ideas coming regularly and lets Premium members plan on demand for tonight, a first date, an anniversary, a rainy day, a cheap date, or a cozy night at home. SEE YOUR PERSONALIZED PREVIEW โ€ข Build your couple profile in a few quick steps โ€ข Generate a first date idea matched to your preferences โ€ข Preview the idea and first step before choosing Premium A COMPLETE DATE PLAN โ€ข Clear activities instead of a random one-line idea โ€ข Essential steps, estimated cost, travel time, and a backup plan โ€ข Conversation starters matched to the mood โ€ข Share a finished plan with your partner DATE IDEAS FOR EVERY OCCASION โ€ข Date night, first date, and at-home ideas โ€ข Romantic, fun, cheap, rainy-day, and surprise dates โ€ข Plans matched to your relationship stage, available time, and budget YOUR COUPLE BUCKET LIST Add anything you would love to do together โ€” no date or generated plan required โ€” and mark it done afterward. Free includes one open bucket-list entry; Premium lets the list keep growing and unlocks sharing for every entry. PREMIUM: BUILD A DATE AROUND YOUR CITY Type a city and turn a generic idea into a useful local route. Premium combines real Google Maps places into a start, a main activity or event venue, and a place to finish, with Apple Maps fallback. No precise GPS permission is required. PREMIUM ALSO INCLUDES โ€ข Regular personalized date ideas ready when you open the app โ€ข On-demand personalized plans whenever you need one โ€ข An unlimited, shareable couple bucket list โ€ข Private gift ideas and date notes stored on your device PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account or partner invite is required. Your plans, bucket list, preferences, and notes stay on your device. Local place suggestions come from Google Maps with Apple Maps fallback; always check hours, tickets, prices, and availability before you go. Premium is available as an auto-renewing weekly or yearly subscription. Payment is charged to your App Store account. Subscriptions renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://apps.bluealpine.xyz/date-ideas/terms Privacy Policy: https://apps.bluealpine.xyz/date-ideas/privacy

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Standing Date

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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 ยท 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 ยท 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 ยท 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 ยท 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

Date Ideas4 screens
Standing Date4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Standing Date at every 2 weeks against Date Ideas's every 6 weeks. Standing Date also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Date Ideas sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Standing Date sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Date Ideas ships an update every 6 weeks, Standing Date every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Date Ideas versus Standing Date: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDate IdeasStanding Date
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.015.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size16 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlue Alpine GmbHAdelyons Software LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Date Ideas

Subscriptions2
  • Date Planner Premium Weekly$9.997 Days
  • Date Planner Premium Yearly$39.991 Year
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 Date Ideas free?
Date Ideas is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Standing Date free?
Standing Date is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Date Ideas or Standing Date have ads?
Neither Date Ideas nor Standing Date shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Date Ideas or Standing Date?
Date Ideas ships an update every 6 weeks, and Standing Date every 2 weeks. Most recently, Date Ideas was updated on October 31, 2026 and Standing Date on October 29, 2026.

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