Comparison

myControl® vs Dear Date

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

Head to head
About

myControl®

This app provides a customizable mobile interface for your building's control system. It allows users to monitor and adjust environmental conditions, view and modify system points, and control HVAC equipment through different interface views.

Highlights
  • Customizable mobile interface
  • Monitor and adjust environmental conditions
  • View and adjust system points
  • Programmable thermostat interface
  • Control HVAC equipment
Features
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The myControl® mobile app offers a fully customizable mobile interface to your Reliable Controls® MACH-System. Contact your Reliable Controls® Authorized Dealer for details about configuring your MACH-System™ for myControl®. Three different views are currently available for monitoring and adjusting control points in a MACH-System™. The SPACEview provides a simple, intuitive interface for occupants to adjust environmental conditions in their space. The LISTview provides a flexible, custom list of system points that an occupant or operator can quickly view and adjust. The STATview provides a familiar, programmable thermostat interface, allowing users to monitor and control the operation of HVAC equipment.

About

Dear Date

Features
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Dear Date is the 30-second journal — the thing you reach for in the Uber home, before the date blurs. The window between leaving a date and forgetting how it actually felt is about 90 minutes. Notes apps lose that moment. Dear Date catches it. Open the app. Type their name. Tap how your body felt. Choose a green flag or a pause point. Done. You have a private record of what this date was actually like — not what your group chat will remember it as. Over time, the patterns surface themselves: who you keep picking, the flags you keep ignoring, the gap between who you say you want and who actually lights you up. — THE 30-SECOND LOG — The form is the product. Sub-30-second entry from a cold phone, with rating, voice memo, and tags. Voice memos auto-transcribe so you can rant in the Uber, not type. — PRIVATE BY DEFAULT — End-to-end private journal. Optional Face ID lock for when your friend asks to see your phone. Your entries are yours; we don't read them, train on them, or sell them. — SYNCS WITH THE WEB — Already journaling at deardate.club? Mobile picks up exactly where you left off. Same account, same entries, same patterns. — DEAR DATE PLUS — The journal is free — every entry, forever. Plus is for people serious about finding the right person: research-backed pattern insights (attachment pull, Big Three mate preferences, where you actually feel most like yourself — built on decades of peer-reviewed work on relationships), lenses that read your journal through added frameworks (Big Five personality, attachment style, birth chart, BaZi, Saju — coming soon), and AI reflections that quietly notice when what you said you wanted matches what's actually showing up — and when it doesn't. — WHAT MOBILE DOES THAT WEB CAN'T — Voice memos with auto-transcription. Face ID lock. Push reminders an hour after a calendar event marked as a date. Designed for one-thumb use in 9 seconds, not the couch-with-a-laptop browse. Mobile is for capture. Web is for reflection. Both are yours. — Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID settings. Free trial converts to paid unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the trial ends. Privacy Policy: https://deardate.club/privacy Terms of Service: https://deardate.club/terms

Screenshots

myControl®4 screens
Dear Date4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: myControl® at none against Dear Date's 2. myControl® also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). Dear Date's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 8 months). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dear Date sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. myControl® asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

myControl® ships an update every 8 months, Dear Date every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
myControl® versus Dear Date: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermyControl®Dear Date
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperReliable Controls CorporationLia Choi

In-app purchases

None

myControl®

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Dear Date

Subscriptions2
  • Dear Date Plus (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Dear Date Plus (Annual)7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is myControl® free?
myControl® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dear Date free?
Dear Date is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do myControl® or Dear Date have ads?
Neither myControl® nor Dear Date shows ads.
Which is updated more often, myControl® or Dear Date?
myControl® ships an update every 8 months, and Dear Date every 9 days. Most recently, myControl® was updated on October 24, 2026 and Dear Date on October 24, 2026.

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