Comparison

Julian vs Current Week

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

Head to head
About

Julian

This app provides a quick and efficient way to view and convert between 11 different types of dates, including standard Julian dates, Mars Sol dates, and Unix time. It features a calendar for easy navigation and allows copying dates to the clipboard. The current date can be displayed on the app icon and Apple Watch complications.

Highlights
  • 11 date type conversions
  • Calendar view
  • Copy to clipboard
  • App icon badge display
  • Apple Watch complications
Features
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Julian makes it simple to find any day of the year, convert dates, and understand your year at a glance on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Browse the calendar to explore past and future dates, or enter a day number to jump straight to the matching date. Choose the date format you prefer and instantly see the day of the year, year progress, days remaining, week number, and current quarter. Convert between calendar dates, ordinal dates, ISO 8601 dates, ISO week dates, Julian calendar dates, Julian Day Numbers, and Unix timestamps. Add or subtract days, weeks, months, or years, or calculate the exact time between two dates. Julian supports a wide range of astronomical and time counting systems, including CCSDS Julian Date, CNES Julian Date, Dublin Julian Date, Lilian Date, Mars Sol Date, Modified Julian Date, Rata Die, Reduced Julian Date, Truncated Julian Date, and Unix Time. Copy any date value with a tap, or copy and share a complete date summary. Save your favorite formats for fast access whenever you need them. Keep important date information visible with Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. Customize their layout, colors, and content. Larger widgets can show additional date values and calendar views without opening the app. On Apple Watch, quickly view yesterday, today, and tomorrow, look up any day of the year, and choose complications that match your watch face. Use Siri to retrieve date values and check your year progress. Add Julian actions to Shortcuts to convert dates, perform calculations, copy results, and open detailed date information. Personalize Julian with seven color themes, alternate app icons, and System, Light, or Dark appearance. Set your preferred first day of the week and choose which month begins your first quarter. For an instant glance, enable the optional app icon badge to show the current day of the year. Badge updates are silent and do not create banners or sounds. Notification permission is required. Use the International Fixed Calendar, with 13 months of 28 days, across Julian, widgets, and Apple Watch. Share a personalized image of today's date and year progress.

About

Current Week

This app displays the current week number and allows you to find the week number for any specific date. It offers widgets for your home and lock screens, plus an Apple Watch complication for quick access.

Highlights
  • Current week number display
  • Find week number for specific dates
  • Home screen widget
  • Lock screen widget
  • Apple Watch complication
Features
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Current week is a simple and easy-to-use app that shows the week number for the current week. You can also find out the current week number from a specific date. The app includes a home screen and lock screen widget that displays the week number. There is also an Apple Watch app available with a complication so you can see the current week number right from the watch face. The app uses the current date on the device to get the current week number so it should work in all timezones.

Screenshots

Julian4 screens
Current Week3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Julian at 4.8 against Current Week's 3.0. Julian also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (4.7K vs 2). Current Week's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Julian sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Current Week sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Julian holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Julian has 4.7K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Julian's written reviews are positive against 100% of Current Week's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Julian ships an update every 2 months, Current Week every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Julian versus Current Week: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJulianCurrent Week
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4.7K ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.7K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJuan Carlos PerezSimon Andersson

Customer experience

Julian

All ratings4,699 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.6%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews84 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

Current Week

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Julian

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Complication not updating correctly on Apple Watch
  • Date displayed incorrectly, one day behind
  • App not functioning properly after updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Display current date along with Julian date
  • Add countdown/days remaining functionality
  • Display week number
  • Show Julian date on app icon

Current Week

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Julian

One-time3
  • Short Cup$0.99
  • Tall Cup$1.99
  • Grande Cup$2.99
1 purchases

Current Week

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Julian free?
Julian is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Current Week free?
Current Week is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Julian or Current Week?
Julian is rated higher. Julian averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4.7K ratings, while Current Week averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Julian or Current Week have ads?
Current Week shows ads; Julian does not.
Which is updated more often, Julian or Current Week?
Julian ships an update every 2 months, and Current Week every 3 months. Most recently, Julian was updated on October 14, 2026 and Current Week on October 4, 2026.

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