Comparison

Julian vs Big Sexy

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

Big Sexy

This utility app automates common calculations for KC-10 aircrew. It assists with mission planning, including frag plus, SOEs, turn range, offset for AR, and missed rendezvous timing. Screenshots are available to showcase its functionalities.

Highlights
  • Frag plus calculation
  • SOE calculation (home, off-station, desert)
  • Turn range/offset for AR
  • Missed rendezvous timing
  • Automated public math
Features
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This app was made for KC-10 aircrew to help automate some of the tedious public math we all do. It calculates frag plus, SOEs for home station/off station/desert flights, turn range/offset for AR, missed rendezvous timing, and some other random stuff. Check the screenshots for some examples.

Screenshots

Julian4 screens
Big Sexy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Big Sexy at none against Julian's 3. Big Sexy also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Julian's advantage is ratings volume (4.8K vs 21). On price, update cadence, 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. Julian sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Big Sexy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Big Sexy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Julian has 4.8K ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Julian's written reviews are positive against 100% of Big Sexy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Julian versus Big Sexy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJulianBig Sexy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4.8K ratings)5.0 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.8K — better21
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.014.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB12 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJuan Carlos PerezJohn Anthony

Customer experience

Julian

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

Big Sexy

All ratings21 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 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

Big Sexy

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
None

Big Sexy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Julian free?
Julian is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Big Sexy free?
Big Sexy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Julian or Big Sexy?
Big Sexy is rated higher. Julian averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4.8K ratings, while Big Sexy averages 5.0 from 21 ratings.
Do Julian or Big Sexy have ads?
Neither Julian nor Big Sexy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Julian or Big Sexy?
Julian ships an update every 2 months, and Big Sexy every 2 months. Most recently, Julian was updated on November 2, 2026 and Big Sexy on November 3, 2026.

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