Comparison

Julian vs fivelevel

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

fivelevel

This app provides essential tools for aircraft maintainers, including time conversions, date calculations, and reference data. It offers a streamlined experience with no subscriptions or unnecessary features, designed for efficiency on the flightline.

Highlights
  • Zulu & local time display
  • Julian date calendar
  • Preflight due calculator
  • Conversion tools
  • Searchable ICAO codes
  • Apple Watch app
  • Home screen widget
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5-Level gives aircraft maintainers the tools they actually use — no fluff, no subscriptions, just what you need on the flightline. Features: • Zulu & local time display • Julian date calendar • Preflight due calculator • Conversion tools • Searchable ICAO codes • Apple Watch app with complications • Home screen widget Built by a maintainer who got tired of doing math on the back of a 781.

Screenshots

Julian4 screens
fivelevel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: fivelevel at none against Julian's 3. fivelevel also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Julian's advantage is ratings volume (4.7K vs 7). 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. fivelevel asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

fivelevel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Julian has 4.7K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Julian ships an update every 2 months, fivelevel every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Julian versus fivelevel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJulianfivelevel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4.7K ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings4.7K — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJuan Carlos PerezAdam Moody

Customer experience

Julian

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

fivelevel

All ratings4 ratings
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

fivelevel

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

fivelevel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Julian free?
Julian is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is fivelevel free?
fivelevel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Julian or fivelevel?
fivelevel is rated higher. Julian averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4.7K ratings, while fivelevel averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Julian or fivelevel have ads?
Neither Julian nor fivelevel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Julian or fivelevel?
Julian ships an update every 2 months, and fivelevel every 4 weeks. Most recently, Julian was updated on October 12, 2026 and fivelevel on October 3, 2026.

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