Comparison

Date Duration vs Simplio Notepad

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

Head to head
About

Date Duration

Features
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Duration Calculator is a precise, high-performance tool designed to calculate the time between any two dates instantly. Whether you’re managing project timelines, tracking personal milestones, or calculating business days, this app provides the accuracy you need with a clean, modern interface. Key Features: * Comprehensive Units: Calculate durations in years, months, days, hours, and minutes with a single tap. * Working Days Mode: Toggle the "Working Days Only" feature to calculate business days by automatically excluding Saturdays and Sundays. * Include/Exclude End Date: Customise your results with a toggle to include the final day in your calculation. * Saved Durations Library: Keep a list of your most important date ranges. Assign custom titles to your calculations for quick access at any time. * Dynamic Current Date Sync: Use the "End Date Is Current Date" feature to create live-updating countdowns or duration trackers. * Clipboard Integration: Double-tap any result to copy the numerical value instantly.

About

Simplio Notepad

A minimalist notepad designed for quick note-taking without unnecessary features. It offers a clean interface, essential editing tools, and home screen widgets for easy access. Notes are stored locally and can sync via iCloud.

Highlights
  • One-tap opening
  • Fast text editor
  • Markdown support
  • Home Screen widgets
  • iCloud sync
  • Export as text/PDF
Features
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A notepad that opens in one tap and then stays out of your way. If you have watched the notes app you used for years grow into a database with AI panels, sign-in screens and a sidebar of features you never asked for, Simplio Notepad is the calm alternative. It is a minimal notepad for jotting quick notes, drafting an email, capturing a meeting line or thinking out loud — no account to create, no cloud you cannot turn off, no friction between the thought and the page. Open the app and you are already in a fast text editor with the cursor blinking. Type, paste, or dictate. Markdown, simple lists and checkboxes are there when you need structure, pin and archive keep the important notes within reach, and search finds the half-remembered line in seconds. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets surface today's note at a glance, so the scratchpad you started on the train is still one tap away when you sit down at the desk. Export any note as text or PDF when you need to hand it off to a document, an email or a colleague. The interface ships in 39 languages with full VoiceOver support, and the writing app stays deliberately quiet: no ads, no analytics, no engagement loops, no nudges trying to turn a notebook into a productivity system. A simple notepad for journalers, students, meeting note-takers and anyone who wants sticky notes, voice notes and markdown notes in one place that respects their time.

Screenshots

Date Duration3 screens
Simplio Notepad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Simplio Notepad at every 3 weeks against Date Duration's every 31 months. Date Duration's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.5). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Date Duration ships an update every 31 months, Simplio Notepad every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Date Duration versus Simplio Notepad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDate DurationSimplio Notepad
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 31 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Subscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size0 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRizhwan HajamaideenBahattin Duran

In-app purchases

None

Date Duration

No in-app purchases

None

Simplio Notepad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Date Duration free?
Date Duration is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simplio Notepad free?
Simplio Notepad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Date Duration or Simplio Notepad have ads?
Neither Date Duration nor Simplio Notepad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Date Duration or Simplio Notepad?
Date Duration ships an update every 31 months, and Simplio Notepad every 3 weeks. Most recently, Date Duration was updated on October 19, 2026 and Simplio Notepad on October 24, 2026.

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