Comparison

Paws Almanac vs DateGlance

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

Head to head
About

Paws Almanac

This app provides detailed calendar information, including name days, holidays, flag days, and moon phases. It offers customizable widgets for your home and lock screens, and syncs with Apple Watch for on-the-go access to important dates and celestial events.

Highlights
  • Name days, holidays, and flag days
  • Moon phases and sun times
  • Customizable home screen widgets
  • Lock screen widgets for iOS 16
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • Multiple country almanac support
Features
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Paws Almanac is an app for iPhone and Apple Watch showing calendar related information, for instance name days, holidays, flag days and moon phases. Just like an almanac. The iPhone app content is arranged into five tabs: Day, List, Calendar, World, and Settings. Day • Calendar information, e.g. name day, flag day, moon phase and week number, for the selected day. Default is current date. • Sunrise, sunset and sun hours for your current location [Plus] • Birthday of contacts [Plus] • Events from calendar [Plus] List • List of dates in current, or selected, year in a list, with basic calendar information such as name day and calendar observances. • Birthday of contacts [Plus] • Events from calendar [Plus] Calendar • Almanac of current, or selected, year in a month/week calendar layout. • Official flag days • Moon phases World • Additional, selected almanacs [Plus] Settings • Select main country/region for almanac to show in Day View, List View, in the widget and on Apple Watch in the app and complication. • Options to show sunrise and sunset, contacts' birthdays and calendar events in Day and List views [Plus] • Option to force use of ISO calendar [Plus] Widgets [Plus] Widgets make it possible to show information right on your home screen. The almanac widget displays information about date and week number, as well as public holidays, flag and name days. Information about birthdays, sunrise and sunset is also shown on this widget, if the feature is turned on in the app settings. Another widget type displays a monthly calendar. A third widget type contains information about moonrise/moonset as well as dates for future moon phases. Lock Screen Widgets [Plus] With lock screen widgets, on iOS 16, chosen calendar information is visible on the screen even without unlocking your phone. There are a few variants to choose from: calendar information, date and/or week number, a three-week mini-calendar, as well as various info widgets for sun and moon. Apple Watch [Plus] In the Apple Watch app, name days and other information are presented. Complications come with different sets of information: 'Calendar' (standard), 'Week', 'Date and Week', 'Sunrise and Sunset', 'Moon Phase', and 'Moonrise and Moonset'. Availability depends on the chosen watch face and complication type. Additional pages show the monthly calendar, sunrise/sunset, as well as moonrise/moonset/moon phases. As of watchOS 10 a couple of widgets are also selectable on Apple Watch. Supported Almanacs Paws Almanac supports name days (where available), holidays and observances for Argentina, Australia (*), Austria (*), Belgium, Brazil, Canada (*), Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark (*), Estonia, Finland (*), France (*), Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy (*), Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain (*), Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine, United Kingdom (*), and United States (*). Some countries (marked with * above) regional and state holidays can also be presented by selecting a sub-region of the country as the almanac in Settings. Paws Almanac Plus Some features require a Plus subscription which can be purchased in the app or in AppStore. --- Privacy policy: https://greypaws.net/privacy Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

DateGlance

This app offers a customizable date complication for your watch. Choose from over 30 date formats for two lines, with hundreds of combinations. You can also set separate colors for each line and the app supports localized date formats.

Highlights
  • Customizable date complication
  • Supports all watch faces
  • Two-line display
  • Over 30 date formats
  • Separate color settings
  • Localized date and language
  • Standalone watch app
Features
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If the app does not show on your Watch after purchase please go to App Store on your watch (not phone) - scroll to bottom - Account - Purchased - and download from here. Date Glance provides a customisable date complication. - Compatible with all watch faces and complication slots - Two lines, choose from more than 30 date formats for each line, there are hundreds of possible combinations - Set color separately for each line (relevant only for multicolor watch faces) - Actual date format and language is localized to the region and language settings of your device - Standalone watch app, all settings can be changed on your watch

Screenshots

Paws Almanac4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DateGlance at 70% against Paws Almanac's 17%. DateGlance also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (23 vs 1). Paws Almanac's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.3). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Paws Almanac is free to download; DateGlance costs $0.99 up front. Paws Almanac sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per 3 months. DateGlance asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Paws Almanac holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DateGlance has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 17% of Paws Almanac's written reviews are positive against 70% of DateGlance's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paws Almanac ships an update monthly, DateGlance every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Paws Almanac versus DateGlance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaws AlmanacDateGlance
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.3 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews70.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings123 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGrey Paws ABAndras Solyom

Customer experience

Paws Almanac

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%

DateGlance

All ratings23 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative17.4%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive70.3%
Neutral2.7%
Negative27.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Paws Almanac

Subscriptions2
  • Almanac Plus, 3 month7 Days trial$0.493 Months
  • Almanac Plus, 12 months14 Days trial$1.491 Year
None

DateGlance

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paws Almanac free?
Paws Almanac is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DateGlance free?
DateGlance costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Paws Almanac or DateGlance?
Paws Almanac is rated higher. Paws Almanac averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while DateGlance averages 4.3 from 23 ratings.
Do Paws Almanac or DateGlance have ads?
Neither Paws Almanac nor DateGlance shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paws Almanac or DateGlance?
Paws Almanac ships an update monthly, and DateGlance every 2 months. Most recently, Paws Almanac was updated on November 2, 2026 and DateGlance on November 3, 2026.

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