Comparison

Paws Almanac vs MoonPhaser

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

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About

Paws Almanac

Access detailed calendar information, including name days, holidays, flag days, and moon phases, presented in an almanac format. Offers widgets for home and lock screens, and Apple Watch complications for quick access to date and celestial data.

Highlights
  • Name days, holidays, and flag days
  • Moon phases and sun times
  • Contact birthdays and calendar events
  • Home screen widgets
  • Lock screen widgets
  • Apple Watch complications
  • Customizable country/region almanacs
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. • Additional almanacs for World View can be selected. • Option to show sunrise and sunset information. • Option to show your contacts' birthday in Day and List views. • Option to show your calendar events in Day and List views. • 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, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark (*), Estonia, Finland (*), France (*), Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy (*), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain (*), Sweden, Switzerland, 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

MoonPhaser

Features
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MoonPhaser is a simple way to tell what moon phase it is. You can even have it on your Home Screen! Features to come: - Calendar feature

Screenshots

Paws Almanac4 screens
MoonPhaser2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MoonPhaser at none against Paws Almanac's 2. MoonPhaser also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). Paws Almanac's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, 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. Paws Almanac sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per 3 months. MoonPhaser asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paws Almanac ships an update monthly, MoonPhaser every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on July 18, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Paws Almanac versus MoonPhaser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaws AlmanacMoonPhaser
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size199 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGrey Paws ABCharlie Kingsland

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

MoonPhaser

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paws Almanac free?
Paws Almanac is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MoonPhaser free?
MoonPhaser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Paws Almanac or MoonPhaser have ads?
Neither Paws Almanac nor MoonPhaser shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paws Almanac or MoonPhaser?
Paws Almanac ships an update monthly, and MoonPhaser every 3 months. Most recently, Paws Almanac was updated on July 18, 2026 and MoonPhaser on September 16, 2026.

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