Comparison

Year Progress Bar vs MonthDay

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

Head to head
About

Year Progress Bar

This app provides a complication for your Apple Watch to visualize the progress of the year, day, or hour as a percentage. It serves as a subtle reminder to reflect on long-term goals and stay on track. Users can customize which time period is displayed.

Highlights
  • Year progress complication
  • Day progress complication
  • Hour progress complication
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Goal reflection reminder
  • Customizable settings
Features
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Remind yourself to think long term with this simple complication for Apple Watch. It provides an Apple Watch complication that shows you how much of the year has passed. As you glance at your wrist, and see the number go up every few days, you can take an opportunity to check in with yourself. Are you staying on track for your long-term goals? Alternatively, you can choose to see the percentage of the day that has elapsed (midnight to midnight) or hour, represented as a percentage rather than minutes. Note: The Apple Watch app is only used to update the complication settings. When you change the setting in the Apple Watch app, it will update the complication.

About

MonthDay

Display the current date on your watch face with customizable complications. View month, day, year, and day of the week based on complication size and regional settings.

Highlights
  • Numeric date display
  • Month number
  • Day of the month
  • Year display
  • Day of the week name
  • Regional date order
Features
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View the current date on your watch face. Depending on complication size, see the month number, day of the month, year, and name of the day within the week. The order of the date components reflects your region preferences.

Screenshots

Year Progress Bar3 screens

Verdict

The call

Year Progress Bar and MonthDay both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Year Progress Bar's written reviews are positive against 50% of MonthDay's. Year Progress Bar also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Year Progress Bar against 5.0 for MonthDay. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Year Progress Bar's written reviews are positive against 50% of MonthDay's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Year Progress Bar ships an update every 11 months, MonthDay every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Year Progress Bar versus MonthDay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYear Progress BarMonthDay
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.413.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGanotis Holdings, Inc.Lateef Sanford

Customer experience

Year Progress Bar

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MonthDay

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

None

Year Progress Bar

No in-app purchases

None

MonthDay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Year Progress Bar free?
Year Progress Bar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MonthDay free?
MonthDay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Year Progress Bar or MonthDay?
Year Progress Bar and MonthDay are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Year Progress Bar or MonthDay have ads?
Neither Year Progress Bar nor MonthDay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Year Progress Bar or MonthDay?
Year Progress Bar ships an update every 11 months, and MonthDay every 6 months. Most recently, Year Progress Bar was updated on October 15, 2026 and MonthDay on October 5, 2026.

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