Comparison

什么时辰 vs SMSCat

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

Head to head
About

什么时辰

This app offers a minimalist interface for traditional Chinese calendars, including lunar dates, solar terms, and daily auspicious information. It allows for easy date conversion and personal event integration, blending ancient customs with modern design for daily use.

Highlights
  • Perpetual calendar with lunar dates and solar terms
  • Traditional page-turning almanac
  • Auspicious date search
  • Gregorian/Lunar/Buddhist/Taoist date conversion
  • Personal events calendar integration
  • Customizable themes and settings
Features
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Traditional culture doesn’t need to feel heavy—placed in the right interface, it feels just right. Shenme Shichen brings the perpetual calendar and the traditional almanac together, so you can always grasp dates, solar terms, and daily auspices, letting tradition truly blend into everyday life. [Recommended by Minority Spirit] Restrained, clear, beautiful, and easy to use. The tool-first feel that Minority Spirit loves makes the perpetual calendar and almanac genuinely useful. [Product Overview] Shenme Shichen is an app focused on the experience of the perpetual calendar and the traditional almanac. It supports a page-turning almanac and a clean monthly calendar view, balancing tradition with modern aesthetics. The interface is restrained, the information is clear, and it’s made for long-term daily use. [Key Features] - Perpetual calendar: lunar dates, solar terms, and festivals at a glance - Traditional almanac: page‑turning experience with date jump and sharing - Auspicious date search, Lucky Compass, Astronomical Chart - Date conversion: Gregorian/Lunar/Buddhist & Taoist calendars - Personal events calendar (read/edit system calendar) - True solar time support - Widget previews and setup guide - Theme/default page/week start day and other personalization [What Users Like] The reason many users keep using it is simple: no information overload, a warm traditional almanac, and a clear perpetual calendar.

About

SMSCat

This app uses advanced AI to automatically identify and block spam text messages. It classifies incoming SMS into categories like normal, promotional, and transactional, offering real-time protection both online and offline. Users can customize filtering rules and block all messages with a single tap.

Highlights
  • AI intelligent interception
  • Automatic SMS classification
  • Real-time online protection
  • Offline intelligent filtering
  • Customizable filtering settings
  • Block all SMS
  • Privacy focused local filtering
Features
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Smart interception is enabled with one click! SMSCat uses advanced intelligent AI algorithms to keep you away from spam text messages. - AI intelligent interception, one-click activation No need to set complicated rules, one-click activation of intelligent filtering. Using artificial intelligence algorithms, SMSCat can accurately identify and block spam messages. - Automatic SMS classification Intelligent automatic classification according to the content of SMS: normal messages, spam messages, promotional messages, and transaction messages. - Real-time online protection Real-time check of new SMS messages to ensure that spam messages are immediately blocked, cloud-local dual accurate filtering, so that you are always protected. - Offline intelligent filtering Local filtering calculation works locally throughout the process, and accurate filtering of spam messages can be achieved without the need for a network. - Intelligent filtering classification settings Intelligent control of interception classification, while supporting keyword and number filtering rule combinations, creating your own world of rules. - Block all SMS If you encounter SMS bombardment, you can block all SMS with one click or enable the function of blocking SMS verification codes. - Privacy first Your privacy is very important to us. Turn on local intelligent filtering to ensure the security of your information. - Feedback SMS Copy the SMS and click "AI Recognition" to feedback the SMS content. SMSCat will be smarter after learning. - Feedback and suggestions Open the APP "About" to report the problems you encounter, and we will deal with them as soon as possible. - Contact us hi@byat.cn - If you think it's good, remember to give it a 5-star rating and share it with your friends. - User Agreement https://gnw6h33mdr.feishu.cn/docx/ZKmId9O6forKcExUBumcqWzdn1c

Screenshots

什么时辰4 screens
SMSCat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: 什么时辰 at 90% against SMSCat's 33%. 什么时辰 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). SMSCat's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads 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

SMSCat is free to download; 什么时辰 costs $0.99 up front. SMSCat sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. 什么时辰 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

什么时辰 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 34 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of 什么时辰's written reviews are positive against 33% of SMSCat's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

什么时辰 ships an update fortnightly, SMSCat every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
什么时辰 versus SMSCat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter什么时辰SMSCat
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (20 ratings) — better4.4 (34 ratings)
Positive reviews90.2% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings2034 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size150 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer国刚 曾瑞青 邓

Customer experience

什么时辰

All ratings20 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive90.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.8%

SMSCat

All ratings34 ratings
Positive85.3%
Neutral2.9%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

什么时辰

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

SMSCat

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly Member$0.991 Month
  • Quarterly Membership$0.993 Months
  • Weekly Member$0.997 Days
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  • Annual Member$2.991 Year
  • Semi-annual membership$2.996 Months
One-time1
  • Lifetime Member$9.99

Questions

Is 什么时辰 free?
什么时辰 costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SMSCat free?
SMSCat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 什么时辰 or SMSCat?
什么时辰 is rated higher. 什么时辰 averages 4.8 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while SMSCat averages 4.4 from 34 ratings.
Do 什么时辰 or SMSCat have ads?
Neither 什么时辰 nor SMSCat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 什么时辰 or SMSCat?
什么时辰 ships an update fortnightly, and SMSCat every 8 days. Most recently, 什么时辰 was updated on October 24, 2026 and SMSCat on October 24, 2026.

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