MyDayWidget vs DateSmith
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyDayWidget
Enhance your daily schedule with customizable widgets that display your calendar and reminders. Features a unique day-color system for auspicious hues and a progress bar to visualize your day. Offers extensive customization and syncs with Apple's native apps.
- Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy widgets
- Apple Watch complications and Smart Stack widgets
- Mac Notification Center and Desktop widgets
- Syncs with Apple Calendar and Reminders
- Daily auspicious color system
- Day Progress Bar visualization
- Customizable widget appearance
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Your calendar, reminders, and day — beautifully on every Apple device, in the auspicious color of the day. MyDayWidget is the home for your schedule across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. It puts what matters today right where you can see it: on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, StandBy, watch face, and Mac Notification Center. One purchase. Lifetime access. No subscription, no tracking, no ads. KEY FEATURES - Widgets for Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy - Apple Watch complications and Smart Stack widgets - Mac Notification Center and Desktop widgets - Day Progress Bar with calendar and reminder data - Planner — your week at a glance - Busy Day Highlights - Day-color system across every widget - Tap any widget to open your preferred app - Deep customization, dark mode supported - 9-day free trial, then one-time purchase WORKS EVERYWHERE YOU DO Built for the entire Apple ecosystem. Buy MyDayWidget once and it's yours on every device — iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Family Sharing is supported, so the people you share an Apple account with get it too. COLOR OF THE DAY Each day has its color, drawn from ancient astrological tradition — believed to bring good fortune to those who wear it. MyDayWidget brings the same idea to your devices, so a single glance tells you what day it is. Monday — Yellow Tuesday — Pink Wednesday — Green Thursday — Orange Friday — Light Blue Saturday — Purple Sunday — Red DAY PROGRESS BAR See your day move forward. The Day Progress Bar can include your calendar events and reminders, with markers for noon and working hours — useful at a glance, never in the way. PLANNER A weekly view of your days, designed to keep you moving. See where you've been, where you're headed, and how the week is shaping up. BUSY DAY HIGHLIGHTS Days with a lot going on are highlighted automatically, so you spot a packed afternoon before it surprises you. DEEP CUSTOMIZATION Choose which widget to use, what to display, and how it should look. Dark mode supported throughout. TAP TO OPEN Tap any widget to jump straight into your favorite calendar or reminder app — Apple Calendar, Apple Reminders, or another app of your choice. The widget is your day at a glance; one tap takes you to the details. PRIVACY, BY DESIGN MyDayWidget reads your calendar and reminder data on your device and displays it. Nothing leaves your phone. Nothing is collected, tracked, or shared. Access permissions are required for Calendars, Reminders, and in some cases Contacts. PRICING Free to download with a 9-day full-access trial. After that, a one-time purchase unlocks the app for life — across every device you own, with every future update included. Privacy Policy: https://mydaywidget.com/privacy-policy
DateSmith
Enhance your iPhone's lock screen with a beautifully formatted date display. This app specializes in the premium space above your clock, offering customizable formats and reliable midnight updates. Track important events with a countdown mode and enjoy a minimalist, privacy-focused design.
- Custom date widget for above lock screen clock
- Multiple widget formats
- Personalized date formats
- Countdown mode for events
- Automatic midnight updates
- Privacy-focused design
- Battery efficient
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Your date, above the clock. DateSmith puts a clearer, fuller date in the line above your Lock Screen clock, or a countdown to the day you are looking forward to. Now with bold Home Screen widgets you can make your own. YOUR FORMAT, YOUR WAY Pick any two of month, date, weekday and year, each in the style you like. See it live in a Lock Screen preview that changes with every tap. COUNTDOWNS Name it and pick the day. DateSmith shows the days left until a trip, a birthday or a big day. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Small, medium and large widgets show your date or countdown in big, clear type, with a week strip on the medium size, a month calendar on the large size and a date page on medium countdowns. - Themes: Dawn, Ocean, Aurora, Graphite and System - Your own photo, framed for the square and wide widget shapes - A different photo for Dark Mode if you like - Liquid Glass style text with a soft highlight and depth, or crisp solid text UPDATES ON ITS OWN DateSmith prepares the week ahead, so your widgets change each day, even when the app is closed. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no ads and no analytics. Your widgets need no internet connection. DateSmith never uploads your photo. SIMPLE SETUP 1. Touch and hold your Lock Screen 2. Tap Customize 3. Tap the date above the time 4. Choose DateSmith 5. Tap Done For the Home Screen, touch and hold an empty area of your Home Screen, tap Edit, tap Add Widget, then choose DateSmith. PLANS Try every format, countdown, theme, photo and text style free for 7 days. When the preview ends, your widgets show Preview Ended in place of your date or countdown until you subscribe. DateSmith Monthly or DateSmith Yearly keeps your widgets working. DateSmith Monthly includes a one-week free trial for eligible new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ben637482548.github.io/datesmith/#privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DateSmith at 5.0 against MyDayWidget's 4.5. DateSmith also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 62%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). MyDayWidget's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (31 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. MyDayWidget sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and DateSmith sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DateSmith holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyDayWidget has 31 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of MyDayWidget's written reviews are positive against 100% of DateSmith's.
MyDayWidget ships an update every 5 weeks, DateSmith every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyDayWidget | DateSmith |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (31 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Boonyawat Laongthong | Benjamin Staab |
Customer experience
MyDayWidget
DateSmith
In-app purchases
MyDayWidget
- Free TrialFree
- One-Time Purchase$7.99
DateSmith
- DateSmith Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- DateSmith Yearly$4.991 Year









