Comparison

Weekday vs Tempora Romae

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

Head to head
About

Weekday

Calculate the day of the week for any past or future date. Easily find out birth dates, plan holidays, or check anniversaries. Access additional information via Wikipedia.

Highlights
  • Calculate day of week for any date
  • Enter date manually or select from contacts
  • View day of year
  • Access Wikipedia for date information
  • Select year via wheel or number input
Features
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Did you always want to know which day of week you or one of your friends was born? This weekday calculator application calculates the day of the week for any date in the past and the future. It's useful to plan your holidays and trips or just find out the day of week for your next anniversary. Features: - Either enter the date manually or select a birthday from your contacts. - Find out more about the day on Wikipedia. - Select the year either from the built in wheel or type in as a number to enter dates from earlier centuries more quickly. - Displays the day of the year as well.

About

Tempora Romae

Features
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What day is it in the Roman calendar? Tempora Romae shows you. See today's date as the Romans wrote it, with Kalendae, Nonae, and Idus. Browse a full monthly calendar in authentic Roman format, complete with day names in Latin. The app uses your location to calculate temporal hours: the variable length hours the Romans actually used, divided equally between sunrise and sunset. Watch them tick on a sundial visualisation. Free features: • Roman date with Kalendae, Nonae, and Idus • Monthly calendar view • Latin day names • Home screen and lock screen widgets • Apple Watch app and date complication • Roman holidays and festivals • Day classification (dies fasti, nefasti, comitiales) • Nundinae (market day cycle) Tempora Romae Pro (one time purchase): • Temporal hours with sundial • 16 civil day periods, from Media Nox to Concubia Nox • Military night watches (Vigiliae) of the Roman legions • Roman wind rose with classical wind names • A.U.C. year (Ab Urbe Condita, from the founding of Rome) • Julian calendar mode • Day starts at sunrise option • Additional widgets and watch complications No accounts. No tracking. No ads. Just Rome.

Screenshots

Weekday4 screens
Tempora Romae4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tempora Romae at Free against Weekday's $0.99. Tempora Romae also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 13 months). Weekday's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On 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

Tempora Romae is free to download; Weekday costs $0.99 up front. Tempora Romae sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Weekday asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Weekday ships an update every 13 months, Tempora Romae every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Weekday versus Tempora Romae: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeekdayTempora Romae
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating2.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPiet JonasØyvind Berget

In-app purchases

None

Weekday

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tempora Romae

One-time1
  • Tempora Romae Senator$3.99

Questions

Is Weekday free?
Weekday costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tempora Romae free?
Tempora Romae is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Weekday or Tempora Romae have ads?
Neither Weekday nor Tempora Romae shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Weekday or Tempora Romae?
Weekday ships an update every 13 months, and Tempora Romae every 2 weeks. Most recently, Weekday was updated on November 6, 2026 and Tempora Romae on November 5, 2026.

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