Onomastici vs Spesa
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Onomastici
This app helps you remember name days for saints and your contacts. It offers a searchable database of saints and allows you to find name days for people in your address book. Receive push notifications for upcoming name days.
- Complete saint database
- Search by Italian name
- Find name days for contacts
- Push notifications
- Set preferred dates and reminders
- Customizable contact search days
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Never miss a "Name day" again! Onomastici (the Italian word for "Name Day") features a complete database of the Saint of the Day. You can browse the calendar by swiping up or down), and can search for an Italian name or even find the "Name day" for the contacts in your Address Book (works with all Italian and most English/American names, even abbreviated). In the system settings you can set the number of days for which your contacts' onomastici will be searched. Version 1.2 now includes push notifications!!! In version 1.1 you can set your preferred date for each name and set a reminder for each name-day!
Spesa
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List - Ordered Shopping List! With this app we want to solve the problem of wasting time inside the supermarket! - When you add a Supermarket to the app, enter the items you buy / want to buy, indicate the sector to which they belong and their category. - Select the items you want to add to the shopping list and automatically I would have a progressive order inside the supermarket, avoiding wasting time going back and forth looking for the various products you want!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Onomastici at none against Spesa's shown. Onomastici also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Spesa's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 37 months). On price, in-app purchases 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
Onomastici costs $0.99 and Spesa $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Onomastici ships an update every 37 months, Spesa every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and December 20, 2025 respectively.
| Parameter | Onomastici | Spesa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 37 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Araneum Group srl | Gianluca Posca |
In-app purchases
Onomastici
No in-app purchases
Spesa
No in-app purchases
