Comparison

Days between Dates vs Julian

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

Head to head
About

Days between Dates

Calculate the exact number of days between any two dates. Easily select your dates using intuitive dials. Also provides breakdowns in weeks and days, months and days, or years, months, and days.

Highlights
  • Calculate days between dates
  • Spin dials for date selection
  • Calculate weeks and days
  • Calculate months and days
  • Calculate years, months, and days
Features
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Quickly and easily calculate the number of days between any two dates you choose. All you have to do is spin the dials to pick your dates. Also calculates weeks+days, months+days, or years+months+days.

About

Julian

This app provides a quick and efficient way to view and convert between 11 different types of dates, including standard Julian dates, Mars Sol dates, and Unix time. It features a calendar for easy navigation and allows copying dates to the clipboard. The current date can be displayed on the app icon and Apple Watch complications.

Highlights
  • 11 date type conversions
  • Calendar view
  • Copy to clipboard
  • App icon badge display
  • Apple Watch complications
Features
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Julian makes it simple to find any day of the year, convert dates, and understand your year at a glance on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Browse the calendar to explore past and future dates, or enter a day number to jump straight to the matching date. Choose the date format you prefer and instantly see the day of the year, year progress, days remaining, week number, and current quarter. Convert between calendar dates, ordinal dates, ISO 8601 dates, ISO week dates, Julian calendar dates, Julian Day Numbers, and Unix timestamps. Add or subtract days, weeks, months, or years, or calculate the exact time between two dates. Julian supports a wide range of astronomical and time counting systems, including CCSDS Julian Date, CNES Julian Date, Dublin Julian Date, Lilian Date, Mars Sol Date, Modified Julian Date, Rata Die, Reduced Julian Date, Truncated Julian Date, and Unix Time. Copy any date value with a tap, or copy and share a complete date summary. Save your favorite formats for fast access whenever you need them. Keep important date information visible with Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. Customize their layout, colors, and content. Larger widgets can show additional date values and calendar views without opening the app. On Apple Watch, quickly view yesterday, today, and tomorrow, look up any day of the year, and choose complications that match your watch face. Use Siri to retrieve date values and check your year progress. Add Julian actions to Shortcuts to convert dates, perform calculations, copy results, and open detailed date information. Personalize Julian with seven color themes, alternate app icons, and System, Light, or Dark appearance. Set your preferred first day of the week and choose which month begins your first quarter. For an instant glance, enable the optional app icon badge to show the current day of the year. Badge updates are silent and do not create banners or sounds. Notification permission is required. Use the International Fixed Calendar, with 13 months of 28 days, across Julian, widgets, and Apple Watch. Share a personalized image of today's date and year progress.

Screenshots

Days between Dates4 screens
Julian4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Julian at 4.8 against Days between Dates's 4.2. Julian also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 17 months) and ratings volume (4.7K vs 19). Days between Dates's advantage is review sentiment (79% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Days between Dates sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Julian sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Julian holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Julian has 4.7K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Days between Dates's written reviews are positive against 67% of Julian's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Days between Dates ships an update every 17 months, Julian every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Days between Dates versus Julian: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDays between DatesJulian
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (19 ratings)4.8 (4.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.4% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings194.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWilliam JockuschJuan Carlos Perez

Customer experience

Days between Dates

All ratings19 ratings
Positive73.7%
Neutral10.5%
Negative15.8%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive79.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative6.3%

Julian

All ratings4,699 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.6%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews84 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

User reviews

Days between Dates

From 19 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🚀 Calculates days accurately
  • 💡 Useful for planning and work
  • ✨ Elegant and straightforward design
  • 💰 Free to use

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Date fields switch unexpectedly
  • 🐛 App does not retain start date
  • 🐛 In-app purchase for ads not working
  • 🎨 User interface is terrible
  • 📱 Not optimized for newer iPhones

Julian

From 4.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent for work/professional use
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 👍 Helpful for daily tasks
  • 👍 Convenient complication on Apple Watch

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Complication issues on Apple Watch (not updating, getting stuck)
  • 🐛 Date discrepancies between app and complication
  • 🐛 App not functioning properly after updates

Bugs and requests

Days between Dates

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Date fields switch during selection
  • App jumps back to the left box when changing date in the right box
  • Start date switches to end date or today's date when entering dates
  • App does not save the selected date
  • In-app purchase for removing ads is unavailable
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  • The number of days between two dates is off by one for some users

Requested features

10 requests
  • Exclude weekends & holidays during calculation
  • Option to calculate weekdays only
  • Ability to log and archive calculated dates
  • See results in Months Weeks Days format
  • Add hours calculation
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  • Add a 'today' button
  • Save multiple dates
  • Copy the calculated answer
  • Option to recall date from previous session or input new date on startup
  • Calculate calendar date based on input date and number of days

Julian

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Complication not updating correctly on Apple Watch
  • Date displayed incorrectly, one day behind
  • App not functioning properly after updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Display current date along with Julian date
  • Add countdown/days remaining functionality
  • Display week number
  • Show Julian date on app icon

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Days between Dates

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
3 purchases

Julian

One-time3
  • Short Cup$0.99
  • Tall Cup$1.99
  • Grande Cup$2.99

Questions

Is Days between Dates free?
Days between Dates is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Julian free?
Julian is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Days between Dates or Julian?
Julian is rated higher. Days between Dates averages 4.2 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Julian averages 4.8 from 4.7K ratings.
Do Days between Dates or Julian have ads?
Neither Days between Dates nor Julian shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Days between Dates or Julian?
Days between Dates ships an update every 17 months, and Julian every 2 months. Most recently, Days between Dates was updated on October 3, 2026 and Julian on October 12, 2026.

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