Comparison

number days vs Datum

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

Head to head
About

number days

Features
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Days calculation of world calendar

About

Datum

A minimalist calendar application designed for Apple devices, offering a clean interface and customizable widgets for iOS, macOS, and watchOS. View upcoming events, daily schedules, and monthly overviews directly from your home screen or watch face.

Highlights
  • Minimalist calendar interface
  • Lockscreen widgets for iOS
  • Event display widgets
  • Calendar widgets with event marks
  • watchOS calendar and complications
  • Support for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch
Features
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Datum is a minimalistic iOS, watchOS, macOS and visionOS calendar app. For iOS there are Lockscreen Widgets that show you the current date and there are Lockscreen Widgets that show up to 3 events for today. The iOS and macOS apps include the following widgets: - a small widget that shows the current date and at the bottom the events for this day - a small widget that shows a calendar with up to 3 event marks for each day - a medium widget that shows the same as the first small widget and on the right side a calendar with up to 3 event marks for each day - a large widget that shows the same as the medium widget and a list of the upcoming events - a extra large widget that shows a calendar and a list of the upcoming events (only for iPadOS 15+) The watchOS app shows a calendar with up to 3 event marks for each day. You can switch to the next/previous month by tapping on the arrows at the bottom of the calendar. You can view all events for each day by tapping on a day. There are also complications for all watchfaces included that show you the current date.

Screenshots

number days3 screens
Datum3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: number days at Free against Datum's $1.99. number days also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). Datum's advantage is device support (5 vs 3). On ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

number days is free to download; Datum costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

number days ships an update weekly, Datum every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 4 level
number days versus Datum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameternumber daysDatum
PriceFree โ€” better$1.99
Positive reviewsโ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyWeekly โ€” betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetizationโ€”Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro โ€” better
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better17.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size135 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developermasayuki morishitaMichael Lindinger

In-app purchases

None

number days

No in-app purchases

None

Datum

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is number days free?
number days is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Datum free?
Datum costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do number days or Datum have ads?
Neither number days nor Datum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, number days or Datum?
number days ships an update weekly, and Datum every 3 months. Most recently, number days was updated on October 26, 2026 and Datum on October 24, 2026.

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