Comparison

Moonday vs Holidate

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

Head to head
About

Moonday

Features
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Moonday is a family calendar that keeps your family's plans, lessons and daily notes in one place. Made for families by M CONSTANT, a company in Japan. Syncs across iPhone, iPad, Android and the web, works in English, Japanese and Chinese, and shows no ads. ■ Japanese holidays and the lunar calendar ・See the whole family's plans in month and week views ・Japanese public holidays and the Chinese lunar calendar in one month view, Lunar New Year and Mid-Autumn included ・Add all-day or timed events in seconds, and keep undated plans in one list ・Subscribe to school or work calendars via iCal and see them alongside your plans ■ Events, to-dos and notes ・Add places, photos and videos to events, to-dos and notes ・Tap a place to open it in your maps app ・Organize with tags and pin what matters ・Add anything from the Create menu: events, to-dos, notes or footprint check-ins ■ Family group ・Invite family by scanning a QR code, up to 15 members per family ・Share events and to-dos; the "I attend" switch shows who is going ・Plan pickups and weekends in family chat, with your family photo at the top ■ Lessons timetable ・Keep lessons and cram school in a weekly timetable; change days and times or remove a lesson in a tap ・Share a course QR code so teachers or students can join ・Pick the school or studio from the map ■ Footprints ・Check in to places you visit, with companions, an end date, and family-friendly and revisit ratings ・Check in from a photo; on iPhone and iPad you can also import from your photo library ・Create share pictures that combine your photo with a local map ・Footprint maps for multiple countries, with zoom ・Collect the provinces of China you have visited in an album ■ Daily check-in ・Track the habits you want to keep, like reading, exercise or study ■ Bookshelf and reading notes ・Keep track of books you're reading and have read ・Write reading notes and create reading cards to share ■ Import from Notion ・Bring Notion pages and databases in as events, to-dos or notes ・Choose date, done and tag columns; images and attachments come along too ■ Account and sync ・Sign in with email, Apple or Google (new email accounts are verified by email) ・Use the same data on iPhone, iPad, Android and the web (moonday.site) ・Switch the app between English, Japanese and Simplified Chinese ・No ads

About

Holidate

Plan your year with a comprehensive holiday calendar. Track public holidays worldwide, manage personal religious observances, and optimize vacation days. Get smart notifications and live countdowns.

Highlights
  • Worldwide public holiday tracking (200+ countries)
  • Personal religious holiday tracking
  • Vacation optimizer for long weekends
  • Customizable holiday reminders
  • Live countdowns and widgets
  • Offline mode
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Never miss a holiday again. Holidate is the ultimate holiday planning companion — track official public holidays for over 200 countries, celebrate your religious holidays, and discover smart vacation opportunities to maximize your days off. WORLDWIDE HOLIDAY CALENDAR - Official public holidays for 200+ countries, powered by live data - Offline mode with cached data — works even without internet - Holiday details with local names, nationwide/regional badges, and calendar integration - Navigate between years to plan ahead RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS - Personal religious holiday tracking — independent of your selected countries - Islam: Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Hijri New Year, Ashura, Kandil nights, and Ramadan start — all computed offline using the Umm al-Qura calendar - Christianity: Christmas, Easter & related days (Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Ascension, Pentecost), Epiphany, All Saints Day, Assumption - Judaism: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Hanukkah, Purim, Passover, Shavuot — fully leap-year-aware Hebrew calendar - Smart deduplication: if your country already observes a religious holiday officially, it won't show twice VACATION OPTIMIZER - Find long-weekend opportunities by combining public holidays with bridge days - See how many days off you get for each day of leave — ranked by efficiency - "Take 1 day off = 4 days" summaries at a glance - Plan smarter vacations with less time off SMART NOTIFICATIONS - Customizable reminders: choose how many days before a holiday you want to be reminded - Holiday greeting notifications on the day — "Eid Mubarak!", "Blessed holiday!", "Chag Sameach!" - Religion-aware greetings for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish holidays - Multi-day holidays (e.g., 4-day Eid al-Adha) send only one notification on day 1 LIVE ACTIVITIES & COUNTDOWN - Real-time countdown on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island - Dedicated countdown screen for all holidays with active reminders - Days, hours, minutes — always up to date WIDGETS - Home Screen widgets: Next Holiday and Holiday Countdown (small & medium) - Lock Screen widgets: circular, inline, and rectangular accessory widgets - Displays religious holiday symbols alongside country flags SIRI SHORTCUTS - "Hey Siri, when is the next holiday?" - "Hey Siri, is today a holiday?" - "Hey Siri, upcoming holidays" - Test shortcuts directly from the app AUTOMATIC COUNTRY DETECTION - GPS-based country detection during onboarding - Add your detected country with one tap MULTILINGUAL - Full localization in 30+ languages - Holiday names displayed in local language or English — your choice PREMIUM Go ad-free and unlock unlimited country tracking with a single purchase. - Ad-free experience — no interruptions, ever - Unlimited countries — track holidays from as many countries as you want - Monthly Plan: $0.99 / month - Annual Plan: $9.99 / year - Lifetime Plan: $17.99 — one-time payment, yours forever - Restore purchases across all your devices Privacy : http://firtina.co/privacy Terms of Service : http://firtina.co/tos

Screenshots

Moonday4 screens
Holidate3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Moonday at none against Holidate's 3. Moonday also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (4 vs 1). On price and update cadence 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. Holidate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Moonday asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Moonday ships an update weekly, Holidate every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Moonday versus Holidate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoondayHolidate
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0.0 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperM. Constant合同会社Kerem ORSDEMR

In-app purchases

None

Moonday

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Holidate

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$0.991 Month
  • Annual Premium$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$17.00

Questions

Is Moonday free?
Moonday is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Holidate free?
Holidate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Moonday or Holidate have ads?
Holidate shows ads; Moonday does not.
Which is updated more often, Moonday or Holidate?
Moonday ships an update weekly, and Holidate every 4 days. Most recently, Moonday was updated on November 7, 2026 and Holidate on October 30, 2026.

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