Comparison

On This Date vs Facts Widget

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

Head to head
About

On This Date

Features
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What happened on this day? Make a little room for history with On This Date, from great breakthroughs to surprising moments in science, culture, politics and sports. DISCOVER SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY Explore more than 5,000 facts covering every day of the year. Discover up to five new facts a day for free and swipe through your discoveries. New facts are available for the current day; revisit days you have already collected whenever you like. HISTORY THAT FITS YOUR INTERESTS Choose the topics and subtopics you enjoy, with optional preferences for a region or period. Exclude topics or sensitive events you would rather skip. Your saved facts and favorites stay available. Your choices may leave fewer new facts available for a day. TAKE HISTORY OFFLINE Discover and read facts without an internet connection, in English, German or Spanish. Want to learn more? Follow source links to further reading. SHARE YOUR DISCOVERIES Send interesting facts to friends as image cards: square for messages or portrait for stories. You can share plain text too. All sharing features are free. EXPLORE MORE WITH PRO An optional one-time purchase gives you: • An ad-free app • Up to ten new facts per day • Favourites to find your best discoveries again • A timeline of your discoveries for the day you are viewing • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets Widgets put today's fact right on your iPhone. See the event year and a text preview on your Lock Screen, then tap to open the fact shown. Widget previews and a step-by-step guide help you get set up. Pro is a one-time purchase with no subscription. See the price before you buy. The free version contains ads. Get a reminder on days when you have not opened the app. Have an idea or a question? Send bug reports and feature requests by email straight from Settings. For iPhone with iOS 26 or later. Ads, purchases and external sources require an internet connection.

About

Facts Widget

Get daily random facts displayed directly on your home screen. This app provides a simple way to learn new information throughout your day. Discover interesting tidbits without needing to open the application.

Highlights
  • Daily random facts
  • Home screen widget
  • Educational content
  • Simple interface
Features
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A genuinely interesting fact on your home screen and lock screen, drawn only from the subjects you care about. PICK YOUR TOPICS Thirty-nine of them, from space, the ocean and dinosaurs to language, timekeeping and mythology. Switch on the ones that interest you and the widget draws only from those. Nothing you did not ask for. ON BOTH SCREENS A medium widget for the home screen and a compact one for the lock screen, so there is something worth reading whenever you look. EIGHTEEN BACKDROPS Paper, linen, slate, cobalt, marble, deep ink and more. The widget and the app always match, and you can see how the text sits on each one before you choose. FACT OF THE DAY One fact chosen for the date, the same for everyone, with its own artwork. KEEP THE GOOD ONES Save anything worth repeating and share it in a tap. Find our EULA here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

On This Date4 screens
Facts Widget3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Facts Widget at none against On This Date's 1. Facts Widget also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On This Date's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 18 months). On price 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

Both are free to download. On This Date sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Facts Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

On This Date ships an update every 2 months, Facts Widget every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
On This Date versus Facts Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOn This DateFacts Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 18 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB27 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJannis GuhlKawaii

In-app purchases

1 purchases

On This Date

One-time1
  • On This Date Pro$1.99
None

Facts Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is On This Date free?
On This Date is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Facts Widget free?
Facts Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do On This Date or Facts Widget have ads?
On This Date shows ads; Facts Widget does not.
Which is updated more often, On This Date or Facts Widget?
On This Date ships an update every 2 months, and Facts Widget every 18 months. Most recently, On This Date was updated on October 30, 2026 and Facts Widget on November 3, 2026.

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