Color Date One vs Date601
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Color Date One
Customize your watch face with a highly visible date complication. Choose from various formats, adjust size, and personalize colors to match your style. Supports Japanese era names for a unique touch.
- Highly visible date complication
- Adjustable circular complication size
- Customizable date row colors
- Multiple date formats
- Japanese era name support
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Main Features 1. Highly visible date complication. 2. Circular complication is single element of weekday or day, which is adjustable in size. 3. Can set color of each date row using grid, slider, or color code. 4. Choose from 3 date formats, such as "year/month/day". 5. Compatible with Japanese era name. * Complications placed on colored dials are in monotone.
Date601
This utility displays the current date in ISO 8601 format on your wearable device. Users can choose to include the day of the week for additional context. It offers a straightforward way to access date information directly from your wrist.
- ISO 8601 date display
- Optional day of the week
- Watch compatibility
- iPhone companion app
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View today's date in ISO 8601 format. Optionally view the day of the week as well.
Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Color Date One at every 3 weeks against Date601's every 2 months. Color Date One also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Date601's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Color Date One costs $1.99 and Date601 $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for Color Date One against 1.0 for Date601. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Color Date One ships an update every 3 weeks, Date601 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Color Date One | Date601 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NAOTO UENO | Prathamesh Kowarkar |
Customer experience
Color Date One
Date601
In-app purchases
Color Date One
No in-app purchases
Date601
No in-app purchases
