Comparison

What Day?? vs Punctum

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

Head to head
About

What Day??

Features
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Features: Check the day of the week for any date from 1800 to 2300. Easy and fun to use. Great for planning birthdays, events, and more. Download now and always know your days!

About

Punctum

Features
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Punctum is a dot-matrix clock for your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple TV. Every character is drawn dot by dot, in a typeface made for the grid, with the weight and roundness of the dots in your hands. A CLOCK THAT STAYS OUT OF THE WAY Time and date, a timer, your next calendar event, the song that is playing, and the battery. Pick what the display shows and how it moves. Dot size and shape are yours to set, and the display rolls from one value to the next. FULL DISPLAY Dock your iPhone and Punctum fills the whole screen, dimmed and quiet, as a bedside clock. Nothing but the dots, with a slow drift that protects the screen. WIDGETS AND WATCH Small Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, an Apple Watch app, and an Apple TV app, all in the same dots. PUNCTUM PRO, ONE PURCHASE Unlock everything once and keep it, shared with your family: - Live weather with 17 dot-drawn icons - Phosphor green and Night red inks, and a night schedule - Up to four timers, five rotating messages, and a live timer on the Lock Screen - Medium and Large widgets, and Apple Watch complications - Alternate app icons No account, no ads, no tracking. Punctum collects no data. Try everything free for 7 days. Then unlock the full app with a single one-time purchase. No subscription.

Screenshots

What Day??3 screens
Punctum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Punctum at Free against What Day??'s $9.99. Punctum also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks). What Day??'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Punctum is free to download; What Day?? costs $9.99 up front. Punctum sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. What Day?? asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

What Day?? ships an update every 5 weeks, Punctum every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Β· 2 level
What Day?? versus Punctum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhat Day??Punctum
Price$9.99Free β€” better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch β€” better
Requires iOS14.0 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size5 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPieter Yoshua NatanaelJiajia Zhang

In-app purchases

None

What Day??

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Punctum

One-time1
  • Punctum Pro Lifetime$3.99

Questions

Is What Day?? free?
What Day?? costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Punctum free?
Punctum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do What Day?? or Punctum have ads?
Neither What Day?? nor Punctum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, What Day?? or Punctum?
What Day?? ships an update every 5 weeks, and Punctum every 4 days. Most recently, What Day?? was updated on October 25, 2026 and Punctum on October 29, 2026.

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