Comparison

Holidate vs WidgetBlocks

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

Head to head
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
Features
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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

About

WidgetBlocks

Create custom widgets for your device with extensive customization options. Add elements like time, date, photos, and calendar events. Everything is free to use.

Highlights
  • Create custom widgets
  • Move, recolor, and resize elements
  • Add time and date components
  • Include photos and calendar events
  • Support for notes and countdowns
  • Free to use
Features
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With WidgetBlocks, you can make your own widgets! And not just in a preset matter, ACTUALLY make your own widgets with the ability to move, recolor, resize, and make your widgets, YOUR widgets! (btw, EVERYTHING is free) Supported components: Time Date Photo Calendar events Reminders Shape Drawing Note Countdown/up Links ...and more coming soon! Try WidgetBlocks today! - Noah :) Follow @nonosthings on Instagram for updates!

Screenshots

Holidate3 screens
WidgetBlocks3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: WidgetBlocks at 5.0 against Holidate's 4.0. WidgetBlocks also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Holidate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and WidgetBlocks sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WidgetBlocks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Holidate ships an update every 4 days, WidgetBlocks every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Holidate versus WidgetBlocks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHolidateWidgetBlocks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS18.418.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKerem ORSDEMRNoah Novak

Customer experience

Holidate

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

WidgetBlocks

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Holidate

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

WidgetBlocks

One-time5
  • Extra Small Tip$0.49
  • Small Tip$1.00
  • Medium Tip$5.00
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  • Large Tip$10.00
  • Extra Large Tip$25.00

Questions

Is Holidate free?
Holidate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WidgetBlocks free?
WidgetBlocks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Holidate or WidgetBlocks?
WidgetBlocks is rated higher. Holidate averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while WidgetBlocks averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Holidate or WidgetBlocks have ads?
Holidate shows ads; WidgetBlocks does not.
Which is updated more often, Holidate or WidgetBlocks?
Holidate ships an update every 4 days, and WidgetBlocks every 2 days. Most recently, Holidate was updated on October 30, 2026 and WidgetBlocks on October 31, 2026.

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