Moon Calendar vs Simple Moon Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Moon Calendar
This app provides detailed information about the Moon and Sun, including phases, illumination, and celestial events. It caters to astrology, photography, faith traditions, and gardening with specific calendar integrations and location-based calculations.
- Moon phase and illumination tracking
- Lunar and solar eclipse information
- Astrological data (Moon sign, nodes)
- Golden hour and twilight times
- Integrated faith calendars (Hijri, Chinese)
- Lunar gardening insights
- Void-of-course Moon windows
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Track the Moon, plan your day, and live in tune with the sky. Moon Calendar shows you exactly where the Moon is — its phase, illumination, age, sign, the lunar day, the next full Moon, the next eclipse, the void-of-course window, sunrise, sunset, golden hour, blue hour, twilight, and far more. One place for the whole sky calendar. BUILT FOR • Astrology — Moon sign, Sun sign, lunar nodes (Rahu/Ketu), void-of-course Moon • Photography — golden hour, blue hour, civil / nautical / astronomical twilight, solar noon • Faith traditions — Islamic Hijri calendar, Orthodox & Catholic Easter, Jewish Pesach, Chinese lunisolar calendar • Lunar gardening — Moon phase and Moon sign for any day, perigee / apogee, supermoon • Astronomy — 3D celestial sphere, AR sky view, Solar System planetarium CELESTIAL SPHERE & PLANETARIUM • Celestial sphere — an interactive 3D view of the sky with the equatorial grid • AR mode — point your camera at the sky and see the paths of the Sun, Moon and planets • Planetarium — explore a 3D model of the Solar System MOON & SUN • Moon phase and illumination percentage • Moon's age and lunar day (start and end times) • Moon sign and Sun sign at any moment • Moonrise, moonset, sunrise, sunset • Civil, nautical and astronomical twilight • Golden hour and blue hour • Solar (astronomical) noon • Length of day and length of night EVENTS & CYCLES • Solar and lunar eclipses for the current year (type, date, time) • Equinoxes and solstices • Perigee and apogee • Supermoon and Micromoon • Lunar nodes — North Node (Rahu) and South Node (Ketu) with positions and signs • Moon void of course (start and end of every window) CALENDARS • Islamic Hijri calendar — today's Hijri date, Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Mawlid, plus Gregorian ↔ Hijri conversion • Chinese lunisolar calendar — Lunar New Year dates, full Feng Shui year name and characteristics, lunar months • Easter dates — Orthodox (old and new style), Catholic, Jewish Pesach LOCATION • Search any place on the map • Enter coordinates manually • Calculations adjust to your location and time zone PICK ANY DATE Set any past or future date to see the Moon, Sun and all sky events for that exact moment. Perfect for planning a shoot, a wedding, a planting, a ritual — or simply to see what the sky was like the day you were born. Privacy Policy: https://mooncalendar.polyariz.workers.dev/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Simple Moon Widget
This widget displays a photorealistic image of the moon, accurately reflecting its current phase. It also provides upcoming full and new moon dates, along with daily moonrise and moonset times for your location.
- Photorealistic moon image
- Current moon phase display
- Next full and new moon dates
- Daily moonrise and moonset times
- Location-based accuracy
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The app shows a real photo of the moon in its current phase as well as the dates of the next full and new moon and today's moonrise and moonset for your location. Add a small widget to your home screen with just the current moon, or add a medium widget that also shows the times and dates. Light and dark mode follow your phone's setting. No unnecessary features, just a simple app that works.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Moon Widget at none against Moon Calendar's 3. Moon Calendar's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Moon Calendar sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Simple Moon Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
Moon Calendar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 8 respectively.
Moon Calendar ships an update every 9 days, Simple Moon Widget every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Moon Calendar | Simple Moon Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.8 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 243 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pavlo Nosov | Michael Perrotta |
Customer experience
Moon Calendar
Simple Moon Widget
In-app purchases
Moon Calendar
- Premium Access3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Premium Access3 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Personal Tarot Reading$9.99
Simple Moon Widget
No in-app purchases
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