Tempora Romae vs OSReferee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Tempora Romae
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What day is it in the Roman calendar? Tempora Romae shows you. See today's date as the Romans wrote it, with Kalendae, Nonae, and Idus. Browse a full monthly calendar in authentic Roman format, complete with day names in Latin. The app uses your location to calculate temporal hours: the variable length hours the Romans actually used, divided equally between sunrise and sunset. Watch them tick on a sundial visualisation. Free features: β’ Roman date with Kalendae, Nonae, and Idus β’ Monthly calendar view β’ Latin day names β’ Home screen and lock screen widgets β’ Apple Watch app and date complication β’ Roman holidays and festivals β’ Day classification (dies fasti, nefasti, comitiales) β’ Nundinae (market day cycle) Tempora Romae Pro (one time purchase): β’ Temporal hours with sundial β’ 16 civil day periods, from Media Nox to Concubia Nox β’ Military night watches (Vigiliae) of the Roman legions β’ Roman wind rose with classical wind names β’ A.U.C. year (Ab Urbe Condita, from the founding of Rome) β’ Julian calendar mode β’ Day starts at sunrise option β’ Additional widgets and watch complications No accounts. No tracking. No ads. Just Rome.
OSReferee
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OSReferee is a tabletop campaign companion for old-school fantasy RPG referees who need fast access to prep, procedures, and table-facing tools during play. Build and manage campaign regions with connected hexes, settlements, factions, religions, characters, treasures, and notes. Open a settlement to review its atmosphere, ruler, population, locations, rumours, services, day encounters, and night encounters without digging through scattered documents. Run encounters from the same workspace. Track combatants, resolve combat procedures, roll dice in context, and keep useful referee prompts close while the session is moving. OSReferee is built to reduce table friction, not replace your judgment. Use the included OSE SRD material for quick lookups during play. Browse monsters, rules entries, equipment, spells, and other referee-facing references in a format designed for mobile reading. Key features: β’ Campaign regions, hexes, settlements, factions, religions, NPCs, treasures, and notes β’ Settlement views with overview, locations, rumours, services, and encounter tabs β’ Encounter runner with combat flow, party context, and quick dice tools β’ Built-in dice roller for common table checks β’ Compendium and bestiary reference for old-school play β’ Import and export support for campaign data β’ iPhone and iPad layouts designed for use at the table Premium unlocks the full referee workspace for ongoing campaign use, including expanded campaign creation and management, campaign data import/export, and the ability to import characters from OSCharacter. Importing Player Characters: Players with OSCharacter can export their characters in .xml format and share that file with their referee for import in the Player Character menu on the Region screen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Tempora Romae at 17.6 against OSReferee's 26.2. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Tempora Romae sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and OSReferee sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Tempora Romae | OSReferee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | β |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 β better | 26.2 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Γyvind Berget | Blake DeRusha |
In-app purchases
Tempora Romae
- Tempora Romae Senator$3.99
OSReferee
- Premium$4.99







