Comparison

Tempora Romae vs Kolí

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

Head to head
About

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: • Roman date with Kalendae, Nonae, and Idus • Monthly calendar view • Latin day names • Home screen and lock screen widgets • Apple Watch app and date complication • Roman holidays and festivals • Day classification (dies fasti, nefasti, comitiales) • Nundinae (market day cycle) Tempora Romae Pro (one time purchase): • Temporal hours with sundial • 16 civil day periods, from Media Nox to Concubia Nox • Military night watches (Vigiliae) of the Roman legions • Roman wind rose with classical wind names • A.U.C. year (Ab Urbe Condita, from the founding of Rome) • Julian calendar mode • Day starts at sunrise option • Additional widgets and watch complications No accounts. No tracking. No ads. Just Rome.

About

Kolí

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Tehillim for what you are living through. Say what is going on — fear, waiting, an illness, a loss, a decision, gratitude — and Kolí gives you the right chapter, and tells you why that one. And when someone is ill, gather your people: split the 150 Tehillim with a code and read them for that person, together. No account. Free. ALL 150 TEHILLIM, FREE FOREVER The whole book, in Hebrew with English or Spanish translation, and a reader with large text, dark mode and offline reading. Reading is never charged. FOR WHAT YOU ARE LIVING Choose a situation and get one main recommendation and up to two alternatives. Each one shows why it appears: a documented traditional use, a thematic connection or an editorial selection. Nothing random, nothing made up. Grief and memory, and health and care, open without paying: we do not charge for grief or for illness. FOR SOMEONE, TOGETHER Open a group for a person who is ill or in mourning and share the code. Everyone takes chapters and marks them as read; when all 150 are complete, a new round begins. Whoever opens it can leave one short update on how the person is doing. Nobody sees who read how much: you read for someone, not to compete. You can also read one chapter together, live. Opening a group for health or grief is free; joining with a code always is. KOLÍ PLUS For those who want to go further: the remaining situations, search by theme, saved intentions, 3- to 30-day programs, your path and journal, and groups for any other reason. Plus never locks the 150 Tehillim. TEHILLIM, NOT PROMISES Kolí does not predict outcomes or present Psalms as a formula. Readings accompany you; they do not replace medical care, professional support or rabbinic guidance. TRULY PRIVATE No account, no email, no ads, no streaks. Your intentions and notes stay on your phone. What you share with your group is deleted when the group closes. From the makers of My Jewish Day. Made in Chile. SUBSCRIPTIONS Kolí Plus is offered as an auto-renewing subscription: monthly or yearly. The title, duration and price of each plan are shown in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID upon confirmation. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; you can manage or cancel it in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://myjewishday.com/koli/privacy

Screenshots

Tempora Romae4 screens
Kolí4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Kolí at weekly against Tempora Romae's every 2 weeks. Kolí also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Tempora Romae sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Kolí sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tempora Romae ships an update every 2 weeks, Kolí weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Tempora Romae versus Kolí: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTempora RomaeKolí
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperØyvind BergetOnward Spa

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tempora Romae

One-time1
  • Tempora Romae Senator$3.99
2 purchases

Kolí

Subscriptions2
  • Kolí Plus (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Kolí Plus (Annual)$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Tempora Romae free?
Tempora Romae is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kolí free?
Kolí is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tempora Romae or Kolí have ads?
Neither Tempora Romae nor Kolí shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tempora Romae or Kolí?
Tempora Romae ships an update every 2 weeks, and Kolí weekly. Most recently, Tempora Romae was updated on October 8, 2026 and Kolí on October 6, 2026.

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