Comparison

NextDate Timeline vs Houm

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

Head to head
About

NextDate Timeline

Features
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Clinic visits, dental cleanings, haircuts, inspections. NextDate helps you remember plans that often end with β€œwhen is the next one?” NextDate is not a crowded general calendar. It is a focused timeline for appointments, checkups, maintenance, and repeat plans you want to remember later. Use it for: - Clinic and dental follow-ups - Hair salons, maintenance, inspections, and recurring errands - Plans where you want to keep the previous date and the next date together - Things you want to be reminded about before, on the day, or after the plan Features: - Add plans with date and time - Set reminders before the start - Optional same-day reminders - Follow-up check after the scheduled time - Snooze follow-up checks when the next date is not decided - Repeating plans such as weekly, monthly, or yearly - Clean year/month timeline - Custom categories, icons, notes, and optional photos - Optional iPhone Calendar sync - Weekly summary notification - File backup export and import Your data is stored locally on your device. NextDate does not use ads, third-party analytics, or tracking.

About

Houm

Features
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Houm is one dark, modular home for everything you self-host β€” the smart home your phone already talks to, and the media, servers and containers your homelab already runs. Every service is its own switch. Turn on only the ones you actually use, sign each into your own server, and Houm gets out of the way. SMART HOME See and control every accessory from Apple Home or Google Home β€” lights, locks, thermostats and cameras β€” without opening a separate app. WATCH SOMETHING Browse what's trending and request new films and shows through Requests, then follow it through Radarr and Sonarr's queues until it's ready. WHAT'S PLAYING The dashboard leads with what's on: streams, transcodes and bandwidth from Plex or Tautulli, updated as they happen. DOWNLOADS Keep an eye on NZBGet's queue and speed without switching to a browser tab. THE RACK Proxmox, Unraid and Portainer put every node, VM, disk and container in your pocket β€” what's running, what's full, and what needs attention. Sign in once with Plex to connect Requests and the Now Playing card, or skip it and set everything up later from Settings. Houm talks directly to the servers you already run β€” no new accounts, no subscriptions, no cloud in between. Houm is for people who already run a homelab. Bring your own Plex, Seerr, Radarr, Sonarr, NZBGet, Tautulli, Proxmox, Unraid or Portainer β€” Houm is the one app to watch them all from

Screenshots

NextDate Timeline3 screens
Houm4 screens

Verdict

The call

NextDate Timeline and Houm are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NextDate Timeline ships an update every 3 days, Houm every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
NextDate Timeline versus Houm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNextDate TimelineHoum
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days β€” betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS17.016.4 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size3 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYusuke TeranishiTehseen Hussain

In-app purchases

None

NextDate Timeline

No in-app purchases

None

Houm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NextDate Timeline free?
NextDate Timeline is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Houm free?
Houm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NextDate Timeline or Houm have ads?
Neither NextDate Timeline nor Houm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NextDate Timeline or Houm?
NextDate Timeline ships an update every 3 days, and Houm every 5 days. Most recently, NextDate Timeline was updated on October 6, 2026 and Houm on October 1, 2026.

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