Comparison

Note Widget vs Datum

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

Head to head
About

Note Widget

Add customizable text widgets to your iOS home screen. Quickly view and edit notes, reminders, or inspirational quotes with various formatting options. Supports dark mode and allows multiple widgets displayed in organized lists.

Highlights
  • Customizable text widgets
  • Home screen integration
  • View and edit notes
  • Font and color customization
  • Markdown and pseudo HTML support
  • Dark mode support
  • Multiple widget lists
Features
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Those Widgets are compatible with the new iOS 14 Home Screen Widgets. Thanks to this application (and the other Widget apps from PacoLabs), you can now customize the Today view of your device, by adding custom widgets for some specific purposes. From anywhere in your device, with a simple top to bottom swipe, you'll have access to your own information and actions. Each Note widget allows to view user defined text. This is perfect to quickly view and edit some notes and reminders or to give you inspiration with your favourite quotes. The text can be displayed in different ways (by changing the size, the font, the color, the alignment). Markdown and pseudo HTML are partially handled and allows to easily add some specific colors and text formatting. The text can be quickly edited by touching it. The application is really easy to use and is adapted to the fresh look of your device. Dark mode of iOS13 is supported. You can add as many widgets as you want and they will be displayed in up to 3 different lists. Those same lists will be available in the Today view and in the application (although it is possible, if you want, to hide some widgets in the Today view). To avoid overloading the Today view, when too many widgets are displayed, an intuitive control will allow you to navigate from one widget to another. Even if the main purpose of the app is to view the widgets in the Today view, it can also be very handy to view them directly in the application (a long press on a widget in the Today view will open it directly in the main application).

About

Datum

A minimalist calendar application designed for Apple devices, offering a clean interface and customizable widgets for iOS, macOS, and watchOS. View upcoming events, daily schedules, and monthly overviews directly from your home screen or watch face.

Highlights
  • Minimalist calendar interface
  • Lockscreen widgets for iOS
  • Event display widgets
  • Calendar widgets with event marks
  • watchOS calendar and complications
  • Support for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch
Features
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Datum is a minimalistic iOS, watchOS, macOS and visionOS calendar app. For iOS there are Lockscreen Widgets that show you the current date and there are Lockscreen Widgets that show up to 3 events for today. The iOS and macOS apps include the following widgets: - a small widget that shows the current date and at the bottom the events for this day - a small widget that shows a calendar with up to 3 event marks for each day - a medium widget that shows the same as the first small widget and on the right side a calendar with up to 3 event marks for each day - a large widget that shows the same as the medium widget and a list of the upcoming events - a extra large widget that shows a calendar and a list of the upcoming events (only for iPadOS 15+) The watchOS app shows a calendar with up to 3 event marks for each day. You can switch to the next/previous month by tapping on the arrows at the bottom of the calendar. You can view all events for each day by tapping on a day. There are also complications for all watchfaces included that show you the current date.

Screenshots

Note Widget4 screens
Datum3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Datum at 100% against Note Widget's 64%. Datum also leads on device support (5 vs 3). Note Widget's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Note Widget costs $0.99 and Datum $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Note Widget ships an update every 4 months, Datum every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Note Widget versus Datum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNote WidgetDatum
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating4.4 (32 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings32 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrancis BonninMichael Lindinger

Customer experience

Note Widget

All ratings32 ratings
Positive84.4%
Neutral3.1%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive63.9%
Neutral2.8%
Negative33.3%

Datum

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Note Widget

No in-app purchases

None

Datum

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Note Widget free?
Note Widget costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Datum free?
Datum costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Note Widget or Datum have ads?
Neither Note Widget nor Datum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Note Widget or Datum?
Note Widget ships an update every 4 months, and Datum every 3 months. Most recently, Note Widget was updated on September 22, 2026 and Datum on September 7, 2026.

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