Note Widget vs Datum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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).
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
Note Widget costs $0.99 and Datum $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | Note Widget | Datum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (32 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 63.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Francis Bonnin | Michael Lindinger |
Customer experience
Note Widget
Datum
In-app purchases
Note Widget
No in-app purchases
Datum
No in-app purchases









