What Day Is It?Yes. What Day Is It? is a free iPhone app that shows today’s special days the moment you open it and sends one short notification each morning. It covers national and public holidays, world and awareness days, and fun observances such as National Candy Day, for 193 countries.
What you see every day
- The main day for your country, with one line about what it means.
- Other days on the same date: world days, awareness days and weeks.
- A fun day, when there is one, shown as “And a fun one”.
- Around the world: holidays in the other countries you follow.
You choose your home country when you start. The app picks the main day for that country, so a user in the United States sees Thanksgiving first on the fourth Thursday of November, and a user in Germany sees German holidays first.
One notification a day, at the time you choose
Pick a time, for example 9:00. Each morning you get one notification with the name of the day and a short line about it. On Sunday evening a “What’s on next week?” summary lists the special days and your own plans for the next seven days. You can turn either of them off in the app.
Which days are included
| Type | Examples | Where the dates come from |
|---|---|---|
| National and public holidays | Thanksgiving (US), Boxing Day (UK), Bastille Day (France) | Official public holiday calendars, checked against the open-source date-holidays dataset |
| International days | World Kindness Day, World Braille Day | The United Nations list of international days |
| Awareness days and weeks | World Diabetes Day, Organ Donation Week | The organisations that run them |
| Fun days | National Candy Day, Bubble Bath Day | Popular observance calendars (unofficial, dates can differ between sources) |
See the full list for any month in the special days calendar.
Turn the day into a card or a message
Every day has two buttons: Share card and Send a message. Pick a design, add a name and send it on WhatsApp, Instagram, Messages or any other app. → How greeting cards work
Today’s day on your Home Screen
Add the widget to your Home Screen (small or medium) or your Lock Screen and you will see today’s special day without opening the app.
Private, and no ads
No account and no sign-in. Your settings, agenda and counters stay on your iPhone. The app has no ads. → Privacy
Frequently asked questions
What national day is it today?
It changes every day. Open today’s special days on this site, or install What Day Is It? and the app shows the day for your country each morning, with a notification at the time you choose.
Is the app free?
Yes. The app and all of its core features are free. Premium is optional and adds more card designs and removes the limits on counters, reminders and followed countries. → Pricing
Does it include holidays for my country?
It includes holidays for 193 countries. Pick your home country, then follow up to three more for free (no limit with Premium).
Is there an Android version?
Not yet. What Day Is It? is available for iPhone on the App Store.
In which languages is the app available?
In 28 languages, including English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi and Turkish.