# Moon Calendar + Phases — user reviews

> 127 indexed App Store user reviews of Moon Calendar + Phases by Rivolu LLC, rated 4.80/5 from 1,038 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/moon-calendar-plus-phases/id1350655546/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/moon-calendar-plus-phases/id1350655546.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 891 · 4★ 120 · 3★ 17 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 7

## What do users think of Moon Calendar + Phases?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🌟 Excellent tool for moon phases
- 👍 Informative and easy to use
- 🌙 Helpful for astrophotography and planning
- 🌠 Beautiful and visually appealing
- 📆 Accurate moon calendar and phases

**Cons**

- 🔒 Privacy concerns with location access
- 💰 Paid features after initial free use
- 🔧 Issues with widget functionality after updates
- 🇯🇵 Incorrect Japanese translations

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Incorrect moon phase names
- Disappearance of sun/moon rise-set page

**Most requested features**

- Screen saver option
- Lunar eclipse time information
- Astrological sign display for moon phases
- Ability to view moon data before 2000

## Newest reviews (13 of 127)

### 4/5 — Good, but needs improvement.

*2026-06-04*

Very good for what it promises, but needs two areas of improvement. 1) An easier, faster way of going to a specific historical date or future date. That is, possibly option-click on the TODAY button to bring up a date input dialog. 2) Currently, adding a tab is a duplicate of a single tab. Please make it so that each tab can be a different location & date. This second item would be great when researching historical events or writing historical fiction.

### 4/5 — Screen saver

*2025-12-02, version 2.5.1*

4.5 - I just wish there was a way to set this as my screen saver!

### 4/5 — widget

*2024-12-24*

Bonjour, il manquerai un widget ! belle journee.

### 3/5 — OK, mit kleinen Problemen

*2024-09-23*

Schöne app, leider werden bei meinem ipad ios 17.7 die Auf- u. Untergangszeiten im 12h Format ohne AM und PM dargestellt. Anstelle von AM und PM sind nur drei Punkte zu sehen. Bitte updaten, so ist das sehr verwirrend. Im Widget ist die Darstellung im 24h Format. Außerdem fände ich es besser, wenn die Zeiten direkt zu sehen wären. Der Umweg über das Mondsymbol ist umständlich.

### 4/5 — Perfec app is good

*2024-01-19, version 2.4.1*

This apps is very good

### 4/5 — 御礼

*2023-12-27*

自分にあった素晴らしいアプリです、感謝しています。

### 5/5 — Moon calender

*2023-11-21, version 2.4.1*

It's a nice little app. Great for werewolfs. All joking aside, I just like having a calender for the lunar cycle.

### 5/5 — Einfache, gute App

*2023-09-19*

Die App ist übersichtlich und selbsterklärend. Einfach Top!

### 3/5 — Basic

*2023-05-17, version 2.4*

Nice app but very basic

### 4/5 — わかりやすい

*2023-03-27*

月齢の変化はもちろん、月の仰角も表示でき、使いやすいアプリです。

### 5/5 — Klasse App

*2023-02-14*

Wer mondsüchtig ist, kann diese App vorbehaltlos verwenden.
Klasse Übersicht, nur das wichtigste wird angezeigt. Man sieht auf den ersten Blick, wann Neumond ist, wann Vollmond und die einzelnen Mondphasen den Tagen zugeordnet. Klasse

### 5/5 — Localisation

*2022-12-17*

Ne pas pouvoir trouver sa ville sans devoir mettre forcément la localisation en position exacte est vraiment dommage … il n’y a que certaines villes manuellement le reste on ne trouve pas. 
Sinon application superbe mais ce point est pour moi assez rédhibitoire…

### 5/5 — Seems OK

*2022-10-10, version 2.2*

Seems OK

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — DO NOT UPGRADE

*2025-11-06, version 2.5.2*

Just “upgraded” to version 2.5.2. Biggest mistake ever, it killed my old widget and the only way to get it back is reinstall the widget, which you now have to pay for! Nowhere was that mentioned in the upgrade information, wish I had left the old version which included the widgets free

### 1/5 — 気に入ってたのに画面が美しくなくなった

*2025-11-03*

課金して待ち受け画面にしていたのに、アップデートにより画面が美しくなくなった金返せ！

**Developer response:** わかりません。スクリーンショットと詳細を添えて feedback@rivolu.com までご連絡ください。

### 1/5 — Ist das Geld nicht wert.

*2024-04-28*

Hab die App ein paar mal benutzt. Ganz nett - aber jetzt ist die App nicht mehr nutzbar. Ein Kauf soll erzwungen werden. Vermutlich ist das Problem nach dem Kauf nicht behoben. Erpressung? Keine Ahnung - ich de-installiere das Teil. Fertig!

Nachtrag: Ich bin aufgefordert meine Rezension zu überarbeiten und eine bessere Bewertung abzugeben.
Ich habe die App nochmals installiert um zu überprüfen, ob die Verbesserung tatsächlich existiert.

Leider ist alles wie gehabt: er kein Geld ausgegeben will, kann die App vergessen … oder, wie ich, sofort wieder de-installieren.

### 1/5 — Moon Calendar Plus

*2022-11-04*

This is not an honest company. 
I had Moon Plus previous paid (One time fee) version installed, they disabled it instead of providing regular updates to it and force the previous version owners to reinstall it and now they want us to pay the fee again. 

Don’t purchase anything from them!!
Sooner or later they will do the same to you as well

And this raises the question of is Apple an honest company for letting bait and switch false advertisers in their Appstore.

The answer is a simple NO, in order to use the appstore you have to agree to a blanket waiver that you're Okay with rip-offs like in this case.
Because all that Apple cares is their cut for each app store sale.

**Developer response:** We are sorry to hear your experience. In case you have purchased earlier and if you have trouble restoring the previous purchase, please contact us at feedback@rivolu.com and we can look into it. Again, we are sorry for the inconvenience.

### 1/5 — Bait and switch and false advertising

*2022-10-18, version 2.2*

This app purports to be free, but then blocks my access and requires a “small purchase “ to restore access. I don’t care how “small” you think $2.99 is. This app does not deserve your support.

### 1/5 — Full moon

*2021-03-29*

Where is 28th of March????

**Developer response:** The last time we checked it was still between 27th & 29th. :) Please reach out to us at feedback@rivolu.com for any other questions.

### 2/5 — Possible Privacy Issues ⁉️

*2025-11-06*

The developers of this app no longer seem to respect user privacy. While the option still seems to exist to manually input a location, the app constantly demands access to location information. Also, the widgets no longer function without complete access to your devices’ location information.

**Developer response:** We take user privacy very seriously. Your location is used and stored solely on your device to display the moon phase and times for your location. All moon-related information you see in the app is calculated locally on your device. Your location is never sent to our server or any third-party servers. We hope this addresses your concerns. Thank you.

### 2/5 — Widget function Discontinued?

*2025-10-26, version 2.5*

I just purchased this app recently, mainly for the widget function. It looks like that’s no longer an option after the 2.5 upgrade?

### 2/5 — 月の呼び名が違う

*2021-10-13*

修正したとなっていたので買ったのに、まだ間違ったまま。
早く修正してほしい。
それ以外は使いやすいのに、大きなミスだと思う。

**Developer response:** feedback@rivolu.comまでお問い合わせください

### 2/5 — 日本語がダメ

*2020-11-30*

月の名前もおかしいし、「満月の3日後」とか出てるのは、「満月の3日前」あるいは「満月まで3日」の間違い。
chartなんかは有用なだけに、日本語をきちんとしてほしい。

**Developer response:** ありがとうございました。 新しいバージョンで修正しました

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Lunar Cycle

*2026-07-02*

Good graphics which keep me updated with the cycle of the moon-which equates with human cycles from my understanding anyhow🙃

### 5/5 — SpenceCo

*2025-09-26*

Excellent Tool, Moon Phases' at Your fingertips.
Family Instructive, 
Opportunities for planning and spending value time together constructively.
Our forefathers began Recording Moon Phase's Transitions.
A tool We can nurture our Children's Minds thru the present, into their Children's Futures'...

### 5/5 — Don’t Judge

*2025-07-24, version 2.4.3*

This app is for me because the Moon Clams me down, Don’t Judge

### 5/5 — Great app!

*2025-06-21*

I love this app, although I wish it had a wolf howl notification

(such a feature was awesome on other sun/moon apps I've used in the past!)

### 5/5 — Awesome app!

*2024-11-11*

I have this on my iPhone, iPad, and MacBook. I enjoy astrophotography so I use it often. It’s great for planning, when the moon is in a bright phase I don’t photograph the stars because of the light pollution, on those nights I photograph the moon instead. I can use this to setup my gear before dark so I’m ready to go when the moon rises. Plus it has no astrology garbage. I would give it 10 stars if I could. Thank you to the developers.

**Developer response:** Thank you for your kind words and positive feedback! We’re thrilled to hear that our app enhances your astrophotography experience and helps you effectively plan your shoots. Your support means a lot to our development team, and we’re committed to continuously improving our app. If you have any further suggestions or need assistance, feel free to reach out.

### 5/5 — Great Lunar Calendar App

*2024-10-21*

This app is great for anyone who wants to keep up with the lunar calendar. I'm an astrophotographer so planning for the new moon is a common and this app is very helpful and always on my desktop. I also appreciate the easy access to the rise and setting times for both the Moon and Sun. Overall a great app that I highly recommend.

### 5/5 — Moon cycle

*2024-09-20*

This app helps out a lot. It tells me when the moon cycle is approximately at and also has a lot of other features as well great app well done

**Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback.

### 5/5 — This is a very good app

*2024-08-01*

I think this is the perfect app. I am an amateur photographer, and I got this mainly for moon shots. I could plan ahead and use the app to find exactly where the moon will be in the sky for any given date and time. Then I discovered you can do the same with the sun, so I’ve used it for things like calculating the exact date that the sun would set over some abandoned train tracks near me. It does even more, but so far I haven’t needed to dig that deep. Thanks to the developers.

### 5/5 — Moon

*2024-05-13, version 2.4.3*

Interesting way to see the moon

### 5/5 — detailed and informative

*2024-02-21, version 2.4.1*

love this!!

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