Calendar Maker vs Big Day
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calendar Maker
Create personalized calendars using your own photos and pre-designed templates. Easily customize date ranges, convert photos to wallpaper, and design monthly calendars in minutes.
- Personalized photo calendars
- Customizable calendar templates
- Photo collage creation
- Convert photos to wallpaper
- Customizable date ranges (2023-9998)
- Monthly calendar design
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Design a calendar with your favorite photos and our collection of amazing calendar templates. Keep track of days with your own personalized calendar. Why not design a personalized calendar and a photo collage for yourself? With our collection of calendar templates and easy editing tools, you’ll have a perfectly designed, personal calendar in less than a minute. Our calendar options allow you to customize your calendar to include date ranges from 2023 to 9998. You can also convert any photo into wallpaper and create a monthly calendar. A quick and easy way to customize your personal calendar. Select a monthly calendar template or create your own design. Choose from our selection of photo-framing designs. Choose a background and a color pattern from our library. Add your favorite photos and create a collage. If you like our app, please rate and comment to help us improve! https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Big Day
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Big Day turns the dates you're excited about into bright, glanceable countdowns you can pin anywhere — your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy. Holidays, birthdays, trips, paydays, due dates, anniversaries — add a countdown, give it a colour and an icon, and watch the days tick down (or up) every time you glance at your phone. WHY BIG DAY • Start free — create your first countdown and pin it as a widget, no account needed. • Beautiful, brightly-coloured cards that look great on any screen. • The little details other countdown apps get wrong: it says "Today" at zero, handles "1 day" correctly, and uses your local time zone — never UTC. WIDGETS, EVERYWHERE • Home Screen widgets in small, medium, and large. • Lock Screen widgets — rectangular, circular, and inline. • StandBy support for your nightstand. • Configurable: pick exactly which countdown each widget shows. MAKE IT YOURS • Curated colour palette for every countdown. • Icon and emoji picker. • Widget styles: number, progress ring, progress bar, or photo background. • Adjustable text size and legibility. COUNT DOWN — OR UP • Countdowns to future dates, and "days since" counters for the past. • Repeating events — annual, monthly, or weekly. • Local reminders as your big day approaches, plus a day-of nudge. TEMPLATES & SHARING • Seasonal and holiday template gallery — browse and add in a tap. • Export a shareable countdown card for any event. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-up, no tracking, no ads. • Your countdowns sync automatically through your own iCloud — free, login-less, and only you can see them. We never receive your data. BIG DAY PLUS Unlock the full colour library, photo-background widgets, shareable countdown cards, and unlimited countdowns with a yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Your free countdown and widgets keep working either way. Questions or feedback? Email coraliadigital@icloud.com — we read everything. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://katinkia.github.io/big-day/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Big Day at none against Calendar Maker's shown. Big Day also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 12 months). Calendar Maker's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Calendar Maker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and Big Day sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Calendar Maker ships an update every 12 months, Big Day every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calendar Maker | Big Day |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (21 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alejandro Melero Zaballos | Coral Rose Page |
In-app purchases
Calendar Maker
- Weekly plan3 Days trial$5.997 Days
- Annual plan$17.991 Year
- Remove Ads$5.99
- Forever plan$29.99
Big Day
- Big Day Plus Yearly7 Days trial$7.991 Year
- Big Day Plus Lifetime$7.99
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