Comparison

Widget Calendar vs Calendar Widget

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

Head to head
About

Widget Calendar

Enhance productivity with a clean home screen widget calendar. View schedules, manage events, and track important dates like anniversaries and D-days directly from your iPhone's home screen. Supports multiple calendar integrations and customizable event displays.

Highlights
  • Home screen widgets (small, medium, large)
  • Instant event viewing and navigation
  • Flexible event display (color bars, dots, counts)
  • Supports iCloud, Google, and Exchange calendars
  • Korean and Chinese lunar calendar support
  • Anniversary and D-day tracking
  • One-tap event adding and searching
Features
Currently charting
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Save time and make your day more efficient with this simple and clean widget calendar. Check and manage your dates and events right from your iPhone home screen. ◦ Home Screen Widgets: Three widget sizes (small, medium, large) are supported. Place calendar widgets and event list widgets where you want to see your schedule at a glance. ◦ Interactive Widgets: Tap any date in the widget to instantly see events for that day, and use the month/week/day navigation buttons to browse other dates. You can also complete reminders directly from the widget to manage your schedule without opening the app. ◦ Versatile Event Display: Show events on the calendar as color bars, dots, numbers, and more. Automatically optimized for your widget size. ◦ Clean Calendar View: Enjoy a simple and clean monthly/weekly calendar. Displays events from all calendars synced to iCloud, including the iPhone Calendar, Google Calendar, Exchange, and more. ◦ Reminders Integration: View your iOS Reminders alongside your events on the calendar, and complete them directly from the widget. Manage events and tasks in one place. ◦ Lunar Calendar: Supports both Korean and Chinese lunar calendars. View lunar dates on your calendar so you never miss a holiday or a lunar birthday. ◦ Anniversary Management: Save and manage important dates like birthdays and wedding anniversaries. Supports both solar and lunar anniversaries, with notifications at the time of your choice. ◦ D-Day: Track days remaining until important dates with D-Day. Past dates appear as D+, so you can grasp anniversaries at a glance. ◦ Add Events: Add events you want to save to your calendar with just one tap from the widget. ◦ Event Search: Find what you're looking for fast with one-tap search. You can also narrow your search by date range. ◦ iCloud Backup: Anniversary data is automatically backed up and synced via iCloud. Your data stays safe even when you switch devices. ◦ Dark Mode: Optimized colors for both light and dark mode for a comfortable experience anytime. If you have any questions or run into issues, please email us at 'dayseed.help@gmail.com'. :D ◦ This app supports Korean, English, Chinese, and Japanese.

About

Calendar Widget

Personalize your device's home and lock screens with beautiful, custom calendar widgets. Choose from a variety of preset designs or create your own unique look with your favorite pictures. Enjoy a seamless experience with unlimited widget options and Apple Watch support.

Highlights
  • Customizable calendar widgets
  • Home and lock screen support
  • Preset widget designs
  • Create your own widgets
  • Apple Watch app
  • Unlimited widget placement
Features
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Calendar Widget is the app you need for customising your home screen with beautiful calendar. Choose from stunning preset widget designs, or you can make your own. Choose a picture you want and decorate your home screen prettily with Calendar Widget. Get Aesthetic Look to your Home Screen. It's a free app. • Standby Widget. • LockScreen Widget, iOS 17 • Transparent widget. • Create Beautiful Calendar Widget • Multiple calendar options • Multiple widget with large variety of presets • Set Unlimited widgets • Supports all size of widgets • Apple Watch App • No ads Get your widget up and running in no time. Just Select and its done. Now Install the Calendar Widget App and enjoy !!!

Screenshots

Widget Calendar4 screens
Calendar Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Widget Calendar at 74% against Calendar Widget's 5%. Widget Calendar also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#124 vs unranked). Calendar Widget's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99) and rating (4.4 vs 4.0). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Calendar Widget is free to download; Widget Calendar costs $3.99 up front. Calendar Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Widget Calendar asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Calendar Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calendar Widget has 196 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of Widget Calendar's written reviews are positive against 5% of Calendar Widget's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widget Calendar ships an update every 2 months, Calendar Widget every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Widget Calendar versus Calendar Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidget CalendarCalendar Widget
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (21 ratings)4.4 (196 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.4% of reviews — better5.3% of reviews
Number of ratings21196 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#124 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDAEUN LEEAmit Verma

Customer experience

Widget Calendar

All ratings21 ratings
Positive76.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative23.8%
Written reviews129 reviews
Positive74.4%
Neutral6.2%
Negative19.4%

Calendar Widget

All ratings196 ratings
Positive83.2%
Neutral6.1%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive5.3%
Neutral5.3%
Negative89.5%

Bugs and requests

Widget Calendar

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App crashes on iOS 18 and recent iOS versions
  • Widget fails to load with 'unable to load' message
  • Widget not appearing in widget selection menu
  • App crashes when deleting recurring events
  • Synchronization delays between iPad and iPhone
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  • Widget flickering and disappearing intermittently
  • Calendar dates misaligned on iPad
  • App crashes when editing event details
  • Widget blank display on lock screen
  • Notification/reminder functionality broken
  • Theme changes not applying properly
  • Event display inconsistencies across devices

Requested features

15 requests
  • iOS 18 and iOS 14+ compatibility updates
  • Lock screen widget support
  • Dark mode theme
  • Display more than 6 events in widget
  • Reminder/notification integration in calendar view
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  • Better current date highlighting
  • Stronger iPad and iPhone synchronization
  • Ability to hide 'no event' text
  • Multi-language support (German, French, Italian, etc.)
  • Recurring event deletion options
  • Widget height adjustment based on event count
  • List view within main app
  • Event duration display for multi-day events
  • Countdown to upcoming events
  • Forced sync button

Calendar Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Widget Calendar

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Calendar Widget

One-time1
  • Calendar Pro.$6.99

Questions

Is Widget Calendar free?
Widget Calendar costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Calendar Widget free?
Calendar Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Widget Calendar or Calendar Widget?
Calendar Widget is rated higher. Widget Calendar averages 4.0 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Calendar Widget averages 4.4 from 196 ratings.
Do Widget Calendar or Calendar Widget have ads?
Neither Widget Calendar nor Calendar Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Widget Calendar or Calendar Widget?
Widget Calendar ships an update every 2 months, and Calendar Widget every 5 weeks. Most recently, Widget Calendar was updated on November 2, 2026 and Calendar Widget on November 3, 2026.

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