Comparison

Widget Calendar vs FlipClock +

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
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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

FlipClock +

This app offers a minimalist digital clock experience with a gentle flipping animation. It supports various display modes, time formats, and orientations, with adjustable brightness and widget options for your device.

Highlights
  • Minimalist design
  • Gentle flipping animation
  • Light/dark mode support
  • 12/24 hour format
  • Portrait/landscape toggle
  • In-app brightness adjustment
  • iOS widgets
Features
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Nice to meet you! It is a pure product that blends modernity with simplicity, making time flip gently Features: - Suitable for light/dark Model, and follow modes of the phone set - Switch between 12/24 hours - Toggle between portrait and landscape - In-app brightness adjustment - Sync with iPhone/iPad - Support second show and hide - iOS15/16 multiple widgets

Screenshots

Widget Calendar4 screens
FlipClock +4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: FlipClock + at 5.0 against Widget Calendar's 4.0. FlipClock + also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and price ($0.99 vs $3.99). Widget Calendar's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 4). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Widget Calendar costs $3.99 and FlipClock + $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FlipClock + holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widget Calendar has 21 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Widget Calendar's written reviews are positive against 85% of FlipClock +'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widget Calendar ships an update every 2 months, FlipClock + every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Widget Calendar versus FlipClock +: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidget CalendarFlipClock +
Price$3.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.0 (21 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.2% of reviews84.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings21 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDAEUN LEE项羽 冀

Customer experience

Widget Calendar

All ratings21 ratings
Positive76.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative23.8%
Written reviews124 reviews
Positive74.2%
Neutral6.5%
Negative19.4%

FlipClock +

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive84.8%
Neutral3.0%
Negative12.1%

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
Show 10 more
  • 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

FlipClock +

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Widget Calendar

No in-app purchases

None

FlipClock +

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Widget Calendar free?
Widget Calendar costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is FlipClock + free?
FlipClock + costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Widget Calendar or FlipClock +?
FlipClock + is rated higher. Widget Calendar averages 4.0 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while FlipClock + averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Widget Calendar or FlipClock + have ads?
Neither Widget Calendar nor FlipClock + shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Widget Calendar or FlipClock +?
Widget Calendar ships an update every 2 months, and FlipClock + every 5 days. Most recently, Widget Calendar was updated on September 25, 2026 and FlipClock + on September 23, 2026.

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