Comparison

Widget Calendar vs iTems

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

iTems

Organize your possessions, track warranties, and store receipts with AI-powered data extraction. Get notifications before warranties expire and manage detailed information for various item types, including heirlooms. Securely transfer items to new owners.

Highlights
  • AI-powered receipt scanning
  • Warranty tracking and expiry notifications
  • Detailed item information storage
  • Organize by collections and locations
  • Secure item transfer to new owners
  • Heirloom history preservation
Features
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Know what you own. iTems keeps your belongings, receipts, warranties and documents in one calm, organized place — on iPhone, iPad and Mac. iTems 4 is our biggest release ever: a complete redesign, a brand-new consumables module with smart shopping lists, collaboration through iTems Cloud — and Bulk Capture, which registers your things for you. BULK CAPTURE — POINT, SHOOT, DONE (iPhone) Open a drawer, take a photo, and let AI identify, count and register everything in it. Review the suggestions, adjust names and quantities, and your inventory builds itself. EVERYTHING YOU OWN, PROPERLY TRACKED • Items, antiques, vehicles and real estate — each with fields that fit • Warranty tracking with smart lists and expiry reminders • Maintenance and repair log with reminders • Custom fields when the built-ins aren't enough • Manuals, documents and photos attached right where they belong RECEIPTS THAT FILE THEMSELVES Scan a receipt and AI extracts the products into your inventory. Partner stores can even deliver receipts straight into iTems. NEVER RUN OUT AGAIN Track consumables like groceries and supplies. iTems learns your usage, warns you before you run out, and builds your shopping list automatically. SHARE AND COLLABORATE Move a collection to iTems Cloud to sync across devices, keep it backed up, and invite family or colleagues — with read or read/write access, updated in real time. PREPARED FOR WHAT MATTERS Insurance claims, moving, inheritance planning: export PDF reports, CSV or Excel, and document heirs per collection. Free to use with generous limits. iTems PRO (monthly, yearly or lifetime) unlocks unlimited items, AI features and reports. iTems Cloud plans add sync, backup and sharing. Available in 23 languages. Built by one person, for people who want control over their stuff.

Screenshots

Widget Calendar4 screens
iTems4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iTems at Free against Widget Calendar's $3.99. iTems also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). Widget Calendar's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (21 vs 2). On rating, 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

iTems is free to download; Widget Calendar costs $3.99 up front. iTems sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Widget Calendar asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Widget Calendar against 4.0 for iTems. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widget Calendar has 21 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widget Calendar ships an update every 2 months, iTems every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Widget Calendar versus iTems: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidget CalendariTems
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (21 ratings)4.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB101 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDAEUN LEETommy Riise Handeland

Customer experience

Widget Calendar

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

iTems

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

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

iTems

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Widget Calendar

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

iTems

Subscriptions2
  • iTems PRO Monthly$4.991 Month
  • iTems PRO Annual1 Month trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • iTems PRO Lifetime$199.99

Questions

Is Widget Calendar free?
Widget Calendar costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is iTems free?
iTems is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Widget Calendar or iTems?
iTems is rated higher. Widget Calendar averages 4.0 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while iTems averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Widget Calendar or iTems have ads?
Neither Widget Calendar nor iTems shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Widget Calendar or iTems?
Widget Calendar ships an update every 2 months, and iTems every 5 days. Most recently, Widget Calendar was updated on October 29, 2026 and iTems on October 8, 2026.

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