Umbrella vs calQuery
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Umbrella
Enhance your browsing experience by blocking ads, saving battery life, and reducing data consumption. Simply enable the content blocker in your device settings for a faster, more comfortable online experience.
- Ad blocking
- Faster browsing
- Battery saving
- Data consumption reduction
- Content blocker activation
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Umbrella is the simple, powerful ad blocker for Safari. Browse faster, save battery, and use less data — automatically, on every website you visit. Turn it on once and forget it. No accounts, no sign-up, no clutter. WHY UMBRELLA • Browse faster — pages load quicker without heavy ads and trackers • Save battery — less to download and render means more screen time • Use less data — stop ads from eating up your mobile plan • Protect your privacy — block trackers that follow you around the web • Cleaner pages — say goodbye to pop-ups, banners, and distractions POWERFUL BLOCKING Umbrella blocks over 150,000 ad, tracker, and annoyance rules — one of the largest blocklists available on iOS. CHOOSE WHAT TO BLOCK • Ads • Trackers • Social widgets • Annoyances (cookie notices, pop-ups, banners) Add your own custom rules, or subscribe to remote filter lists. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Umbrella works entirely on your device. It never sees the pages you visit, never collects your data, and never sends anything to a server. HOW TO START 1. Open the app and turn Umbrella on 2. Go to Settings › Safari › Extensions and enable Umbrella 3. Done — enjoy a faster, cleaner web Goodbye old habits. Surf comfortably without having to think about anything. Download Umbrella and take back your browsing.
calQuery
Easily search your iPhone or iPad calendar for past events. Results can be sorted by date, location, or alphabetically. Tapping a result opens the corresponding day in your native calendar app.
- Search past calendar events
- Sort results by date, location, alphabet
- Open events in native calendar
- Supports iPhone and iPad
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With calQuery you can search the calendar of your iPhone of iPad. Unlike the search function of the calendar app, even long past events are found. The search results can be sorted by date, location and alphabet. By selecting a result, the corresponding day is displayed in the calendar app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: calQuery at Free against Umbrella's $1.99. calQuery also leads on update cadence (every 9 months vs every 24 months) and iOS requirement (14.5 vs 16.0). 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
calQuery is free to download; Umbrella costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Umbrella ships an update every 24 months, calQuery every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Umbrella | calQuery |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months | Every 9 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marco Tini | Uwe Holtkamp |
Customer experience
Umbrella
calQuery
In-app purchases
Umbrella
No in-app purchases
calQuery
No in-app purchases









