VCalendar vs Sky Smart Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VCalendar
This Indian Vedic calendar app provides daily details like Tithi, Nakshatra, and festivals, with timezone-specific data for cities worldwide. It offers a smart and compact way to access traditional calendar information on your mobile device.
- Daily Tidhi, Nakshatra, Festivals, Masam, Rahu Kalam details
- Timezone-specific data for worldwide cities
- Sunrise/sunset times for Indian timezones
- Festivals view with color-coded main festivals
- Annual calendar updates for Tidhi, Nakshatram, Masam, etc.
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Description "VCalendar" app is a very unique Indian Vedic calendar app that is designed and developed by VenkatRama & Co, Andhra Pradesh, India. Our app offers full-fledged Indian vedic calendar on app store. It supports worldwide Cities (various time zones) and is a very useful app that can be referred by anyone on a daily basis. If you are wondering what is so unique about our app, it provides accurate timezone-specific data based on various key aspects such as Tithi, Masa, Nakshatra, Festivals, Rahu Kaal, Gulika Kaal, Yamakantaka kaal, SunRise/SunSet, Don't you agree that this is a "Smart & Compact" way of carrying/viewing the traditional vedic calendar on your mobile and that too at your fingertips!!! What more fascinating, exciting and interesting it could get. Please read further to learn more about our app. Key features: 1) Daily Tidhi, Nakshatra, Festivals, Masam, Rahu Kalam etc. details for the current year 2) All details are timezone specific covering India and other worldwide timezones at a click of a button!! 3) Provides sunrise/sunset for Indian timezone. 4) View the festivals in separate tab. main festivals are marked in different color 5) Pay once and get free calendar update for every year on Tidhis,Nakshatram,Masam,Varjyam,Rahu kalam,Festivals etc.
Sky Smart Home
Monitor your home remotely with live HD video feeds from your front door. Securely store video clips for 30 days and share important moments. The app offers easy setup with step-by-step guidance.
- Live HD video streaming
- Cloud video storage (30 days)
- Shareable video clips
- Remote doorbell answering
- Step-by-step setup guide
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Welcome to Sky Smart Home, where you can feel close to home while you’re away. Watch all the action from your front door, live, and get everything you need in one simple package. Your privacy? Protected. Your clips? Secured. Your questions? Answered. And you’ll be set up before you know it, with step-by-step instructions in the Sky Smart Home app. What can I do in the Sky Smart Home app? Quick hello: Answer the door, even when you’re out. See it live: See all the moments from your front door, in crystal-clear HD. Saved for later: Your videos stay in the Cloud for 30 days. Worth sharing: Save clips and share them with anyone. Don’t have Sky Smart Home yet? Head to Sky.com to find out more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Sky Smart Home at Free against VCalendar's $0.99. Sky Smart Home also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). VCalendar's advantage is review sentiment (30% vs 13%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Sky Smart Home is free to download; VCalendar costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for VCalendar against 4.0 for Sky Smart Home. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 30% of VCalendar's written reviews are positive against 13% of Sky Smart Home's.
VCalendar ships an update every 6 months, Sky Smart Home monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VCalendar | Sky Smart Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 30.0% of reviews — better | 12.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 184 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Venkat Edara | Sky UK Limited |
Customer experience
VCalendar
Sky Smart Home
Bugs and requests
VCalendar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Sky Smart Home
Reported bugs
15 issues- Error 401 code preventing app access
- Login access denied without password entry option
- Firmware update failures rendering app unusable
- App won't open - constant error messages
- Camera stuck on pink screen during setup
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- Indoor camera won't connect to WiFi
- Doorbell won't update firmware
- Auto-arm function not working after updates
- Video playback shows black screen despite stored footage
- Motion detection alerts but no recording
- App loses connection and locks up during updates
- Sensors disconnect and become unresponsive
- Chime won't pair with doorbell
- App takes excessive time to connect to cameras
- Settings screen appears with no add device option
Requested features
15 requests- Landscape full-screen video viewing mode
- Separate notification types for doorbell vs motion detection
- Phone ring alert instead of beep for doorbell
- Customizable notification sounds
- Portable/wireless chime option
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- SD card support for continuous recording
- Ability to set recording duration (not just 15 seconds)
- Two-way audio that works smoothly
- Adjustable camera quality and IR settings
- Dark mode for app
- Alexa integration
- Ability to purchase additional sensors
- Auto-arm that works reliably without opening app
- Better battery charge indicator for doorbell
- Adjustable water sensor sensitivity
In-app purchases
VCalendar
No in-app purchases
Sky Smart Home
No in-app purchases
