Calendar · Planner & Reminders vs Photon Access
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calendar · Planner & Reminders
This app offers a streamlined calendar experience with beautiful, intuitive views of your schedule. It unifies events and reminders, allows for quick natural language event entry, and provides contact history. It supports major calendar services and offers premium features through subscription.
- Intuitive day and month views
- Unified events and reminders
- Natural language event entry
- Contact history and context
- Supports major calendar services
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Discover the simple, thoughtful app that is pushing the boundaries of what you expect from your calendar. Designed to organize your daily life with style, it combines an elegant design with incredibly powerful tools: Intuitive, beautiful views: Seamlessly switch between daily, weekly, and monthly views, all perfectly designed to give you maximum clarity at a glance. A single, unified view of events and reminders: Stay on top of your schedule with a centralized view where your meetings and to-dos live in perfect harmony. Powerful natural language entry: Simply type "Lunch with Laura tomorrow at 1 PM" and watch the app intelligently create the event in a matter of seconds. History and context with contacts: Always arrive prepared. Review your previous interactions and complete history with any contact right before you meet. Universal compatibility: Effortlessly and securely syncs with all major calendar services, including Google, Exchange, iCloud, and more. Widgets and customization: Stay up to date right from your home screen with our beautiful widgets, and customize the app to fit your personal style. Subscriptions You can subscribe to this app to unlock full access to all our Premium features and tools. Privacy & EULA can be found here: http://www.bucketlistlabs.com/PrivacyPolicy.html
Photon Access
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Photon Access turns your phone into the key for your building. Open the gate and the lift with a tap — or turn on touchless and let the door open as you walk up, without taking your phone out. EVERY DOOR YOU'RE ALLOWED, IN ONE PLACE Your buildings, and the doors you've been granted in each, on a single screen. Tap to open. If you're out of range, the app tells you plainly instead of leaving you guessing. WALK UP AND IT OPENS Turn on touchless and Photon Access notices when you arrive at your own doors and opens them for you. It stays off until you switch it on, it only ever watches for your own doors, and you can turn it off at any time. LET A VISITOR OR A COURIER IN Send one link. It opens your doors for a single visit and then expires, and it works even if they have never installed the app. Afterwards your history shows what actually happened at the door, so you know whether they got in. JOIN YOUR BUILDING IN SECONDS Invited by your building manager? Your access appears on its own. Invited by phone number? Enter the code you were sent. FOR BUILDING MANAGERS Set up access controllers, add and remove residents, issue and revoke cards, and manage units across every building you look after — from the same app. ENGLISH AND ARABIC Fully localised, including right-to-left layout. PRIVACY Photon Access uses Bluetooth to reach the controller at your door, and location only if you turn touchless on. Your location is never sold, shared, or used for advertising, and the app contains no tracking or advertising SDK. You can delete your account from Settings at any time. Photon Access works with Photon Smart access controllers installed in your building. If you are not sure whether yours are supported, ask your building manager.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Photon Access at none against Calendar · Planner & Reminders's 10. Photon Access also leads on ads (none vs shown). Calendar · Planner & Reminders's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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
Both are free to download. Calendar · Planner & Reminders sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Photon Access asks for nothing beyond the download.
Calendar · Planner & Reminders ships an update every 3 weeks, Photon Access every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calendar · Planner & Reminders | Photon Access |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (59K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 31.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 59K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BUCKET LIST LABS S.L. | Mark Ragaee |
Bugs and requests
Calendar · Planner & Reminders
Reported bugs
4 issues- Events disappearing from calendar
- Inability to edit or delete past events
- Syncing issues between mobile and desktop
- Unreliable location and contact integration
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to customize event icons and labels
- Improved time zone support
- Integration with task management apps
- Better syncing across devices
- Recurring event options with more flexibility
Photon Access
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Calendar · Planner & Reminders
- Monthly pro access3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Calendar Pro3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Calendar Pro3 Days trial$2.997 Days
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- Quarterly pro access$4.993 Months
- Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Calendar Pro3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Calendar Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Calendar Pro 1 year$19.991 Year
- Premium$29.991 Year
- Premium$39.991 Year
Photon Access
No in-app purchases
Questions
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