Comparison

Badger Bug vs RepubliCal

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Badger Bug

This app helps you overcome procrastination by sending repeated reminders for tasks you've been putting off. It offers adjustable intensity levels and encouraging messages to motivate you to complete your to-do list.

Highlights
  • Task deferral reminders
  • Adjustable intensity levels
  • Encouraging messages
  • Task suspension and resumption
  • Completion celebration
Features
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Badger Bug When procrastination is not an option, the Badger Bug can help… Having problems getting things done in time? Do you have a tendency to put boring or difficult things off? Taxes, repairs, calls to plumbers, veterinarians or distant family? Help is on the way! The Badger Bug application will bug you to accomplish today what you were deferring until tomorrow! Enter or dictate the task you are constantly putting off, then press START. It will send to your phone, or your Apple Watch repeated reminders to get it done! The Friendly Badger has three different levels of intensity, and a lot of encouraging words for you. He believes in you, and thus Badger Bug is and always will be free! You can suspend the Badger if you are too busy or unable to complete the task due to physical or mental circumstances. Once you get back, just resume, and the Badger will report for duty. It will be joyful and celebratory once you are able to press the “DONE!” button, and send the Badger away…

About

RepubliCal

This app offers a functional French Republican Calendar, converting dates and allowing users to interact with its unique structure. It supports reminders, widgets, and displays daily celebrations, with an option to view Gregorian equivalents.

Highlights
  • French Republican Calendar functionality
  • Date conversion and visualization
  • Reminder creation and management
  • Lockscreen and homescreen widgets
  • Display of daily celebrations
  • Optional Gregorian date display
Features
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RepubliCal allows you to use the French Republican Calendar not just as a converter, but as what it was intended to be: a calendar! The app uses the original leap-day system (the only one which was ever legaly used during the French Revolution), meaning new years start on the fall equinox and leap days are calculated instead of having a rule. This means, unlike in the Gregorian Calendar, dates won't shift in relation to the seasons. Available dates and conversions range from 1792 to 2126 (years 1 to 334), after which calculation of equinoxes becomes less reliable. The app includes everything to have time-keeping be fully independent from the Gregorian calendar. It doesn't only display the current date, but also allows you to: - Visualize the year and actively interact with the Republican months. Scroll through the years and months to your heart's content! - Check and convert dates within the 334 year range. See what your Republican birthday is! - Create and delete reminders for specific dates. Got a picnic in a week? You'll get a notification in 10 days! - Have handy widgets to show the Republican date in both your lockscreen and homescreen - See the daily celebrations that have been assigned to each date. It includes an option to display Gregorian equivalents as well, for those who want to see both systems. Although years were normally displayed using roman numerals, you can change the way they are displayed with a simple tap. For more information about the French Republican Calendar and its historical significance, check out the Wikipedia page! EHM

Screenshots

Badger Bug4 screens
RepubliCal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: RepubliCal at 5.0 against Badger Bug's 3.6. RepubliCal also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RepubliCal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Badger Bug's written reviews are positive against 100% of RepubliCal's.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Badger Bug versus RepubliCal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBadger BugRepubliCal
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (5 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMartine HabibEnrique Haro

Customer experience

Badger Bug

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

RepubliCal

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Badger Bug

No in-app purchases

None

RepubliCal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Badger Bug free?
Badger Bug is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RepubliCal free?
RepubliCal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Badger Bug or RepubliCal?
RepubliCal is rated higher. Badger Bug averages 3.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while RepubliCal averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Badger Bug or RepubliCal have ads?
Neither Badger Bug nor RepubliCal shows ads.

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