123 Calendar vs QuickNotation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
123 Calendar
This simple calendar app displays your entire week's events in a single view with three zoom levels. Easily manage events, assign custom colors, and create filters to highlight specific entries. It offers a streamlined way to organize your schedule without intrusive ads.
- Weekly event view
- Three zoom levels
- Custom event colors
- Keyword-based filters
- Event grouping and hiding
- Simple event management
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This simple calendar app lets you see all your week's event in one view. With a simple left/right swipe, you can zoom in/out from the week view into a more compressed view. Three levels of zoom! No need to zoom into the day, since the day's schedule is on top of every line. Multiple day events are clearly visible without repeating itself. Adding, moving, copying and deleting events are super simple. You can assign custom colors / shading to events too! You can create filters which automatically highlights certain events based on keywords. The search interface highlights the events, allowing you to view your results in context. You can assign the calendars into groups and quickly hide/show or fade them. The topbar lets you highlight events matching the filters, or those belonging to certain groups. Best of all, this app is free. It won't nag you about upgrading to full version until after you used it plenty. No intrusive ads either!
QuickNotation
This note-taking app helps you organize thoughts and ideas with features like drag-and-drop, priority marking, and image support. It offers multi-mode support for a comfortable experience on iPhones and iPads.
- Drag and drop organization
- Priority marking
- Image support
- Light and dark modes
- iPhone and iPad optimized
- Portrait and landscape orientation
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QuickNotation is a versatile note-taking app powered by Apple's latest Swift Data framework. It's designed to help you organize your thoughts and ideas with ease, offering a wide range of features that make note-taking a breeze. Key Features: -Drag and Drop: Effortlessly organize your notes using drag-and-drop functionality. Rearrange, prioritize, and group your notes in a way that makes sense to you. -Priority Marking: Stay organized by marking your notes with different priorities. Easily distinguish between high-priority and low-priority notes. -Image Support: Enhance your notes with images. Add visuals to your notes to capture memories or provide context to your thoughts. -Multi-Mode Support: QuickNotation supports both light and dark modes, ensuring a comfortable reading experience in any lighting condition. It's optimized for both iPhones and iPads, and it seamlessly transitions between portrait and landscape orientations. -QuickNotation empowers you to capture and manage your ideas, tasks, and memories like never before. Stay productive, organized, and inspired, no matter where you are or what device you're using. Download QuickNotation today and take your note-taking experience to the next level!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: QuickNotation at 5.0 against 123 Calendar's 4.0. QuickNotation also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). 123 Calendar's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1) and update cadence (every 7 months vs every 17 months). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. 123 Calendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. QuickNotation asks for nothing beyond the download.
QuickNotation holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 123 Calendar has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
123 Calendar ships an update every 7 months, QuickNotation every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 123 Calendar | QuickNotation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jormy Games | Nicholas Pompea |
Customer experience
123 Calendar
QuickNotation
In-app purchases
123 Calendar
- Premium Upgrade$9.99
QuickNotation
No in-app purchases









