Emoji Calendar vs Spendjar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Emoji Calendar
Track days until major holidays with visual emoji countdowns. View upcoming US, UK, and Icelandic holidays on your Apple Watch or iPhone. Get a quick, emoji-style overview of your next festive occasion.
- Holiday countdowns
- Emoji holiday listings
- US holidays
- UK holidays
- Icelandic holidays
- Apple Watch support
- iPhone support
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Find out how many days left until christmas or new years. All the major US, UK, and Icelandic holidays are listed in emoji and a countdown. You can easily glance at this on your Apple Watch or your iPhone to see when your next holiday will be - Emoji style.
Spendjar
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Spendjar is a fast, private expense tracker built around one simple idea: your money is easier to understand when every expense has a category. Groceries, dining, transport, bills — give each one a monthly budget and always know where your money is going, with no account and no subscription. Log an expense in seconds: enter the amount, pick a category, and Spendjar keeps a running total for the month plus a progress bar for every category and one overall budget on the home screen. Tap any category to see its expenses and exactly how much of its budget is left. Everything stays on your device. There is no sign-in, no cloud sync, and no data ever leaves your phone — just a clean, one-screen way to track spending by category and stay on budget. Spendjar Pro is a one-time purchase — no subscription. It removes the 5-category limit, unlocks full month-by-month history so you can look back at past spending, and lets you export any month as a plain-text summary in one tap.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Emoji Calendar at none against Spendjar's 1. Emoji Calendar also leads on device support (4 vs 1). Spendjar's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Spendjar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Emoji Calendar asks for nothing beyond the download.
Emoji Calendar ships an update every 3 months, Spendjar monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Emoji Calendar | Spendjar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.6 | 26.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | (optional.is) | 永 张 |
In-app purchases
Emoji Calendar
No in-app purchases
Spendjar
- ExpenseCategoryTracker Pro$4.99









