Comparison

Sorted³ vs Vimcal

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

Head to head
About

Sorted³

This app unifies your calendar events and tasks into a single timeline, allowing for formatted notes and attachments. It helps you effortlessly schedule your day with features like Auto Schedule and built-in flexibility to adjust to changes.

Highlights
  • Unified timeline for events and tasks
  • Formatted notes and attachments
  • Effortless scheduling with Auto Schedule
  • Built-in flexibility for schedule adjustments
  • Widgets for iOS and macOS
  • iCloud Sync
  • Natural Language Processing
Features
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FREE forever. Also check out the PRO features for 14 days. NO Subscription! Get PRO to gain the full power of Sorted³ once and for all. PRO iOS and macOS are separate purchases. You can choose to buy the bundle or separately. Sorted³ has been featured by Apple as [App Of The Day], [Apps We Love Right Now] & [Get Stuff Done] in 130+ regions. We've now rebuilt the app from the ground up to make it even easier (and more fun) to hyper-schedule your entire day from a single place. As you start integrating Sorted³ into your daily workflow, you'll notice 3 foundational benefits: ● Unified Timeline Sorted³ seamlessly integrates your calendar events and tasks into one timeline so you can manage your entire day from a single place. To make things even more delightful, you can take formatted notes, attachments and drawings on both your events and tasks inside the app. ● Effortless Scheduling Sorted³ helps you easily set a schedule for your day, and decide what’s important, what can wait, and what you reasonably have time for. You can use Auto Schedule to figure out what you can realistically get done in a day. Instead of feeling underproductive, Sorted³ helps you set attainable goals that you can accomplish. ● Built-in Flexibility Even when properly scheduled in advance, days don’t always go as planned! Sorted³ is built with that flexibility in mind to adjust to your changing schedule. It's as dynamic as your day, with smart features such as Magic Select and our signature Time Ruler to help you shift things around with a few taps. On top of all these, there are various other functionalities to make your experience more fun and seamless across all your devices: - New Widgets for iOS 16 & macOS Monterey - Auto Backup - Timeline view - iCloud Sync - Powerful repeat rules - Light & Dark Themes - Natural Language Processing - URL Scheme - Siri Integration - And much more! ● Get Sorted³ Today If you've ever struggled with to-do lists or managing your day, then you need to try hyper-scheduling with Sorted³. - Sorted³ for macOS is now available on the Mac App Store! - Sorted³ PRO is also available for Mac (sold separately) To learn more, check our website and blog (sortedapp.com) We love hearing from our users about how much clarity and focus Sorted³ brings to their day. We can't wait for you to try it out and see for yourself! ● Community & Support Join our Slack community by visiting: bit.ly/sorted-slack Twitter: @SortedHQ Email: hello@sortedapp.com Support Center: support.sortedapp.com

About

Vimcal

This app enhances your existing Google and Outlook calendars with features designed for remote workers. It offers tools for seamless scheduling across time zones, deep focus modes, and beautiful event decluttering to boost productivity.

Highlights
  • Time zone conversion without mental math
  • Integrated Pomodoro timer with ambient sounds
  • Drag-and-copy availability for booking links
  • Automatic decluttering of unnecessary meetings
  • Ultra-fast and smooth user interface
Features
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Vimcal is the ultimate calendar designed for busy professionals and their teams. We invested two years into understanding the pain points of our first 10,000 users through 1:1 Zoom calls. This allowed us to map out all the different scenarios of corporate scheduling. The result? The world's fastest and most intuitive calendar app, built to streamline scheduling and boost your productivity at work, as well as the most robust harness for agentic scheduling. In Vimcal, you can accomplish anything you would in another calendar, but in half the steps or fewer and with no error. AGENTIC SCHEDULING Scheduling with voice, screenshots, or your AI personal assistant. Vimcal holds proprietary context about your meetings such as whether it's internal vs external, how important it is, or how many times it's already been rescheduled. Vimcal provides you the sturdiest guardrails for your time. BUILT FOR TEAMS Scheduling with your team is so much more complicated than just seeing what's open or blocked on the calendar. When your entire team uses Vimcal, all of Vimcal's context allows for the most accurate scheduling that aligns with everyone's schedules. NO MORE TIME ZONE PROBLEMS Time Travel — Find the best time between you and any other time zone in the world without any mental math. SCHEDULE WITH A PERSONAL TOUCH Slots — Sending a booking link feels transactional, but typing out your free times instead is tedious. Get the best of both worlds with our drag-and-copy availability feature! DECLUTTER BEAUTIFULLY Rainbow Events — No one likes seeing a full calendar. Let Vimcal take care of unnecessary meetings and declutter your mind. BUTTERY SMOOTH EVERYTHING 100ms Rule — We obsessively test every tap and interaction to give you the silkiest, fastest mobile experience. Upgrade your productivity and take control of your schedule with Vimcal. Download now and revolutionize the way you manage your time.

Screenshots

Sorted³4 screens
Vimcal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vimcal at none against Sorted³'s 11. Vimcal also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). Sorted³'s advantage is review sentiment (73% vs 52%) and ratings volume (4.1K vs 470). On price, rating and ads 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. Sorted³ sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Vimcal asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Sorted³ against 4.7 for Vimcal. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sorted³ has 4.1K ratings behind it against 470, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Sorted³'s written reviews are positive against 52% of Vimcal's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sorted³ ships an update every 3 weeks, Vimcal every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Sorted³ versus Vimcal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSorted³Vimcal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4.1K ratings) — better4.7 (470 ratings)
Positive reviews72.6% of reviews — better52.2% of reviews
Number of ratings4.1K — better470
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size138 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStaySorted LimitedVimcal Inc.

Customer experience

Sorted³

All ratings4,055 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral3.1%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews1,248 reviews
Positive72.6%
Neutral9.4%
Negative18.0%

Vimcal

All ratings470 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral2.1%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive52.2%
Neutral10.4%
Negative37.3%

User reviews

Sorted³

From 4.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent time management and scheduling features
  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • 🔒 Reliable syncing across devices
  • 💡 Innovative auto-scheduling functionality
  • 👍 Customizable task organization (lists, tags, etc.)

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Recurring issues with syncing and data loss
  • 🐛 Bugs and crashes reported by multiple users
  • 🔧 Lack of integration with other productivity apps
  • 🔧 Limited calendar and weekly/monthly views
  • 🔧 Difficulty managing large number of tasks

Vimcal

From 470 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and efficient
  • 🤝 Great for managing multiple calendars
  • ⏱️ Helpful time zone features
  • 💻 Powerful desktop app
  • 🎨 Clean and intuitive UI

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs with date/time navigation
  • 🔌 No offline support
  • 🔍 Difficult to find/add local calendars
  • 🔀 Issues with Google/Microsoft account integration
  • 📱 Laggy and buggy mobile app

Bugs and requests

Sorted³

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Sync issues causing data loss
  • Crashes and freezes on launch
  • Recurring tasks not behaving as expected
  • Calendar integration not working as intended

Requested features

5 requests
  • Location-based reminders
  • Improved calendar integration and views
  • Ability to set task dependencies and priorities
  • Export/backup functionality for task data
  • Pomodoro timer integration

Vimcal

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Scheduling links broken
  • Randomly deleting meetings
  • Inability to update meeting details
  • Widget not showing all events

Requested features

5 requests
  • Integration with iCloud and other calendar services
  • Full year view
  • Better widget functionality
  • Ability to feed external data into the calendar
  • Apple Watch support

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Sorted³

One-time11
  • SSPAI Member BundleFree
  • 14-day Extended TrialFree
  • 14-day Extended Trial for MacFree
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  • Buy a soda$1.99
  • Buy a pizza$9.99
  • Get PRO on iOS$14.99
  • Get PRO on macOS Promo$19.99
  • Get PRO on macOS$24.99
  • Apple Staff Benefits Bundle$31.99
  • Students Benefits Bundle$31.99
  • Sorted³ PRO iOS + macOS$35.99
None

Vimcal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sorted³ free?
Sorted³ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vimcal free?
Vimcal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sorted³ or Vimcal?
Sorted³ is rated higher. Sorted³ averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4.1K ratings, while Vimcal averages 4.7 from 470 ratings.
Do Sorted³ or Vimcal have ads?
Neither Sorted³ nor Vimcal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sorted³ or Vimcal?
Sorted³ ships an update every 3 weeks, and Vimcal every 8 days. Most recently, Sorted³ was updated on October 28, 2026 and Vimcal on October 25, 2026.

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