Comparison

Just Calendar vs 2Doodle

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

Head to head
About

Just Calendar

This app provides a straightforward calendar experience for your Apple Watch, offering enhanced viewing options for past and future events. It allows you to check dates, view schedules by week, month, or year, and quickly access event details directly from your watch face.

Highlights
  • View past and future event timelines
  • Calendar views: week, month, year
  • Date complication on watch face
  • Event complication on watch face
  • Customizable highlight color and layout
Features
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See your date, schedule, and events at a glance — right on your Apple Watch face. Just Calendar brings week, month, and year views to your wrist, with complications for every watch face. THE CALENDAR APPLE WATCH SHOULD HAVE COME WITH. ◆ Events at a glance See your full timeline of upcoming and past events, and tap any event for details. ◆ Week, month & year views A clean, fast interface to scan your whole week, month, or year in seconds. ◆ Date complication Keep today's date on your watch face. Works with every face — no compatibility worries. ◆ Event complication See today's events right on your watch face. Works with every face too. ◆ Make it yours Change or invert the highlight color of the Date complication, and switch the app layout: Default or Paging. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

2Doodle

Create visual reminders by drawing directly on your smartwatch face. This app helps you remember tasks with unique doodles, potentially boosting memory and follow-through rates with every glance at your device.

Highlights
  • Doodle on watch face
  • Save doodles as reminders
  • Visual task cues
  • Improved memory recall
  • Faster reminder setting
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2Doodle is the first app that lets you doodle on your watch and save those doodles to your watch face. See why it may be the fastest and most fun way to set reminders and how doodling improves your memory. READY, TAP, DOODLE - Just tap the complication to start a new doodle  - Draw a striking reminder - Simply hit the crown to save it - Get reminded with every glance at your watch A DOODLE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS Studies have shown that drawing a reminder improves your memory by up to 100%. The distinctive cue on your watch face ensures that the task stays on your mind and improves follow-through rate by up to 76%.

Screenshots

Just Calendar4 screens
2Doodle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 2Doodle at none against Just Calendar's 12. 2Doodle also leads on review sentiment (56% vs 37%) and iOS requirement (14.3 vs 18.0). Just Calendar's advantage is ratings volume (294 vs 10). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Just Calendar sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 3 months. 2Doodle asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Just Calendar against 4.3 for 2Doodle. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Just Calendar has 294 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 37% of Just Calendar's written reviews are positive against 56% of 2Doodle's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Just Calendar versus 2Doodle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJust Calendar2Doodle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (294 ratings)4.3 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews36.6% of reviews55.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings294 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.014.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTu HoangP2ER GmbH

Customer experience

Just Calendar

All ratings294 ratings
Positive84.4%
Neutral5.8%
Negative9.9%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive36.6%
Neutral7.0%
Negative56.3%

2Doodle

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral22.2%
Negative22.2%

Bugs and requests

Just Calendar

Reported bugs

28 issues
  • Complication not updating/showing random events
  • App crashes on opening
  • Syncing issues
  • Payment not recognized
  • App not opening after purchase
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  • Date recognition errors
  • Complication displays app name instead of date
  • Graphical glitches in complications
  • Missing events in between scheduled times
  • App not covering current year (2021)
  • Incorrect grammatical errors in event count
  • Repeats months in three-month view
  • Complication is black/empty
  • Settings crash on iPhone app
  • Schedule complication never updates
  • App not syncing to watch after unlocking features
  • Date compilation not working on watch face
  • App not displaying on Watch
  • Event Timelock not reflecting on Apple Watch
  • Stopped syncing
  • First appointment of the day displayed all day on watch face
  • Never syncs properly to watch
  • Crashing on each attempt to open
  • Crash crash crash
  • Complication issue (JUST CA...)
  • Corner complications misfit and off center
  • App not showing events in August-September
  • App not showing Google calendar events

Requested features

7 requests
  • More complication options
  • Calendar display in complications
  • Ability to delete completed tasks directly
  • Option to show tomorrow's events in complication when no current events
  • 24-hour time format option
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  • Calendar week display
  • Sunday as the first day of the week setting

2Doodle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Just Calendar

Subscriptions3
  • Three Months Premium7 Days trial$1.493 Months
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • One Year Premium7 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time9
  • 7-day Trial PremiumFree
  • Feature: Date Complication$0.99
  • Feature: Event Timeline$0.99
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  • FULL VERSION$1.99
  • Feature: Date Complication$1.99
  • Feature: Paging Layout$1.99
  • Feature: Event Timeline$1.99
  • 33% OFF Premium$2.99
  • FULL VERSION$9.99
None

2Doodle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Just Calendar free?
Just Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 2Doodle free?
2Doodle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Just Calendar or 2Doodle?
Just Calendar and 2Doodle are both rated 4.3 out of 5 on the App Store, from 294 and 10 ratings respectively.
Do Just Calendar or 2Doodle have ads?
Neither Just Calendar nor 2Doodle shows ads.

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