JournalReminders vs Upcoming Events Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JournalReminders
This app combines a to-do list with journaling features. It syncs with your device's reminders, offers smart delay options, and allows you to write and review journal entries. "On This Day" helps you revisit past experiences.
- Syncs with Reminders app
- Smart Delay for reminders
- Journal entry creation
- Review completed reminders
- "On This Day" feature
- Calendar event integration
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To-do list app with timer. Reminders tab • Syncs with Reminders app. (Required.) • Favorites for quick reminder creation. • Smart Delay scatters reminders throughout today or a month. Write tab • Write journal entries. Review tab • Review today's completed reminders before saving to journal. Read tab • Read journal entries. • "On This Day" shows past entries from the same date. See where you spent time. Settings tab • Copy Calendar events to Reminders. Support: vibecoder.company@gmail.com
Upcoming Events Widget
This calendar widget displays upcoming events up to a year in advance, offering a clear view of future appointments. Customize time display and select which calendars to show. It automatically adapts to your system's dark/light mode and calendar color preferences.
- Displays events up to one year ahead
- Customizable time display (time until/time of)
- Selectable calendar sources
- Adapts to system dark/light mode
- Uses system calendar colors
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A calendar widget that looks up to a year in the future for your events. The other calendar widgets I found only looked ahead a day, maybe three. I wanted to know the next 5 or 10 things coming up, no matter if they were next week or next month. So I built this calendar widget. It's got some options for configuration the time display format, either time until, or time of. And choosing which calendars it displays entries from. All of the colors in the widget come from your system dark/light preference, as well as the colors you chose for your calendars. It updates every 5 to 10 minutes depending on how iOS is feeling. Only works with events stored in Apple's Calendar App.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Upcoming Events Widget at 100% against JournalReminders's 50%. JournalReminders's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 10 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support 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
JournalReminders is free to download; Upcoming Events Widget costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
JournalReminders ships an update every 2 weeks, Upcoming Events Widget every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | JournalReminders | Upcoming Events Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | — | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Seung-Un Ham | Elise Wood |
Customer experience
JournalReminders
Upcoming Events Widget
In-app purchases
JournalReminders
No in-app purchases
Upcoming Events Widget
No in-app purchases
Questions
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