Tiny Calendar vs Roste
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiny Calendar
This app helps you manage your schedule with a customizable interface and quick access to your events. View upcoming tasks and countdowns to important dates directly from your device's widget or notification center.
- Widget for quick event display
- Direct event addition via widget
- Countdown and days matter notifications
- Customizable font size
- Easy date switching
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Tiny Calendar is a easiest calendar app. - Widget Your recent events can be displayed on a widget to grasp what to do quickly. - Quick You can directly switch dates, view details, and even add events on the widget - CountDown & Days Matter You won't miss important calendars. You can quickly view the left days of the target date through the notification center - Customizable interface Switch to the font size that suits you
Roste
This calendar app offers a clean interface with holiday and vacation reminders. It includes a perpetual calendar, lunar calendar, event scheduling, and anniversary alerts. Widgets provide quick access to information.
- Holiday and vacation calendar
- Perpetual and lunar calendar
- Event scheduling
- Festival and anniversary reminders
- Widget support
- macOS version available
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Roste-放假日历 是一款非常简洁的日历，同时提供支持 macOS 版本 假期日历、放假日历 提供万年历查询、日历农历查询、节假日及调休安排、日程记事、节日纪念日提醒等实用功能 1、日历：万年历、农历、节日节气、放假安排、节日礼物提醒 2、放假提醒：Roste-放假日历 提供最近节假日距离时间的提醒，打工人必备 3、节日礼物提醒：Roste-放假日历会提前10日提醒对应节日，以免错过，同时还可以查看临近节日 4、小组件支持，查看更加清晰明了 5、更多功能持续开发中 有建议或者问题，欢迎评论留言或应用内邮件联系作者～
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Roste at 4.5 against Tiny Calendar's 4.0. Roste also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Tiny Calendar's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Roste holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Tiny Calendar's written reviews are positive against 100% of Roste's.
Tiny Calendar ships an update every 8 days, Roste every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Calendar | Roste |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (6 ratings) | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 意 田 | 超 王 |
Customer experience
Tiny Calendar
Roste
In-app purchases
Tiny Calendar
No in-app purchases
Roste
No in-app purchases
