PenCalendarPro vs Refill Calendar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PenCalendarPro
This app offers a digital handwriting calendar and diary experience, ideal for daily professional use with an Apple Pencil. It provides a realistic writing feel on paper, with features like multiple pen colors, image import, and page export options.
- Realistic handwriting experience
- Finger writing disabled
- Multiple pen colors
- Import pictures
- Export pages to email/printer
- Year and month overviews
- Gregorian and ISO8601 calendar types
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PenCalendarPro is a simple handwriting calendar or diary for daily professional use. You need an Apple Pencil to do your handwriting. Get the real handwriting experience like writing on paper. You can put your hand everywhere on the writing area because finger writing is not possible. Features: -Finger writing is not possible. -Different pen colors. -Import picture. -Export page to email, printer .... -More then 100 pages per day. -Year overview and export. -Month overview and export. -Different colors for each day. -Short text 20 characters per day emojis possible. -Data files are accessible on local storage. -Calendar typ Gregorian and iso8601 (Europe). -Supported languages : English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Bulgarian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Croatian, Polish, Norwegian, Greek, Irish, Icelandic, Turkish, Portuguese Navigation info: Month overview: Press Month two times Year overview: Press Year two times For detail description see developer webpage
Refill Calendar
Organize your schedule with a weekly vertical planner that supports customization of date labels and refill images. This app is designed for handwriting input and is optimized for Apple Pencil use on iPads.
- Weekly vertical schedule layout
- Customizable refill images
- Adjustable date label position, size, and color
- Optimized for Apple Pencil
- Handwriting input support
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Handwritten schedule organizer application. Weekly vertical type starting on Monday. You can change the refill image to your favorite refill by preparing it. You can set the position, size, and color of date labels, etc. Note Event information in the calendar application will not be reflected. Use the Apple Pencil.
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Refill Calendar at Free against PenCalendarPro's $19.99. Refill Calendar also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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
Refill Calendar is free to download; PenCalendarPro costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Refill Calendar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PenCalendarPro | Refill Calendar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bitgut GmbH | SHIN INABA |
Customer experience
PenCalendarPro
Refill Calendar
In-app purchases
PenCalendarPro
No in-app purchases
Refill Calendar
No in-app purchases
Questions
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