Comparison

Paws Almanac vs Linear Calendar

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

Head to head
About

Paws Almanac

This app provides detailed calendar information, including name days, holidays, flag days, and moon phases. It offers customizable widgets for your home and lock screens, and syncs with Apple Watch for on-the-go access to important dates and celestial events.

Highlights
  • Name days, holidays, and flag days
  • Moon phases and sun times
  • Customizable home screen widgets
  • Lock screen widgets for iOS 16
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • Multiple country almanac support
Features
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Paws Almanac is an app for iPhone and Apple Watch showing calendar related information, for instance name days, holidays, flag days and moon phases. Just like an almanac. The iPhone app content is arranged into five tabs: Day, List, Calendar, World, and Settings. Day • Calendar information, e.g. name day, flag day, moon phase and week number, for the selected day. Default is current date. • Sunrise, sunset and sun hours for your current location [Plus] • Birthday of contacts [Plus] • Events from calendar [Plus] List • List of dates in current, or selected, year in a list, with basic calendar information such as name day and calendar observances. • Birthday of contacts [Plus] • Events from calendar [Plus] Calendar • Almanac of current, or selected, year in a month/week calendar layout. • Official flag days • Moon phases World • Additional, selected almanacs [Plus] Settings • Select main country/region for almanac to show in Day View, List View, in the widget and on Apple Watch in the app and complication. • Options to show sunrise and sunset, contacts' birthdays and calendar events in Day and List views [Plus] • Option to force use of ISO calendar [Plus] Widgets [Plus] Widgets make it possible to show information right on your home screen. The almanac widget displays information about date and week number, as well as public holidays, flag and name days. Information about birthdays, sunrise and sunset is also shown on this widget, if the feature is turned on in the app settings. Another widget type displays a monthly calendar. A third widget type contains information about moonrise/moonset as well as dates for future moon phases. Lock Screen Widgets [Plus] With lock screen widgets, on iOS 16, chosen calendar information is visible on the screen even without unlocking your phone. There are a few variants to choose from: calendar information, date and/or week number, a three-week mini-calendar, as well as various info widgets for sun and moon. Apple Watch [Plus] In the Apple Watch app, name days and other information are presented. Complications come with different sets of information: 'Calendar' (standard), 'Week', 'Date and Week', 'Sunrise and Sunset', 'Moon Phase', and 'Moonrise and Moonset'. Availability depends on the chosen watch face and complication type. Additional pages show the monthly calendar, sunrise/sunset, as well as moonrise/moonset/moon phases. As of watchOS 10 a couple of widgets are also selectable on Apple Watch. Supported Almanacs Paws Almanac supports name days (where available), holidays and observances for Argentina, Australia (*), Austria (*), Belgium, Brazil, Canada (*), Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark (*), Estonia, Finland (*), France (*), Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy (*), Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain (*), Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine, United Kingdom (*), and United States (*). Some countries (marked with * above) regional and state holidays can also be presented by selecting a sub-region of the country as the almanac in Settings. Paws Almanac Plus Some features require a Plus subscription which can be purchased in the app or in AppStore. --- Privacy policy: https://greypaws.net/privacy Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Linear Calendar

This app offers a minimalist calendar experience, displaying a full year at a glance with clear text and intuitive graphics. It focuses on essential features, reducing clutter for a relaxed and stress-free user experience with seamless cloud synchronization across devices.

Highlights
  • Full year calendar view
  • Graphic-based information display
  • Simplified options
  • Focus on practical functions
  • Minimalist UI design
  • Intuitive operation
  • Cloud synchronization
Features
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《Features of this App》 【The calendars are clearly listed】 List the calendars for a whole year at a time and you can just slide the phone up and down ,then you can know the calendars of the whole year clearly. The text styles are square and clear ,and the date lists are not interrupted, so you can see the days scheduled calendars and free days. 【Picture instead of text】 Reduce text design on the app, and use graphics or colors instead of text to express information, which can make the picture more refreshing and comfortable, and improve the mood. 【Reduce barriers to options】 Instead of messy options, clear and simple options are provided, allowing users to choose their favorite items or preferences with confidence. 【No useless features】 Provide practical functions. Many functions are not used often and that will complicate the user experience. 【Use without stress】 Since our UI design pursues a minimalist design, the mood when using the App will be relaxed and free of any pressure. 【Minimalist operation steps】 The complexity of the screen is reduced. The records of the calendar and the necessary function options can be clearly displayed and allow users to operate more intuitively. 【Cloud synchronization between devices】 The added or deleted calendars will be synchronized between different mobile phones or tablets. Even if the mobile phone or device is changed, the calendars can be synchronized back.

Screenshots

Paws Almanac4 screens
Linear Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Linear Calendar at 83% against Paws Almanac's 17%. Linear Calendar also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). Paws Almanac's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Paws Almanac sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per 3 months and Linear Calendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Paws Almanac holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Linear Calendar has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 17% of Paws Almanac's written reviews are positive against 83% of Linear Calendar's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paws Almanac ships an update monthly, Linear Calendar fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Paws Almanac versus Linear Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaws AlmanacLinear Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.3 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGrey Paws ABJIAN-XIN JIANG

Customer experience

Paws Almanac

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%

Linear Calendar

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Paws Almanac

Subscriptions2
  • Almanac Plus, 3 month7 Days trial$0.493 Months
  • Almanac Plus, 12 months14 Days trial$1.491 Year
1 purchases

Linear Calendar

One-time1
  • Linear Calendar - Full version$4.99

Questions

Is Paws Almanac free?
Paws Almanac is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Linear Calendar free?
Linear Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Paws Almanac or Linear Calendar?
Paws Almanac is rated higher. Paws Almanac averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Linear Calendar averages 4.3 from 7 ratings.
Do Paws Almanac or Linear Calendar have ads?
Neither Paws Almanac nor Linear Calendar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paws Almanac or Linear Calendar?
Paws Almanac ships an update monthly, and Linear Calendar fortnightly. Most recently, Paws Almanac was updated on October 29, 2026 and Linear Calendar on October 24, 2026.

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