Comparison

CalBio vs Elegant Planner

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

Head to head
About

CalBio

This astronomical calendar supports biodynamic practices with daily celestial observations, planetary positions, and recommended agricultural activities. It's valid for both hemispheres and works offline, offering content in Spanish, English, and Portuguese.

Highlights
  • Astronomical calendar for biodynamic practices
  • Celestial observations and planetary positions
  • Daily agricultural activity recommendations
  • Offline functionality
  • Multi-language support (Spanish, English, Portuguese)
  • Valid for both hemispheres
Features
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Astronomical calendar to support biodynamic practices. The calendar is valid for both hemisphere. Has information on the celestial observations of each month. Information about the position of the moon and planets; elements and ephemeris of each day. Recommended agricultural activities for each day.   Once installed the application does not require internet connection. Content in Spanish, English and Portuguese.

About

Elegant Planner

Organize your day with a clean timeline and focus-driven planning. This app offers smart reminders and a beautiful, native iOS design to help you stay in control without complexity. It prioritizes privacy with an offline-first approach.

Highlights
  • Clean timeline view
  • Focus mode for important tasks
  • Smart native iOS reminders
  • Minimalist, iOS-native design
  • Offline-first and private
  • Drag-and-drop task scheduling
Features
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See your whole day as a timeline instead of a list. Give each task a time, a length, a color and an icon, and watch the day take shape — including the gaps you actually have. SPEAK YOUR DAY Say "gym at 9 for an hour, then lunch at noon" and get tasks with times, durations and titles filled in. Speech is processed entirely on your device. Nothing is uploaded, and nothing is saved until you review it and tap Apply. A VISUAL TIMELINE • Your day from morning to night, at a glance • Color-coded tasks with icons and durations • A live line showing where you are right now • Week view to see what is coming CAPTURE NOW, PLAN LATER • An Inbox for thoughts that do not have a time yet • Move them into the day when they fit • Reusable templates for days that repeat FOCUS • Focus sessions drawn straight from your plan • Choose 15, 25, 45, 60 minutes or your own • Sessions survive closing the app END THE DAY WELL • Close the day and move what is unfinished to tomorrow in one tap • Everything keeps its time of day • Undo if you change your mind SEE WHERE YOUR TIME GOES • A week of your own patterns • How much you planned against how much fits • No streaks to protect, no guilt WIDGETS AND WATCH • Home Screen widgets in small, medium and large • Lock Screen widgets for what is next • An Apple Watch app for today's plan on your wrist PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account. Nothing to sign up for. • Your planner stays on your device unless you turn on iCloud Sync • Calendar access is read-only and optional • No third-party analytics, no advertising, no tracking ELEGANT PLANNER PRO Pro adds planning that thinks ahead: calendar-aware planning, Repair My Day, Voice Planning, Weekly Review, Advanced Filters, Bulk Actions and Custom Repeat. The core planner, including Timeline, Inbox, Focus, templates, reminders, search, statistics and iCloud Sync, stays free. Available in Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Spanish. The Apple Watch app requires watchOS 10 or later. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://elegantplanner.app/privacy

Screenshots

CalBio4 screens
Elegant Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Elegant Planner at every 9 days against CalBio's every 10 months. Elegant Planner also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 81%) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). CalBio's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CalBio against 5.0 for Elegant Planner. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of CalBio's written reviews are positive against 100% of Elegant Planner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CalBio ships an update every 10 months, Elegant Planner every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CalBio versus Elegant Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalBioElegant Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings28 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndres Enrique Lai ReyesElegantMind LLC

Customer experience

CalBio

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.8%

Elegant Planner

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CalBio

No in-app purchases

None

Elegant Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CalBio free?
CalBio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Elegant Planner free?
Elegant Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CalBio or Elegant Planner?
CalBio and Elegant Planner are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 8 ratings respectively.
Do CalBio or Elegant Planner have ads?
Neither CalBio nor Elegant Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CalBio or Elegant Planner?
CalBio ships an update every 10 months, and Elegant Planner every 9 days. Most recently, CalBio was updated on October 16, 2026 and Elegant Planner on October 25, 2026.

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