Comparison

Add Calendar Basic vs Fridge2Cal

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

Head to head
About

Add Calendar Basic

This utility app allows users to add custom calendars directly to their device wallpaper. It also offers a convenient feature for managing 3-shift work schedules.

Highlights
  • Add custom calendars to wallpaper
  • 3-shift work schedule management
  • Wallpaper integration
Features
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You can add a custom calendar on your wallpaper. 3-Shift work schedule is also provided so easily.

About

Fridge2Cal

Effortlessly digitize your paper calendars into your iPhone's digital schedule. Simply snap a photo of any monthly grid, and the app extracts events, allowing you to review and sync them with a single tap. It even offers an undo function for synced events.

Highlights
  • Photo scanning of paper calendars
  • Automatic event extraction
  • Editable event drafts
  • One-tap sync to iOS Calendar
  • Undo synced events
  • Duplicate event detection
  • History of past scans
Features
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Fridge2Cal is a calendar scanner that turns photos of paper calendars into editable events for your iPhone. Read handwritten schedules, review the details, and sync approved events to iOS Calendar. Snap a photo of any month grid: the family calendar from school, your wall planner, the magnetic one stuck above the kitchen counter. Fridge2Cal reads the dates, times, locations, and event titles, then drops them into a clean review workspace where you can fix anything before they touch your real calendar. When the drafts look right, one tap pushes them straight into the iOS Calendar. Synced something by mistake? Hit undo and it’s gone — from Fridge2Cal and from your calendar. WHY FRIDGE2CAL The best paper calendar in the world is still a paper calendar. School schedules, sports brackets, work shift sheets, recital dates, fridge magnets — they all show up on paper, and they all need to live on your phone. Manually retyping a month’s worth of events is tedious, error-prone, and the reason half of those dates never make it onto your calendar at all. Fridge2Cal closes that gap. Take a photo, get back a sortable, editable list of events, and ship the ones you want to your iPhone in one tap. WHAT IT DOES • SNAP — Camera or photo library. Crop to the month grid so we focus on what matters. • EXTRACT — Every event we can read becomes an editable draft: title, start, end, location, notes. All-day events and timed events are both supported. • REVIEW — Switch between Calendar and List views. Tap any draft to fix the title, change the time, add a location, or expand notes. Each one shows the original handwritten source so you can double-check. • FLAG — Anything ambiguous (smudged times, mystery initials, dates without a year) gets a Needs Review callout instead of being silently guessed. • DUPLICATE CHECK — We scan your existing calendar inside the date range and warn you when a draft might already be there. No more “doctor’s appointment” showing up twice. • SYNC — One tap pushes every approved draft to your iOS Calendar. Per-event sync is supported too. • UNDO — Every synced event can be removed from your calendar with a single tap, even days later. We track the event identifier so we know exactly what to pull back out. • HISTORY — Past scans live in My Scans with the original photo and event counts. Reopen any scan to keep editing or syncing later. GREAT FOR • Parents juggling school, sports, and music schedules • Students copying syllabus dates and exam weeks • Shift workers translating printed rosters • Anyone with a wall planner, fridge magnet calendar, or bullet journal page • Conference programs, tournament brackets, recital schedules PAPER GOES IN. CALENDAR COMES OUT. If you’ve ever stood in front of your fridge taking notes on your phone, you’ll get it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Add Calendar Basic4 screens
Fridge2Cal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Fridge2Cal at 5.0 against Add Calendar Basic's 1.0. Fridge2Cal also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). Add Calendar Basic's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (11.1 vs 26.2). On price, ratings volume and device support 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. Fridge2Cal sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Add Calendar Basic asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fridge2Cal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Add Calendar Basic ships an update monthly, Fridge2Cal every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 3 level
Add Calendar Basic versus Fridge2Cal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAdd Calendar BasicFridge2Cal
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.1 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developercho seonghyunMassive Interface LLC

Customer experience

Add Calendar Basic

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Fridge2Cal

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Add Calendar Basic

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Fridge2Cal

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time3
  • 10 Calendar Scan Credits$1.99
  • 50 Calendar Scan Credits$4.99
  • 200 Calendar Scan Credits$14.99

Questions

Is Add Calendar Basic free?
Add Calendar Basic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fridge2Cal free?
Fridge2Cal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Add Calendar Basic or Fridge2Cal?
Fridge2Cal is rated higher. Add Calendar Basic averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Fridge2Cal averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Add Calendar Basic or Fridge2Cal have ads?
Add Calendar Basic shows ads; Fridge2Cal does not.
Which is updated more often, Add Calendar Basic or Fridge2Cal?
Add Calendar Basic ships an update monthly, and Fridge2Cal every 3 days. Most recently, Add Calendar Basic was updated on October 14, 2026 and Fridge2Cal on October 1, 2026.

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