Comparison

Widget Memo vs Ploegen Kalender

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

Head to head
About

Widget Memo

This app provides a simple way to create and display notes directly on your home screen using widgets. It aims to offer a faster and more accessible note-taking experience compared to standard memo applications.

Highlights
  • Home screen widgets
  • Simple note-taking
  • Fast note creation
  • Easy visibility of notes
Features
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Widget Note is simple note and running on home screen as the widtget. There is a similar widget in the iOS standard memo app, but this app is an app that leaves notes faster and makes it easier to see. Please give it a try!

About

Ploegen Kalender

Features
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Shift Roster Calendar helps you keep your shift roster, leave and balance organized. View your shifts by day or month, choose your team, and set roster changes or team changes. With clear calendar views, color coding per shift type and support for multiple roster variants, such as 5-shift, GP1 and GP2, you can quickly see your roster and leave balance. With iCloud sync, your settings, balance and entries can stay automatically in sync across your own devices. Your data remains available locally, and iCloud sync is optional. The app also helps you plan your workday. Set reminders for your shifts, choose a time and sound per reminder, and let future reminders be rescheduled automatically when your roster changes. You can also sync shifts with Apple Calendar, update synced calendar items again, and export your calendar as a PDF or image. For leave and balance, the app gives you extra overview. Register leave days, manage bookings and corrections, and keep track of your balance, ADV and overtime. You can export your balance overview as a PDF. Your data is stored locally on your own device. No account is required. Optionally, you can use iCloud sync to keep your data aligned across your own devices. Main features: • View your shift roster by day and month • Navigate by month or year • Support for 5-shift, GP1 and GP2 rosters • Choose your team color • Set roster changes and team changes • Compact and wide calendar views • Desk clock with time, date, current shift and today’s and tomorrow’s shifts • Color coding per shift type • Show public holidays • Optional iCloud sync across your own devices • Sync shifts manually or automatically with Apple Calendar • Export your calendar as PDF or image • Set shift reminders • Adjust reminder time and sound • Register leave • Track balance, ADV and overtime • Export balance overview as PDF • Manage manual corrections • Export and import backups • Adjust language and theme • Available in Dutch, English, Spanish and Turkish

Screenshots

Widget Memo4 screens
Ploegen Kalender4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Widget Memo at Free against Ploegen Kalender's $2.99. Widget Memo also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks). Ploegen Kalender's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Widget Memo is free to download; Ploegen Kalender costs $2.99 up front. Widget Memo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ploegen Kalender asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widget Memo ships an update every 9 days, Ploegen Kalender every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Widget Memo versus Ploegen Kalender: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidget MemoPloegen Kalender
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.3 (23 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.6
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyosuke TamuraJack Schaap

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Widget Memo

One-time1
  • 広告消去$2.99
None

Ploegen Kalender

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Widget Memo free?
Widget Memo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ploegen Kalender free?
Ploegen Kalender costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Widget Memo or Ploegen Kalender have ads?
Neither Widget Memo nor Ploegen Kalender shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Widget Memo or Ploegen Kalender?
Widget Memo ships an update every 9 days, and Ploegen Kalender every 5 weeks. Most recently, Widget Memo was updated on November 3, 2026 and Ploegen Kalender on November 5, 2026.

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