Comparison

PaperCal vs Loopdrift

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

Head to head
About

PaperCal

This app offers a visually appealing and user-friendly calendar experience, reimagined for iPhone. It features clean, paper-inspired layouts and beautiful widgets for your Home and Lock Screen, allowing you to see tasks and events together in one place.

Highlights
  • Paper-inspired layouts
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Tasks and events in one view
  • Sync with existing calendars
  • 20+ customizable themes
  • Yearly, monthly, weekly, daily views
Features
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A paper calendar. Reimagined for iPhone. Simple, clear, and easy to use. With beautiful widgets for your Home and Lock Screen. ▶ Why PaperCal? ◀ • See your schedule at a glance with clean, paper-inspired layouts • See tasks and events together in one view • Easy-to-read widgets for your Home and Lock Screen • Customize your calendar with 20+ beautifully designed themes • No clutter, no learning curve ▶ Calendar Views ◀ Switch between yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily views. Flip through pages like a real paper calendar. A clean, distraction-free interface. ▶ Tasks & Events in One Place ◀ No need for multiple apps. • Manage tasks and events in one place • Add and organize activities instantly • Sync with your existing calendars • Stay up to date across all your devices ▶ Make It Yours ◀ Choose from 20+ unique themes designed by illustrator Jojo Falk. • Add color tags to events and tasks • Quickly search your schedule • View week numbers and day counts ▶ Built for iPhone (and more) ◀ • Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets • Works on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac (Apple silicon) • One purchase, available on all devices ▶ Loved by Users ◀ “I love its simplicity and reliability.” “This calendar is great — I can see my whole week at a glance.” “I love this calendar because I can use it like a planner.” Rated 4.7+ by users worldwide. ▶ A Fresh Start ◀ PaperCal is the successor to “Week Agenda Ultimate”. Rebuilt from scratch based on years of feedback — now faster, clearer, and more refined. Start using PaperCal today.

About

Loopdrift

Features
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Loopdrift is a private weekly mental-load reset for creators, founders, and knowledge workers. Start with an unstructured brain dump, then group each open loop as a task, worry, decision, or avoidance. See a count-based mental-load distribution and one clear reflection before choosing what to handle, park, or let go. Everything runs on your device. There is no account, cloud sync, analytics, tracking, or AI. Privacy Policy: https://mintly.okmybot.com/loopcloud/privacy Terms of Service: https://mintly.okmybot.com/loopcloud/terms Support: loopcloud@okmybot.com

Screenshots

PaperCal4 screens
Loopdrift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Loopdrift at Free against PaperCal's $3.99. PaperCal's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Loopdrift is free to download; PaperCal costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PaperCal ships an update monthly, Loopdrift every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PaperCal versus Loopdrift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaperCalLoopdrift
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (428 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings428 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohan BurglerShenzhen Zhongshan Psychological Consultation Co., Ltd.

Bugs and requests

PaperCal

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Events not displaying correctly in widgets
  • App freezing when adding locations to events
  • Inconsistent behavior when changing event times

Requested features

6 requests
  • Sync with Apple Reminders
  • Add notes/attachments to events
  • Ability to reorder tasks
  • More color/theme options
  • Improved widget functionality
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  • Localization to more languages

Loopdrift

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PaperCal

No in-app purchases

None

Loopdrift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PaperCal free?
PaperCal costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Loopdrift free?
Loopdrift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PaperCal or Loopdrift have ads?
Neither PaperCal nor Loopdrift shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PaperCal or Loopdrift?
PaperCal ships an update monthly, and Loopdrift every 2 months. Most recently, PaperCal was updated on November 3, 2026 and Loopdrift on October 25, 2026.

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