Comparison

calQuery vs Zuzanka

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

Head to head
About

calQuery

Easily search your iPhone or iPad calendar for past events. Results can be sorted by date, location, or alphabetically. Tapping a result opens the corresponding day in your native calendar app.

Highlights
  • Search past calendar events
  • Sort results by date, location, alphabet
  • Open events in native calendar
  • Supports iPhone and iPad
Features
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With calQuery you can search the calendar of your iPhone of iPad. Unlike the search function of the calendar app, even long past events are found. The search results can be sorted by date, location and alphabet. By selecting a result, the corresponding day is displayed in the calendar app.

About

Zuzanka

This app scans expiry dates, barcodes, and QR codes on food products. It converts expiry dates to text, offers product information, and supports visually impaired users with features like guiding sounds and voice output. Keep your kitchen organized and your food fresh.

Highlights
  • Expiry date scanning with guiding sounds
  • Barcode and QR code scanning
  • Product information lookup
  • Customizable contrast and voice output
  • Export scanned data
  • OCR feature for text recognition
Features
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Zuzanka is the world's first expiry date, barcode and QR code scanner. The app quickly locates expiry dates on food products, converts them to text format and allows export to other applications. You can also scan barcodes and QR codes, create custom labels and search for additional information about products. Thanks to our special algorithm you will instantly learn all the information about a product that you hold in your hand. Zuzanka was developed to support the blind and visually impaired people, but it will be useful to anyone who wants to keep their kitchen tidy. Having trouble finding the expiration date on the packaging? Can't see the small font that the date is written in? Do you want to check if the product in your fridge is still edible? Don’t know if you hold cream or jogurt in your hand? Want to learn what’s inside a package that you’ve been keeping on that shelf for months?The Zuzanka app is for you! * Easily find the expiration date on the packaging. The guiding sounds generated by your device will help you with this. If the scanned date indicates that the product is expired, the application will additionally inform you about it. * Wondering where to look for expiration dates? Check out the special section where we share our experience gained by taking several thousand photos of expiration dates. * Do you have doubts whether the app recognized the date correctly? No problem. Share a photo with a friend. You can also zoom and rotate the scanned expiration date photo. * Share the recognized date with e.g. to the Notes or Calendar app. * Turn on the contrast mode and read the expiration date in a synthetic voice. You can also zoom in on the recognized date to make it easier to see. All buttons and fonts meet contrast requirements. You can customize them to your needs. * Want to learn what’s the product you hold in your hand? No problem! The app quickly scans barcodes and QR codes. Thanks to our specially designed, unique algorithm you will get instant information about barcodes on most of the products. * If all fails, you can always the built-in OCR feature. Just shake your phone and it will switch into CR mode. Shake again and you will return to scanning. No need to open other applications, Zuzanka offers everything you need to learn about your food products. * The application is fully compatible with VoiceOver. * Use haptic feedback to know when the scanner has started or detected a date, barcode or QR code without having to listen to sounds. Zuzanka is the fulfillment of a need reported by a blind person with whom we work in the team. The release of the app and any additional features is always preceded by tests with blind and visually impaired users. Do you want to report a problem in the functioning of the app? Have ideas on how to improve it? Feel free to contact us: kontakt@zatoichi.pl. You can use the app for free. To scan expiry dates, barcodes and QR codes, the app offers a free 2-week trial, free one scan once a day, free one-day access once a month for the first few months. The app also offers in-app purchases that give you unlimited access to the expiry date, barcode and QR code scanning feature. You can purchase a lifetime access and pay only once, or you can purchase auto-renewable subscription. Privacy policy: https://zuzanka-terms-of-use.web.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://zuzanka-terms-of-use.web.app/terms-of-use

Screenshots

calQuery3 screens
Zuzanka4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: calQuery at 5.0 against Zuzanka's 4.5. calQuery also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4). Zuzanka's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 9 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.5). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Zuzanka sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per month. calQuery asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

calQuery holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

calQuery ships an update every 9 months, Zuzanka fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
calQuery versus Zuzanka: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametercalQueryZuzanka
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.512.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB159 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUwe HoltkampZatoichi Sp. z o.o.

Customer experience

calQuery

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

Zuzanka

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

calQuery

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Zuzanka

Subscriptions3
  • Product scanning - Monthly1 Month trial$5.001 Month
  • Product scanning - 6 mos.6 Months trial$20.006 Months
  • Product scanning - Annual1 Year trial$35.001 Year
One-time1
  • Product scanning - Lifetime$79.00

Questions

Is calQuery free?
calQuery is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zuzanka free?
Zuzanka is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, calQuery or Zuzanka?
calQuery is rated higher. calQuery averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Zuzanka averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do calQuery or Zuzanka have ads?
Neither calQuery nor Zuzanka shows ads.
Which is updated more often, calQuery or Zuzanka?
calQuery ships an update every 9 months, and Zuzanka fortnightly. Most recently, calQuery was updated on October 11, 2026 and Zuzanka on October 8, 2026.

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