Calendar Pro+ vs Dot Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calendar Pro+
This app offers a streamlined and intuitive way to manage your schedule, tasks, and events. It features smart reminders, multiple calendar views, and color-coding to help you stay organized and focused on what matters.
- Streamlined design
- Context-aware long press menus
- Smart reminders
- Multiple calendar views (Day, Week, Month, List, Year)
- Now and Next Home Screen widget
- Color-coded calendars
- Time-zone aware scheduling
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Calendar Pro+ is the smarter, cleaner, more intuitive way to take control of your time. Whether you're juggling work, family, travel, or personal goals, Calendar Pro+ helps you stay organized with clarity and confidence. Why You'll Love It Beautiful, streamlined design that makes your schedule feel lighter, not louder Day, Event and Task long press menus that are context aware. Gives you the information and actions you need at your fingertips Smart reminders that keep you ahead of deadlines without overwhelming you Powerful views — Day, Week, Month, List AND a full calendar year*! — all crafted for quick scanning A Now and Next widget for your Home Screen Color-coded calendars for effortless separation of work, personal, and shared plans Time-zone aware scheduling for travelers and remote teams Built for Real Life From planning your week to tracking birthdays, appointments, workouts, and everything in between, Calendar Pro+ adapts to your rhythm. It's fast, reliable, and thoughtfully designed to help you focus on what matters. * Year view is only available on tablets and desktops, sorry! End User Licence Agreement https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Dot Journal
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Dot Journal is a planner for people who run their days on lists. Tasks, events, habits, moods and notes live in one calm, text-first journal. It is quick to add to, easy to rearrange, and kept on your iPhone. PLAN THE WHOLE YEAR, ONE DRAG AT A TIME • Day, Week, Month and Year views. Swipe between them; the next page is already there. • Drag a task to another day, another week or the Inbox. Drag across the edge of the screen to turn the page. • Plan months ahead on the Year view's planning board. • Each week and month has its own Inbox for things without a day yet. ADD ANYTHING IN ONE LINE • Type "Ship deck fri 3pm !!! #urgent @Work". The date, time, priority, tag and list fill themselves in. • One quick entry sheet for tasks, events, notes and moods, from any view. • Close it by accident and what you typed is still there. SEE ONLY WHAT MATTERS • Lists and tags for every project and context. • Set a lens such as "@Work #urgent" and every view shows only those entries. • Save the lenses you use most. They sit in the side menu, one tap away. • Search understands #tags and @lists. TIME YOUR WORK • Start a timer right on the task row. Pause, resume, and see it running from any view. • The time you spend is recorded on the task. KNOW HOW YOUR WEEK WENT • Insights shows how many tasks you finished, a completion trend and a heatmap of your busiest days. • See how much time you spent, for everything or for one lens. HABITS AND MOODS • Track habits with streaks and a recent-days strip. • Log how you feel in two taps and see it next to what you got done. ON YOUR WRIST AND HOME SCREEN • Apple Watch app with complications: check off tasks and add new ones. • Home Screen widgets for today's list. • Share extension: send text or links from any app into your journal. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your journal lives on your iPhone. No account, no ads, no tracking. • Optional iCloud sync goes through your own iCloud account, built on Apple's sync engine. • Dot Journal collects no data. FREE AND PREMIUM Dot Journal is free to use, with up to 5 new tasks a day, 3 lists, 5 tags and 1 saved lens. Premium removes every limit and adds iCloud sync: • Monthly or yearly, each with a 1-week free trial • Or a one-time purchase, yours for life Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. Terms: https://dot.raycar.net/terms.html Privacy: https://dot.raycar.net/privacy.html
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Verdict
Calendar Pro+ and Dot Journal are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Calendar Pro+ sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Dot Journal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Calendar Pro+ ships an update weekly, Dot Journal every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calendar Pro+ | Dot Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | johnhair.com | Hong Chi Law |
In-app purchases
Calendar Pro+
- Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Quarterly Subscription3 Days trial$1.993 Months
- Annual Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Year
- All Features, Forever$9.99
Dot Journal
- Dot Journal Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
- Dot Journal Pro Yearly$4.991 Year
- Dot Journal Pro Lifetime$9.99
Questions
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