Rapid Word Count vs Calendar Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rapid Word Count
Quickly count words and characters in any text. This lightweight app features a clean design for easy use on your Apple devices. It's perfect for checking assignment word counts or character limits for messages.
- Fast word counting
- Character counting
- Sleek and clean design
- Privacy focused
- No in-app purchases
- Ad-free
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Meet the fastest way to count words and characters: Rapid Word Count - an ultra-fast, light-weight way to count words and characters in text in a flash. Rapid Word Count's sleek and clean design makes it a pleasing addition to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. It comes with a large array of use cases - like checking if you've reached the required word count for your assignment, or ensuring you aren't exceeding a character limit while composing a message. Using it is as simple as launching it and entering your text. That's it! No need to wait for a slow app, navigate a complex design, or wait for a website to load! Rapid Word Count is completely free of charge, and there's no in-app purchases required to fully utilise the app. The app is ad-free and privacy focused, and never collects your information.
Calendar Widget
This app offers a free, user-friendly calendar experience with extensive customization options. It includes widgets for your home screen and allows for detailed event management, including recurring events and notifications. Enjoy a personalized schedule without any registration or syncing requirements.
- Home screen widgets
- No registration required
- Customizable event details
- Recurring event support
- Daily event notifications
- Unlimited calendars
- Dark mode
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It's a simple and easy-to-use calendar app. Widgets are available. All features are completely free to use. Features: - No registration required, no sync with iPhone calendar - Calendar horizontal / vertical scroll - Select calendar start / end year - 24 hour notation - Select calendar start day - Any holiday selection - Getting holidays - Holiday, days off color - Rokuyo support - Event label color - Color selection for event label font only - Event label font size, thickness - Time display on event label - Event time interval selection - Select event length - Default all-day selection - Daily event notification - Daily event number badge display - Select update time for daily notifications - Unlimited number of calendars - Calendar color - Pin the calendar - Notification for each calendar, badge availability selection - Highlight the date of the day on the calendar - Button to return to this month - Any date selection - Tap a date to add an event on that day - Select multiple dates and add events at once - Background color for calendar dates - Batch addition of background color - Event title, memo, color - Event time, all day selection - Event start time / end time - Repeat event (weekly / monthly / yearly) - Automatic save of event addition history, bookmark save - Add an event with one tap from history and bookmarks - Event list display by date - Batch event deletion, color change, sharing, - Move and duplicate events between calendars - Home screen widget support (calendar selection, this month / next month / last month selectable) - Icon badge display (number of events on the day) - Dark mode - Free URL scheme: calendarwidget://
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Calendar Widget at 4.5 against Rapid Word Count's 3.0. Calendar Widget also leads on ratings volume (239 vs 2). Rapid Word Count's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Calendar Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calendar Widget has 239 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Rapid Word Count's written reviews are positive against 58% of Calendar Widget's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Rapid Word Count ships an update fortnightly, Calendar Widget every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Rapid Word Count | Calendar Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.5 (239 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 58.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 239 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luigi Mazzeo | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
Rapid Word Count
Calendar Widget
In-app purchases
Rapid Word Count
No in-app purchases
Calendar Widget
No in-app purchases
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