Calendar Widget vs WidgetCal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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://
WidgetCal
Perform calculations directly from your home screen with advanced functions. Customize your experience with multiple themes. Unlock premium features through a subscription.
- Home screen widget calculator
- Trigonometric and calculus functions
- Over 10 beautiful themes
- No ads
- Monthly/annual subscription for Pro features
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WidgetCal - Widget calculator allows you to calculate on your home screen - Supports trigonometric functions, logarithms, square root, square, reciprocal, π, and calculus tools for derivative at x and definite integral over [a, b] - Home Screen Widget Calculator (iOS 17 Interactive Widgets) - Over 10+ beautiful themes - No Ads ----- WidgetCal Pro is available with a monthly or annual subscription. You can subscribe and pay through your Apple account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Auto-renew may be turned off after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.zhihuke.com/widgetcal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.zhihuke.com/widgetcal/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WidgetCal at 5.0 against Calendar Widget's 4.5. WidgetCal also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Calendar Widget's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 32 months). On price, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. WidgetCal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Calendar Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
WidgetCal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calendar Widget has 210 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Calendar Widget ships an update every 2 months, WidgetCal every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calendar Widget | WidgetCal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (210 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 210 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 32 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FugaPiyo Inc. | 杏娣 吴 |
Customer experience
Calendar Widget
WidgetCal
In-app purchases
Calendar Widget
No in-app purchases
WidgetCal
- WidgetCal Pro$0.991 Month
- WidgetCal Pro7 Days trial$3.991 Year
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