Comparison

Supercal Calendar vs Alaaam

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

Head to head
About

Supercal Calendar

A user-friendly calendar application offering a beautiful interface for managing events. It provides multiple views, quick actions for event manipulation, and robust recurrence options. Track hours with a built-in timesheet and export data to CSV.

Highlights
  • Multiple calendar views (List, Day, Week, Month)
  • Syncs with major calendar services
  • Quick actions for event manipulation
  • Advanced recurrence options
  • Built-in timesheet for hour tracking
  • Export timesheet data to CSV
  • Customizable themes and week start day
Features
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The user friendly Calendar app that shows your events in a beautiful interface. Easy and fast to navigate and create events. Perfect overview through List, Day, Week and Month views. 7 BEAUTIFUL VIEWS • List, Day 2x, Week 2x, Month 2x. • Landscape mode for all views. • Supports Larger Accessibility Sizes. EASY TO USE • Shows same events as the built-in calendar. • Syncs with iCloud, Exchange, Google calendar, Outlook, Yahoo, etc. • Move, copy, duplicate, check off, share and delete events with Quick actions. USEFUL FEATURES • Search that supports multiple words (Dinner Anne celebrate) • Timezone support. • Lock- and Home Screen Widgets. • Invites contacts and shows attendees. • Extensive recurrence options (1st Monday every month or every May, June and July on the 3rd and 22nd). TIMESHEET Keep track of hours in calendar entries. Count hours by date interval, calendar, keywords, tags and export to CSV file. LOTS OF OPTIONS • Week starts any day of the week. • Week numbers (ISO / European, US and Middle East). • Agenda reads left-right or top-down. • Defaults for new events. • Choice of 15 colours themes. BIRTHDAYS FROM CONTACTS • Birthdays show age and contact information. • Tap on a birthday to phone/email/sms the contact. Try the app for free for a limited time. No subscriptions, you buy the “Full app” once. Privacy Policy: https://devart.nl/supercal/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Alaaam

This smart alarm app integrates with your calendar to ensure wake-up routines remain reliable through complex schedules, holidays, and shift changes. It offers flexible repeat options and voice command support for easy management.

Highlights
  • Calendar event skipping
  • Holiday-friendly scheduling
  • Flexible repeat options
  • Reliable scheduling strategy
  • Fast alarm management
  • Siri and Shortcuts support
Features
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This is a smart alarm app built for people with complex schedules. It combines system alarms with calendar-based rules so your wake-up routine stays reliable even across holidays, shift changes, and temporary events. Key features - Smart skip rules: Automatically skip alarms that conflict with selected calendar events. - Holiday-friendly scheduling: Designed for holiday-sensitive routines, including regions with adjusted workdays. - Flexible repeat options: Daily, weekdays, weekends, custom cycles, and biweekly patterns. - Reliable scheduling strategy: Uses repeating alarms for simple cases and fixed-date alarms when exclusion rules are enabled. - Fast management: Create, edit, enable, disable, and delete alarms with automatic rescheduling after changes. - Siri and Shortcuts support: Create and manage alarms with voice commands and App Shortcuts. Who it is for - People switching between workdays and holidays - Users with rotating shifts or biweekly work patterns - Anyone who needs alarm behavior aligned with calendar events Reliability note Final alarm delivery depends on system scheduling policies. The app automatically syncs and rebuilds schedules after rule changes to keep behavior predictable. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Supercal Calendar4 screens
Alaaam3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Supercal Calendar at 50% against Alaaam's 0%. Supercal Calendar also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). Alaaam's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Supercal Calendar sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Alaaam sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Supercal Calendar holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Supercal Calendar has 50 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Supercal Calendar's written reviews are positive against 0% of Alaaam's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Supercal Calendar ships an update every 2 weeks, Alaaam every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Supercal Calendar versus Alaaam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSupercal CalendarAlaaam
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (50 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings50 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDevart B.V.Kang Liu

Customer experience

Supercal Calendar

All ratings50 ratings
Positive86.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

Alaaam

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Supercal Calendar

One-time2
  • Free trial for 7 daysFree
  • Full app$3.99
4 purchases

Alaaam

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Pro$1.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Supercal Calendar free?
Supercal Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Alaaam free?
Alaaam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Supercal Calendar or Alaaam?
Supercal Calendar is rated higher. Supercal Calendar averages 4.4 out of 5 from 50 ratings, while Alaaam averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Supercal Calendar or Alaaam have ads?
Alaaam shows ads; Supercal Calendar does not.
Which is updated more often, Supercal Calendar or Alaaam?
Supercal Calendar ships an update every 2 weeks, and Alaaam every 2 days. Most recently, Supercal Calendar was updated on November 3, 2026 and Alaaam on November 5, 2026.

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