Comparison

PocketLife Calendar vs Notato

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

Head to head
About

PocketLife Calendar

Organize your life with a stylish and intuitive calendar app. It offers powerful customization, seamless syncing with popular services, and natural language event creation. Share events, set reminders, and personalize your calendar views.

Highlights
  • Calendar sharing with friends and family
  • Fast sync with Google, Outlook, iCal, Yahoo, iCloud
  • Create events using natural language
  • Multiple calendar views (List, Day, Week, Agenda, Year, Month)
  • Customizable recurring events
  • FaceID & TouchID protection
  • Notification Center Widget
Features
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Searching for the perfect calendar app? DOWNLOAD POCKETLIFE TODAY FOR FREE PocketLife has been specifically designed to be stylish, intuitive and super-easy to set up and use. Powerful, functional and completely customisable, so you can truly make it your calendar. With a ton of useful modern features, you will find PocketLife an essential tool for organizing your life. PocketLife will quickly become your most used and indispensable app. * Easily SHARE CALENDARS with your FRIENDS & FAMILY. * Google, Outlook, iCal, Yahoo, iCloud - Fast Sync. * Create Events using Natural Language. * Universal app: iPhone, iPad, iPad mini, iPad Pro. * Events & Reminders. * List, Day, Week, Agenda, Year and Month views. * Display multiple calendars. * Custom Recurring events. * Apple Watch * Notification Center Widget * AirDrop & AirPrint support. * Customisable Pictures for calendar months display. * Import your own images from your photos. * Intuitive gestures to change display. * FaceID & TouchID Protection. * Create image of month view to use as your phones wallpaper. * Set any day to start of week. * Personalize the colors, fonts and pictures of your display. * Send Email of your events. * Send .ics iCalendar files of your events. -- YOUR LIFE IN YOUR POCKET -- _______________________________________ PLEASE NOTE: - To Stop Old Events Being Removed: You need to go into the Calendars section in the main device Settings app and then set 'Sync' to 'All Events'. - THIS IS NOT A FREE APP. DOWNLOAD THE LITE VERSION FOR FREE TO SEE IF YOU LIKE IT BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO PURCHASE. THE LITE VERSION IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL EXCEPT THAT IT CONTAINS ADVERTS AND RESTRICTS THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT CAN BE CREATED AND ADDED TO YOUR CALENDARS. A SMALL IN-APP UPGRADE CAN BE PURCHASED TO REMOVE THE RESTRICTIONS AND ADVERTS. THE COMPLETE CURRENT AND NEXT YEAR'S CALENDARS ARE THEN INCLUDED WITH THE INITIAL FULL VERSION UPGRADE PURCHASE. SUBSEQUENT CALENDAR YEARS ARE AVAILABLE AS A SMALL IN-APP PURCHASE. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE DISPLAYED THE COST IN YOUR LOCAL CURRENCY, BEFORE BEING ASKED TO CONFIRM ANY IN-APP PURCHASE. To allow our users to further customise their app to meet their specific needs and interests, there is also a separate Add-on available called the ‘Calendar Store’ provided by SchedJoules. It contains a large selection of great holiday, sport fixtures, weather & lifestyle calendars. These calendars can be set up so they are displayed alongside your other personal calendar events. You can purchase access to the ’Calendar Store’ Add-on for 1 year with a yearly auto-renewable subscription. You get full and ongoing access to the ‘Calendar Store’, including live updates. The 1 year subscription to the ‘Calendar Store’ Add-on starts at $1.99 (Prices may vary by location) and begins with a one-month free trial, so you can try before you buy. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase after the 1 month free trial. Subscriptions to the Add-on automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Cancellation of the current active subscription period is not allowed. You can manage your subscription and turn off the auto-renew for the 'Calendar Store' Add-on at any time from your iTunes Account Settings. Full Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy are available at www.ovalkey.com/terms-of-service and www.ovalkey.com/privacy-policy respectively.

About

Notato

Features
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Notato is a simple and user friendly note app that lets you take notes quickly by using your Apple Watch. You can easily create your notes by speaking or writing in your daily hustle. The application does not contain any subscriptions or advertisements.

Screenshots

PocketLife Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PocketLife Calendar at Free against Notato's $4.99. Notato's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 13) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

PocketLife Calendar is free to download; Notato costs $4.99 up front. PocketLife Calendar sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. Notato asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PocketLife Calendar versus Notato: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocketLife CalendarNotato
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.7 (42K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews79.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings42K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOvalKey Ltd.Cappsule Teknoloji

Bugs and requests

PocketLife Calendar

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Duplicate events being created
  • Past event data being deleted
  • Inconsistent time zone conversions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to attach photos to events
  • More color options
  • Improved time zone handling
  • Option to display event age/birthdays
  • Ability to print/export calendar data

Notato

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

PocketLife Calendar

Subscriptions2
  • Calendar Store Add-On1 Month trial$1.991 Year
  • Premium Unlimited Access1 Month trial$9.991 Year
One-time11
  • Holidays United States$0.99
  • AR Calendar Add-on$1.99
  • PocketLife Upgrade$4.99
Show 8 more
  • PocketLife 2020 Calendar$4.99
  • PocketLife 2021 Calendar$4.99
  • PocketLife 2022 Calendar$4.99
  • PocketLife 2023 Calendar$4.99
  • PocketLife 2024 Calendar$4.99
  • PocketLife 2025 Calendar$4.99
  • PocketLife 2027 Calendar$6.99
  • PocketLife 2026 Calendar$6.99
None

Notato

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PocketLife Calendar free?
PocketLife Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notato free?
Notato costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do PocketLife Calendar or Notato have ads?
PocketLife Calendar shows ads; Notato does not.

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