Message Templates vs Local Calendar Sync
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Message Templates
Save and quickly send frequently used text snippets via messaging and email. This app helps you reuse common phrases, saving time and effort in communication.
- Save text snippets
- Send via Messages
- Send via Mail
- Reuse common phrases
- Intuitive interface
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Message Templates is a simple and intuitive application that let's you save small snippets of text, that you can send (and resend) via Messages and Mail.
Local Calendar Sync
Automatically sync events between your calendars without sharing confidential data. This app creates blockers or copies of appointments in other calendars to ensure accurate availability display. It operates entirely offline, protecting your privacy.
- Automatic event synchronization
- Creates event blockers or copies
- Ensures accurate availability display
- Works fully offline
- Does not collect user data
- Uses native calendar access
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Dealing with multiple calendars in your life? Keep them in sync without exposing confidential information and get rid of cross-calendar conflicts! Whenever you have an appointment in one calendar, this app creates a Blocker or a full copy of that event in your other calendars automatically in the background. What problem does this solve? By keeping your calendars in sync, you ensure that your colleagues or family members can see your correct availability. Your availability status only gets shown based on the events that you have in a single calendar. So your colleagues at work might see you as “free”, even though you have an appointment on another calendar at that time. Why not use an online service? There are several online services that offer to sync your calendars for you. They all require you to provide them with access to your calendar so that they can manage your calendars, which most security departments won’t allow. This app though works fully offline on your computer, uses native tools to access your calendar and does not collect any data. Please note, that this app can only synchronize calendars, that have been added to your device's Internet Accounts in the System Settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Message Templates at Free against Local Calendar Sync's $6.99. Message Templates also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Local Calendar Sync's advantage is chart position (#194 vs unranked) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Message Templates is free to download; Local Calendar Sync costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Message Templates | Local Calendar Sync |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (15 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #194 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Square Bracket Software Ltd | Robin-Manuel Thiel |
Customer experience
Message Templates
Local Calendar Sync
In-app purchases
Message Templates
No in-app purchases
Local Calendar Sync
No in-app purchases
Questions
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