Comparison

CalendarLife vs Tiny Calendar

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

Head to head
About

CalendarLife

Enhance your iPhone's calendar with a classic style interface and numerous customization options. This app syncs automatically with your device's native database, offering a user-friendly experience with multiple views and personalized display settings.

Highlights
  • Classic style interface
  • Customizable display (fonts, colors, pictures)
  • List, Day, Month, Week, Agenda views
  • Automatic syncing with native database
  • Apple Watch and Notification Center Widget support
  • Quick swipe delete and date select
  • Event coloring and descriptions
Features
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CalendarLife is a vastly improved user experience for your iPhone's calendar. CalendarLife has a simple layout based around the classic original style built in Calendar app, but with many added features, improvements and customisation possibilities. CalendarLife uses your device's native database to display your events in a fully customisable and much more user friendly way. This means your events sync automatically. Simply download the app and all your calendars will automatically be there ready for you. No further set up is required. You will also be able to switch between the native Calendar app and CalendarLife and your events will always be in sync. List, Day, Month, Week and Agenda views. Optional Coloured bars for events (so no more black dots on your month view). Choose your font, colours and add pictures to personalise your display. Swipe motion quick delete and date select. This will quickly become one of your indispensable and most used apps. FEATURES: * Apple Watch * Notification Center Widget * List, Day, Month, Week and Agenda Views. * iPhone, iPad Pro, iPad, iPad mini. * iCloud, Google, Outlook, etc. * Pictures for calendar Month View. * Import your own pictures. * Month View event colours and descriptions (no more black dot). * Choose your font. * Choose your colours. * Choose your start of week. * Quickly go to any date. * View all your calendars. * Swipe motion to change between days, weeks and months. * Quick swipe delete. ( horizontal swipe on event description and select 'Delete' ) * Customise display colour for individual events. ( horizontal swipe on event description and select 'Edit Display') _______________________________________ - 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

Tiny Calendar

This intuitive calendar app syncs with your existing calendars, offering powerful event creation and management tools. Access your schedule offline, set advanced reminders, and view your events in multiple formats on your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Natural language input for event creation
  • Drag and drop event editing
  • Syncs with Google Calendar and iOS local calendars
  • Supports 9 different calendar views
  • Offline event management
  • Advanced reminder system (push notifications, email)
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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Tiny Calendar is an intuitive smart calendar works with all your calendars. It inherits the simple and clean look of calendars but makes it more accessible, powerful and reliable on your iPhone and iPad. With Tiny Calendar, you can access and manipulate your google calendar events and tasks more easily, anyway you want. SMART ENOUGH TO CREATE Tiny Calendar has features like nature language input, drag and drop, gestures and other smart methods to predict your intention and help you create and edit your events more easily. SYNC & MANAGE GOOGLE TASKS You don’t need to download another app to manage Google tasks. MULTIPLE WAYS TO VIEW Tiny Calendar supports 9 standard views - Forecast, day, week, month, 4-days, year, mini-month, week agenda and agenda. You can instantly switch views to discover events or find a time you're looking for. REAL-TIME SYNC Tiny Calendar syncs directly with all your Google calendars and also works with iOS local calendar to support events on iCloud, Exchange and other calendars. WORKS OFFLINE You can still create, edit and delete events when you don't have an Internet connection. Tiny Calendar will cache your changes and sync back to your calendar account next time you're online. ADVANCED REMINDER SYSTEM Never forget about a meeting! Tiny Calendar allows you to set reminders via push notification, or email for all events. ACCESS FROM EVERYWHERE Tiny Calendar works with your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. You don't need to pay extra money to download multiple copies. Subscription Information: - Tiny Calendar offers a subscription which is $1.49/week & $2.99/month. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase Terms of Use: https://apps.fengge.io/TinyCalendar/TermsConditions.html Privacy Policy: https://apps.fengge.io/TinyCalendar/PrivacyPolicy.html

Screenshots

CalendarLife4 screens
Tiny Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: CalendarLife at free with in-app purchases against Tiny Calendar's subscription. Tiny Calendar's advantage is ratings volume (21K vs 545) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. CalendarLife sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year and Tiny Calendar sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for CalendarLife against 4.6 for Tiny Calendar. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiny Calendar has 21K ratings behind it against 545, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of CalendarLife's written reviews are positive against 77% of Tiny Calendar's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CalendarLife ships an update every 6 weeks, Tiny Calendar every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 28, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CalendarLife versus Tiny Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalendarLifeTiny Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (545 ratings) — better4.6 (21K ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better76.6% of reviews
Number of ratings54521K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOvalKey Ltd.TinyWork Apps

Customer experience

CalendarLife

All ratings545 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral2.8%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews345 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative13.3%

Tiny Calendar

All ratings20,601 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral4.2%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews667 reviews
Positive76.6%
Neutral7.3%
Negative16.0%

User reviews

CalendarLife

From 545 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Versatile and customizable
  • 💡 Useful color-coding and templates
  • 🚀 Syncs well with other devices
  • 👍 Helps stay organized

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional glitches and crashes
  • 💰 Expensive annual subscription
  • 🔁 Difficulty restoring previous purchases
  • 🔍 Lack of search functionality
  • 🔍 Difficulty navigating to specific dates

Tiny Calendar

From 21K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💻 Excellent calendar app
  • 📆 Helpful for organizing schedules
  • 🔗 Syncs well with Google Calendar
  • 🗓 Useful month/week/day views
  • 🎨 Customizable color-coding

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Syncing issues with Google Calendar
  • 🔍 Difficulty finding past events
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 📢 Intrusive ads in free version
  • 🕰 Time zone issues with event times

Bugs and requests

CalendarLife

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Calendar dates not updating correctly
  • Reminders/alerts not working as expected
  • Color settings not persisting after updates
  • Inability to restore previous year's events

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to schedule recurring events (e.g., first Monday of every month)
  • Option to add notes/comments to events
  • Integration with maps for event locations
  • Contrast-reducing filter for uploaded images
  • Ability to delete unwanted holidays/events

Tiny Calendar

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Events disappearing from calendar
  • Crashes when changing calendar settings
  • Duplicate events created unexpectedly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add to-do list functionality
  • Improve Apple Watch integration
  • Allow more customization options
  • Provide better customer support

In-app purchases

13 purchases

CalendarLife

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
  • CalendarLife Upgrade$4.99
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  • CalendarLife 2020 Calendar$4.99
  • CalendarLife 2021 Calendar$4.99
  • CalendarLife 2022 Calendar$4.99
  • CalendarLife 2023 Calendar$4.99
  • CalendarLife 2024 Calendar$4.99
  • CalendarLife 2025 Calendar$4.99
  • CalendarLife 2027 Calendar$6.99
  • CalendarLife 2026 Calendar$6.99
10 purchases

Tiny Calendar

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly Subscription$1.497 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Special Offer$6.991 Year
Show 1 more
  • Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time6
  • Recurring Events$1.99
  • Invites & Attendees$1.99
  • Multiple Google Accounts$2.99
Show 3 more
  • Upgrade to Premium$9.99
  • Lifetime Premium Special Offer$14.99
  • Lifetime Premium$19.99

Questions

Is CalendarLife free?
CalendarLife is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tiny Calendar free?
Tiny Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CalendarLife or Tiny Calendar?
CalendarLife is rated higher. CalendarLife averages 4.7 out of 5 from 545 ratings, while Tiny Calendar averages 4.6 from 21K ratings.
Do CalendarLife or Tiny Calendar have ads?
Both CalendarLife and Tiny Calendar show ads.
Which is updated more often, CalendarLife or Tiny Calendar?
CalendarLife ships an update every 6 weeks, and Tiny Calendar every 2 months. Most recently, CalendarLife was updated on September 28, 2026 and Tiny Calendar on September 28, 2026.

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