Comparison

CalendarLife vs SmartCalendarPro

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

SmartCalendarPro

This productivity app offers a dynamic and customizable calendar experience. It allows users to personalize event appearance, view schedules in various formats, and easily add events. It syncs with native iOS Calendar and Reminders.

Highlights
  • Dynamic view optimization
  • Customizable event colors, fonts, and themes
  • Month, week, and landscape views
  • Drag-and-drop event creation
  • Sync with iOS Calendar
  • Sync with Reminders
  • Add pictures to events
Features
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Smart Calendar Pro has been created by the S-Diary, Smart Calendar's know-how and user's requirement. - Dynamic View . Screen is optimized to iPhone 4, iPhone 5, iPad. . Size of right list and bottom list can be configured dynamically. . Month view, week view and landscape view are supported. . Color of events, font, theme, shape of events can be configured. . Theme, font and event color and shape are customizable. - Easy Usage . convenient and easy-to-use UI . adding time event by dragging on time table. - Sync with iOS Calendar App - Sync with Reminders - etc . calendar priority . supports help document . adding picture to event (local) . completion option for event (local) . color for event (local) . lunar calendar (local) . supports alert sounds (local)

Screenshots

CalendarLife4 screens
SmartCalendarPro1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CalendarLife at 4.7 against SmartCalendarPro's 3.6. CalendarLife also leads on ratings volume (548 vs 14) and review sentiment (80% vs 64%). SmartCalendarPro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 13) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. CalendarLife sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. SmartCalendarPro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CalendarLife holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CalendarLife has 548 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of CalendarLife's written reviews are positive against 64% of SmartCalendarPro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CalendarLife ships an update every 6 weeks, SmartCalendarPro every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
CalendarLife versus SmartCalendarPro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalendarLifeSmartCalendarPro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (548 ratings) — better3.6 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews79.8% of reviews — better63.5% of reviews
Number of ratings548 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOvalKey Ltd.Minuk Kim

Customer experience

CalendarLife

All ratings548 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews346 reviews
Positive79.8%
Neutral6.6%
Negative13.6%

SmartCalendarPro

All ratings14 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral21.4%
Negative21.4%
Written reviews85 reviews
Positive63.5%
Neutral7.1%
Negative29.4%

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

SmartCalendarPro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
Show 8 more
  • 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
None

SmartCalendarPro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CalendarLife free?
CalendarLife is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SmartCalendarPro free?
SmartCalendarPro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CalendarLife or SmartCalendarPro?
CalendarLife is rated higher. CalendarLife averages 4.7 out of 5 from 548 ratings, while SmartCalendarPro averages 3.6 from 14 ratings.
Do CalendarLife or SmartCalendarPro have ads?
CalendarLife shows ads; SmartCalendarPro does not.
Which is updated more often, CalendarLife or SmartCalendarPro?
CalendarLife ships an update every 6 weeks, and SmartCalendarPro every 11 days. Most recently, CalendarLife was updated on October 29, 2026 and SmartCalendarPro on October 23, 2026.

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