CalReader vs Calendar 366 · Events & Tasks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CalReader
Enhance your calendar's readability with customizable fonts and sizes. Easily filter events by date, calendar, or search terms, and export your data and time calculations in various formats like TEXT, CSV, or TSV. This tool is ideal for logging work or personal events and generating invoices.
- Customizable font and size
- Event filtering by date, calendar, and text
- TEXT, CSV, TSV export
- Time calculation for billing
- Siri Shortcuts integration
- Dark Mode support
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CalReader provides calendar readability, TEXT/CSV/TSV export, and time calculations. Choose a favorite font and size for maximum readability. Filter event listings by date range, calendar, and search text, and export listings and time calculations at TEXT, CSV, or TSV files. CalReader features time analysis and can calculate an invoice billing amount and time log for a given filter setup, total hours and rate per hour. Use Siri Shortcuts and Home Screen Quick Actions to quickly perform common actions in CalReader. CalReader can be used to log events on work/home projects. CalReader integrates iOS, macOS and CalDAV calendars including macOS Server, Google and Yahoo calendars, and provides a unique tool for journals, diaries and event logs. CalReader's unique flexibility makes for easy browsing/reading of one's history or future. The events listing view optionally displays ALL of the text of an event in an easy to read format. Calendar Filtering • Choose a date range to filter the visible events and to calculate hours and produce time logs. • Easily choose a single calendar, multiple calendars or all calendars for viewing. • Search selected calendars for text, keywords or phrases. • The search function can be used to search for times or dates. For example, find all events in the date range that start at "9:00 AM", or events on the date "11/4/26". Export Listings and Calculations • The export text generated by the Copy Text With Calculations command includes a header with the current calendar names, date range and optional search text. • Copy the filtered calendar text, with or without calculations, and then paste the text to other types of applications, or tap E-Mail Text to deliver the calendar text via e-mail. • E-mail CSV (Comma-Separated Values) or TSV (Tab-Separated Values) event listing files as attachments. • The Calculations view displays the total hours for the filtered event set and calculates the total amount using rate per hour, useful for invoices / billing. Calculations also displays the event count, average, minimum and maximum duration for the current set of events. Display Customization • Dark Mode support, and app-based dark and light styles with various color effects and calendar color indications. • Customize the font and size of the calendar text for best readability: large text is easy on the eyes, or small text for high density information. • Use pinch touch gestures to instantly change the size of the text. • Choose from various view styles using calendar colors, or no colors. • Choose to view all text of each item, or limit the number of lines (1-5) for a quick overview. Usability • Week and Month select: Previous, This, Next buttons provide fast one-tap date range selections. Use Previous and Next buttons repeatedly to move the date range window through time. • Go To Today and Go To Date actions provide quick navigation. • Speak Events uses the device’s text-to-speech capabilities to speak the currently visible events. • The Filter settings, Actions, Display, Calculations and Extras sections are neatly accessible without scrolling and searching for functions. • Tap the Done button for direct return to the main CalReader view after performing functions or settings changes. • Event listings include the duration for each event. • Events close to the current time are highlighted in the listing view with a gradient of orange displayed along the right edge, most intense for events close to the current time, fading off for events within 24 hours before and after the current time. • The filter settings of CalReader help produce complete listings of events that match a date range, calendar set, and a text phrase, and readability all of the text in the filtered set of events. • Choose to see all of the event text for all displayed events in the list, or truncated text and more items per screen. • Update Notification sound indicates a calendar update.
Calendar 366 · Events & Tasks
This app combines your events and tasks into a single, intuitive interface. It offers natural language input for event creation, multiple calendar views, and seamless integration with popular meeting platforms. Widgets and Apple Watch support provide quick access to your schedule and to-dos.
- Natural language event creation
- Multiple calendar and task views
- Meeting platform integration (Zoom, Meet, Teams)
- Home screen and lock screen widgets
- Apple Watch complications and app
- Cross-device synchronization
- Calendar set grouping
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For all your plans! Your events and tasks, everywhere. On iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad and Apple Watch. Create events as fast as you think them. Just type "Coffee with Morgan Friday 3 pm" – Calendar 366 takes care of the rest. Switch between views to plan your week, check the weather and keep your tasks in sight – even from your home screen with widgets. Choose from 3 themes and 9 color accents – light, dark or black, combined with your favorite accent. EVENTS • Create with natural language • Set the duration with a tap • Time zones, reminders, recurrences, categories, attachments, attendees, notes and more • Drag & drop to reschedule • Quickly duplicate, copy, paste, edit and share events and tasks TASKS • Plan and organize your tasks right inside the calendar • Reminders, location-based alerts, priorities, notes • Filter by today, overdue, important or all • Sort by title, due date or priority VIEWS • 13 different views with options (Year, Month, Agenda, Month | List, Week, Week | List, Day) • Any view, any combination (iPad) • Week view with 3 to 14 days • Portrait and landscape in every view • Quick switch by swipe and tap • Customizable layouts MEETINGS • Create Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams meetings and invite attendees • Join meetings directly from any view • Supports Webex, Skype, FaceTime and many more CALENDAR SETS • Group calendars and lists into sets • Quickly switch what's visible • Default calendar and list per set • Automatically synced across all your devices ATTENDEES • Invite people to your events and meetings • See their status at a glance • New invitations land right in your inbox • Accept or decline with a tap • Email attendees — all at once or individually CATEGORIES • Color-code your events and tasks • Works with categories and labels • Easy to distinguish, easy to find NOTIFICATIONS & BADGE • Choose which calendars notify you • Notification sound • App icon badge — date, calendar week, events, tasks or overdue items • Set to Events & Tasks, Events only, or Tasks only • Location-based reminders NAVIGATION & TRAVEL TIME • Never miss the time to leave • Automatic updates based on your location • By car, by bike or on foot • Supported maps apps: (Apple Maps, Google Maps, HERE WeGo, Waze, Organic Maps, OsmAnd, MAPS.ME, TomTom Go, Magic Earth, Sygic) WIDGETS • 20 home screen and desktop widgets in Small, Medium, Large and Extra Large • 6 lock screen widgets • Interactive – filter tasks, open events and more • 10 watch complications • 3 themes and weather INTEGRATIONS All your calendars and tasks in one place. • System (Apple Calendar & Reminders) • iCloud • Google (Calendar & Tasks) • Outlook & Microsoft 365 • Todoist • Zoom • Fastmail • CalDAV • Calendar subscriptions APPLE WATCH • Month view, event list, task manager • Create and delete events • Complete tasks • Open location directly in Maps • Complications for your watch face AUTOMATION & CONTROL • Apple Shortcuts support • Focus filters for Calendar Sets • URL scheme for automation • Siri AI — create, change and delete events and tasks with Siri (iOS 27) • Keyboard shortcuts (iPad) MORE • Search across events, tasks, locations, notes, categories and time periods • Weather in all views, widgets and the watch • Weather preview – today by the hour plus the next 7 days • Birthdays and anniversaries from your contacts • No account required – no analytics, no tracking, no data sent to our servers Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Calendar 366 · Events & Tasks at Free against CalReader's $6.99. Calendar 366 · Events & Tasks also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (54 vs 3). CalReader's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). On ads 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
Calendar 366 · Events & Tasks is free to download; CalReader costs $6.99 up front. Calendar 366 · Events & Tasks sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. CalReader asks for nothing beyond the download.
CalReader holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calendar 366 · Events & Tasks has 54 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of CalReader's written reviews are positive against 54% of Calendar 366 · Events & Tasks's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CalReader ships an update every 3 months, Calendar 366 · Events & Tasks every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CalReader | Calendar 366 · Events & Tasks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better | 3.5 (54 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 54.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 54 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 189 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Imaja | Vincent Miethe |
Customer experience
CalReader
Calendar 366 · Events & Tasks
In-app purchases
CalReader
No in-app purchases
Calendar 366 · Events & Tasks
- Calendar 366 Pro Family (Monthly)$4.991 Month
- Calendar 366 Pro (Yearly)1 Year trial$19.991 Year
- Calendar 366 Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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- Calendar 366 Pro Family (Yearly)1 Year trial$29.991 Year
- Calendar 366 Pro Family (Yearly)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Calendar 366 Pro (iOS)$19.99
- Calendar 366 Pro Family (iOS)$29.99
- Calendar 366 Pro Family (macOS)$39.99
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- Calendar 366 Pro$49.99
- Calendar 366 Pro Family$69.99
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