Comparison

CalReader vs itemit

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

itemit

Easily track and manage all your organization's assets, from IT hardware to valuable collections. Utilize barcode, QR code, GPS, or RFID scanning for efficient inventory management and access detailed history, issue tracking, and reporting.

Highlights
  • Barcode, QR, GPS, RFID tracking
  • Asset information logging
  • Issue ticketing system
  • Unlimited attachments
  • Complete audit trails
  • Asset assignment to staff
  • Depreciation calculation
  • Booking and check-out system
Features
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itemit - Loved for its ease of use and powerful asset tracking capabilities. Track and manage any asset with itemit and join the hundreds of organisations around the world using itemit to track IT Hardware, Tools and Equipment, Medical Devices, Fixed Assets, High Value Collections and so much more. Choose to track your assets using Barcodes, QR codes, GPS Trackers or RFID - or a combination of these so that you always have the right technology for each asset. Choose itemit and you get: 1. An asset register that stays up to date 2. A safe place to store all relevant asset information 3. Your choice of asset tags - QR codes, barcodes, GPS Trackers, RFID Enjoy these great features: - Reminders - record inspection due dates, calibration, warranty and insurance expiries and more - Information - log the asset’s make, manufacturer, link back to an invoice number and safely store other important properties - Issues - you and the team can raise issues against assets thanks to itemit’s in-built issues ticketing system - Attachments - store as many attachments as you need with our unlimited attachments feature - History - complete audit trails for your assets. See who has had them, where they’ve been and more - Assign assets to staff - log who has which laptop and toolbox. Pull off reports to see what each member of staff has - Value - record purchase price and effective lifetime and let itemit calculate straight line depreciation for your asset portfolio - Collections - organise your assets by type and more - Locations - log where your assets are - Bookings and check outs - reserve assets and check them out so everyone knows what’s available - Quick Add - scan to rapidly move assets from one location to another - Audit - perform an audit one acc location to see what’s missing and what’s been found - Reports - customisable, powerful reporting, straight from the web portal - User management - Control who has access to your assets. Choose from 5 different roles to give each member of the team the access they need - Public profiles - allow public users to be able to scan assets and access the asset’s public profile to raise issues - Works offline - even if you don’t have signal, you can still access and use most of itemit’s features - Comments - log important asset details - Related items - Map - see where your assets are on a map. Great for teams to borrow assets on a nearby site! Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

CalReader4 screens
itemit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: itemit at Free against CalReader's $6.99. itemit also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 33%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.3). CalReader's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 19). On ratings volume, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

itemit is free to download; CalReader costs $6.99 up front. itemit sells 19 in-app purchases, starting at $39.99 per month. CalReader asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

itemit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of CalReader's written reviews are positive against 76% of itemit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CalReader ships an update every 4 months, itemit every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
CalReader versus itemit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalReaderitemit
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (3 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews76.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings34 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB179 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperImajaRedBite Solutions Ltd

Customer experience

CalReader

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

itemit

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative23.5%

In-app purchases

None

CalReader

No in-app purchases

19 purchases

itemit

Subscriptions17
  • Monthly (500 items, 1 user)$39.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly (500 items)$159.991 Month
  • Yearly (500 items, 1 user)$249.001 Year
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  • Pro Monthly (1000 items)$269.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly (2000 items)$349.991 Month
  • Yearly (1000 items, 1 user)$399.001 Year
  • Pro Monthly (5000 items)$449.991 Month
  • Industrial Monthly (2k items)$489.991 Month
  • Industrial Monthly (5k items)$759.991 Month
  • Yearly (500 items, 2 users)$799.001 Year
  • Industrial Monthly (10k items)$1399.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly (500 items)$1499.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly (2000 items)$2999.001 Year
  • Pro Yearly (5000 items)$4299.991 Year
  • Industrial Yearly (2000 items)$4499.991 Year
  • Industrial Yearly (5000 items)$6999.001 Year
  • Industrial Yearly (10k items)$10000.001 Year
One-time2
  • itemit with RFID$74.99
  • itemit with RFID$199.99

Questions

Is CalReader free?
CalReader costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is itemit free?
itemit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CalReader or itemit?
itemit is rated higher. CalReader averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while itemit averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do CalReader or itemit have ads?
Neither CalReader nor itemit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CalReader or itemit?
CalReader ships an update every 4 months, and itemit every 3 weeks. Most recently, CalReader was updated on August 29, 2026 and itemit on September 9, 2026.

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