Comparison

Easy Calendar vs Notes for iPhone

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

Head to head
About

Easy Calendar

This app offers a user-friendly weekly calendar experience, allowing for quick event creation and editing. It seamlessly syncs with your existing calendars and provides various views for planning and navigation. Enjoy customization options and helpful features like night mode.

Highlights
  • Weekly calendar overview
  • Seamless native calendar integration
  • Syncs with iCloud, Outlook, Google Calendar
  • One week and three weeks view
  • Month view for long-term planning
  • Unique search function
  • Innovative move/copy function
  • Night mode
Features
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Experience the ease of use of a weekly calendar in the palm of your hand! Designed around frequent tasks, Easy Calendar lets you create and edit events with just a few taps. Automatically syncs with your current calendar. Features • Perfect overview of the week • 100% integration with native iPhone calendar events • Synchronization with iCloud, Outlook, Google Calendar, Hotmail and other CalDAV calendars using the native iPhone features • Rotate your device to switch between one week and a three weeks view • Month view for long-term planning and to quickly jump to another week • Unique search function straight from within the week view • Innovative move/copy function that uses the week view to select a new date • Night mode - A black theme that is easier on the eye in the evening and at night! • Add sports, weather and other info to your calendar with a simple in-app purchase Customizability • Many different color themes to personalize the app! • Make the app's font bigger or smaller to your liking • Decide how much space you need for each day by customizing the week layout We appreciate your opinion and are always interested in hearing from you. Feel free to leave your feedback in the form of a review or contact us at: support@easy-calendar.com Access to all available calendars for 1 year With a yearly subscription you get full and ongoing access to all available calendars including (live) updates in your calendar. A subscription always starts with a one-month free trial, so you can try before you buy. A subscription costs $1.99 per year. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase and after the 1 month free trial.The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current 1 year period. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings. Cancellation of the current active subscription period is not allowed. Find the full terms and conditions, and our privacy policy, at http://easy-calendar.com/policies/terms-of-use.html and http://easy-calendar.com/policies/privacy-policy.html respectively.

About

Notes for iPhone

Easily create reminders and take notes with an intuitive interface. Manage your notes and tasks directly from your Apple Watch, and access your most recent entries via widgets. Personalize your experience with themes and ensure your data is backed up and synced across devices.

Highlights
  • Apple Watch management
  • Voice dictation for notes
  • Widget for quick access
  • iCloud backup and sync
  • Customizable themes
  • To-do list functionality
  • Color markers for notes
Features
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Just you and your note. YepNotes is a clean and focused note-taking app designed to give you a simple space to write, without visual clutter or unnecessary distractions. It is made for the small things you do not want to forget: an idea, a shopping list, a task for later, a Wi-Fi code, a parking spot, a recipe or an important reminder. A clean and fast way to capture quick notes, lists and reminders. Open, write, swipe, done. ◆ Just you and your note YepNotes is designed around a simple idea: when you need to write something down, the app should stay out of the way. No heavy workspace, no crowded interface, just a clear place for your note. ◆ Quick notes, without friction Capture your ideas in seconds with a simple and focused note-taking experience. YepNotes helps you save small thoughts, memos, lists and reminders without complicated menus. ◆ Designed around gestures YepNotes keeps the interface clean with natural swipe gestures. Swipe to save, cancel, delete, create notes or access quick actions without adding buttons everywhere. ◆ Notes, photos and checklists Create simple notes with text, photos and checklists. Keep everything useful in one place, whether you are preparing a list, saving an idea or organizing a task. ◆ Reminders and notifications Add reminders to your notes and get notified at the right time. Perfect for tasks, appointments, shopping lists or anything you do not want to forget. ◆ Tasks and to-do lists Turn quick notes into simple tasks. Use YepNotes to manage your priorities, prepare your day, organize a recipe or keep track of things to do. ◆ Lists and color markers Organize your notes with lists and colors. Keep important notes easy to spot and sort your ideas, lists, tasks and memos in a way that makes sense to you. ◆ Siri Shortcuts Create notes faster with Siri Shortcuts. Add a note to a list, create a note with a reminder, or save a note directly in a specific list without opening the app. ◆ iCloud sync Sync your notes across your Apple devices with iCloud. Keep your notes with you on iPhone, iPad and more. ◆ YepNotes on Apple Watch Create notes by dictation, add reminders, manage lists, delete notes and mark important notes with colors directly from your Apple Watch. ◆ Widgets for quick access Add YepNotes widgets to quickly see your recent notes, reminders and important information on your Home Screen, Lock Screen or Today View. ◆ Customizable themes Personalize YepNotes with different themes and make your note-taking experience feel more comfortable and personal. ◆ YepNotes Pro Unlock more ways to organize your notes with YepNotes Pro. Customize your note lists with icons and colors, create more than 10 note lists, and use advanced list widgets to keep your notes visible and easy to access. Choose the Pro option that fits you best: monthly, yearly or lifetime. YepNotes is not made to be a heavy workspace. It is made to help you capture quick notes, simple lists and everyday reminders with less friction. Just you and your note. Download YepNotes and start taking simple notes faster. __________ Twitter: YepNoteS Terms of Use: https://yepnotes.kangama.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://yepnotes.kangama.com/en/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Easy Calendar4 screens
Notes for iPhone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Easy Calendar at 91% against Notes for iPhone's 34%. Easy Calendar also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (2.6K vs 71). Notes for iPhone's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

Notes for iPhone is free to download; Easy Calendar costs $1.99 up front. Easy Calendar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year and Notes for iPhone sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Easy Calendar holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Easy Calendar has 2.6K ratings behind it against 71, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Easy Calendar's written reviews are positive against 34% of Notes for iPhone's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Easy Calendar ships an update every 4 days, Notes for iPhone every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Easy Calendar versus Notes for iPhone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEasy CalendarNotes for iPhone
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (2.6K ratings) — better4.0 (71 ratings)
Positive reviews91.1% of reviews — better34.3% of reviews
Number of ratings2.6K — better71
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
Best chart rank#166 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTom van ZummerenKarim Angama

Customer experience

Easy Calendar

All ratings2,593 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral2.8%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews406 reviews
Positive91.1%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.7%

Notes for iPhone

All ratings71 ratings
Positive71.8%
Neutral8.5%
Negative19.7%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive34.3%
Neutral17.1%
Negative48.6%

Bugs and requests

Easy Calendar

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Calendar appointments disappearing or not syncing correctly
  • Alerts and reminders not working as expected
  • Crashes and freezes when navigating the app

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add reminders within the calendar app
  • Ability to manually strike through completed events
  • Option to display the date and day of the week on the app icon
  • Improved color coding and visual indicators for events

Notes for iPhone

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Easy Calendar

Subscriptions2
  • Calendar Store1 Month trial$1.991 Year
  • Easy Calendar Premium1 Month trial$6.991 Year
3 purchases

Notes for iPhone

Subscriptions2
  • YepNotes Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • YepNoteS Pro Annual7 Days trial$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • YepNoteS Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Easy Calendar free?
Easy Calendar costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Notes for iPhone free?
Notes for iPhone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Easy Calendar or Notes for iPhone?
Easy Calendar is rated higher. Easy Calendar averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.6K ratings, while Notes for iPhone averages 4.0 from 71 ratings.
Do Easy Calendar or Notes for iPhone have ads?
Neither Easy Calendar nor Notes for iPhone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Easy Calendar or Notes for iPhone?
Easy Calendar ships an update every 4 days, and Notes for iPhone every 10 days. Most recently, Easy Calendar was updated on September 23, 2026 and Notes for iPhone on August 30, 2026.

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