Comparison

Calendar+ vs Google Calendar

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

Head to head
About

Calendar+

This app offers a fluid and intuitive way to manage your schedule with enhanced views and quick editing. It syncs with existing calendars and provides customizable options for a personalized experience. Pro features include advanced personalization and useful countdowns.

Highlights
  • Seamless scrolling through days, weeks, and months
  • Quick event adding, editing, and deleting
  • Syncs with existing calendars (iCloud, Google, Outlook, etc.)
  • Customizable calendar colors and fonts (Pro)
  • Built-in holidays, flag days, and name days
  • Intuitive gestures for navigation and event creation
  • Widget support
Features
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Scroll through your schedule like it’s a timeline — fast, fluid, and always in context. Calendar+ is built for people who want a clean overview, quick edits, and better-looking calendars without fighting the default app. Why Calendar+? • Seamless scrolling through days, weeks, and months • Day / Week / Month views with great overview • Add, edit, and delete events quickly • Syncs with your existing calendars (iCloud, Google, Outlook/Exchange, CalDAV, ICS subscriptions, and more) • Jump to any date instantly • Week numbers • Built-in holidays and flag days for 2021–2032: Australia (all states and territories), Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and United States • Built-in name days: Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and United States • Calendar selection & filtering – show only what you want • Dedicated “Scroll to Today” button • Portrait + landscape support Personalize Everything (Pro) • Calendar groups – put your calendars in groups like Work or Family and switch focus with one tap • Custom views – build your own views with their own layout, theme and calendar group, then reorder or hide views to suit you • Make calendars stand out with unique colors and fonts across all views • App theme colors • All widgets • Moon phases for the full year • Birthday + name day countdowns • Support an indie developer (me) Settings You’ll Actually Use • Text size control (month/week independently) • Toggle holidays + name days on/off • App icon badge options (day in month, day in year, or week number) • Default event settings (reminders, calendar, etc.) • Fine-grained event display options (dots, times, titles, weekend shading, contrast, truncation behavior) Gestures • Swipe left/right to switch views • Pinch to zoom between month and week • Tap & hold on a day to create an event • Swipe to delete in day view Support & Feedback I’d genuinely love to hear from you. • In Calendar+ → Ideas (submit and vote) • In Calendar+ → Support/Feedback • Email: support@alientoes.se • Website: https://www.alientoes.se/en/support Terms: https://www.alientoes.se/en/terms Privacy: https://www.alientoes.se/en/privacy-policy

About

Google Calendar

This app helps you manage your schedule and events efficiently. It automatically adds appointments from Gmail, supports multiple calendars, and offers customizable views and widgets. Collaborate with others by sharing calendars and integrating with Google Meet.

Highlights
  • Automatic event import from Gmail
  • Multiple calendar support (Google, Exchange, iCloud)
  • Shared calendars for collaboration
  • Customizable views (day, week, month)
  • Task management alongside events
  • Widgets and Apple Watch complications
  • Google Meet integration
Features
Currently charting
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The official Google Calendar app helps you stay organized and plan your day with easy event creation, multiple calendars, customizable views, widgets, and tasks. With Google Calendar, you can: • Get events automatically added to your Calendar from Gmail, including flight, hotel, concert, and restaurant reservations. • Go from using Calendar on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch to your computer without missing a beat when you’re logged into the same Google account. • Consolidate and view Google Calendar events side-by-side with other calendars on your device, including Exchange and iCloud. • Keep family, friends, and colleagues in the loop with shared calendars, so they can view, add, or modify events. • Quickly switch between month, week, and day views. • Stay on top of to-dos by creating and managing tasks alongside your events in Calendar. • Personalize your Google Calendar with light or dark mode or by color-coding your events • Always know what's next while on the go with Google Calendar on Apple Watch by customizing your watch face with Calendar complications or adding widgets. Google Calendar is part of Google Workspace, allowing you and your team to easily connect, create, and collaborate across all your favorite Google tools. You can: • Collaborate in a hybrid work environment by adding a Google Meet video call to an Calendar event • Get access to professional booking pages to easily book clients and customers*. • Schedule meetings with teammates by checking their availability or layering their calendars in a single view • Add your working location to your calendar to make it easier for your teammates to schedule meetings with you*. • Keep everyone on track for a meeting by attaching meeting notes, pre-read materials, and other documents directly to a calendar event. • Use Google Calendar with confidence knowing it’s supported by Google’s enterprise-level privacy, user safety and data security. * Requires a Google Workspace or Google One AI Premium subscription

Screenshots

Calendar+4 screens
Google Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Google Calendar at 4.5 against Calendar+'s 4.0. Google Calendar also leads on ratings volume (133K vs 61) and chart position (#21 vs unranked). Calendar+'s advantage is review sentiment (54% vs 38%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Calendar+ sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Google Calendar sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.89 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Google Calendar holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Calendar has 133K ratings behind it against 61, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Calendar+'s written reviews are positive against 38% of Google Calendar's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calendar+ ships an update every 2 weeks, Google Calendar weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Calendar+ versus Google Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalendar+Google Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (61 ratings)4.5 (133K ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.3% of reviews — better37.5% of reviews
Number of ratings61133K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#21 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB265 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlien Toes ABGoogle

Customer experience

Calendar+

All ratings61 ratings
Positive70.5%
Neutral8.2%
Negative21.3%
Written reviews315 reviews
Positive54.3%
Neutral9.2%
Negative36.5%

Google Calendar

All ratings132,582 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral3.7%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews1,820 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral16.5%
Negative46.0%

User reviews

Calendar+

From 61 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Useful
  • 👍 Intuitive
  • 👍 Excellent calendar app
  • 👍 Smooth and elegant
  • 👍 Organized and easy to use

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 🔍 Lack of customization options (colors, icons)
  • 🔍 Missing key features (month view, day view, repeat events)
  • 🔍 Confusing layout and navigation
  • 🔍 Underwhelming compared to other calendar apps

Google Calendar

From 133K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Keeps me organized
  • 🎨 Customizable colors
  • 📅 Integrates with email and other calendars
  • 🔔 Helpful reminders
  • 🤝 Ability to share calendars

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • 🕰️ Slow loading times
  • 📆 Date on app icon doesn't change
  • 🔀 Difficulty editing and managing events
  • 🌈 Limited color options

Bugs and requests

Calendar+

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Incorrect date display
  • Repeating events not working as expected
  • Inability to delete future events
  • Syncing issues with other calendars

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add color coding for events
  • Improve month and day views
  • Allow customization of repeat events
  • Integrate with more calendars/services
  • Add note-taking and to-do list functionality

Google Calendar

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Events not syncing properly between app and web versions
  • Incorrect time zone changes for events
  • New events automatically added to wrong calendar

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow recurring events on specific days (e.g. 2nd Wednesday of the month)
  • Add ability to set reminders for event end times
  • Integrate with more email/calendar providers beyond Gmail
  • Provide more customization options for event colors and icons
  • Display the current date on the app icon

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Calendar+

Subscriptions3
  • Pro$0.997 Days
  • Pro$2.991 Month
  • Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time6
  • Moon phases$0.99
  • Small$0.99
  • Medium$1.99
Show 3 more
  • Large$2.99
  • Huge$4.99
  • Massive$7.99
8 purchases

Google Calendar

Subscriptions8
  • 30 GB$0.891 Month
  • 100 GB1 Month trial2 variants$1.991 Month
  • 100 GB$1.991 Month
Show 5 more
  • 200 GB2 variants$2.991 Month
  • 200 GB1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Google AI Plus (2 TB)1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Google AI Plus (2 TB)$9.991 Month
  • 100 GB1 Year trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Calendar+ free?
Calendar+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Google Calendar free?
Google Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Calendar+ or Google Calendar?
Google Calendar is rated higher. Calendar+ averages 4.0 out of 5 from 61 ratings, while Google Calendar averages 4.5 from 133K ratings.
Do Calendar+ or Google Calendar have ads?
Neither Calendar+ nor Google Calendar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Calendar+ or Google Calendar?
Calendar+ ships an update every 2 weeks, and Google Calendar weekly. Most recently, Calendar+ was updated on November 1, 2026 and Google Calendar on November 9, 2026.

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