Comparison

Absolute Board Calendar vs Calendear

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

Head to head
About

Absolute Board Calendar

This app allows users to plan their day and take notes through drawing and handwriting. It offers unlimited pages for daily entries and organizes them chronologically, providing a unique and convenient way to manage your life.

Highlights
  • Drawing and handwriting daily planning
  • Unlimited pages for notes and ideas
  • Calendar from 1900 to 2043
  • Customizable holidays
  • Solar and lunar date conversion
  • Unlimited board size
  • Email drawing snapshots
Features
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Absolute Board Calendar is the first functional app derived from Absolute Board which is the best quality drawing and handwriting App in AppStore. ## Absolute Board ## * April 2011 - "New & Noteworthy" (Productivity) application on the American App Store * * April 2011 - "What's Hot" (Productivity) application on the American App Store * * April 2011 - "Staff Favorites" (All) application on the Korean App Store * * April 2011 - "No. 1 Free App" (Productivity) application on the Korean App Store * Our new app 'Absolute Board Calendar' is innovating functional app beyond other calendar app. Just keep your everyday life through drawing & handwriting. You can draw & write unlimited quantity of pages in a day. Absolute Board Calendar provide you sorting pages day by day. It's so simple and convenience. Through the high speed and quick response that you're already experiencing in Absolute Board, Now you can create your own genuine diary and idea note organized daily. With Absolute Board Calendar, make your powerful functional calendar which was never existed before. ▶ Drawing &handwriting type daily planning + idea note (Unlimited quantity) ▶ Calendar from 1900 to 2043 with presenting solar & lunar date. ▶ Customized holiday setting ▶ Converting solar - lunar date of special day ▶ Day count ▶ Unlimited board size ▶ Unlimited color choice for pen & background ▶ Path traceable eraser ▶ Ability to email snapshot of your drawing ▶ Zooming in/out & moving with two fingers ▶ Undo/Redo functions ▶ Import a Photo ▶ Print Snapshot (Air Print)

About

Calendear

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Calendear shows all the calendars on your iPhone in one clean view. It's got a dense widget, too.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Calendear at Free against Absolute Board Calendar's $2.99. Calendear also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Absolute Board Calendar's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Calendear is free to download; Absolute Board Calendar costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Absolute Board Calendar ships an update every 2 months, Calendear fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Absolute Board Calendar versus Calendear: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAbsolute Board CalendarCalendear
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.6 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews74.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHyeoseong HwangPHILIP ZEYLIGER

In-app purchases

None

Absolute Board Calendar

No in-app purchases

None

Calendear

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Absolute Board Calendar free?
Absolute Board Calendar costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Calendear free?
Calendear is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Absolute Board Calendar or Calendear have ads?
Neither Absolute Board Calendar nor Calendear shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Absolute Board Calendar or Calendear?
Absolute Board Calendar ships an update every 2 months, and Calendear fortnightly. Most recently, Absolute Board Calendar was updated on November 1, 2026 and Calendear on October 29, 2026.

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