Visual Calendar vs TypeDraw
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Visual Calendar
Visually displays your activities on a monthly calendar. Easily add and track all-day events, shifts, or habits with color-coded tags and icons. A simple, detail-free way to manage your schedule.
- Visual monthly calendar display
- Add and track all-day events
- Color-coded tags for activities
- Icon customization for tags
- Simple two-step process
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Visual Calendar is a simple but beautiful app that visually displays different activities on a monthly base. It is a perfect visual aid to add and track all-day events, shifts, habits or any other activities you would like to do simply and quickly without getting lost in details. Only 2 steps you need to do: 1, Create various tags you need by selecting colors and icons 2, Add tag(s) to the day(s) on the calendar view That’s all. Nothing more. Enjoy!
TypeDraw
This app combines the tactile feel of a paper notebook with digital convenience. Type, draw, and scribble notes, with smart features to organize and find them easily. Customize your pages and handwriting for a truly personal note-taking experience.
- Type, draw, and scribble notes
- Smart Marks for text and drawing integration
- Handwriting to font conversion
- Customizable page and ink colors
- Multiple notebook support
- Searchable notes and table of contents
- PDF export
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TypeDraw brings the joy and simplicity of a paper notebook to a notes app built for everyday life, with all the digital tools that make it useful and the freedom to make it yours. Type, draw and scribble wherever your thoughts take you and know that a little digital magic will help you find it all again when and where you need it. No account required. No subscription. Your notes stay local and private on your device, or sync through your own iCloud account if you choose. Your data stays yours, and you can even lock your book. Export a single page or your whole book as a PDF and send it to your files, your agents or your mother. - Open to what matters in the moment: a fresh page, your most recent note, or a note from that restaurant you’re finally visiting again after years. Or jump straight into what you need with a beautiful Home Screen widget. - Type, draw and write anywhere, just as you would in a real notebook. Turn the pages with a curl or a tap, sketch with your fingers, or use Apple Pencil on iPad and iPhone Duo. It adapts to how you want to use it: whether you prefer typing, drawing or using Apple’s Scribble feature, TypeDraw adjusts to you, not the other way round. - Enjoy a free canvas where text and drawings belong together. Highlight or underline text, and your strokes automatically convert to responsive “Smart Marks” that adapt when you edit words, change line breaks or adjust the layout. - Make it yours! Turn your handwriting into a font you can type with in just minutes. Choose your page colour, ink colour, font size and text colour either for all pages or for one specific page only and get really crazy. Pick lined, grid or dotted paper, and explore 12 handwritten typefaces from Shaped Fonts or choose from all preinstalled iOS system fonts. - Add up to four additional notebooks to your setup. Each requires a small one-time in-app purchase so we can keep the app subscription-free. Switch between books by long-pressing the cover, selecting one in Settings or, on iPhone Duo and iPad, swiping in the desk view. - Keep an overview with a table of contents you can sort by page number, time or location… so the notes nearest to you are always easy to find. All notes are searchable, too. - Have fun and don’t take life too seriously!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TypeDraw at 4.4 against Visual Calendar's 2.6. TypeDraw also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (84% vs 57%). Visual Calendar's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and price ($0.99 vs $4.99). 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
Visual Calendar costs $0.99 and TypeDraw $4.99 up front. TypeDraw sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Visual Calendar asks for nothing beyond the download.
TypeDraw holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TypeDraw has 71 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Visual Calendar's written reviews are positive against 84% of TypeDraw's.
Visual Calendar ships an update every 2 months, TypeDraw every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Visual Calendar | TypeDraw |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 2.6 (9 ratings) | 4.4 (71 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 84.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 71 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #1 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mate Szoke | Trautmann & Dorre GbR Shaped Agency |
Customer experience
Visual Calendar
TypeDraw
Bugs and requests
Visual Calendar
Reported bugs
23 issues- Tagged days missing/entries gone
- Deletes data daily
- Cannot delete/edit entered calendar items
- New version wipes data
- New version won't work on phone
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- Nothing shows up on calendar after adding
- Background color options not working
- Support link does not work
- Keyboard never appears
- App is abandoned with no future support
- Bug that kicks you out when deleting preset tag
- Fades in and out between different activities, not showing all at once
- Cannot edit preloaded tags
- Cannot go over certain mark limitations on calendar
- Background too dark
- Syncs only 'All Day' appointments
- App freezes and/or kicks user off
- App crashes every time it's used
- Does not import all calendar appointments
- Fails to show imported calendar events
- Cannot insert anything
- Unstable
- App randomly exits
Requested features
22 requests- Ability to delete/edit events
- Sync with other calendar apps
- Add time to tags/events
- Reminders/notifications
- Repeat function for tasks
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- Support for larger screens/iPhone 5
- Backup and restore functionality
- Create multiple calendars
- Import custom icons/photos
- Notes associated with events
- Emojis for icons
- List views, week views
- Timed events
- Customize events (e.g., 'work 8-5pm')
- Export to PDF/image
- Stereotypical hourly event calendaring
- Dark mode option
- Word-wrap for event text
- Default opacity slider higher
- Match tags to synced activities
- Choose Monday as start of week
- Add alarms
TypeDraw
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Visual Calendar
No in-app purchases
TypeDraw
- Atlantic Notebook$1.99
- Bordeaux Notebook$1.99
- Highlands Notebook$1.99
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- Sahara Notebook$1.99









