Comparison

FaceClock Calendar vs Desktop Calendar

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

Head to head
About

FaceClock Calendar

This app provides a beautiful analogue clock with integrated calendar functionality. It offers customizable backgrounds, spoken time announcements, and alarm features. Users can personalize the clock's appearance and receive automatic time updates.

Highlights
  • Analogue clock with calendar
  • Customizable background image
  • Spoken time announcements
  • Alarm functionality
  • Adjustable brightness
  • Show/hide second hand
Features
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FaceClock Calendar brings your day into focus: an analog clock, today’s weather, a mini month calendar, and your events — all in one place. Unlock premium Today-tab features with a single purchase.

About

Desktop Calendar

Features
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The appearance of this app mimics that of a desktop calendar, and its operation is user-friendly. Features: Personalize your calendar by changing the background image to one of your own. Double-tapping the image allows you to display pictures of your family, hobbies, or anything you like. You can also adjust the size and position of the display by long-pressing the image. This app accesses the calendar information stored on your iPhone and presents it in a simple and visually appealing manner. It does not have any unique calendar information and provides the same information as other iPhone calendar apps. The app showcases a month across five lines, reminiscent of a well-designed paper calendar. Calendar Display Features: This calendar app automatically adapts to your device's orientation and presents a "wall calendar" when held vertically and a "desktop calendar" when held horizontally. The current date is marked with a red circle, and tapping on it will bring up the current month's view. Holidays and weekends are displayed in red text, and month names and days of the week are displayed according to your regional settings. A red heart symbol in the lower right corner of a date indicates a contact's birthday. Customize your calendar by setting a favorite color for each day of the week. It also supports dark mode. The calendar highlights frequently used events (default events) by underlining the date if that event is available. This helps you quickly see if an event is scheduled. The color of the underline is set in your iPhone calendar settings. The calendar allows you to view events for a specific date by listing them. Clock Display Feature: This app offers both digital and analog clock displays, which can be resized and toggled on/off in the settings screen. The clock's position can also be adjusted by dragging it. How to Use: Swipe left or right to navigate between months on the calendar. Double-tap an image to select a picture from your photo library. Long-press an image to adjust its size or position. If you no longer want to make changes, tap "2023" to save and exit. You can restore the image's original size or position. Tap (or long-press) a date to view the event title for that day below. Tapping on the event title will bring up the Event List screen, which displays detailed information about the event and an easily recognizable image. Tapping on the image will launch the iPhone's default calendar app. You can assign any image you like to represent that event. Tapping the icon image on the title screen will animate a heart. It could be a lucky day if you see the heart dance! Frequently Asked Questions: Please note that the images in the screenshots may not be included in the application. You can download your favorite images from websites like PAKUTASO or Pexels. Holidays in this app refer to the iPhone's holiday calendar. For instructions on setting up your iPhone holiday calendar, please visit the Apple website "Using the Holiday Calendar on the iPhone". If you accidentally change an image, you can revert to the previous image by going to "Image Settings" from the title screen. Please note that this app does not allow you to directly register appointments. Use the iPhone's standard calendar app or other scheduling apps to manage appointments.

Screenshots

FaceClock Calendar4 screens
Desktop Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Desktop Calendar at none against FaceClock Calendar's 2. Desktop Calendar also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (14.5 vs 26.0). FaceClock Calendar's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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

Both are free to download. FaceClock Calendar sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Desktop Calendar asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FaceClock Calendar ships an update every 3 months, Desktop Calendar weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FaceClock Calendar versus Desktop Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFaceClock CalendarDesktop Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (32 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings32 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.014.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiReka Softtakashi koyama

Bugs and requests

FaceClock Calendar

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Clock hands not displaying properly
  • Calendar not updating correctly

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add alarm clock functionality
  • Allow setting as device wallpaper
  • Provide more color/theme options

Desktop Calendar

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

FaceClock Calendar

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Unlock All Features$1.99
None

Desktop Calendar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FaceClock Calendar free?
FaceClock Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Desktop Calendar free?
Desktop Calendar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FaceClock Calendar or Desktop Calendar have ads?
Desktop Calendar shows ads; FaceClock Calendar does not.
Which is updated more often, FaceClock Calendar or Desktop Calendar?
FaceClock Calendar ships an update every 3 months, and Desktop Calendar weekly. Most recently, FaceClock Calendar was updated on November 1, 2026 and Desktop Calendar on November 3, 2026.

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