Comparison

Vertical Calendar. vs iFiles 2

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

Head to head
About

Vertical Calendar.

This app offers a unique monthly calendar view for iPhone and iPod Touch, allowing users to see all their calendars together in one overview. Customize backgrounds, icons, and font sizes for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • At-a-glance monthly calendar view
  • Syncs with multiple calendar services
  • Customizable background and icon colors
  • Task management integration
  • Personalized calendar wallpapers
  • Supports holidays worldwide
Features
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[Important] Sales and support of this app will end on March 31, 2027. Please use our new app "Vertical Planner". Vertical Calendar is a unique at a glance monthly calendar application for your iPhone or iPod touch . It is the top calendar app on the Japanese App Store . ------Customer Review---------------------- "A unique month at a glance calendar that allows you see all your calendars put together in one nice overview. No little dots or cut-off words. Flick for next month. I like it!" -iron bridge, customer ------------------------------------------- You can customize the background color and icon for each day. ●Main Features ・Works with all iPhone supported calendars (Google calendar, Outlook, Mobile Me, Exchange, CalDAV, etc.) ・Supports calendar syncing ・Zoom in by pinching or double tapping ・Task management ・Create personalized calendar wallpapers. ・Input history logging. ・Supports holidays in every country ・Customizable font size for both monthly or daily display views ・Display the day's date budge on icons ・Customizable calendar colors ・Customizable background and icon colors for every day ・Link maps to event locations

About

iFiles 2

This comprehensive file manager offers robust cloud service integration, advanced PDF annotation tools, and versatile file sharing capabilities. It also includes a built-in audio player, web browser, and text editor for enhanced productivity on your device.

Highlights
  • Cloud service integration (Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud, etc.)
  • Advanced PDF reader with annotations
  • File sharing via SMB, HTTP, USB, and email
  • Built-in audio and video player
  • Web browser and downloader
  • Text editor and voice recorder
  • Passcode lock and multiple tabs
Features
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Most intuitive, feature loaded and dependable file manager in the App Store! Whether you are looking for just a PDF Viewer with annotations and search, connectivity to many file cloud services, sharing file between your computer, voice recorder, web downloader or text editor, iFiles 2 is the only file manager you will ever need. • Supported Online Cloud Services and Protocols: Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud, Box.net, OneDrive, SMB/CIFS, SugarSync, AFP (Mac), FTP/FTPS, SFTP, Flickr, Google Photos, Facebook, Rackspace CloudFiles, CloudApp, PogoPlug, WebDav, Amazon S3, ownCloud, 4Shared, also using Amazon S3: DreamObjects and UltiCloud. • PDF Reader with annotations, exceptional speed, search, and customizable! - The most advanced PDF reading engine with search - Support for all common annotation types: drawings, highlights, notes, stamps, free text, images, sound recordings, and so much more - Saving directly to a cloud service with offline support • File Sharing - Easily transfer files between your computer and iFiles using (SMB or HTTP) sharing or upload files over USB using iTunes. - Export/import files to/from another app using extensions support - Open In support to and from iFiles - Email file or links for supported services • New audio player/engine: - Streaming - FLAC support - Inter-app audio, flexible audio bar, - Equalizer build into audio bar for easy access - Background audio • File Manager Intuitive and feature loaded; just tap and hold on a file for quick file operations, edit mode for multiple file operations, easily change between icon and list view, convenient and powerful sort options, use two finger pinch to change thumbnails size in icon mode, support for iPad split screen mode. - Unarchive common formats: Zip, RAR, 7-zip, Tar, Gzip, and Bzip2 - Create zip files - File operations: move, copy, upload, download, rename, delete, email, compress, share, batch rename, share, export, open in - Thumbnails: image, video, PDF, and all supported by given service - Popup menu - Tap and hold on file to display context popup menu with file operations - Edit mode for multiple file operation - Properties - view and change folder and files properties: color label, icon, and rename. For services with supported API you can edit: comments, description, tags/keywords, privacy, copy/generate links - Convenient add menu: new folder, text file, voice recording, import, copy from, from photos, camera, from clipboard - Batch rename - rename multiple files at once • Other features - Tabs - Multiple tabs can be opened at the same time - Web browser and downloader - Voice Recorder - Passcode lock - Advanced transfer manager with background support - Print files using AirPrint - Create and edit text files - Photo library Import - Camera support - Audio Player (WAV, MP3, M4A, CAF, AIF, AIFF, ACC, FLAC) - Video Player (iPhone supported formats: MP4, MOV, MPV, 3GP, M4V) - Image Viewer (JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIF, TIFF, ICO, CUR, XBM) - View RTF (Rich Text Format) and RTFD - View iWorks (Pages, numbers, Keynote) ’08 and ’09 (with or without Preview) - View Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) • We are constantly add new features, latest once: Batch Rename, SMB/CIFS support, folder synchronization, tabs, new redesigned Interface, document provider extension support., iPad split view support, and more. or follow us on twitter: @ifilesapp

Screenshots

Vertical Calendar.4 screens
iFiles 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Vertical Calendar. at 4.0 against iFiles 2's 2.2. Vertical Calendar. also leads on review sentiment (58% vs 30%) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). iFiles 2's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (21 vs 6). 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

Vertical Calendar. costs $1.99 and iFiles 2 $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Vertical Calendar. holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Vertical Calendar.'s written reviews are positive against 30% of iFiles 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vertical Calendar. ships an update every 2 months, iFiles 2 every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Vertical Calendar. versus iFiles 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVertical Calendar.iFiles 2
Price$1.99 — better$2.99
Rating4.0 (6 ratings) — better2.2 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews57.9% of reviews — better29.7% of reviews
Number of ratings621 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB56 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperUnitacImagam.com

Customer experience

Vertical Calendar.

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews107 reviews
Positive57.9%
Neutral12.1%
Negative29.9%

iFiles 2

All ratings21 ratings
Positive28.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative71.4%
Written reviews236 reviews
Positive29.7%
Neutral10.2%
Negative60.2%

User reviews

Vertical Calendar.

From 6 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent monthly overview
  • 👍 Easy to read and understand
  • 👍 Highly customizable
  • 👍 Syncs with other calendars
  • 👍 Long-term user satisfaction

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Text color defaulting to black
  • 🐛 Loss of events after updates/OS upgrades
  • 🐛 Checkmarks disappearing
  • 🐛 Inability to edit times
  • 🐛 Color coding issues

iFiles 2

From 21 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent file management
  • 👍 Versatile and feature-rich
  • 💡 Useful cloud service integrations
  • 🚀 Snappy performance

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
  • 🔒 Security issues with password-protected folders
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 👎 Confusing and cluttered interface

Bugs and requests

Vertical Calendar.

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • Default text color is gray and cannot be changed to black
  • Lost all events after phone/OS update
  • Checkmarks disappear
  • Cannot edit event times, reverts to previous time
  • Event text color reverts to black
Show 12 more
  • App crashes after OS updates (iOS 14, iOS 9)
  • Cannot add new entries after OS update
  • Calendar colors revert to black when traveling
  • Lost one calendar out of ten without reason
  • Restore button not working
  • Help menus in another language
  • Schedule time input bug: arbitrarily jumps to nearest time
  • Cannot save anything
  • Options are blank and app shuts down
  • Syncing Google calendars is a nightmare
  • Automatic alarm appears even if not set
  • Prior days shown at top of screen

Requested features

20 requests
  • Android release requested
  • iPad HD version needed
  • Add photo to event
  • Yearly view option
  • Rotation for iPad
Show 15 more
  • Display iPhone reminders
  • Improved icon/stamp functionality
  • Sync with Google Calendar
  • Calendar week display
  • Task list completion not shown on calendar
  • Personalize alerts
  • Template feature
  • Second alarm setting
  • Icons per appointment
  • Dark mode option
  • Easier month navigation
  • Shortcut to current month
  • Delegated/linked calendar display
  • Share event via email
  • French version

iFiles 2

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
  • Corrupted PDF files
  • Broken Google Drive and OneDrive integration
  • Inability to update remote folders

Requested features

4 requests
  • Seamless iCloud Drive integration
  • Improved music player functionality
  • Recycle bin feature
  • Better documentation and user guides

In-app purchases

None

Vertical Calendar.

No in-app purchases

None

iFiles 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vertical Calendar. free?
Vertical Calendar. costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is iFiles 2 free?
iFiles 2 costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Vertical Calendar. or iFiles 2?
Vertical Calendar. is rated higher. Vertical Calendar. averages 4.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while iFiles 2 averages 2.2 from 21 ratings.
Do Vertical Calendar. or iFiles 2 have ads?
Neither Vertical Calendar. nor iFiles 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vertical Calendar. or iFiles 2?
Vertical Calendar. ships an update every 2 months, and iFiles 2 every 4 weeks. Most recently, Vertical Calendar. was updated on October 24, 2026 and iFiles 2 on October 24, 2026.

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