Tiny Calendar Pro vs Plain_Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiny Calendar Pro
This intuitive calendar app integrates with all your existing calendars, offering powerful tools for event creation and management. It provides multiple viewing options and offline capabilities, ensuring you never miss an appointment.
- Natural language event creation
- Drag and drop event editing
- Syncs with Google Calendar and iOS local calendars
- Supports 9 standard calendar views
- Offline event creation and editing
- Advanced reminder system (push notifications, email)
- Access across iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
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Tiny Calendar is an intuitive smart calendar works with all your calendars. It inherits the simple and clean look of calendars but makes it more accessible, powerful and reliable on your iPhone and iPad. With Tiny Calendar, you can access and manipulate your google calendar events and google tasks more easily, anyway you want. SMART ENOUGH TO CREATE Tiny Calendar has features like nature language input, drag and drop, gestures and other smart methods to predict your intention and help you create and edit your events more easily. SYNC & MANAGE GOOGLE TASKS You don’t need to download another app to manage Google tasks. MULTIPLE WAYS TO VIEW Tiny Calendar supports 9 standard views - Forecast, day, week, month, 4-days, year, mini-month, week agenda and agenda. You can instantly switch views to discover events or find a time you're looking for. REAL-TIME SYNC Tiny Calendar syncs directly with all your google calendars and also works with iOS local calendars to supports events on iCloud, Exchange and other calendars. WORKS OFFLINE You can still create, edit and delete events when you don't have an Internet connection. Tiny Calendar will cache your changes and sync back to your calendar account next time you're online. ADVANCED REMINDER SYSTEM Never forget about a meeting! Tiny Calendar allows you to set reminders via push notification, or email for all events. ACCESS FROM EVERYWHERE Tiny Calendar works with your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. You don't need to pay extra money to download multiple copies. Privacy Policy: https://apps.fengge.io/TinyCalendar/HomePage
Plain_Note
A fast, minimal note-taking app for professionals. Capture and organize thoughts instantly with plain text, character counts, and OCR from photos. Ideal for quick jotting, archiving, and sharing.
- Plain text notes
- Character and word count
- Export notes
- OCR text extraction from photos
- Smart file sorting
- Powerful search functionality
- Split view for iPad/Mac
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Plain Note is a fast and minimal note-taking app designed for working professionals who value speed, simplicity, and plain text. Whether you're in a meeting, on a call, or brainstorming ideas - Plain Note helps you capture and organize thoughts instantly, without the clutter. Key Features: • **Plain Text by Default** All your notes are saved as clean, unformatted plain text - perfect for copy-pasting, archiving, or exporting anywhere. • **Character and Word Count + Export** Instantly view the number of characters and words in your note. Easily share or export as plain text to other apps or collaborators. • **Split View for Power Users** On landscape mode (iPad or Mac), view your file list and editor side by side = a true productivity boost. • **OCR from Photo Library** Send an image to the app from your Photos, and it will automatically extract text using OCR - then save it as plain text. • **Smart File Sorting** Sort your notes by file name or modification time to quickly find what you need. • **Powerful Search** Search by filename or inside the content of your notes - find what you're looking for in seconds. --- Plain Note is built for professionals who need a fast, distraction-free environment to jot down, organize, and share ideas - without the overhead of rich formatting or complex tools. Download Plain Note and get back to writing, not waiting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Plain_Note at $1.99 against Tiny Calendar Pro's $19.99. Plain_Note also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Tiny Calendar Pro's advantage is ratings volume (2.4K vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Tiny Calendar Pro costs $19.99 and Plain_Note $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Plain_Note holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiny Calendar Pro has 2.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Tiny Calendar Pro ships an update every 6 weeks, Plain_Note weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Calendar Pro | Plain_Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.4K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.4K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TinyWork Apps | Sun Min Park |
Customer experience
Tiny Calendar Pro
Plain_Note
Bugs and requests
Tiny Calendar Pro
Reported bugs
4 issues- Syncing issues with Google Calendar
- Crashing on iOS 14 and later
- Inability to see all events on certain days
- Disappearing events after updates
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to copy/paste events
- Improve search functionality
- Provide more customization options
- Integrate with more calendar services
- Add ability to set custom reminders
Plain_Note
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tiny Calendar Pro
No in-app purchases
Plain_Note
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Tiny Calendar Pro free?
Is Plain_Note free?
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