Comparison

GCalendar Lite vs Deco カレンダー

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

Head to head
About

GCalendar Lite

This productivity app displays Japanese holidays, lunar calendar dates, and moon phases. It offers local event notifications, event management, and address display. Users can add, edit, and delete events with visual icons.

Highlights
  • Japanese holiday display
  • Lunar calendar and moon phases
  • Local event notifications
  • Event creation, editing, and deletion
  • Display event counts with icons
  • Local address display
Features
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Plan your month with a calendar that feels like paper. GCalendar Lite brings appointments, holidays and local calendar information into one clear monthly view. YOUR MONTH, AT A GLANCE • See your selected day, the rest of its week and the rest of the month in one agenda. • Search event titles, locations and notes directly on the home screen. • Add and edit events, copy an appointment or reuse a saved event template. • Switch between saved calendar groups for work and personal plans. A CALENDAR FOR YOUR REGION Choose holiday calendars for Japan, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil and Russia. Country and interface language can be changed separately. Choose a supported state or region where available, and set the first day of the week to suit you. PAPER, COLOR AND A LITTLE MOVEMENT Enjoy a different background each month, artwork inspired by each region, color-coded date cells and a deep navy dark mode. Tap a date for a compact detail popup, or swipe to turn the page like a book. An expanded display can show two months side by side. Holiday data is bundled through 2037 and can be viewed offline. Unconfirmed dates are labeled as estimates. Lunar festivals, observed holidays and annual workday changes may depend on later official announcements. India uses a central baseline, not every state's leave schedule. Event features require calendar permission. Available events depend on the calendars selected and synced on your iPhone. Lite includes advertising. An optional monthly auto-renewable subscription removes ads; see the current price and billing period in the app. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel it in your account's subscription settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://privacy.imobsoft.com/calendar.txt

About

Deco カレンダー

Personalize your calendar with a variety of stylish wallpapers and themes. Easily manage your schedule with standard calendar functions, including adding, editing, and sharing events. Syncs with iCloud and Google Calendar for seamless integration.

Highlights
  • Customizable image and movie wallpapers
  • Date label font and size options
  • Add, edit, and remove schedules
  • Schedule sharing via mail and SNS
  • Integrated map function
  • Sync with iCloud and Google Calendar
Features
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Funny Calendar App, "Deco Calendar". Let us decorate calendar to choose your favorite wallpapers! You can choose Cute, Stylish, Simple, and Seasonal wallpapers. Of course, this app is implemented standard functions as Calendar app. # Original Twelve Wallpapers with 12 Months Mainly, wallpapers are designed by several creator's works,both images and movies. You can have a enjoyable experience by swiping through the calendar! You can choose calendar wallpaper templates at the "Deco Store", and you can get free. # Easy to Look as a Calendar. Care Accessibility; You can set calendar's font size and font style. If you have any plans for one day, you can find this schedule by dotted calendar-date label. Dots above the calendar-date label is colored with categorized events, like business or family. #Simply and Useful You can add, edit and delete schedules by tapping date-label. Incorporated interface iOS Standard Calendar App, you can operate familiar to edit schedule. And implemented map function, you can find a place to meet quickly not using map apps. # Sync with iOS Calendar You can sync schedules with your iCould account, and working on other calendars & schedule apps. Even though you uninstall this app, your schedule can be referred by iOS Calendar App and other app. And if you have Google Account, you can sync your schedule with Google Calendar. # Share your Schedule This app is incorporated sharing your schedule via mail, SNS Message, you can share schedule to your family, friend and partner. #Functions of this app - Choice the image and movie wallpapers. - Getting your favorite wallpaper - Choice the date-label fonts - Choice the font size of the date-label (Small / Mid / Large) - Addition, changing, removing the schedule. - Sharing schedules - Display the map - Sync with the iCould and Google Calendar

Screenshots

GCalendar Lite2 screens
Deco カレンダー4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: GCalendar Lite at 5.0 against Deco カレンダー's 4.0. Deco カレンダー's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. GCalendar Lite sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Deco カレンダー asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GCalendar Lite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GCalendar Lite ships an update every 4 months, Deco カレンダー every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
GCalendar Lite versus Deco カレンダー: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGCalendar LiteDeco カレンダー
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews10.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEJingYuichiro Iwase

Customer experience

GCalendar Lite

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive10.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative70.0%

Deco カレンダー

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

GCalendar Lite

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads$0.991 Month
None

Deco カレンダー

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GCalendar Lite free?
GCalendar Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Deco カレンダー free?
Deco カレンダー is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GCalendar Lite or Deco カレンダー?
GCalendar Lite is rated higher. GCalendar Lite averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Deco カレンダー averages 4.0 from 3 ratings.
Do GCalendar Lite or Deco カレンダー have ads?
Neither GCalendar Lite nor Deco カレンダー shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GCalendar Lite or Deco カレンダー?
GCalendar Lite ships an update every 4 months, and Deco カレンダー every 5 weeks. Most recently, GCalendar Lite was updated on October 29, 2026 and Deco カレンダー on October 19, 2026.

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