Comparison

iCalendar vs Awesome Calendar 2

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

Head to head
About

iCalendar

This productivity app offers a seamless and highly usable interface for managing your schedule. It integrates with popular accounts, allows for custom color-coding, and provides powerful search and productivity tools. Additional features like a task manager and access to interesting calendars are available via in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Seamless integration with iCloud, Google, Exchange, Outlook, Yahoo!
  • Customizable color-coding for events
  • Drag and drop event timing updates
  • Task manager with iOS Reminders sync
  • Time zone support and print functionality
  • Export views as PDF
  • One-touch conference call dialing
Features
Currently charting
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** A MUST-HAVE CALENDAR APP FOR EVERY IPHONE, IPAD, AND IPOD **   iCalendar is the ultimate calendar for your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch focusing on your productivity. It’s seamless, highly usable interface allows you to enter events quickly and helps you keep track of your busy schedule. It integrates with your iCloud, Google, Exchange, Outlook, or Yahoo! account to provide you with the most convenient calendaring experience.    EASILY TRACK YOUR SCHEDULE - View your daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly schedule. - Custom color-code your events. Use predefined colors, or make up your own colors. - iCalendar implements quickest way on the market to navigate between dates  - Fast and powerful search: Search events by title, location, and notes.    NEW IN VERSION 4.0 - Task Manager: Manage your tasks within your calendar in a fun and easy manner and sync with iOS Reminders. Available as in-app purchase for USD 0.99.   FULL OF PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS - Drag and drop an event to update its timing.  - Copy and paste events. - Create custom repeating events (e.g. repeat on the third Friday every month, and many more).  - Add custom alerts/reminders for events and snooze alerts - Access your event details quickly by tapping on the event.  - Customize the visible time period (e.g. from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM) to help you focus on most important events.    EVEN MORE - Time Zone Support: View and create your events in your preferred time zone and never get confused when you travel.  - Complete print functionality. Print daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly views.  - Export any view (day, week, month, year) as a PDF file.  - Use built-in maps to set the location of your events.  - Dial into a conference call with one touch right from iCalendar. Add phone numbers from your contacts to events with the ability to use pause and wait, which is ideal for conference calls.  - Set location of an event as the address or phone number of one of your contacts.  - Access all your events directly from the Month view - no need to go to each individual day to review full list of events.  - Use the app icon badge to indicate either the number of upcoming events or the day of the month.  - Google Calendar sync: sync all of your calendars, create and edit Google Calendar events, and use Google Calendar custom reminders (SMS, email and/or alert). - Add, edit and delete calendars right from iCalendar.  - Support of portrait and landscape to match your orientation preference.  - iCalendar is a universal app. Download once and use across all your devices.  - For more details: http://www.symfonies.com/icalendar/   iCalendar offers access to interesting calendars from Calendar Store as an optional in-app purchase.  You may subscribe to your holidays calendar (national/religious) or subscribe to interesting calendars (e.g. local/global sports events, stocks, weather, and many others).   With an optional in-app purchase yearly subscription, you get full and ongoing access to the Calendar Store including (live) updates in your calendar. A subscription always starts with a one-month free trial, so you can try before you buy. One year subscriptions for the Calendar Store costs $1.99. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase and after the 1 month free trial. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current 1 year period. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings. Cancellation of the current active subscription period is not allowed.   Our terms of service and privacy policy are found at http://www.symfonies.com/terms-of-service/ and http://www.symfonies.com/privacy-policy/ respectively.   If you have a question, need help or would like to request a feature, please do not hesitate to contact us. We respond to EVERY email we receive: support@symfonies.com

About

Awesome Calendar 2

Enhance your daily schedule with a feature-rich calendar app. Add visual flair with stickers, create checklists and notes with photos, and access your schedule instantly via a widget. Customize themes, icons, and more to personalize your planning experience.

Highlights
  • Calendar with notes and checklists
  • Customizable stickers and markers
  • Lock screen widget for quick access
  • Class timetable functionality
  • Photo notes
  • Weather forecasts
  • Printable calendar and notes
Features
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Awesome Calendar 2 is the most powerful you'll ever have in a calendar app and makes your daily calendar come alive. It also supports powerful features like Checklist, Notes app, Stickers for iMessage, Designed Marker and Stickers, Widget, Class Time-Table, Custom icon and theme color and so on. "STICK IT" ON THE CALENDAR Awesome Calendar 2 includes tons of cute stickers that you can place directly on your calendar views like a post-it. Mark an important day, or decorate the entire calendar however you like! WIDGET LOOK AT THAT? A handy full-month widget provides instant access to your Awesome Calendar 2 schedule from your lock screen or control center. Your calendar is always a swipe away. REMIND ME WHY I LOVE YOU Adding calendar events is only the start. Awesome Calendar 2 also lets you make check-list Reminders for upcoming events, and write Notes for yourself including photos. ● Universal app for iPad, iPhone and iPod ● Month, week, day, reminder and note list view ● Customize home screen icon color ● Widget with month overview ● Mark your important day with designed marker ● Tons of cute stickers ● Custom alert sounds ● Note with photos ● Class timetable for routines ● Search through 30 years of events, reminders, and notes ● Weather forecasts to help you plan your day in advance ● Print or export Notes and Calendars as PDF ● Customize everything: text size, theme color, days of the week ● Stickers for iMessage ● Badge app icon We've made Awesome Calendar 2 as fun to use as it was to create! Enjoy clever animations, sounds, and vibrations as you decorate your calendar and schedule your life. Have a suggestion for something we can improve? We'd love to hear from you! * Awesome Calendar 2 Premium Subscription * Some features listed above are available for premium subscription. Awesome Calendar 2 Premium is 14.99 USD per year (price may vary by location). We offer 3 months free trial if user wants to try. After the 3 months free trial this subscription automatically renews for 14.99 USD per year unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the trial period. Your Apple ID account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the trial period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal turned off in Account Settings. The subscription fee will be charged to your account at confirmation of purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited once upgraded to the subscription. Email: support@yunasoft.com Privacy policy: https://wp.me/P1YDeW-rR Terms of use: https://wp.me/P1YDeW-rT

Screenshots

iCalendar4 screens
Awesome Calendar 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Awesome Calendar 2 at Free against iCalendar's $2.99. Awesome Calendar 2 also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). iCalendar's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (71% vs 47%). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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

Awesome Calendar 2 is free to download; iCalendar costs $2.99 up front. iCalendar sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year and Awesome Calendar 2 sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iCalendar holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5.6K and 4.9K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of iCalendar's written reviews are positive against 47% of Awesome Calendar 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iCalendar ships an update every 3 months, Awesome Calendar 2 every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
iCalendar versus Awesome Calendar 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriCalendarAwesome Calendar 2
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (5.6K ratings) — better4.6 (4.9K ratings)
Positive reviews71.3% of reviews — better46.8% of reviews
Number of ratings5.6K — better4.9K
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#60 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB137 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSymfonies, Inc.YunaSoft Inc.

Customer experience

iCalendar

All ratings5,356 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews408 reviews
Positive71.3%
Neutral8.8%
Negative19.9%

Awesome Calendar 2

All ratings4,929 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral3.7%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews231 reviews
Positive46.8%
Neutral16.0%
Negative37.2%

User reviews

iCalendar

From 5.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💻 Excellent calendar app
  • 🎨 Customizable color coding
  • 📅 Comprehensive monthly view
  • 🗓️ Seamless syncing across devices
  • 🔍 Detailed event information

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional data loss or sync issues
  • 🔍 Difficulty editing recurring events
  • 🔒 Concerns about security and privacy
  • 💰 Paid features that should be free
  • 🕰️ Inconsistent event time display

Awesome Calendar 2

From 4.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • 🎨 Customizable color coding and stickers
  • 📅 Comprehensive calendar view with event details
  • ⚙️ Syncs well with Google/Apple calendars
  • 🗓️ Helpful for personal/family organization

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Sync issues between devices
  • 🔒 Lack of customer support responsiveness
  • 💰 Subscription model not preferred by some users
  • 🔍 Difficulty finding subscription/premium options
  • 🔍 Confusing navigation for some features

Bugs and requests

iCalendar

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Events disappearing or not syncing properly
  • Inability to edit or update recurring events
  • Incorrect time and location information
  • Crashes or freezes when performing certain actions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to attach files to events
  • Improve widget functionality and visibility
  • Introduce family/group calendar sharing
  • Expand color palette and theming options
  • Add yearly view and better month-to-month navigation

Awesome Calendar 2

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Events/reminders disappearing after updates
  • Calendar dates not displaying correctly
  • Reminders not syncing properly between devices
  • App crashing or freezing during use

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add option to customize font, theme, and widget
  • Improve reminders functionality and integration
  • Provide ability to export/backup calendar data
  • Add more customization options for event details
  • Enhance month/week view to show more information

In-app purchases

10 purchases

iCalendar

Subscriptions1
  • Calendar Store1 Month trial$1.991 Year
One-time9
  • Religious holidays$0.99
  • Week Numbers$0.99
  • Moon Phases calendar$0.99
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  • Holidays United States$0.99
  • Calendars - Pro Football USA 2014-2015 edition$0.99
  • Calendars - Pro Baseball USA 2015 edition$0.99
  • iOS Reminders$0.99
  • Calendars - Pro American Football Men United States 2015-2016 edition$0.99
  • Weather calendars$1.99
1 purchases

Awesome Calendar 2

Subscriptions1
  • Upgrade to Premium3 Months trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is iCalendar free?
iCalendar costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Awesome Calendar 2 free?
Awesome Calendar 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iCalendar or Awesome Calendar 2?
iCalendar is rated higher. iCalendar averages 4.7 out of 5 from 5.6K ratings, while Awesome Calendar 2 averages 4.6 from 4.9K ratings.
Do iCalendar or Awesome Calendar 2 have ads?
Awesome Calendar 2 shows ads; iCalendar does not.
Which is updated more often, iCalendar or Awesome Calendar 2?
iCalendar ships an update every 3 months, and Awesome Calendar 2 every 2 months. Most recently, iCalendar was updated on November 6, 2026 and Awesome Calendar 2 on November 6, 2026.

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