iCalendar vs ShotBox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iCalendar
This app helps you manage your busy schedule with a user-friendly interface. Easily track daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly views, and color-code your events for better organization. It syncs with popular accounts and offers productivity tools for efficient event management.
- Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly views
- Customizable event color-coding
- Syncs with iCloud, Google, Exchange, Outlook, Yahoo!
- Task manager with iOS Reminders sync
- Drag and drop event rescheduling
- Custom repeating events
- Time zone support
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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
ShotBox
This app automatically organizes your screenshots into smart categories using AI. It allows for easy import, cleanup, and full-text search, with features like smart data extraction and document scanning. Enjoy a private, ad-free experience with a one-time purchase.
- AI-powered auto-organization
- Full-text OCR search
- Smart data extraction
- Document scanner
- Batch actions
- On-device privacy
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ShotBox — Your Screenshots, Finally Organised, Using Apple Intelligence. One time Purchase, No PayWalls, No Subscriptions, All features accessible with a one time purchase.. Auto-Organization * Auto-imports screenshots from your camera roll * Sorts into 17+ smart categories automatically * Receipts, Travel, Passwords, Confirmations, Addresses, Shopping, Food & Recipes, Finance, Health & Fitness, Music & Media, Schedules, Conversations, Social, Documents, Import & Clean Up * Import from Photos, Files, or camera * Clean out screenshots from your camera roll after import with just One Tap * Keep everything organized in ShotBox Memes & more * Create unlimited custom categories with custom icons and colors * Batch move, archive, and manage screenshots Search * Full-text OCR search — every word in every screenshot is searchable * AI-powered search suggestions * Spotlight integration — search screenshots from your home screen Apple Intelligence * AI-powered auto-classification on supported devices * Smart summaries for every screenshot * Ask questions about your screenshots with AI Q&A * Falls back to keyword classification on older devices Learns From You * Move a screenshot to a category and it learns the pattern * Gets smarter the more you use it * Custom categories auto-sort over time Smart Data Extraction * Detects phone numbers, addresses, URLs, dates automatically * Pulls out prices, confirmation numbers, tracking codes * Structured data cards for quick access Document Scanner * Built-in camera scanner for paper documents * Multi-page scanning support * Auto-categorizes scanned documents Memes & more * Create unlimited custom categories with custom icons and colors * Batch move, archive, and manage screenshots Batch Actions * Multi-select for bulk operations * Batch move, share, export, archive, or delete * Export screenshots to PDF (single or batch) Reminders * Set reminders on any screenshot * Local notifications so you never forget Favourites * Pin important screenshots for quick access * Dedicated favourites view Privacy & Security * 100% on-device — nothing leaves your phone * No accounts, no cloud, no tracking * No ads, no subscriptions, no paywalls * Powered by Apple Intelligence (on-device AI) Design * Dark mode first with adaptive light mode * Haptic feedback throughout * Butter-smooth 120fps animations * Built for iPhone, works on iPad
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ShotBox at none against iCalendar's 10. ShotBox also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). iCalendar's advantage is chart position (#26 vs unranked) and device support (4 vs 2). On ads 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
iCalendar costs $2.99 and ShotBox $0.99 up front. iCalendar sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. ShotBox asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | iCalendar | ShotBox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (5.4K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5.4K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #26 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Symfonies, Inc. | adam rogan |
Customer experience
iCalendar
ShotBox
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
ShotBox
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iCalendar
- Calendar Store1 Month trial$1.991 Year
- 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
ShotBox
No in-app purchases









