iCalendar vs GrabMyNote
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
GrabMyNote
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GrabMyNote does everything you need — for a fraction of the price. What you get.. • NOTES + TASKS + CALENDAR IN ONE APP Write notes, manage your to-do list, and view your Google Calendar — all in one place. No app switching. • VOICE CAPTURE Dictate notes hands-free. GrabMyNote transcribes and organizes automatically — with AI-generated summaries, action items, and deadlines extracted for you. • DOCUMENT SCANNER Photograph receipts, business cards, and handwritten notes. Text is extracted via OCR and becomes searchable instantly. • LOCATION REMINDERS Pin notes to places. Get reminded automatically when you arrive — like your shopping list appearing when you walk near a supermarket. • SMART AUTO-ORGANISATION On-device AI automatically categorizes, tags and routes your notes into the right projects — no manual filing needed. • SMART DASHBOARD See your day at a glance: upcoming tasks, recent notes, and calendar events — one screen. • SYNC EVERYWHERE iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Start on one device, continue on another. • TRY FREE FOR 14 DAYS — no credit card required Plans from just $6.67/month (billed annually) Perfect for: professionals, students, business owners Payment & Subscription Terms: Choose between the following subscription options for unlimited access to all features: • Weekly Subscription $2.99 - Monthly Subscription $9.99 • Annual Subscription $79.99 - Lifetime Premium Access $149.99 FREE TRIAL FOR 14 DAYS - OFFERING UNLIMITED PREMIUM ACCESS TO ALL FEATURES ***You may cancel your subscription at any time*** GrabMyNote offers free trial for unlimited access to all features for a period of 14 days. Your account will be automatically charged for renewal, based on the annual subscription plan, within 24 hours before the end of the 14 days free trial period. You can cancel auto-renewal at any time, given that the cancellation is at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when making a purchase of an auto-renewing subscription. ***Manage your subscription directly from your iPhone*** Subscriptions can be managed by the user and auto-renewal can be turned off by going to the Account Settings: https://vergoeconsult-studio.com/privacy https://vergoeconsult-studio.com/terms https://grabmynote-dailyplanner.framer.website/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: GrabMyNote at Free against iCalendar's $2.99. GrabMyNote also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). iCalendar's advantage is chart position (#51 vs unranked) and device support (4 vs 2). On ads 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
GrabMyNote is free to download; iCalendar costs $2.99 up front. iCalendar sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year and GrabMyNote sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
iCalendar ships an update every 3 months, GrabMyNote every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iCalendar | GrabMyNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (5.4K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5.4K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #51 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Symfonies, Inc. | Olushola Moritiwon |
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
GrabMyNote
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
GrabMyNote
- Weekly Access14 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Weekly Pass$4.997 Days
- Monthly Pro14 Days trial$9.991 Month
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- Annual Pack2 variants$79.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium Access$149.99









