iCalendar vs Google Calendar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
Read full descriptionHide full description
** 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
Google Calendar
This app helps you manage your schedule and events efficiently. It automatically adds appointments from Gmail, supports multiple calendars, and offers customizable views and widgets. Collaborate with others by sharing calendars and integrating with Google Meet.
- Automatic event import from Gmail
- Multiple calendar support (Google, Exchange, iCloud)
- Shared calendars for collaboration
- Customizable views (day, week, month)
- Task management alongside events
- Widgets and Apple Watch complications
- Google Meet integration
Read full descriptionHide full description
The official Google Calendar app helps you stay organized and plan your day with easy event creation, multiple calendars, customizable views, widgets, and tasks. With Google Calendar, you can: • Get events automatically added to your Calendar from Gmail, including flight, hotel, concert, and restaurant reservations. • Go from using Calendar on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch to your computer without missing a beat when you’re logged into the same Google account. • Consolidate and view Google Calendar events side-by-side with other calendars on your device, including Exchange and iCloud. • Keep family, friends, and colleagues in the loop with shared calendars, so they can view, add, or modify events. • Quickly switch between month, week, and day views. • Stay on top of to-dos by creating and managing tasks alongside your events in Calendar. • Personalize your Google Calendar with light or dark mode or by color-coding your events • Always know what's next while on the go with Google Calendar on Apple Watch by customizing your watch face with Calendar complications or adding widgets. Google Calendar is part of Google Workspace, allowing you and your team to easily connect, create, and collaborate across all your favorite Google tools. You can: • Collaborate in a hybrid work environment by adding a Google Meet video call to an Calendar event • Get access to professional booking pages to easily book clients and customers*. • Schedule meetings with teammates by checking their availability or layering their calendars in a single view • Add your working location to your calendar to make it easier for your teammates to schedule meetings with you*. • Keep everyone on track for a meeting by attaching meeting notes, pre-read materials, and other documents directly to a calendar event. • Use Google Calendar with confidence knowing it’s supported by Google’s enterprise-level privacy, user safety and data security. * Requires a Google Workspace or Google One AI Premium subscription
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Google Calendar at Free against iCalendar's $2.99. Google Calendar also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (133K vs 5.6K). iCalendar's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 38%) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On rating, 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
Google Calendar is free to download; iCalendar costs $2.99 up front. iCalendar sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year and Google Calendar sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.89 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
iCalendar holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Calendar has 133K ratings behind it against 5.6K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of iCalendar's written reviews are positive against 38% of Google Calendar's.
iCalendar ships an update every 3 months, Google Calendar weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iCalendar | Google Calendar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (5.6K ratings) — better | 4.5 (133K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.3% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5.6K | 133K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #39 | #22 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 265 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Symfonies, Inc. | |
Customer experience
iCalendar
Google Calendar
User reviews
iCalendar
From 5.6K App Store ratingsWhat 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
Google Calendar
From 133K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Keeps me organized
- 🎨 Customizable colors
- 📅 Integrates with email and other calendars
- 🔔 Helpful reminders
- 🤝 Ability to share calendars
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes
- 🕰️ Slow loading times
- 📆 Date on app icon doesn't change
- 🔀 Difficulty editing and managing events
- 🌈 Limited color options
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
Google Calendar
Reported bugs
3 issues- Events not syncing properly between app and web versions
- Incorrect time zone changes for events
- New events automatically added to wrong calendar
Requested features
5 requests- Allow recurring events on specific days (e.g. 2nd Wednesday of the month)
- Add ability to set reminders for event end times
- Integrate with more email/calendar providers beyond Gmail
- Provide more customization options for event colors and icons
- Display the current date on the app icon
In-app purchases
iCalendar
- Calendar Store1 Month trial$1.991 Year
- Religious holidays$0.99
- Week Numbers$0.99
- Moon Phases calendar$0.99
Show 6 moreShow fewer
- 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
Google Calendar
- 30 GB$0.891 Month
- 100 GB1 Month trial2 variants$1.991 Month
- 100 GB$1.991 Month
Show 5 moreShow fewer
- 200 GB2 variants$2.991 Month
- 200 GB1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Google AI Plus (2 TB)1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- Google AI Plus (2 TB)$9.991 Month
- 100 GB1 Year trial$19.991 Year









