Tiny Calendar vs Pocket Informant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiny Calendar
This intuitive calendar app syncs with your existing calendars, offering powerful event creation and management tools. Access your schedule offline, set advanced reminders, and view your events in multiple formats on your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
- Natural language input for event creation
- Drag and drop event editing
- Syncs with Google Calendar and iOS local calendars
- Supports 9 different calendar views
- Offline event management
- Advanced reminder system (push notifications, email)
- Apple Watch support
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Tiny Calendar is an intuitive smart calendar works with all your calendars. It inherits the simple and clean look of calendars but makes it more accessible, powerful and reliable on your iPhone and iPad. With Tiny Calendar, you can access and manipulate your google calendar events and tasks more easily, anyway you want. SMART ENOUGH TO CREATE Tiny Calendar has features like nature language input, drag and drop, gestures and other smart methods to predict your intention and help you create and edit your events more easily. SYNC & MANAGE GOOGLE TASKS You don’t need to download another app to manage Google tasks. MULTIPLE WAYS TO VIEW Tiny Calendar supports 9 standard views - Forecast, day, week, month, 4-days, year, mini-month, week agenda and agenda. You can instantly switch views to discover events or find a time you're looking for. REAL-TIME SYNC Tiny Calendar syncs directly with all your Google calendars and also works with iOS local calendar to support events on iCloud, Exchange and other calendars. WORKS OFFLINE You can still create, edit and delete events when you don't have an Internet connection. Tiny Calendar will cache your changes and sync back to your calendar account next time you're online. ADVANCED REMINDER SYSTEM Never forget about a meeting! Tiny Calendar allows you to set reminders via push notification, or email for all events. ACCESS FROM EVERYWHERE Tiny Calendar works with your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. You don't need to pay extra money to download multiple copies. Subscription Information: - Tiny Calendar offers a subscription which is $1.49/week & $2.99/month. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase Terms of Use: https://apps.fengge.io/TinyCalendar/TermsConditions.html Privacy Policy: https://apps.fengge.io/TinyCalendar/PrivacyPolicy.html
Pocket Informant
This digital planner app helps you organize your life with integrated calendar, task, and project management. It syncs with popular services and offers customizable views for efficient scheduling and task tracking.
- Customizable calendar layers and views
- Tasks and calendar on one view
- Projects with tasks, subtasks, and checklists
- Focus View with weather and daily tasks
- Sync with Google Calendar, iCloud, and more
- Email integration to create tasks
- Offline access to all data
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Informant is a trusted digital planner app with Calendar, Tasks, and Projects. More than just a calendar app, Informant also organizes your tasks into projects, and has many options for your agenda organized. Informant is a planner in your pocket. Free calendar app version or paid version unlocks more sync options and tasks, projects, and contacts. It works with native Apple data including iCloud, Exchange, Outlook.com, Microsoft 365, Google Calendar, Yahoo, AOL and more. Easy Immediate Setup. No account required. Use your current calendar accounts (free) or setup a Informant Sync account (paid feature). NEWEST FEATURES: - Lock screen widgets - Reordering tasks in Focus View - Expanded icon list - Search all MOST LOVED FEATURES: -Customizable calendar layers & views: Use both local and iOS data calendars at the same time with direct sync options to various services. -One purchase covers iPhone and iPad -Show tasks and Calendar together on one view -1 Day Daily Planner view -7 Day Stacked Week calendar view -30 Day monthly calendar view with tiny-text and emojis -*Projects with Tasks, subtasks, and checklists -Focus View: combines weather, and current day tasks and events -*Sync: Informant Sync, Google sync, Native (iOS) data and more. -*Triggers: create templates for frequently used appointments & tasks that you can trigger while typing event/task name -*Saved Filters feature allows you to combine your calendars together into multiple display views while keeping the data separate. -Powerful Customization of views, colors, tags, emoji, and sync options. -Offline access. Access all your data, all the time. Internet connection only required for syncing. -Trusted developer. Developing calendar & agenda apps for 21 years. -TravelAssist: helps with scheduling appointments that will take place in other time zones. -ForceTouch on App (when device supported) Icon for: Create new Task/Event/Note - 3 Task Modes - Simple, GTD, or Franklin Covey. Manage your tasks in your own way! -*Email integration. View emails & easy turn emails into tasks. *CONNECT BUNDLE (*Requires Subscription) •Sync Options Include: Google Calendar & Tasks, Toodledo, and Informant Sync • Weather and Email integration Sync Options Note: Informant can access Native Apple data calendars/reminders so you can set up iCloud, Exchange, 365, Outlook.com, AOL, Yahoo, and more.. 2 WAYS TO USE #1) FREE • Essential Calendaring with Apple Calendar support • No Tasks/Projects, Contacts • No Connect Bundle #2) Subscribe • Full features Access including: Full Calendaring, Tasks, Contacts with access to Apple Events and Reminders • Free Updates • Connect Bundle (email, sync & weather) • Choose: -Monthly: (30 days) -Reverts to Free version after subscription ends -Quarterly: (90 days) -Reverts to Free version after subscription ends -Year: (365 days) -Get a 7 Day trial of full version by selecting this option. Subscription automatically renews and your account will be charged unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Subscriptions are billed through iTunes every 30/90/365 days (as selected by you) until cancelled. Manage subscriptions including cancel or auto-renew on/off in iTunes Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. SO MUCH MORE! Visit https://www.pocketinformant.com/ for more information! Our privacy Policy: https://www.pocketinformant.com/company-press/privacy/ Terms and Conditions: https://www.pocketinformant.com/tou/ Franklin Covey, GTD and Getting Things Done are Trademarks of their respective owners.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Pocket Informant at free with in-app purchases against Tiny Calendar's subscription. Pocket Informant also leads on ads (none vs shown). Tiny Calendar's advantage is ratings volume (21K vs 6.1K). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Tiny Calendar sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days and Pocket Informant sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Tiny Calendar against 4.5 for Pocket Informant. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21K and 6.1K respectively.
Tiny Calendar ships an update every 2 months, Pocket Informant monthly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Tiny Calendar | Pocket Informant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (21K ratings) — better | 4.5 (6.1K ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 21K — better | 6.1K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TinyWork Apps | Fanatic Software, Inc. |
Customer experience
Tiny Calendar
Pocket Informant
User reviews
Tiny Calendar
From 21K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💻 Excellent calendar app
- 📆 Helpful for organizing schedules
- 🔗 Syncs well with Google Calendar
- 🗓 Useful month/week/day views
- 🎨 Customizable color-coding
Room to improve
- 🐛 Syncing issues with Google Calendar
- 🔍 Difficulty finding past events
- 💰 Expensive subscription model
- 📢 Intrusive ads in free version
- 🕰 Time zone issues with event times
Pocket Informant
From 6.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great calendar and task management app
- 👍 Highly customizable and versatile
- 💡 Powerful features like color-coding, templates, and triggers
- 🚀 Reliable and stable app
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive subscription model
- 🐛 Sync issues and data loss
- 🔧 Steep learning curve for advanced features
- 🤔 Removal of previously free features
Bugs and requests
Tiny Calendar
Reported bugs
3 issues- Events disappearing from calendar
- Crashes when changing calendar settings
- Duplicate events created unexpectedly
Requested features
4 requests- Add to-do list functionality
- Improve Apple Watch integration
- Allow more customization options
- Provide better customer support
Pocket Informant
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when accessing settings
- Monthly view not populating correctly
- Issues with time zone handling
- Widgets not updating automatically
Requested features
4 requests- Improve Apple Watch app functionality
- Add more color theme options
- Simplify time entry process
- Improve search and filtering capabilities
In-app purchases
Tiny Calendar
- Weekly Subscription$1.497 Days
- Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
- Yearly Special Offer$6.991 Year
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- Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Recurring Events$1.99
- Invites & Attendees$1.99
- Multiple Google Accounts$2.99
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- Upgrade to Premium$9.99
- Lifetime Premium Special Offer$14.99
- Lifetime Premium$19.99
Pocket Informant
- Premium Month7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Premium 3 month$9.993 Months
- Premium Yearly14 Days trial$29.991 Year
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