Tiny Calendar vs Simple Calendar
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
Simple Calendar
Quickly view your monthly schedule and upcoming events with this easy-to-use calendar app. It offers widget support for at-a-glance access to your day and plans, with all data stored securely on your device. Enjoy a comfortable viewing experience with dark mode support.
- Monthly schedule overview
- Quick event registration
- Widget support for daily plans
- Secure on-device data storage
- Dark mode compatibility
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【Features】 ● You can check your schedule for the month at a glance. You can quickly register your events and check them quickly. There are no complicated settings before using the calendar. ● Widget support You can quickly check the date, day of the week, and future plans for the day with the widget. We have added a monthly calendar to the widget. If you change the day of the week in the app, it will be reflected in the widget. ● The security is safe and secure. The information you add to the calendar is stored only on your device. You can use the calendar with peace of mind because the information is not sent to an external server. ●You can also use it in dark mode, which is easy on the eyes. This app also supports dark mode, so you can use it in dark mode, which is easy on the eyes. [Premium Plan (optional)] An auto-renewable subscription that unlocks all color themes, photo backgrounds, and custom colors. - Monthly: $1.99/month - Yearly: $11.99/year (7-day free trial included) Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. * If you previously purchased "Remove Ads", ads stay hidden without a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://calendar.heart-relay.com/privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Simple Calendar at free with in-app purchases against Tiny Calendar's subscription. Simple Calendar also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Tiny Calendar's advantage is ratings volume (21K vs 73) and review sentiment (77% vs 60%). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Tiny Calendar sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days and Simple Calendar sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tiny Calendar holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiny Calendar has 21K ratings behind it against 73, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Tiny Calendar's written reviews are positive against 60% of Simple Calendar's.
Tiny Calendar ships an update every 2 months, Simple Calendar every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Calendar | Simple Calendar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (21K ratings) — better | 4.4 (73 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.6% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21K — better | 73 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TinyWork Apps | Heart Relay Inc. |
Customer experience
Tiny Calendar
Simple Calendar
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
Simple Calendar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Simple Calendar
- Premium Plan (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- Premium Plan (Yearly)7 Days trial$11.991 Year
- Hide ads$11.99
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