Tiny Calendar vs Zical
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
Zical
This app helps families manage their busy lives by combining calendars, tasks, and notes in one place. It offers shared scheduling, task assignment, and smart reminders to keep everyone connected and organized.
- Shared family calendar
- Task assignment and tracking
- Event planning (daily, weekly, monthly)
- Sticky notes for reminders
- Smart reminders
- Multi-user access
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Zical is an all‑in‑one home life management platform. It supports two‑way calendar sync with iCloud, Google, Outlook and more. Unify family schedules, notes, household chores, meal plans, class timetables, photos and more within a single shared space for seamless multi‑member collaboration. Powered by the Zical AI Voice Assistant, you can create events, tasks and recipes hands‑free using only your voice. Customize home screens, themes, and member‑specific alerts, while keeping your family’s privacy well‑protected. Ditch the chaos and bring order to your entire household.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Zical at none against Tiny Calendar's 10. Zical also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Tiny Calendar's advantage is ratings volume (21K vs 70) and review sentiment (76% vs 68%). On price and rating 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. Zical asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Tiny Calendar against 4.6 for Zical. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiny Calendar has 21K ratings behind it against 70, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Tiny Calendar's written reviews are positive against 68% of Zical's.
Tiny Calendar ships an update every 2 months, Zical weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Calendar | Zical |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (21K ratings) | 4.6 (70 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.5% of reviews — better | 67.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21K — better | 70 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 163 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | TinyWork Apps | HONG KONG EIVON GROUP LIMITED |
Customer experience
Tiny Calendar
Zical
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
Zical
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
Zical
No in-app purchases









