Custom Holiday Calendar vs VÁNA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Custom Holiday Calendar
Design your personal yearly calendar by adding custom holidays, work schedules, and special events. This app offers complete control over what days are marked, ideal for personal use or professional tracking.
- Create custom holidays
- Add personal days off
- Track work schedules
- Yearly calendar view
- No preloaded holidays
- Fully customizable
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Create your own holidays. Your calendar, your rules. This is NOT a preset holiday app. You decide which days matter. Add custom holidays, personal days off, work schedules, or special events — all in a simple yearly calendar view. Why choose this app? • No preloaded holidays • Fully customizable • Clean yearly overview • Perfect for shift workers • Great for freelancers and remote teams • Minimal and distraction-free Track company holidays, school breaks, custom days off, or personal anniversaries with full control. Simple. Flexible. Personal.
VÁNA
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How much of the year has truly passed? Not what the calendar says - how much you've actually felt. VÁNA displays your year's progress through an elegant ring that shifts color with the seasons. But its true soul is Slow Perception: mathematical curves inspired by real research in psychology and neuroscience that transform linear progress into something that mirrors how your brain perceives time - slow at the start, fast at the end. PERCEPTION CURVES • Logarithmic - inspired by the Weber-Fechner law (1860) • Slow - inspired by Janet and Lemlich's proportional theory • Very Slow - for those who want to savor every week • Custom - adjust the intensity with a slider WIDGETS FOR EVERY OCCASION • Home Screen: small, medium, and large • Lock Screen: circular, rectangular, and inline • Dedicated widgets for the current month and week • They follow the period and curve you choose in the app FLEXIBLE TIME FRAMES • Calendar, academic, or fiscal year • Current month or week • Or choose your own start and end dates MILESTONE NOTIFICATIONS • At 25%, 50%, 75%, 90%, and 99% of the period, with Slow Perception if it's on • A countdown to the end of the year: 100 days, 10 days, 1 day left • Optional, and you can turn them off at any time SHORTCUTS APP ACTIONS Check your progress, change the period, or turn on Slow Perception from a shortcut, the Action button, or an automation. SEASONAL COLORS The ring changes color following the seasons, inspired by the Elvish calendar of Imladris - from icy blue in winter to spring green, from summer gold to autumn rust. TOTAL PRIVACY No data collected. No network connections. Zero tracking. Everything stays on your device. VÁNA is named after the Valië of Spring in Tolkien's Silmarillion - "the Ever-young", in whose gardens time is forever young.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Custom Holiday Calendar at none against VÁNA's 3. Custom Holiday Calendar also leads on iOS requirement (13 vs 26.0). VÁNA's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 7 months). On price and device support 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. VÁNA sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Custom Holiday Calendar asks for nothing beyond the download.
Custom Holiday Calendar ships an update every 7 months, VÁNA every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Custom Holiday Calendar | VÁNA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.2K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 57.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.2K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SHIGETO TAKAGI | Sergio Ferraresi |
Bugs and requests
Custom Holiday Calendar
Reported bugs
2 issues- Calendar not updating correctly
- Incompatibility with older devices
Requested features
2 requests- Horizontal and vertical orientation
- Ability to save custom holidays
VÁNA
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Custom Holiday Calendar
No in-app purchases
VÁNA
- Lembas$0.99
- Miruvor$2.99
- Silmaril$3.99
Questions
Is Custom Holiday Calendar free?
Is VÁNA free?
Do Custom Holiday Calendar or VÁNA have ads?
Which is updated more often, Custom Holiday Calendar or VÁNA?
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