myCal PRO Planner vs ComBackups
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
myCal PRO Planner
This app offers a visually enhanced calendar experience, displaying your events clearly without clutter. It allows for custom calendar creation with color-coding and provides advanced features like widgets, cut/copy/paste, and powerful repeat options for events.
- Customizable calendar colors
- Calendar widgets for home screen
- Cut, copy, and paste events
- Powerful event repeat options
- Enhanced day, week, and month views
- AirPrint support
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myCal PRO is a calendar app for seeing more of your schedule at a glance. Features: * Month, week, day, list and year views * Calendar widgets for your Home Screen * Integrated reminders and tasks in your calendar views * Event invites, alerts and repeat rules * Day background colors and images * Print year, month, week and day views * Cut, copy and paste events * View event attachments * Override calendar colors on events Supports calendars in iCloud, Google, Exchange, Yahoo and any calendar that can be synced to the device. Supports iOS 16 and above on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
ComBackups
Scan QR codes generated by an ETC combustion control system to retrieve backup commissioning data. The app stores and allows emailing of these backup files directly from your iPhone. Optionally, create spreadsheets of the data in your Google account.
- Scan QR codes for backup data
- Retrieve commissioning data files (CBU)
- Store and email backup files
- Create Google Sheets from data
- View backup files within the app
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The touch screen of an ETC combustion control system maintains a backup of the most recent commissioning data set. This can be displayed as a QR code by the system. This app allows the QR code to be scanned by an iphone and the backup file (CBU) to be retrieved. The CBU file is stored in the phone and can be viewed and emailed from within the app. Optionally, a spreadsheet can be created in the users Google account using 'Google Sheets'.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ComBackups at Free against myCal PRO Planner's $2.99. ComBackups also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). myCal PRO Planner's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 1). On ads 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
ComBackups is free to download; myCal PRO Planner costs $2.99 up front. myCal PRO Planner sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. ComBackups asks for nothing beyond the download.
ComBackups holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myCal PRO Planner has 1.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
myCal PRO Planner ships an update every 5 days, ComBackups every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | myCal PRO Planner | ComBackups |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.2K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | johnhair.com | Energy Technology and Control Limited |
Customer experience
myCal PRO Planner
ComBackups
Bugs and requests
myCal PRO Planner
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to delete recurring events
- Calendar data disappearing after updates
- Freezing when adding event details
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to hide repeating events
- Option to export calendar data
- Improved integration with other calendar services
- Enhanced week/month view customization
ComBackups
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
myCal PRO Planner
- Extras Pack$0.99
- Additional Calendars Pack$0.99
- Enhanced Views Pack$0.99
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- Tasks, Todo Lists & Reminders$0.99
- Calendar Widgets$0.99
ComBackups
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is myCal PRO Planner free?
Is ComBackups free?
Which has better reviews, myCal PRO Planner or ComBackups?
Do myCal PRO Planner or ComBackups have ads?
Which is updated more often, myCal PRO Planner or ComBackups?
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