Comparison

Calendar Widget & Planner vs DayViewer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Calendar Widget & Planner

Organize your schedule with a comprehensive planner and diary. View your agenda on your home screen with customizable widgets, sync across multiple cloud services, and easily share events. Supports dark mode and AirPrint for convenient planning.

Highlights
  • Calendar widgets for home screen
  • Day, week, month, year planners
  • Share calendars and events
  • Sync with iCloud, Google, Yahoo, Exchange
  • Dark mode support
  • AirPrint functionality
Features
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Easily manage your calendars, planners, agenda and diary. Everything you need to take notes, save appointments, and share them with friends, family or colleagues. FEATURES: • NEW: Calendar Widgets! See your schedule on your Home Screen: Now, next and more! • AirPrint the day, week, month or year planners • Share calendars or events with friends, family or colleagues • Split screen support on iPad • Sync with iCloud, Google, Yahoo, Exchange and other cloud based calendars • Dark mode! • Quick support, we try to reply to questions within 24 hours. Just tap the Info icon in the toolbar, then tap Contact Support

About

DayViewer

This app combines calendar planning, task management, and note organization into a single, user-friendly interface. It helps individuals and teams manage schedules, appointments, and projects efficiently. The tool offers a flexible system for planning daily activities and tracking progress.

Highlights
  • Calendar Planner
  • Task Management
  • Notes System
  • Team Collaboration
  • Reminders & Notifications
  • Boards System (Kanban, Slides, Cards)
  • Filters & Search
Features
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DayViewer is a highly effective calendar planner & organizer that helps you plan your schedule, manage tasks and keep notes organized. Wake up every morning and check your DayViewer - it's the flexible time, notes, and task management app combined! The app is derived from our web version, which already helps thousands stay organized for work, study and business. DayViewer is a highly effective all-in-one productivity & management solution well suited for Businesses, Teams, Professionals and Students. DayViewer is used in businesses of all sizes to help them manage jobs and tasks, schedules & appointments, calls, real estate, travel and tourism, construction, marketing agencies, field agents, production, product management and much more. We combine many functions in one easy to use handy app, so you don't need multiple subscriptions from other services or complex integrations. It is important to be able to clearly view what needs doing on any day - and plan your days effectively. Simpler Plans - DayViewer Starter plan is free, with some limits and feature restrictions. The Pro subscription plan unlocks all extra features, views and lifts usage restrictions. DayViewer has the following primary features and functionality: Reminders & Notifications, Calendar, Task Management, Journal, Notes System, Create Forms, Boards System for Kanban, Slides and Cards, Filters & Search Entries Feature, Day Planner (Bullet System) Tasks Progress, Priority Indicators, Checklists & Lists in Calendar Entries, Team Collaboration. Fast Planner System for Week Planning & Scheduling. Overdue Tasks Shareable Entries, Boards & Forms (create surveys or a shareable way to get feedback). Events System - share details for meetings, appointments or larger events. Contacts Management. Payments tracking and recorder (for budgeting) Huge Range of new features including, Grids Feature, Projects, Smart Planner, Mind Maps and more. Everything is built in so no need to connect to a multitude of apps or services that might not be around later, and no technical skills needed to operate - simply click inside the calendar to create a calendar entry, or add any other entry type as required. Labels are the key to great organisation in DayViewer and these really help you find the right information whenever you need it. Filter via label in all major screens including calendar. Get your whole team or project organized around one planner system, get reminded for important meetings, events and manage tasks as one super efficient team. Note: DayViewer App requires active data connection, and is optimised for larger screen phones. DayViewer iOS App Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Calendar Widget & Planner4 screens
DayViewer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Calendar Widget & Planner at 4.6 against DayViewer's 4.0. Calendar Widget & Planner also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 14.0). DayViewer's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Calendar Widget & Planner sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and DayViewer sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Calendar Widget & Planner holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calendar Widget & Planner has 1.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calendar Widget & Planner ships an update monthly, DayViewer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Calendar Widget & Planner versus DayViewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalendar Widget & PlannerDayViewer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.2K ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews69.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.2 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB21 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developerjohnhair.comDayViewer Limited

Customer experience

Calendar Widget & Planner

All ratings1,224 ratings
Positive91.0%
Neutral4.4%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews227 reviews
Positive69.6%
Neutral7.0%
Negative23.3%

DayViewer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Calendar Widget & Planner

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Events disappearing after updates
  • Inability to change week start day
  • Syncing issues with other calendars
  • Crashes and freezes on launch
  • Color settings not saving properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to share calendar with family
  • Add widgets for quick access
  • Expand customization options
  • Improve repeating event functionality
  • Preserve calendar history

DayViewer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Calendar Widget & Planner

One-time6
  • Extras pack$0.99
  • Additional Calendars pack$0.99
  • Enhanced Views Pack$0.99
Show 3 more
  • Tasks, To-Do Lists & Reminders$0.99
  • Calendar Widgets$1.99
  • PRO Pack$3.99
7 purchases

DayViewer

Subscriptions7
  • DayViewer Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Chat AI Monthly Plan$12.991 Month
  • DayViewer Pro Monthly$14.991 Month
Show 4 more
  • Chat AI 6-Monthly$69.996 Months
  • DayViewer Pro Annual Plan$75.991 Year
  • AI Assistant - Yearly$124.991 Year
  • DayViewer Pro Annual$129.991 Year

Questions

Is Calendar Widget & Planner free?
Calendar Widget & Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DayViewer free?
DayViewer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Calendar Widget & Planner or DayViewer?
Calendar Widget & Planner is rated higher. Calendar Widget & Planner averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while DayViewer averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Calendar Widget & Planner or DayViewer have ads?
Calendar Widget & Planner shows ads; DayViewer does not.
Which is updated more often, Calendar Widget & Planner or DayViewer?
Calendar Widget & Planner ships an update monthly, and DayViewer every 3 weeks. Most recently, Calendar Widget & Planner was updated on October 24, 2026 and DayViewer on October 10, 2026.

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