Calendar Widget & Planner vs Quick Notes from Lock Screen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Quick Notes from Lock Screen
Capture thoughts and tasks instantly without unlocking your device. Organize entries by groups, count characters, and set calendar notifications for tasks. Widgets offer quick access to notes and task management directly from your home or lock screen.
- Add notes from lock screen
- Organize notes and tasks by groups
- Character count, search, and replace
- Calendar integration for tasks with notifications
- Home and lock screen widgets
- App lock and backup
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"Quick Notes" is a convenient app that allows you to add new notes directly from the lock screen. Main Features ・Organize Notes and Tasks You can organize notes and Tasks by groups. ・Notes You can count the number of characters in a note, and perform text search and replace. ・TODOs You can add Tasks to the calendar and receive notifications. Additionally, you can check them off to mark them as completed. ・Widgets You can add widgets to your home screen or lock screen. With widgets, you can display notes or add new notes with a single tap. Other Features ・Theme Colors ・App Lock ・Backup
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quick Notes from Lock Screen at none against Calendar Widget & Planner's 6. Quick Notes from Lock Screen also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Calendar Widget & Planner's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 16.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Calendar Widget & Planner sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Quick Notes from Lock Screen asks for nothing beyond the download.
Quick Notes from Lock Screen holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. 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.
| Parameter | Calendar Widget & Planner | Quick Notes from Lock Screen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.2K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | johnhair.com | GENRYU SASAGAWA |
Customer experience
Calendar Widget & Planner
Quick Notes from Lock Screen
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
Quick Notes from Lock Screen
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Calendar Widget & Planner
- Extras pack$0.99
- Additional Calendars pack$0.99
- Enhanced Views Pack$0.99
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- Tasks, To-Do Lists & Reminders$0.99
- Calendar Widgets$1.99
- PRO Pack$3.99
Quick Notes from Lock Screen
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Calendar Widget & Planner free?
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