Comparison

Calendar Widget & Planner vs Vantage Calendar

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

Vantage Calendar

This app offers a visually engaging way to manage your schedule and to-do lists. It uses colorful cues, stickers, and "stacks" to help you understand your day at a glance. Integrated to-dos can be easily scheduled by dragging and dropping them onto dates.

Highlights
  • Visual cues (colors, stickers, book covers)
  • Summarize days with 'Stacks'
  • Integrated to-do lists in notebooks
  • Drag and drop to-dos to dates
  • Natural language input
  • Syncs with multiple calendars
Features
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Who says calendars can't be fun? Vantage takes the mundane out of scheduling. In part because it works well and is easy to use, but also because of useful visual cues like colors, stickers, book covers and stacks. Visual cues makes understanding a long list of stuff easier, and can help you understand your daily life better. Sort of like doodles in a physical book can help you remember notes. Picked by Apple as the "App of the Day" on the App Store in 2019. Stacks Stacks are a really cool way of summarising days. It reduces clutter and visualises how much is on your plate. The higher the stack, the more things you got planned. Tap any stack to peek it’s contents. Integrated To-Dos To-dos live in little notebooks right next to the main timeline. To set a due date, just drag a to-do and drop it on a date. You also get to customise your books with a pre-set book cover, or even a photo from your camera roll. Color Tags and Stickers Visual cues makes long lists of stuff so much easier to read. Pick from a variety of funky stickers or color tags to let events either pop or feel connected. Features in summary - Natural Language Input - Custom Repeat Rules - Custom Alerts - Syncs with iOS Calendar, Google Calendar, Exchange, Facebook - Use colors, stickers and fonts as search tags, super useful! - Useful widget calendar in notification centre - Keep To-do lists in Notebooks - Drag and drop To-dos to due dates - Location through Apple or Google Maps - Inbox for event invites - Week numbers - Absolutely no ads Featured by the App Store in 'Stay on Schedule', as the 'Free App of the Week' and in 'New Apps We Love'. Pay a visit to our web or twitter if you're curious for more. http://twitter.com/vantage_by_44 http://vantageby44.com "A More Visual Way To View Your Calendar" - Lifehacker "Vantage [...] gives you the best view of everything you've got going on" - Gizmodo "It breaks the mold and offers an entirely new way to organize your life. Plus, it’s very easy on the eyes." - AppAdvice Our terms of use can be found at https://vantageby44.com/terms-of-use.

Screenshots

Calendar Widget & Planner4 screens
Vantage Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vantage Calendar at none against Calendar Widget & Planner's 6. Vantage Calendar also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (82% vs 70%). Calendar Widget & Planner's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Calendar Widget & Planner sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Vantage Calendar asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Calendar Widget & Planner holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.2K and 1.8K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of Calendar Widget & Planner's written reviews are positive against 82% of Vantage Calendar's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calendar Widget & Planner ships an update monthly, Vantage Calendar fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Calendar Widget & Planner versus Vantage Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalendar Widget & PlannerVantage Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.2K ratings) — better4.3 (1.8K ratings)
Positive reviews69.6% of reviews81.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.2K1.8K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.2 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerjohnhair.comFortyfour AB

Customer experience

Calendar Widget & Planner

All ratings1,225 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.4%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews227 reviews
Positive69.6%
Neutral7.0%
Negative23.3%

Vantage Calendar

All ratings1,821 ratings
Positive82.3%
Neutral6.0%
Negative11.6%
Written reviews1,547 reviews
Positive81.5%
Neutral7.8%
Negative10.7%

User reviews

Calendar Widget & Planner

From 1.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎨 Customizable colors
  • 📆 Comprehensive calendar view
  • 🔍 Helpful for organizing events
  • 🤝 Great customer support

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🔍 Limited free features
  • 🕰️ Slow performance after updates
  • 🔄 Repeating events issues
  • 💾 Calendar history disappearing

Vantage Calendar

From 1.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Visually appealing design
  • 💡 Unique calendar view
  • 👍 Customizable options
  • 👍 Integrates calendar and to-do lists

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🐛 Sync and sync issues
  • 🐛 Notifications not working
  • 🐛 Recurring tasks not working
  • 💰 Paid subscription model

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

Vantage Calendar

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashing on launch
  • Inability to restore purchases
  • Sync issues causing data loss
  • Recurring tasks not working as expected

Requested features

6 requests
  • Widgets
  • Apple Watch app
  • More color and theme options
  • Ability to see full month view
  • Ability to add contacts to events
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  • Improved search functionality

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Calendar Widget & Planner

One-time6
  • 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
None

Vantage Calendar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Calendar Widget & Planner free?
Calendar Widget & Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vantage Calendar free?
Vantage Calendar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Calendar Widget & Planner or Vantage Calendar?
Calendar Widget & Planner is rated higher. Calendar Widget & Planner averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Vantage Calendar averages 4.3 from 1.8K ratings.
Do Calendar Widget & Planner or Vantage Calendar have ads?
Calendar Widget & Planner shows ads; Vantage Calendar does not.
Which is updated more often, Calendar Widget & Planner or Vantage Calendar?
Calendar Widget & Planner ships an update monthly, and Vantage Calendar fortnightly. Most recently, Calendar Widget & Planner was updated on November 6, 2026 and Vantage Calendar on November 6, 2026.

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