Calendar Widget & Planner vs WidgetCal
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
WidgetCal
View your weekly or monthly schedule directly on your Lock Screen without unlocking your device. This app displays events and reminders with customizable layouts, offering quick access to your personal occasions. It also integrates with other powerful calendar applications.
- Lock screen widget support
- Weekly and monthly schedule views
- Event and reminder display
- Integration with AwesomeCalendar
- Customizable font and size
- ToDo carry over
- Lunar calendar support
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Full support iOS 14 widget! Do you still unlock your iPhone/iPad to check your schedule? Want to see weekly or monthly schedule in LockScreen? Here is the WidgetCal. This app shows weekly or monthly view for your events and reminders with a beautiful layout in Notification Center. Quick as a wink, you can access your personal occasions without hassle. Moreover, this widget seamlessly works with AwesomeCalendar, which is the most powerful calendar application in AppStore. It's for FREE. Just give it a try. +Display events and reminders in the Notification Center. +Week/Month view. +Navigate prev/next month. Tap 1st day of next month or last day of prev month. +Integrated with AwesomeCalendar. +Automatic and real-time update events and reminders. +Sunday/Monday start option. +Custom font and size. +ToDo carry over. +Visible calendars control. +Fade out past events. +Lunar calendar for Chinese and Korean. +Cute stickers on view. Some features listed above are available for a premium subscription. WidgetCal Premium is $3.99 USD per year (price may vary by location). The subscription will automatically renew at the end of each term and will be charged through your iTunes account within 24 hours of the end of the term. We offer 3 months free for WidgetCal Premium. Whenever you don’t want to pay or stop using Premium, you can manage your subscription in iTunes. Terms of use: http://wp.me/P1YDeW-rI Private policy: http://wp.me/P1YDeW-q3
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Calendar Widget & Planner at 4.6 against WidgetCal's 3.6. Calendar Widget & Planner also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 48%) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.6). WidgetCal's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 and WidgetCal sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Calendar Widget & Planner holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.2K and 1.5K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Calendar Widget & Planner's written reviews are positive against 48% of WidgetCal's.
Calendar Widget & Planner ships an update monthly, WidgetCal every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calendar Widget & Planner | WidgetCal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.2K ratings) — better | 3.6 (1.5K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.6% of reviews — better | 47.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K | 1.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | johnhair.com | YunaSoft Inc. |
Customer experience
Calendar Widget & Planner
WidgetCal
User reviews
Calendar Widget & Planner
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat 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
WidgetCal
From 1.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📅 Great calendar app
- 🔍 Detailed monthly view
- 🎨 Customizable colors and fonts
- 🔒 Syncs with Google Calendar
- 🔧 Helpful stickers and emojis
Room to improve
- 🤖 Ads disrupt user experience
- 🔍 Limited color and theme options
- 🐛 Glitches after iOS updates
- 🗓️ Inability to scroll through months in widget
- 🗓️ Disappearing/deleted calendar events
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
WidgetCal
Reported bugs
5 issues- Calendar events disappearing after updates
- Widget not showing correct month or events
- Inability to add or edit events in the app
- Syncing issues with Google Calendar
- Crashes and freezes after iOS updates
Requested features
5 requests- Allow more calendar customization options
- Improve widget functionality and appearance
- Provide an ad-free paid version
- Enhance syncing with other calendar apps
- Add a daily/weekly view in the widget
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
WidgetCal
- Premium Subscription3 Months trial$9.991 Year
- Religious holidays$0.99
- Week Numbers$0.99
- Moon Phases calendar$0.99
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- Holidays United States$0.99
- Calendars - Pro Football USA 2014-2015 edition$0.99
- Calendars - Pro Baseball USA 2015 edition$0.99
- Calendars - US Pro Basketball 2014-2015 edition$0.99
- Weather calendars$1.99
- Remove Advertisement$9.99
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