Comparison

Occasions 3 vs BamFleet

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

Head to head
About

Occasions 3

Never forget important dates like birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays again. This app helps you track special events, set multiple custom alerts, and even send well wishes directly from your device. It offers seamless integration with your contacts and calendar, with options for customization and convenient access via widgets and Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Sync events with Contacts
  • Multiple custom alerts per event
  • Categorized holiday selection
  • Add events to device calendar
  • Send messages directly from app
  • Customizable themes and icons
  • Widgets and Apple Watch app
  • Automatic iCloud backup
Features
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Remembering birthdays, anniversaries, holidays and other special events is now easier than ever. Occasions is the best way to keep track of and remember important events in your busy life. You can also send your well wishes to friends and family, right from the app. Here’s what you can do with Occasions as your special-events manager: • Sync birthdays, anniversaries and other events with Contacts. • Set up to 3 alerts for each event, and customize alerts for individual events. • Choose from a wide selection of holidays, conveniently categorized by country and religion. • Add events from Occasions to your device’s built-in calendar. • Create events that are independent of Contacts. • Send messages to friends and loved ones via phone, email or text, right from the app. • Change the app's look and feel with themes and app icons. • Glance at the widgets and Apple Watch app to see timely event information. • Automatically back up your data to iCloud.

About

BamFleet

Features
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BamFleet puts your 3D-print fleet in your pocket. It's a fast, native iPhone and iPad client for BamBuddy and PrintBuddy — the open-source managers for 3D printers — so you can watch and control every printer without walking back to the workshop. Connect to your own BamBuddy or PrintBuddy server and get a live view of the whole fleet: what's printing, how far along, and what's coming next. MONITOR EVERY PRINTER • Live status for each printer — progress, layer count and time remaining • Nozzle, bed and chamber temperatures, plus part, aux and chamber fans • Cover image of the current print and a live camera view • AMS units at a glance: material, colour and remaining amount per tray, plus external spools • Plain-English HMS alerts — error codes are translated into readable explanations, not just numbers STAY IN CONTROL • Pause, resume and stop prints • Toggle the chamber light and set temperature and fan targets • "Clear plate" when a finished print is waiting, so the queue keeps moving • Smart-plug power control with live draw and energy usage, where a plug is assigned • Control AMS Filament: load, unload, re-read and configure MANAGE THE QUEUE • See the whole fleet's queue with each job's printer, filament weight and plate type • Timing at a glance — ASAP, Scheduled or Staged (manual start) • Reorder by dragging, start now, cancel or delete • Edit any queued job: assign it to a specific printer or any idle printer of a model • Map each filament to an AMS slot — pulled from the printer's live AMS — or leave it on Auto • Tune advanced options: bed levelling, flow and vibration calibration, first-layer inspection, timelapse and preheat TRACK YOUR FILAMENT • Full spool inventory with material, colour, remaining weight and storage location • Add, edit, assign, archive or delete spools • Low-stock indicators so you reorder in time BROWSE YOUR ARCHIVE • Every archived print with its render, stats and metadata • Send any archived print back to the queue in a couple of taps • View finish photos and timelapses, and save them to Photos AND MORE • Home Screen widgets — a fleet overview, and a "Now Printing" widget for any printer you pick • Print history and statistics — success rate, print time, filament and cost • Light and dark themes • Flexible sign-in: API key, or username and password with two-factor (TOTP) support — plus servers that have authentication disabled • Permission-aware: BamFleet only shows the actions your account is allowed to perform REQUIRES A BAMBUDDY OR PRINTBUDDY SERVER BamFleet is a client app. You need your own running BamBuddy or PrintBuddy server (self-hosted) to sign in — it does not include or provide a server. Connections go only to the server you configure, over your own network or the address you provide. BamFleet is an independent client and is not affiliated with, authorised by, or endorsed by Bambu Lab, BamBuddy, or PrintBuddy. PRIVACY Your credentials are stored securely in the iOS Keychain and used only to talk to your server. BamFleet doesn't track you. Point BamFleet at your server and your whole fleet is a tap away.

Screenshots

Occasions 34 screens
BamFleet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BamFleet at every 2 weeks against Occasions 3's every 3 months. BamFleet also leads on chart position (#141 vs unranked) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Occasions 3 costs $2.99 and BamFleet $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Occasions 3 ships an update every 3 months, BamFleet every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Occasions 3 versus BamFleet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOccasions 3BamFleet
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.8 (2.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews74.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.4K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank—#141 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHand Carved Code, LLCJAMIE CURNOW

Bugs and requests

Occasions 3

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Duplicate notifications
  • Sync issues
  • Data loss
  • Compatibility issues with older devices
  • Facebook SDK error

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add military birthdays
  • Repeat functionality
  • Sync with Apple Watch
  • Separate categories for events
  • Zodiac sign display
Show 1 more
  • Public occasion lists

BamFleet

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Occasions 3

No in-app purchases

None

BamFleet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Occasions 3 free?
Occasions 3 costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BamFleet free?
BamFleet costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Occasions 3 or BamFleet have ads?
Neither Occasions 3 nor BamFleet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Occasions 3 or BamFleet?
Occasions 3 ships an update every 3 months, and BamFleet every 2 weeks. Most recently, Occasions 3 was updated on October 17, 2026 and BamFleet on October 15, 2026.

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