PostalCal vs Postal Time Keeper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PostalCal
This calendar app is designed for postal employees with rotating days off. It displays paydays and postal holidays, eliminating the need for annual paper calendars. Optional in-app purchases allow for color customization and adding personal events.
- Rotating days off calendar
- Payday display
- Postal observed holidays
- Customizable color rotations
- Add personal events
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Postal Employee Day Off Calendar Are you a postal employee with rotating days off? This app is for you. Postal Employee Day Off Calendar is a simple, purpose-built calendar for USPS postal workers and their families. It clearly shows every pay day and postal‑observed holiday so you always know what’s coming. Instead of buying a new paper color calendar every year, make a one‑time purchase and keep everything on your phone. Want more control? Unlock two optional upgrades: Customize calendar colors to match your own rotation. Add your own events directly to the calendar.
Postal Time Keeper
Easily track your daily clock rings and important time stamps without manual notes. This app provides a clear 100-unit time display and allows you to search past entries by route number. Customize operations and store your barcode for quick scanner logins.
- Track clock rings
- 100-unit time display
- Search by route number
- Customizable operations
- Store barcode for scanner
- Home screen widget
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Postal Time Keeper lets you keep track of all of your important clock rings throughout the day. No more writing them down on scraps of paper and losing them! And best of all It a 100 Unit time stamp gets shown so no more checking that annoying time chart at the time clock! Postal Time Keeper keeps all of your clock rings saved in an easy to navigate format allowing you to go back to any day and see what you did. You can search by route number to see what day you did any given route. You can completely customize the list of Operations to fit your needs. As well as setting a default operation and route so you can quickly add your most commonly used clock ring. You can store your barcode for logging in and entering clockrings on your USPS Scanner. You can now keep your barcode on your iPhone Home Screen with a widget
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PostalCal at 5.0 against Postal Time Keeper's 3.6. PostalCal also leads on chart position (#150 vs unranked). Postal Time Keeper's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and price ($0.99 vs $5.99). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
PostalCal costs $5.99 and Postal Time Keeper $0.99 up front. PostalCal sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Postal Time Keeper asks for nothing beyond the download.
PostalCal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of PostalCal's written reviews are positive against 67% of Postal Time Keeper's.
PostalCal ships an update every 9 months, Postal Time Keeper every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PostalCal | Postal Time Keeper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 3.6 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.2% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #150 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Franco | Mark Cornish |
Customer experience
PostalCal
Postal Time Keeper
Bugs and requests
PostalCal
Reported bugs
15 issues- Re-purchase required after payment
- No dates after 11th day
- No 10 shows up
- Last weeks of months have dots instead of dates
- Month & Year not displayed
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- Juneteenth holiday not updated
- Memorial Day date incorrect (May 24th instead of 31st)
- Graphic issues on iPad
- App crashes on opening
- App won't open after iOS update
- App crashes on current month
- Error on August 23rd (should be black, not blue)
- Pay period info missing
- Cannot swipe back
- App kicks out when selecting a month
Requested features
13 requests- Sync with other calendars (iCal)
- Add custom events option
- Ability to add notes
- Integrate weather
- Add mail volumes manually
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- See a couple years ahead
- Update for future years
- Add events to days
- Link days off with iOS calendar
- Ability to shut off unwanted colors
- Mark days taken off (s/l or a/l)
- Add non-postal holidays
- Option to add notes for a fee
Postal Time Keeper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PostalCal
- Custom Calendar Colors$3.99
- Calendar Events$4.99
Postal Time Keeper
No in-app purchases
Questions
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