Comparison

Monthly Calendar MocaHD vs Basic Calendar

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

Head to head
About

Monthly Calendar MocaHD

A visually appealing calendar app offering an infinite longitudinal monthly view for easy schedule checking. It integrates seamlessly with your existing iOS calendar data and provides essential customization options.

Highlights
  • Infinite longitudinal scrolling monthly view
  • Integrates with iOS Calendar
  • Supports Google Calendar and iCloud
  • Customizable holiday calendar
  • Adjustable first day of the week
  • Font size and event display options
Features
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A beautiful, convenient calendar app built specifically for the monthly view. If the only view you ever use in Google Calendar is a custom "4 weeks" view, this app is made especially for you. ■ Thank you for your reviews Our development team (well, it's just one person) uses this app every day, so if something isn't working right, we truly want to fix it. Your help is appreciated! ■ Vertical scrolling Monthly calendars are connected vertically into one continuous view, so you can scroll freely and check your upcoming schedule at a glance. Since there are no page breaks between months, you can see next month's events just as easily — even at the end of the month. ■ Made for month-view people Moca is designed for people who mostly use the monthly view in their calendar app. Rather than showing every detail of each event, it focuses on letting you scan several weeks ahead at a glance. ■ Integrated with iOS calendar Moca reads calendar data from the accounts configured on your device. Google Calendar and Apple's iCloud Calendar work as-is — no complicated in-app setup required. ■ Minimal, essential customization - Calendar - Holiday settings - First day of the week - Font size and number of events shown - Color theme - Badge on the app icon - Rokuyou (Japanese traditional calendar) display ■ One small request If you run into a problem, please contact us directly — reviews don't allow a proper back-and-forth conversation. You can reach us from the settings screen in the app (tap the gear icon), or simply email us at the address below. app+mc@aill.org ■ Frequently Asked Questions ◯ I want to remove ads You can remove ads by purchasing the add-on. Open Settings from the gear icon, then choose "Remove Ads" near the middle of the screen. ○ I want to change the color of an event Event text is shown in the color assigned to its calendar. Add calendars from the "Calendar" section in Settings to use different colors for different types of events. ○ How to show an event with a colored bar Events marked as "All-day" when created are displayed with a colored bar.

About

Basic Calendar

Organize your schedule with a clear month view and daily event list. Customize your calendar with color themes and display events on your Home Screen with widgets. Supports lunar dates for Korean and Chinese calendars.

Highlights
  • Month view and daily event list
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Customizable color themes
  • Support for Korean/Chinese lunar dates
  • Selectable calendar display
Features
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Your plans, with a personal touch. Basic Calendar brings your month, week, notes and recorded events together. • A little note on your month Place a sticky note on the monthly calendar. Move it, resize it and adjust the paper opacity. One yellow note in each month is free. Sticky Notes Plus is an optional one-time, non-consumable purchase for up to three notes per month and seven paper colors. It is not a monthly subscription and does not require a new purchase each month. All Access Pass and verified eligible previous supporters include this access. • Look back at your calendar Explore monthly and yearly charts by scheduled event duration, event count or sticker share. Compare with the previous month or year, filter calendars, and revisit related dates and events. These charts summarize available calendar records; they do not measure actual activity, productivity or goal completion. All-day events are excluded from duration totals, and overlapping events are added separately. Lookback is free. • Find a plan and make a new draft Search event titles with a date range and calendar filter. Create a new event draft from an eligible existing event and choose its date and destination calendar. Invited, recurring and read-only events cannot be duplicated. • Save a month as PDF or images Export an A4 calendar as PDF or high-resolution PNG images for sharing or printing. Events are off by default. Choose whether to include events and date decorations; event notes, locations and links are excluded. Sticky notes are not included. Export is free. • Make important days stand out Emoji, the basic circle and the red highlighter are free. Illustrated sticker packs and additional hand-drawn styles and highlighter colors require optional one-time in-app purchases. All Access Pass unlocks current and future decoration sets. Verified eligible previous supporters receive the same access without another payment. • Your week and Home Screen Switch between month and week views, choose device calendars, and check your dates and events with small, medium and large widgets. Personalize the app and widgets with color themes. Show Korean or Chinese lunar dates; Korean lunar dates support Gregorian dates from January 1, 1900 through December 31, 2050. Calendar access is required for events; event syncing depends on device settings and your calendar service. Date decorations can optionally sync through iCloud with the same Apple Account. Sticky notes and custom lookback titles stay on this device; sticky notes do not appear in widgets or exports. Purchase availability and local prices are shown in the app when products are available. Long-press a date in month view to add an event or decorate that date. Save calendar selections as named display sets, switch between them, and return to All calendars. Optionally sync the sets through iCloud; the currently applied selection stays on each device.

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Basic Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Monthly Calendar MocaHD at 67% against Basic Calendar's 0%. Basic Calendar's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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. Monthly Calendar MocaHD sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Basic Calendar sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Basic Calendar holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Monthly Calendar MocaHD's written reviews are positive against 0% of Basic Calendar's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Monthly Calendar MocaHD ships an update monthly, Basic Calendar every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Monthly Calendar MocaHD versus Basic Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonthly Calendar MocaHDBasic Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (7 ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better5
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeraill, k.k. (JP)dotori king

Customer experience

Monthly Calendar MocaHD

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

Basic Calendar

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Monthly Calendar MocaHD

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
10 purchases

Basic Calendar

One-time10
  • Simple Daily$0.99
  • Highlighter Set$0.99
  • Pastel Days$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Animal Friends$0.99
  • Vegetable Garden$0.99
  • School Days$0.99
  • Workday$0.99
  • Sticky notes plus$0.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
  • All Access Pass$5.99

Questions

Is Monthly Calendar MocaHD free?
Monthly Calendar MocaHD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Basic Calendar free?
Basic Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Monthly Calendar MocaHD or Basic Calendar?
Basic Calendar is rated higher. Monthly Calendar MocaHD averages 4.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Basic Calendar averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Monthly Calendar MocaHD or Basic Calendar have ads?
Monthly Calendar MocaHD shows ads; Basic Calendar does not.
Which is updated more often, Monthly Calendar MocaHD or Basic Calendar?
Monthly Calendar MocaHD ships an update monthly, and Basic Calendar every 2 weeks. Most recently, Monthly Calendar MocaHD was updated on November 1, 2026 and Basic Calendar on November 7, 2026.

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