Shared Calendar vs BusyBee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shared Calendar
Easily share daily repeating patterns with others. Ideal for managing work shifts, custody schedules, or any recurring events. Invitees can view or edit based on set permissions, with notifications for changes and a full audit trail.
- Daily repeating patterns
- Share with multiple users
- Customizable permissions
- Push notifications
- Full audit trail
- Web interface
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Shared Calendar (formally Custody Calendar) is a simple one entry per day shared calendar application. You can store a daily pattern against each Shared Calendar to store your work shifts, child custody days or any other repeating pattern. Once added a calendar can be shared with as many people as you like. You can email or SMS invites to others who can view the calendar on the web or iPhone App. You can set permissions for people you invite to read only, read-write or read-write and invite others. Shared Calendar can be used by anyone who needs to share a calendar ( but is especially useful for managing a childs schedule when the parents are no longer together). • background app refresh keeps always up to date • push notifications when entries are changed • annotate each day with a repeating schedule (child with mum / dad, working days, nights etc...) • full audit trail, see who changed what, no more misunderstandings! • web interface, use the shared calendar even without an iPhone • search your calendars • optimised for all iPhone screen sizes
BusyBee
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BusyBee makes planning with people effortless. Stop chasing replies and start locking in plans. BusyBee connects your Apple and Google Calendars, shows shared availability fast, and helps you coordinate classes, work shifts, events, and group projects without endless back-and-forth. Whether it’s your partner, friends, roommates, or teammates, BusyBee keeps everyone aligned with less effort and fewer messages. • Connect Apple + Google Calendars: Bring your calendars together in one place. • Find Time Faster: Instantly see when you and your connections are free. • Shared Scheduling Views: Compare schedules clearly and plan with confidence. • Add and Manage Events: Create, edit, and organize events directly in-app. • Flexible Sharing Controls: Choose what calendars to share and update anytime. • Clean, Simple Design: Built for fast decisions, not clutter. BusyBee Premium unlocks even more connectivity: • Advanced Views: Access richer calendar views for deeper schedule planning. • Connection-Based Notifications: Get free/busy alerts so you never miss a planning window. • Higher Connection Limits: Expand from the free limit to up to 20 connections. • Premium Extras: Access additional premium settings like app icon customization. BusyBee helps you spend less time coordinating and more time actually doing. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: BusyBee at none against Shared Calendar's shown. BusyBee also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and device support (3 vs 1). Shared Calendar's advantage is ratings volume (124 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Shared Calendar sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and BusyBee sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BusyBee holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shared Calendar has 124 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Shared Calendar ships an update every 9 days, BusyBee every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shared Calendar | BusyBee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (124 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 124 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dorada App Software Ltd | Shaurya Verma |
In-app purchases
Shared Calendar
- 1 Year Ad Free Shared Calendar$1.99
- Single Calendar$4.99
BusyBee
- Busy Bee Premium7 Days trial$1.991 Month









