Calendars vs Weekly Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calendars
This app combines a calendar, task manager, daily planner, and habit tracker. It helps users plan their day, build habits, boost productivity, and stay organized with seamless syncing across all Apple devices. Features include event creation, to-do list management, natural language input, and integration with popular meeting platforms.
- Calendar, task, and habit management
- Daily, weekly, and monthly views
- Natural language event creation
- To-do list organization
- Cross-device syncing
- Meeting platform integration
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Calendars by Readdle is the all-in-one calendar, task manager, daily planner, and habit tracker — seamlessly working across all your Apple devices: Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Plan your day, build better habits, boost productivity, and stay organized with powerful features and smooth sync between all your devices. What you can do with Calendars: • View and manage your calendar with daily, weekly, and monthly views • Create events, set reminders, and never miss important dates • Use the built-in agenda planner to focus on what matters most • Organize your to-do list and manage your tasks with ease • Quickly add events or to-do items using natural language • Build routines and track your habits to stay consistent • Take a guided productivity course to improve time management and focus • Sync across devices with Google Calendar, iCloud, and more • Customize your planner calendar with color coding and widgets • Join Zoom, Google Meet, or GoToMeeting directly from your calendar • Stay in control of your time, wherever you are Whether you're planning a busy workday, building new habits, or working on personal growth, Calendars brings everything together to help you own your time — across all your Apple devices. Privacy Policy: https://readdle.com/calendars/legal/privacy Terms of Service: https://readdle.com/calendars/legal/terms Have questions, comments, or issues? Don’t hesitate to reach out to us at http://readdle.com/contact
Weekly Planner
Organize your life with a simple, visual weekly planner. Easily add appointments, to-do lists, and recurring events. Enjoy a minimalist approach to tracking tasks and priorities, similar to a paper planner but digital.
- Visual weekly calendar
- To-do list creation
- Add appointments and tasks
- Recurring event scheduling
- Notes section
- Task completion checkmarks
- Past and future event review
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Get organized with our simple Weekly Planner. Plan your life a week at a time and turn the page to schedule the following week. Add appointments, to-do lists, tasks, and recurring events. Miss the ease of paper planners and calendars? You’ll love this digital version. We created Weekly Planner - Diary, Notes for people frustrated by visiting multiple screens to write down an appointment or task. It’s for individuals who don’t have the time or want to add endless details about each task or appointment. They need an effortless way to see and record to-dos and events. Open Weekly Planner and you’ll immediately see the current week. You can instantly add items to your Calendar or go to your Notes page with one tap on the Notes icon. When you finish a task, add a check. Weekly Planner allows you to record events weeks and years in advance. You can also review your past events. If you prefer a focused, minimalist approach to organizing your life and work, Weekly Planner - Diary, Notes app is for you. Don’t search for paper refills for your old planner! Learn to use Weekly Planner today and easily track your tasks, appointments, goals, and priorities. Get started You can start with a FREE version or with a 7-day free trial of Weekly Planner's PRO version. After 7 days, you can purchase the PRO version for $5.99, if you wish. Use it for a lifetime with no monthly or annual subscription fees. Or use the FREE version as long as you like. The purchase screen will always show you the difference between FREE and PRO. PRO Features Optional password lock protection Synchronize Weekly Planner with iCloud, Google Cloud, and other devices Save manually or automatically Save versions for printing in customizable PDFs Create recurring events happening daily, weekly, monthly, or annually Create recurring events on exact dates-keep track of birthdays and anniversaries Search events and entries Copy, paste, and move entries Customization options available in PRO settings Set Sunday, Monday or any other day as the first day of the week Select a one-day, two-day, four-day, or weekly view Select from your choice of app icons Select a page design Select font size and color Additional designs are available as in-app purchases. Contact us for help or support or to share suggestions for improving Weekly Planner at appweeklyplanner@gmail.com. Standard Apple LICENSED APPLICATION END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT applies to this app: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Calendars and Weekly Planner both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 70% of Weekly Planner's written reviews are positive against 55% of Calendars's. Calendars's advantage is chart position (#103 vs unranked) and ratings volume (122K vs 15K). On price, rating, 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. Calendars sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Weekly Planner sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Calendars against 4.7 for Weekly Planner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calendars has 122K ratings behind it against 15K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of Calendars's written reviews are positive against 70% of Weekly Planner's.
Calendars ships an update every 11 days, Weekly Planner every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Calendars | Weekly Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (122K ratings) | 4.7 (15K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.4% of reviews | 70.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 122K — better | 15K |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #103 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 407 MB | 1.7 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Readdle Technologies Limited | Digital Legal Tech |
Customer experience
Calendars
Weekly Planner
User reviews
Calendars
From 122K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🌟 Excellent calendar app
- 👍 Easy to use and organize
- 🎨 Helpful color-coding
- 📆 Seamless integration with other calendars
- 🗓️ Detailed monthly/weekly views
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional glitches and data loss
- 💰 Concerns over subscription model
- 🕰️ Cumbersome date/time selection process
- 🔍 Limited location search functionality
- 🔄 Sync issues between devices
Weekly Planner
From 15K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Simple and easy to use
- 👍 Straightforward weekly layout
- 🚀 Intuitive interface
- 👍 Resembles a physical planner
- 🚀 Convenient digital format
Room to improve
- 🐛 Recurring events can be buggy
- 🔍 Lack of search functionality
- 🔍 Limited sync and backup options
- 🔍 No ability to cross off completed tasks
- 🔍 Inability to change text color for different events
Bugs and requests
Calendars
Reported bugs
3 issues- Disappearing events and appointments
- Upgrade process causing data loss
- Freezing and crashing on certain devices
Requested features
5 requests- Recurring events for free users
- Customizable widgets and app icons
- Ability to archive/restore past events
- Improved Apple Watch integration
- Shared calendars and family management
Weekly Planner
Reported bugs
3 issues- Recurring events sometimes disappear or duplicate
- Occasional data loss or entries not saving properly
- Syncing issues between devices
Requested features
6 requests- Add recurring events with end dates
- Implement a calendar view and search function
- Provide automatic iCloud/cloud sync between devices
- Include a checkbox or strikethrough option for completed tasks
- Allow custom text colors for different event types
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- Support for Apple Pencil and handwriting input
In-app purchases
Calendars
- Calendars PRO 1 Month$3.991 Month
- Calendars by Readdle: Interesting Calendars1 Month trial$3.991 Year
- Calendars PRO 1 Month7 Days trial$3.991 Month
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- Calendars PRO 1 Year7 Days trial2 variants$19.991 Year
- Calendars PRO 1 Year1 Year trial$19.991 Year
- Calendars PRO 1 Year14 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Calendars PRO 1 Year7 Days trial$21.991 Year
- Calendars PRO 1 Year7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Calendars PRO LifetimeFree
- Invites & Attendees Upgrade$1.99
- Smart Input Upgrade$1.99
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- Full Upgrade$4.99
- Interesting Calendars$5.99
- My schedule planner, Organizer$6.99
- Full Pack$12.99
- Reminders & Calendars$19.99
- Recurring Events$31.99
Weekly Planner
- PREMIUM 1 month3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- PREMIUM 1 year7 Days trial$11.991 Year
- Textures (lifetime)$1.99
- Holiday designs (lifetime)2 variants$1.99
- 3D Shapes (lifetime)$1.99
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- Gradients (lifetime)$1.99
- Art Lines (lifetime)$1.99
- Weekly Planner PRO (lifetime)$6.99
- PREMIUM for PRO (lifetime)$11.99
- PREMIUM (lifetime)$23.99
Questions
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