Comparison

Calendars vs Shared, the Family Organizer

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Calendar, task, and habit management
  • Daily, weekly, and monthly views
  • Natural language event creation
  • To-do list organization
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Meeting platform integration
Features
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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

About

Shared, the Family Organizer

This app helps families organize their lives by sharing calendars, tasks, lists, expenses, documents, and memories. It offers specific tools for separated parents to manage custody schedules and communication, aiming to reduce mental load and improve family coordination.

Highlights
  • Shared family calendar and agenda
  • Co-parenting custody schedule management
  • Shared tasks and grocery lists
  • Family budget and expense tracking
  • Centralized family documents
  • Private family social feed and chat
Features
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Shared truly simplifies family life! The app was designed to lighten your mental load and make communication smoother between all family members — whether you are a couple, separated parents, or a blended family. Securely share with your loved ones all appointments in the calendar, custody schedules, tasks, grocery lists, expenses, documents and your best memories! Because organization becomes even more complex after a separation or divorce, Shared offers features especially designed for separated parents. Download Shared FOR FREE and make your parenting life easier! --- SHARED CALENDAR & FAMILY AGENDA --- Discover the shared calendar designed for families: • Plan all your appointments and your children’s on one shared calendar • Sync Shared with your other calendars (personal or work) to get a 360° view of all your agendas • Set reminders for the whole family: everyone is notified at the right time, no need to chase after anyone anymore --- ARE YOU SEPARATED? --- Shared simplifies your co-parenting custody schedule! • Easily set up your alternating custody schedule and share it if you like with people close to you. You can create custom custody schedules for school holidays in just a few taps. • Something unexpected? Propose a custody swap in one click to your co-parent and track the custody distribution in real time. Designed for co-parenting, Shared simplifies communication between separated parents and avoids misunderstandings and conflicts. It becomes easy to manage your parental custody schedule, organize the family calendar and keep track of your children’s activities. --- SHARED TASKS & GROCERY LISTS --- Thanks to shared task and grocery lists, everyone takes part in the family organization: goodbye mental load for just one person, hello teamwork! Share household task schedules, grocery lists and more with your family. Set reminders so you don’t have to repeat anything and find them directly in your shared calendar. --- BUDGET TRACKING --- Shared takes care of your family budget! With detailed summaries, everyone always knows where things stand. With expense tracking by category, you get the insights you need to take action. Choose the expenses to share and Shared automatically calculates reimbursement amounts based on the chosen split. No more arguments about money! --- SHARED DOCUMENTS & CONTACTS --- Centralize all important family documents by category, accessible at any time. Need your co-parent or nanny to access a document or a contact? Select what you want to share and with whom. --- FAMILY SOCIAL NETWORK & CHAT --- Share photos and updates with your family through the family social feed or chat, fully privately and without ads. On Shared, your personal data is strictly private and confidential. --- SUBSCRIPTION PRICING & TERMS --- Become a Premium member to unlock all features. Once subscribed, all members of your Circle benefit from Premium features. No commitment, cancel anytime. By subscribing to Premium, you accept Shared’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. There are 2 Premium subscription types: • Yearly • Monthly Your payment will be processed via the App Store for a one-year or one-month period, with automatic renewal at the end of the period unless cancelled at least 24h before the renewal date. Your subscription and the deactivation of automatic renewals can be managed in your Apple account settings after purchase. https://share-d.com/en/conditions-generales https://share-d.com/en/politique-de-confidentialite

Screenshots

Calendars4 screens
Shared, the Family Organizer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Calendars at 122K against Shared, the Family Organizer's 36. Calendars also leads on chart position (#103 vs unranked) and device support (4 vs 1). Shared, the Family Organizer's advantage is review sentiment (73% vs 55%) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.2). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Calendars sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Shared, the Family Organizer sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Calendars against 4.8 for Shared, the Family Organizer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calendars has 122K ratings behind it against 36, 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 73% of Shared, the Family Organizer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calendars ships an update every 11 days, Shared, the Family Organizer every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Calendars versus Shared, the Family Organizer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalendarsShared, the Family Organizer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (122K ratings)4.8 (36 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.4% of reviews73.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings122K — better36
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#103 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.216.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size407 MB181 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperReaddle Technologies LimitedShared SAS

Customer experience

Calendars

All ratings121,639 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews1,247 reviews
Positive55.4%
Neutral8.9%
Negative35.7%

Shared, the Family Organizer

All ratings36 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral2.8%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews115 reviews
Positive73.0%
Neutral8.7%
Negative18.3%

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

Shared, the Family Organizer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

17 purchases

Calendars

Subscriptions8
  • 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
One-time9
  • 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
4 purchases

Shared, the Family Organizer

Subscriptions4
  • Shared Premium Monthly14 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Shared Premium Monthly1 Month trial$6.991 Month
  • Shared Premium Yearly14 Days trial$54.991 Year
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  • Shared Premium Yearly1 Year trial2 variants$54.991 Year

Questions

Is Calendars free?
Calendars is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shared, the Family Organizer free?
Shared, the Family Organizer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Calendars or Shared, the Family Organizer?
Shared, the Family Organizer is rated higher. Calendars averages 4.7 out of 5 from 122K ratings, while Shared, the Family Organizer averages 4.8 from 36 ratings.
Do Calendars or Shared, the Family Organizer have ads?
Neither Calendars nor Shared, the Family Organizer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Calendars or Shared, the Family Organizer?
Calendars ships an update every 11 days, and Shared, the Family Organizer every 10 days. Most recently, Calendars was updated on September 24, 2026 and Shared, the Family Organizer on September 21, 2026.

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