Calendars vs Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calendars
This app combines calendar, task management, and habit tracking to boost productivity and organization. It offers seamless syncing across Apple devices and integrates with popular services like Google Calendar. Plan your day, manage tasks, and build routines with customizable views and features.
- Calendar and task management
- Habit tracking and routine building
- Cross-device syncing
- Natural language event creation
- Integration with Google Calendar and Zoom
- Customizable views and widgets
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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
Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note
Organize your tasks and schedule with a digital planner that mimics a classic paper notebook. Plan your day, week, or year with ease, track habits, and manage to-do lists. It offers a clear overview of your commitments and helps you achieve your goals.
- Digital pocket planner with weekly view
- Integrated notebook, scheduler, and calendar
- Habit tracker and to-do list functionality
- Page-flipping interface like a paper notebook
- Customizable background designs and fonts
- Voice input and Apple Pencil support
- iCloud backup and restore
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Keep Your Tasks and Schedule Organized — Easy and Quick! This is a full digital equivalent of a classic pocket paper planner with a weekly view and traditional page-flipping, turning any number of tasks into a clear plan for your day, week, month, or year. It lets you plan all your personal and work-related tasks with maximum ease, simplicity, and speed, giving you an instant overview of how busy your time is. The planner combines a notebook, scheduler, calendar, habit tracker, and to-do list—all in one app. It replaces your familiar paper organizer with a perfectly identical, high-tech version so you can effortlessly create plans, track their progress, and achieve your goals. Remember: a dream written down alongside a date becomes a goal! Millions of people worldwide already use our planner. It helps create schedules, take notes, manage client lists, keep track of tasks and shopping lists, build habits, stay productive, and never forget anything. The interface mimics the classic paper notebook with page-flipping that people have used for centuries. It’s the simplest and most intuitive way to plan—like a school diary or a minimalist paper planner. On the main screen, you see all your plans for the week—the most manageable timeframe for convenient planning. You can easily flip forward or backward through as many weeks, months, or years as you want. Any tasks, plans, habits, or lists are easy to add, edit, or delete. No complicated data entry systems, no filling out forms—just type or speak your notes as you would in any regular memo. Key planner features: • Smooth page-flipping just like a paper calendar (planner, organizer). No need to carry a paper notebook anymore. • Full-week view plus an expanded single-day view for more notes. All your plans at your fingertips. • A variety of background designs to suit even the most discerning taste. Change them as many times as you want. • Calendar for easy navigation to any date, past or future. • Highlight notes with color, underline, strikethrough, bold, or italic font—all to prioritize tasks and mark completed ones. • A separate notes page (to-do list) not tied to any date. Use it for shopping lists or jotting down valuable thoughts. • Week numbers displayed and one-tap return to the current date anytime. • Customizable color and font size for entries and events. • Language selection. • Choice of the first day of the week. • Voice input for adding entries, plus Apple Pencil support on iPads. • iCloud backup and restore—your data is always safe. By popular demand, we also added: • Recurring events (daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly, yearly, etc.) Perfect for birthdays, workouts, schedules. • Automatic reminders (notifications you requested). • Checkboxes to mark completed tasks. • Hourly breakdown for days, making it easier to plan consistent schedules. • Ability to share your schedule with colleagues, friends, and family. • Word search function. • Integration with calendars like Google Calendar and iPhone Calendar. • And much, much more. The basic planner features are always FREE. You can also upgrade to Premium with a one-time purchase or subscription. E-mail: appweeklyplanner@gmail.com This app is subject to Apple’s standard End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Enjoy using it!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Calendars at weekly against Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note's every 5 weeks. Calendars also leads on ratings volume (123K vs 1.4K) and chart position (#108 vs unranked). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Calendars sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note 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 Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calendars has 123K ratings behind it against 1.4K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of Calendars's written reviews are positive against 64% of Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note's.
Calendars ships an update weekly, Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calendars | Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (123K ratings) | 4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.0% of reviews | 64.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 123K — better | 1.4K |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #108 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 413 MB | 656 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Readdle Technologies Limited | Digital Legal Tech |
Customer experience
Calendars
Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note
User reviews
Calendars
From 123K 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
Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note
From 1.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 📆 Provides a clear weekly view
- 💻 Works well across devices
- 🎨 Customizable design options
- 💰 One-time purchase, no subscriptions
Room to improve
- 🔍 Lacks search functionality
- 🔔 No reminder or notification features
- 🗓️ Limited calendar integration
- ✏️ No handwriting support
- 🔒 Sync issues between devices
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
Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note
Reported bugs
3 issues- Occasional crashes or freezes
- Data loss or sync problems
- Inconsistent behavior after updates
Requested features
5 requests- Recurring events and tasks
- Checklists and task management
- Monthly/yearly view options
- Sync with external calendars
- Reminder/notification system
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 trial$19.991 Year
- Calendars PRO 1 Year1 Year trial$19.991 Year
- Calendars PRO 1 Year7 Days trial$21.991 Year
- Smart Input Upgrade$1.99
- My schedule planner, Organizer$6.99
- Full Pack$12.99
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- Recurring Events$31.99
Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note
- PREMIUM 1 month3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- PREMIUM 1 year7 Days trial$11.991 Year
- Holiday designs (lifetime)$1.99
- Textures (lifetime)$1.99
- 3D Shapes (lifetime)$1.99
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- Art Lines (lifetime)$1.99
- Gradients (lifetime)$1.99
- Pocket Planner PRO (lifetime)$6.99
- PREMIUM for PRO (lifetime)$11.99
- PREMIUM (lifetime)$23.99
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