Comparison

Calendars vs Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note

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 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.

Highlights
  • 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
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

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

Screenshots

Calendars4 screens
Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Calendars versus Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalendarsPocket Planner, Calendar, Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (123K ratings)4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.0% of reviews64.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings123K — better1.4K
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#108 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.218.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size413 MB656 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperReaddle Technologies LimitedDigital Legal Tech

Customer experience

Calendars

All ratings122,497 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews1,313 reviews
Positive56.0%
Neutral8.7%
Negative35.3%

Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note

All ratings1,422 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews594 reviews
Positive64.0%
Neutral11.4%
Negative24.6%

User reviews

Calendars

From 123K App Store ratings

What 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 ratings

What 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

10 purchases

Calendars

Subscriptions6
  • 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
One-time4
  • Smart Input Upgrade$1.99
  • My schedule planner, Organizer$6.99
  • Full Pack$12.99
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  • Recurring Events$31.99
10 purchases

Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note

Subscriptions2
  • PREMIUM 1 month3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • PREMIUM 1 year7 Days trial$11.991 Year
One-time8
  • 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

Questions

Is Calendars free?
Calendars is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note free?
Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Calendars or Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note?
Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note is rated higher. Calendars averages 4.7 out of 5 from 123K ratings, while Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note averages 4.7 from 1.4K ratings.
Do Calendars or Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note have ads?
Neither Calendars nor Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Calendars or Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note?
Calendars ships an update weekly, and Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note every 5 weeks. Most recently, Calendars was updated on November 11, 2026 and Pocket Planner, Calendar, Note on November 7, 2026.

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