Comparison

Calendars vs Vimcal

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

Vimcal

This calendar app streamlines scheduling for busy professionals and teams. It offers AI-powered scheduling, time zone management, and a clean interface to boost productivity and reduce meeting clutter.

Highlights
  • AI-powered scheduling
  • Time zone conversion (Time Travel)
  • Availability sharing (Slots)
  • Meeting decluttering (Rainbow Events)
  • Fast and intuitive interface
  • Team scheduling capabilities
Features
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Vimcal is the ultimate calendar designed for busy professionals and their teams. We invested two years into understanding the pain points of our first 10,000 users through 1:1 Zoom calls. This allowed us to map out all the different scenarios of corporate scheduling. The result? The world's fastest and most intuitive calendar app, built to streamline scheduling and boost your productivity at work, as well as the most robust harness for agentic scheduling. In Vimcal, you can accomplish anything you would in another calendar, but in half the steps or fewer and with no error. AGENTIC SCHEDULING Scheduling with voice, screenshots, or your AI personal assistant. Vimcal holds proprietary context about your meetings such as whether it's internal vs external, how important it is, or how many times it's already been rescheduled. Vimcal provides you the sturdiest guardrails for your time. BUILT FOR TEAMS Scheduling with your team is so much more complicated than just seeing what's open or blocked on the calendar. When your entire team uses Vimcal, all of Vimcal's context allows for the most accurate scheduling that aligns with everyone's schedules. NO MORE TIME ZONE PROBLEMS Time Travel — Find the best time between you and any other time zone in the world without any mental math. SCHEDULE WITH A PERSONAL TOUCH Slots — Sending a booking link feels transactional, but typing out your free times instead is tedious. Get the best of both worlds with our drag-and-copy availability feature! DECLUTTER BEAUTIFULLY Rainbow Events — No one likes seeing a full calendar. Let Vimcal take care of unnecessary meetings and declutter your mind. BUTTERY SMOOTH EVERYTHING 100ms Rule — We obsessively test every tap and interaction to give you the silkiest, fastest mobile experience. Upgrade your productivity and take control of your schedule with Vimcal. Download now and revolutionize the way you manage your time.

Screenshots

Calendars4 screens
Vimcal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vimcal at none against Calendars's 10. Calendars's advantage is ratings volume (123K vs 469) and chart position (#110 vs unranked). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Vimcal asks for nothing beyond the download.

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 Vimcal. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calendars has 123K ratings behind it against 469, 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 52% of Vimcal's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calendars ships an update weekly, Vimcal every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Calendars versus Vimcal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalendarsVimcal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (123K ratings) — better4.7 (469 ratings)
Positive reviews56.0% of reviews — better52.2% of reviews
Number of ratings123K — better469
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
Best chart rank#110 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.2 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size413 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperReaddle Technologies LimitedVimcal Inc.

Customer experience

Calendars

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

Vimcal

All ratings469 ratings
Positive91.0%
Neutral2.1%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive52.2%
Neutral10.4%
Negative37.3%

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

Vimcal

From 469 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and efficient
  • 🤝 Great for managing multiple calendars
  • ⏱️ Helpful time zone features
  • 💻 Powerful desktop app
  • 🎨 Clean and intuitive UI

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs with date/time navigation
  • 🔌 No offline support
  • 🔍 Difficult to find/add local calendars
  • 🔀 Issues with Google/Microsoft account integration
  • 📱 Laggy and buggy mobile app

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

Vimcal

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Scheduling links broken
  • Randomly deleting meetings
  • Inability to update meeting details
  • Widget not showing all events

Requested features

5 requests
  • Integration with iCloud and other calendar services
  • Full year view
  • Better widget functionality
  • Ability to feed external data into the calendar
  • Apple Watch support

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
None

Vimcal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Calendars free?
Calendars is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vimcal free?
Vimcal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Calendars or Vimcal?
Calendars is rated higher. Calendars averages 4.7 out of 5 from 123K ratings, while Vimcal averages 4.7 from 469 ratings.
Do Calendars or Vimcal have ads?
Neither Calendars nor Vimcal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Calendars or Vimcal?
Calendars ships an update weekly, and Vimcal every 5 days. Most recently, Calendars was updated on November 11, 2026 and Vimcal on November 7, 2026.

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