Calendars vs Raft
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
Raft
This app helps couples, families, and close friends stay organized and connected by sharing calendars and events. It allows users to plan together, add personal touches to appointments, and countdown to special occasions. Facilitate communication and coordination for a more synchronized life.
- Connect with partner, family, and friends
- View shared plans and appointments
- Like and comment on events
- Personalize events with media
- Share or keep plans private
- Countdown to special occasions
- In-event chat functionality
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Featured by Apple - "New Apps We Love", "Level Up Your Love" & "Hot this week" Raft is beautiful calendar app designed for couples, families and close friends that wants to share calendars, spend more time together and have things to look forward to. Selected praise "Planning can actually be fun, if you do it on Raft" - startups.co “Raft simply makes creating and sharing events enjoyable.” - AppAdvice.com "Great app for keeping up with friends and family or for just keeping up with your own appointments. Best app I've found to help me stay on task." Features • Find and connect your partner, family and BFFs to you calendar. • See what your partner, family and friends got planned. • Like and comment on each others plans. • Personalize your plans and appointments with images, emojis and animated GIFs. • Share some plans. Keep others private. • Countdown the days to weddings, anniversaries, parties, child births and date nights. • Tap to invite people and they will instantly get a notification to join your event. • Chat directly in the calendar events. Join Raft and get your life in sync with your partner, family and friends - “one year from now you wish you started today”! Happy planning! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Calendars at 123K against Raft's 823. Calendars also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and chart position (#104 vs unranked). Raft's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.2). 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 Raft sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Calendars holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calendars has 123K ratings behind it against 823, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Calendars's written reviews are positive against 50% of Raft's.
Calendars ships an update weekly, Raft monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calendars | Raft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (123K ratings) — better | 4.6 (823 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 123K — better | 823 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #104 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 413 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Readdle Technologies Limited | Join Raft AB |
Customer experience
Calendars
Raft
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
Raft
From 823 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Cute and visual design
- 💡 Sharing plans with partner/friends
- 🚀 Helpful for organizing schedules
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 🐛 Sync issues between users
- 🐛 Unreliable notifications
- 🐛 Compatibility issues with new 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
Raft
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to create account
- Events not showing up for partner
- Dates not syncing correctly
- Invitations not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Add location details for events
- Recurring event option
- Monthly calendar view
- Favorite/reuse event icons
- Android app support
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
Raft
- Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$2.491 Month
- Yearly Subscription1 Month trial$18.991 Year









