Vertical Calendar vs The Cleaning Brief
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vertical Calendar
This productivity app offers a vertical calendar view with customizable holiday colors, notes, and reminder notifications. It supports multiple calendars, bulk operations, and memo search, all accessible through a URL scheme. Enjoy a dark mode and adjustable font sizes for a personalized scheduling experience.
- Vertical calendar view
- Holiday and day off coloring
- Notes and color settings
- Reminder notifications
- Bulk operations
- Memo search
- Dark mode
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Vertical calendar (widget compatible). All features are completely free to use. - Vertical/multiple calendars - Holiday/day off color - Notes and color settings - Reminder notification - Color tag setting - Various bulk operations - Memo search - Font size setting - Today's event widget - dark mode URL scheme: verticalcalendar://
The Cleaning Brief
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The Cleaning Brief helps you capture household cleaning tasks, organize them by room, and generate a simple printable brief for each cleaning day. Set up your home by floor and room, add tasks as they come up, rotate deep-clean focus rooms, and create a clean day brief with priority tasks, room-by-room checklists, optional notes, and a printable PDF. The app is local-first and designed for straightforward household admin. It does not require an account, remote sync, analytics, advertising, or third-party tracking. Key features: - Capture weekly cleaning tasks by room - Mark priority tasks for the cleaner - Rotate deep-clean focus rooms - Generate printable cleaning briefs - Archive previous briefs and copy tasks forward - Optional local 08:00 clean-day reminders - Local-only storage with no sign-in required
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: The Cleaning Brief at none against Vertical Calendar's shown. The Cleaning Brief also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Vertical Calendar | The Cleaning Brief |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FugaPiyo Inc. | Harry Sharman |
In-app purchases
Vertical Calendar
No in-app purchases
The Cleaning Brief
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Is The Cleaning Brief free?
Do Vertical Calendar or The Cleaning Brief have ads?
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