Upcoming Events Widget vs Friendly Reminder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Upcoming Events Widget
This calendar widget displays upcoming events up to a year in advance, offering a clear view of future appointments. Customize time display and select which calendars to show. It automatically adapts to your system's dark/light mode and calendar color preferences.
- Displays events up to one year ahead
- Customizable time display (time until/time of)
- Selectable calendar sources
- Adapts to system dark/light mode
- Uses system calendar colors
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A calendar widget that looks up to a year in the future for your events. The other calendar widgets I found only looked ahead a day, maybe three. I wanted to know the next 5 or 10 things coming up, no matter if they were next week or next month. So I built this calendar widget. It's got some options for configuration the time display format, either time until, or time of. And choosing which calendars it displays entries from. All of the colors in the widget come from your system dark/light preference, as well as the colors you chose for your calendars. It updates every 5 to 10 minutes depending on how iOS is feeling. Only works with events stored in Apple's Calendar App.
Friendly Reminder
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Friendly Reminder keeps the right note visible at the right moment. Create a reminder, choose its days and times, then add a widget to your Home or Lock Screen. MAKE REMINDERS FIT YOUR DAY • Simple daily, weekday and weekend schedules • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Compact notes with emoji • Optional step-by-step widget setup help • No account required FREE Create up to 5 reminders with simple schedules. Free use is supported by ads when available; your privacy choices do not block access. FRIENDLY REMINDER PRO • Places: location-based reminders • Unlimited reminders • Ad-free With Pro, choose saved places such as Home and Office, or On the go outside all saved places. Day, time and place settings work together. Location-based updates depend on your location permission and iOS widget refresh timing; widgets are not timed alarms. Your reminders stay saved if Pro ends. Items above the free limit and place-based rules require Pro again; nothing is deleted. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. If a free trial is available and you are eligible, it renews into the selected paid plan unless canceled. The App Store shows your local price and terms before purchase. Manage or cancel in your App Store account. Support & Privacy: https://claudiusthelen.com/data/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Friendly Reminder at Free against Upcoming Events Widget's $0.99. Friendly Reminder also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 months). Upcoming Events Widget's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Friendly Reminder is free to download; Upcoming Events Widget costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Upcoming Events Widget ships an update every 10 months, Friendly Reminder every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Upcoming Events Widget | Friendly Reminder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elise Wood | Claudius Thelen |
In-app purchases
Upcoming Events Widget
No in-app purchases
Friendly Reminder
No in-app purchases
Questions
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