Comparison

Solid Calendar vs TaskScratch

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Solid Calendar

This app helps you manage your time, tasks, and events with a natural language interface. It acts as a digital planner, rotating schedule manager, and reminder system, syncing with your existing device calendars for seamless organization.

Highlights
  • Add events with natural language input
  • Calendar planner with intuitive interface
  • Digital planner for tasks and to-do lists
  • Rotating schedule management
  • Quick join for video calls
  • Reminders and smart notifications
  • Multiple layout options
Features
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No subscriptions - Buy once, keep forever on all devices Elevate your productivity and organization with Solid Calendar – the all-in-one solution for managing your time, tasks, and events seamlessly. Whether you're a busy professional, a student juggling classes, or anyone looking to make the most of every day, this app offers the perfect blend of a calendar planner, rotating schedule manager, digital organizer and reminders manager. Are you ready to reclaim your time and enjoy a more organized lifestyle? Download this calendar app now and manage your schedule, tasks, and events with ease. Key Features of Solid Calendar: - Add events with natural language Isn't it so much easier when our devices understand us? You can say things like: "Pick up the kids tomorrow at 18:00" "Lunch this Saturday between 12:00 and 14:00" "Meet with Bill in 2 hours" - Calendar planner Stay on top of your schedule effortlessly with this intuitive calendar interface. Plan events, set reminders, and never miss appointments again. With a user-friendly design, adding and managing events is a breeze, ensuring you're always in control of your time with this natural language calendar. For those with complex rotating schedules, this app is also a great fit. Whether you are in healthcare, public safety, or any other profession with rotating shifts, this app adapts to your unique needs. See your rotation patterns and stay informed about your upcoming schedule with Solid Calendar. - Digital planner Say goodbye to traditional paper planners! This digital planner allows you to create, organize, and track tasks. Prioritize tasks, set due dates, and get a clear overview of your to-do list. With synchronization across devices, this planner is accessible anytime, anywhere. - 6 different layouts With Solid Calendar you can find the layout that suits your needs best on each device - Quick Join for video calls You will find options to jump straight into events that have video calls both from the app itself and from notifications - Reminders Your Reminders can live alongside your events in all layouts. You can also create and edit reminders. - Use the calendars on your device Solid Calendar works with the calendars you already have on your device. No data about your calendars leaves your device, so you can have peace of mind about your privacy - Light and Dark mode Enjoy well designed themes for both light and dark mode and pick the one you like best to accommodate your style. - Seamless integration This app easily syncs with all your device's calendars, ensuring that your events and appointments will be scheduled into a routine calendar. You'll never have to stress about missing an essential occasion. All your data remains up-to-date. - Smart reminders Stay on track with smart notifications and reminders. Customize when you will be notified about upcoming events, tasks, or shifts. So, you will be prepared for what's next. - Data security Your privacy is the top priority. This app is designed with advanced security measures to protect your sensitive information. Enjoy the convenience of a digital planner without compromising your data. Your events and reminders remain on your device, they are never uploaded to any third party servers. Cross-device sync Access your schedule and tasks from any iOS device. Whether using your iPhone or iPad, you'll always have your planner at your fingertips. Are you ready to get on top of your schedule? Solid Calendar is a universal app available on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS You can choose to unlock just this app or all 5 Solid Apps with one purchase Terms of service: http://solidapps.co/terms.html Privacy policy: http://solidapps.co/privacy.html

About

TaskScratch

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TaskScratch is a task manager built on a simple promise: you pay once, you own it forever. No subscription. No "Pro" upgrade that changes the deal. No bait-and-switch. The price you see is the price you pay, and it never expires. YOUR TASKS, YOUR DEVICES, YOUR DATA TaskScratch syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Mac through your personal iCloud account. Your tasks never touch our servers, because we don't have any. No account to create, no third-party cloud service, no data harvesting. Just your Apple ID and end-to-end encryption courtesy of iCloud. ORGANIZE YOUR WAY Create collections for every part of your life: Personal, Work, Family, Travel. Each collection holds multiple lists, and each list holds tasks with priorities, due dates, subtasks, and tags. Sort by priority, due date, name, newest, oldest, or drag to reorder manually. MARKDOWN NOTES ON EVERY TASK Add rich notes to any task with a formatting toolbar: bold, italic, headings, bullet lists, numbered lists, checklists, code blocks, and links. Preview your notes as beautifully rendered text, or expand to a full-screen editor for longer writing. Lists auto-continue as you type. EXPORT AND SHARE IN OPEN FORMATS Share any list or entire collection as plain text or Markdown. Send via iMessage, Mail, AirDrop, or any app on your device. Your data is never locked in. Export a grocery list to a friend or back up your entire project plan in a format any text editor can read. SCRATCHPAD: PRIVATE BY DESIGN A local-only notepad built for sensitive content. Passwords, credentials, private notes, code snippets, anything you need to jot down but never want in the cloud. Your scratchpad is stored only on your device. It does not sync to iCloud. It does not appear in backups. It does not leave your hands. BUILT FOR APPLE TaskScratch is a native SwiftUI app, not a web wrapper, not a cross-platform port. On Mac, it lives in your menu bar with quick access to today's tasks, hides to the background when you close the window, and comes back when you need it. On iPhone, it feels like it belongs. WHAT YOU GET - Collections, lists, tasks, subtasks, and tags - Markdown notes with toolbar and live preview - Seven sort options including priority, due date, and manual reorder - Show or hide completed tasks - Today view with overdue, due today, and this week - Search across everything: titles, notes, subtasks, and tags - iCloud sync across all your Apple devices - Share lists and collections as plain text or Markdown - Scratchpad that is local-only, never synced, never backed up - macOS menu bar app with today's tasks at a glance - Dark mode and Dynamic Type support - No ads, no analytics, no tracking NO SUBSCRIPTION. NO TRICKS. NO ASTERISKS. We believe software should be something you buy, not something you rent. TaskScratch will never move to a subscription model. Future updates are included. The app you buy today is the app you keep forever.

Screenshots

Solid Calendar4 screens
TaskScratch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TaskScratch at none against Solid Calendar's 2. TaskScratch also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Solid Calendar sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. TaskScratch asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Solid Calendar ships an update fortnightly, TaskScratch every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Solid Calendar versus TaskScratch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolid CalendarTaskScratch
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (119 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings119 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSolid Apps S.R.L.Steve Eubanks

Customer experience

Solid Calendar

All ratings119 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral0.8%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive78.9%
Neutral2.6%
Negative18.4%

TaskScratch

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Solid Calendar

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Date is a day behind in Australia
  • Jumps back to today's date when viewing future dates
  • App crashes every time after last update
  • Changing daily event time affects rest of week incorrectly
  • Weekly view shows all-day events horizontally like timed events
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  • Medium widgets have small font sizes and look wrong
  • Sync to correct date issue

Requested features

24 requests
  • Display checkmarks for finished appointments
  • Better task management landing pad, floating to-dos
  • Option to display little checkmarks for finished appointments
  • Floating to-do's on widget page
  • Option to display little checkmarks for finished appointments
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  • Better task management landing pad, so that daily to-dos do not have to be tied to reminders or calendars.
  • Floating to-do’s on my widget page would be rad too.
  • Option to display little checkmarks for finished appointments
  • Better task management landing pad, so that daily to-dos do not have to be tied to reminders or calendars.
  • Floating to-do’s on my widget page would be rad too.
  • Display checkmarks for finished appointments
  • Better task management landing pad for to-dos
  • Floating to-dos on widget page
  • Grey out past events in all views
  • Allow 45 min event durations
  • Time to leave notifications
  • Indicator for current place in day's timeline
  • Daily briefing notifications
  • Hyperlinks when creating reminders
  • Option for minimalist widget for following day
  • Option to have calendar items crossed out on widgets
  • Unique Apple Watch complication
  • Include reminders functionality
  • Add todo function

TaskScratch

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Solid Calendar

One-time2
  • Unlock this app (lifetime)$4.99
  • Unlock ALL 10 Solid Apps (lifetime)$9.99
None

TaskScratch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Solid Calendar free?
Solid Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TaskScratch free?
TaskScratch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Solid Calendar or TaskScratch have ads?
Neither Solid Calendar nor TaskScratch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Solid Calendar or TaskScratch?
Solid Calendar ships an update fortnightly, and TaskScratch every 2 days. Most recently, Solid Calendar was updated on September 23, 2026 and TaskScratch on September 14, 2026.

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