Comparison

HEY Calendar vs Arkhe IRC

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

Head to head
About

HEY Calendar

This calendar app organizes your schedule around days and weeks, reflecting how people naturally think. It supports habits, highlights important events, and accommodates flexible scheduling for tasks that don't have a fixed time. Enjoy a full-featured experience with unique twists on conventional calendar functions.

Highlights
  • Weekly view focus
  • Habit tracking
  • Event highlighting
  • Flexible scheduling for 'maybe' tasks
  • Event countdowns
  • Day labels for context
  • Color-coded sub-calendars
  • Flexible reminders
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Make your day. The all-new HEY Calendar puts time on your side. Week after week, not month after month People think in days and weeks, not months. What’s tomorrow? Later this week? Next week? The HEY Calendar is built around how you think, not how paper calendars were designed. Habits and highlights Establish a habit, stick with it. Circle important events so they stand out. Fill your days with memories or moments — not just events. “Sometime this week” mimics real life Need to get an oil change? Get some cash from the ATM? Write a thank you note? Maybe this week or next, just not exactly sure when you’ll have a chance? HEY knows “maybe” is a real thing. And plenty more The HEY Calendar is a full-featured calendar with many original twists on common — and not so common — conventions. Soon you’ll wonder why all calendars don’t work like this. - Set countdowns for anticipated events - Use Day Labels to add context to days - Set up color-coded sub-calendars - Flexible reminders so you don’t miss out

About

Arkhe IRC

Features
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Arkhe is a modern, native IRC client for iPhone and iPad, built from the ground up for IRCv3 and designed to feel right at home with modern IRC bouncers. Whether you run your own bouncer or connect directly to your favorite IRC networks, Arkhe keeps your conversations in sync and your credentials secure. WHY ARKHE • Native SwiftUI app fast, lightweight and made for iOS. • Built for IRCv3, not retrofitted onto an old protocol. • Secure by default: passwords and certificates live in the iOS Keychain, never stored in plain text. SECURE AUTHENTICATION • SASL PLAIN for username and password login. • SASL EXTERNAL with CertFP sign in with a client TLS certificate, no password required. • TLS connections with modern cipher support. BUILT FOR BOUNCERS • Full IRC bouncer support: automatically discover and browse every network on your bouncer. • A seamless multi-network experience from a single connection. • Automatic scrollback with chathistory pick up right where you left off when you join a channel. IRCv3 DONE RIGHT • server-time for accurate timestamps on history. • message-tags, batch, echo-message, cap-notify. • account-notify, away-notify, chghost, extended-join, multi-prefix, userhost-in-names, setname and invite-notify. MADE FOR iPHONE AND iPAD • Adaptive layout with a three-column view on iPad. • A clean, focused reading experience. • Inline media and file uploads through your own uploader. Arkhe is open source. If you'd rather build it yourself, the full source code is available see the developer's website. Note: Arkhe is a chat client. You'll need access to an IRC server or an IRC bouncer to use it.

Screenshots

HEY Calendar4 screens
Arkhe IRC3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HEY Calendar at Free against Arkhe IRC's $0.99. Arkhe IRC's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

HEY Calendar is free to download; Arkhe IRC costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HEY Calendar ships an update fortnightly, Arkhe IRC weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
HEY Calendar versus Arkhe IRC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHEY CalendarArkhe IRC
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (659 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews56.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings659 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer37signals LLCcarlos prieto ortiz

Bugs and requests

HEY Calendar

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Events not showing up on calendar
  • Notifications not working as expected
  • Frequent crashes and performance issues
  • Inability to edit events from external calendars

Requested features

5 requests
  • Two-way sync with other calendar services
  • Ability to set custom recurrence patterns
  • Integration with mapping/navigation apps
  • Family/shared calendar support
  • Calendar widget for quick access

Arkhe IRC

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HEY Calendar

No in-app purchases

None

Arkhe IRC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HEY Calendar free?
HEY Calendar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arkhe IRC free?
Arkhe IRC costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do HEY Calendar or Arkhe IRC have ads?
Neither HEY Calendar nor Arkhe IRC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HEY Calendar or Arkhe IRC?
HEY Calendar ships an update fortnightly, and Arkhe IRC weekly. Most recently, HEY Calendar was updated on November 7, 2026 and Arkhe IRC on November 5, 2026.

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