Comparison

HEY Calendar vs Rompling

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

Rompling

This app simplifies parenting by automating school calendar imports, identifying school-free days, and suggesting activities. It facilitates collaborative planning with your 'village' to ensure children have friends at events and provides peace of mind for parents.

Highlights
  • Automatic school calendar import
  • Flags school gap days
  • Activity and event suggestions
  • Collaborative village planning
  • Event invite and PDF scanning
  • Calendar synchronization
Features
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Every working parent knows that sinking feeling of realizing there is no school on Monday, scrambling to figure out summer on spreadsheets and group texts, or scrolling for family fun on the weekends. Rompling makes parenting planning easier so you can focus on the quality time. Rompling automatically imports your school calendars, flags gap days, and helps you fill them - with camps, caregivers or other connections. It lets you browse events, activities, and parties venues and share them with your village - see what everyone is considering and lock-in together so your kids have friends wherever they go and you have peace of mind. Take pictures of your event invites, school PDFs, and flyers - we'll untangle it all and make your plan, sync'd to your calendar. Currently available in the Denver–Boulder area.

Screenshots

HEY Calendar4 screens
Rompling4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rompling at 100% against HEY Calendar's 56%. Rompling also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). HEY Calendar's advantage is ratings volume (658 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rompling holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HEY Calendar has 658 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of HEY Calendar's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rompling's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HEY Calendar ships an update fortnightly, Rompling every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HEY Calendar versus Rompling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHEY CalendarRompling
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (658 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings658 — better3
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.216.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer37Signals LLCZoomie Zone, LLC

Customer experience

HEY Calendar

All ratings655 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral5.3%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews110 reviews
Positive56.4%
Neutral15.5%
Negative28.2%

Rompling

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Rompling

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HEY Calendar

No in-app purchases

None

Rompling

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HEY Calendar free?
HEY Calendar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rompling free?
Rompling is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HEY Calendar or Rompling?
Rompling is rated higher. HEY Calendar averages 4.7 out of 5 from 658 ratings, while Rompling averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do HEY Calendar or Rompling have ads?
Neither HEY Calendar nor Rompling shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HEY Calendar or Rompling?
HEY Calendar ships an update fortnightly, and Rompling every 8 days. Most recently, HEY Calendar was updated on October 22, 2026 and Rompling on October 9, 2026.

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