Comparison

HEY Calendar vs Cookie Jar

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

Cookie Jar

Features
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You did something good? Don't let it disappear! We're wired to remember what went wrong. The missed deadline sticks; the project you nailed last month quietly vanishes. Cookie Jar is a place to keep the good stuff. Every time you achieve something - big or small - you bake a cookie for it. Choose your dough, pick your chips, set the size to match how big the win felt, and write down what you did. Then drop it in the jar. - Watch your jar fill up Your cookies stack up in a real, physical-feeling jar. Tap it and they tumble and settle. Swipe between jars as your collection grows. It's not a list you'll never scroll back through — it's a pile of evidence that you've been doing well, right there on your screen. - Make each cookie yours Chocolate or buttery dough. Chocolate chips or rainbow. Small for a quiet everyday win, huge for the one you'll still be proud of next year. After a while you'll recognize your own achievements just by looking at them. - Little reminders, when you want them Turn on gentle nudges - one, two, or three a day - and Cookie Jar will surface something you already accomplished. Not another task. Not another thing you're behind on. Just a small "hey, remember when you did this?" - Relive any win Tap a cookie to open it up and read what earned it. And when you're ready to let one go, you can always eat it. - Simple, private, quiet No accounts. No feeds. No followers. No streaks to break or scores to chase. Your jar is yours, and nobody else is looking in it. -- Finished the thing you'd been dreading? Went for a run? Said no when you needed to? Called your mum? Fixed the bug? Got out of bed on a hard day? They all count! Bake a cookie! -- Terms of Service: https://cookiesjar.app/cjtos.html Privacy Policy: https://cookiesjar.app/cjpp.html

Screenshots

HEY Calendar4 screens
Cookie Jar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HEY Calendar at none against Cookie Jar's 1. HEY Calendar also leads on iOS requirement (17.2 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Cookie Jar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HEY Calendar asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
HEY Calendar versus Cookie Jar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHEY CalendarCookie Jar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (659 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews56.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings659 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer37signals LLCTomasz Milczarek

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

Cookie Jar

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HEY Calendar

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Cookie Jar

One-time1
  • Full Jar Forever$9.99

Questions

Is HEY Calendar free?
HEY Calendar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cookie Jar free?
Cookie Jar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HEY Calendar or Cookie Jar have ads?
Neither HEY Calendar nor Cookie Jar shows ads.

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