Comparison

Basic Calendar vs Plan Calendar

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

Head to head
About

Basic Calendar

Organize your schedule with a personal touch. Combine monthly overviews, weekly plans, and notes. Enhance your calendar with customizable decorations and AI-powered event creation.

Highlights
  • Integrated monthly, weekly, and note views
  • Customizable sticky notes with adjustable opacity
  • AI-powered sentence-to-event draft creation
  • Schedule search with date and calendar filters
  • Monthly and yearly performance charts
  • Export calendar to PDF or PNG
  • Customizable color themes and widgets
Features
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Your plans, with a personal touch. Bring your month, week, notes and calendar records together with Basic Calendar. • A little note on your month Move, resize and tilt sticky notes, adjust paper opacity, and display them in monthly widgets. One yellow note per month is free. Sticky Notes Plus is an optional one-time, non-consumable purchase for up to three notes per month and seven paper colors. It is not a subscription. All Access Pass and verified eligible previous supporters include this access. Existing notes merged through iCloud are preserved even when they exceed the creation limit or your current purchase access. • Find and understand your schedule Search event titles, locations and notes with date and calendar filters. See calendar names and time overlaps in daily and weekly lists. Create a new draft from an eligible event; invited, recurring and read-only events cannot be duplicated. • Turn a sentence into an event draft On supported devices, on-device AI interprets English, Korean, Japanese and Simplified Chinese sentences. Requires iOS 26 or later, an Apple Intelligence-compatible device, and available settings, model and language. AI can make mistakes: review the title, date, time and location, then save in the system event editor. Standard event creation remains available on unsupported devices. • Look back and export Explore monthly and yearly charts by scheduled duration, event count and sticker share, and compare with the previous month or year. Charts summarize calendar records, not actual activity, productivity or goal completion. All-day events are excluded from duration totals; overlapping durations are added separately. Export an A4 calendar as PDF or high-resolution PNG. Events are off by default; event notes, locations, links and sticky notes are excluded from exports. Lookback and export are free. • Personalize your app and Home Screen Choose five new color themes with separate system, light and dark modes. Use small, medium and large widgets and Korean or Chinese lunar dates. Korean lunar dates support Gregorian dates from January 1, 1900 through December 31, 2050. Emoji, the basic circle and red highlighter are free. Illustrated packs and additional hand-drawn styles and highlighter colors require optional one-time purchases. All Access Pass includes current and future decoration sets; verified eligible previous supporters receive the same access. Availability and local prices appear in the app. Events require calendar access; event syncing depends on device settings and your calendar service. Sticky notes, date decorations and saved calendar display sets have separate optional iCloud sync switches for the same Apple Account. The currently applied calendar selection and custom lookback titles stay on each device. Sticky-note sync is off by default; turning it off keeps downloaded notes on the device. Sticky note content and appearance sync; position and size stay on each device.

About

Plan Calendar

Easily create and manage your schedule with a monthly calendar view. Features include one-tap event creation, color-coded events, event search, and automatic backup. Supports dark mode and offline access for convenient planning.

Highlights
  • One-tap event creation
  • Unlimited calendar tabs
  • Color-coded events
  • Event search functionality
  • Backup and restore data
  • Dark mode support
  • Offline access
Features
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Create your plans on a monthly calendar and check your schedule anytime! Packed with powerful features including one-tap event creation, unlimited tabs, color-coded events, event search, backup & restore, dark mode support, and much more. ◆ One-Tap Event Creation Just tap a date on the monthly calendar to instantly add an event! ◆ Unlimited Tabs Split and manage your calendars by category with tabs! Create separate calendars for work, personal life, hobbies, and more! ◆ Color-Coded Events Color-code your events from a rich palette of colors! Recognize their importance and type at a glance! ◆ Swipe to Change Months No more tedious tapping to switch months. Just swipe to move between months intuitively. ◆ Event Search Search and find all your events in an instant! Pinpoint the schedule you need from even the largest amount of data in a flash! ◆ Backup and Restore Switch devices with peace of mind! Your data is backed up automatically and restored instantly on a new device! ◆ Light and Dark Mode Support A beautiful dark mode that's easy on the eyes! ◆ Offline Support No internet connection required! Access it anytime, anywhere! ◆ Notifications Get notified with your own custom message at the time you set! Never miss an important plan! ◆ Biometric Authentication Protect the app with Face ID or fingerprint authentication. Safeguard your privacy so only you can see your data. ◆ CSV Export Easily export all your data as a CSV file! Perfect for backups or analysis with AI. ◆ Tab Notes Add notes freely to each tab! Check important information for every category anytime! ◆ No Login Required No annoying sign-up process needed! Get started right after downloading! ◆ Robust Security Your data is completely private! Nothing is ever sent externally! It's stored safely on your device only! ◆ Support If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the in-app inquiry form or at the email address below. info@naokiotsu.com Privacy Policy: https://naokiotsu.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Basic Calendar4 screens
Plan Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Plan Calendar at 100% against Basic Calendar's 0%. Plan Calendar also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and ratings volume (22 vs 5). Basic Calendar's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Basic Calendar sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Plan Calendar sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Plan Calendar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Basic Calendar's written reviews are positive against 100% of Plan Calendar's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Basic Calendar ships an update every 11 days, Plan Calendar every 6 days. Both last shipped on November 12, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Basic Calendar versus Plan Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBasic CalendarPlan Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings)5.0 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings522 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerdotori kingnaoki otsu

Customer experience

Basic Calendar

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Plan Calendar

All ratings22 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Basic Calendar

One-time10
  • Warm Everyday$0.99
  • Simple Daily$0.99
  • Highlighter Set$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Pastel Days$0.99
  • Animal Friends$0.99
  • Vegetable Garden$0.99
  • School Days$0.99
  • Workday$0.99
  • Sticky notes plus$0.99
  • All Access Pass$5.99
3 purchases

Plan Calendar

Subscriptions2
  • Premium$1.991 Month
  • Premium$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium (Pay Once)$4.99

Questions

Is Basic Calendar free?
Basic Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Plan Calendar free?
Plan Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Basic Calendar or Plan Calendar?
Plan Calendar is rated higher. Basic Calendar averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Plan Calendar averages 5.0 from 22 ratings.
Do Basic Calendar or Plan Calendar have ads?
Plan Calendar shows ads; Basic Calendar does not.
Which is updated more often, Basic Calendar or Plan Calendar?
Basic Calendar ships an update every 11 days, and Plan Calendar every 6 days. Most recently, Basic Calendar was updated on November 12, 2026 and Plan Calendar on November 12, 2026.

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