Basic Calendar vs Mega Calendar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Basic Calendar
Organize your schedule with a clear month view and daily event list. Customize your calendar with color themes and display events on your Home Screen with widgets. Supports lunar dates for Korean and Chinese calendars.
- Month view and daily event list
- Home Screen widgets
- Customizable color themes
- Support for Korean/Chinese lunar dates
- Selectable calendar display
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Your day and your month, clearly in view. Basic Calendar brings your schedule into a simple month view, daily event list, and Home Screen widgets. Choose which calendars to display and make the calendar your own with color themes. • See your month at a glance Select a date to check the day's events, or add and edit your plans. • Use the calendars on your device Work with calendars already set up on your device and choose which ones appear in the app. • Check your schedule from the Home Screen Choose small, medium, or large widgets to keep your calendar and events close at hand. • Choose Korean or Chinese lunar dates Turn on lunar dates and select your preferred calendar system. Korean lunar dates are supported for Gregorian dates from January 1, 1900 through December 31, 2050. • Pick your colors Give your calendar a different feel with a range of color themes. Basic Calendar is free to use. Supporting the developer is optional. Calendar access permission is required. Account syncing depends on your device settings and calendar service.
Mega Calendar
Organize your schedule with detailed daily planning, recurring event setup, and customizable reminders. Create travel itineraries, manage to-do lists with notifications, and access all features offline. Personalize notification sounds to distinguish between events.
- Detailed daily planning
- Recurring event setup
- Customizable reminders
- Travel itinerary creation
- To-do list management
- Offline functionality
- Customizable notification sounds
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Mega Calendar: Your Ultimate Time Management Companion Plan your day or multiple days in advance. Effortlessly schedule your day or multiple days in detail, ensuring you stay organized and never miss an important event or activity. SHARED GROUP CALENDARS - PLAN TOGETHER WITH THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU This is what makes Mega Calendar truly special - a feature most calendar apps simply don't have. Create a shared group, invite the people around you, and everyone sees the same plan update in real time. - Create a group and invite family, friends, roommates or teammates with a simple invite code - Share any plan or event to the group with a single tap - Everyone stays in sync automatically - changes appear instantly for all members - See who created or updated each shared event - Perfect for family schedules, trips, study groups, team projects and shared chores Stop juggling screenshots and group chats - keep everyone literally on the same page. Set up recurring events. Simplify reminder scheduling by repeating events daily, weekly, monthly or annually. Get timely reminders for upcoming appointments and event starts. Never forget or miss an appointment again with customizable reminders. Receive alerts well in advance of event start times. Plan trips with family or friends. Create comprehensive travel plans including itineraries, accommodations, sightseeing and more - then share them with your group so everyone is ready. To-do lists and notifications. Stay on top of your tasks by creating to-do lists and receiving notifications before each task is due. Offline functionality. Plan and manage your time anytime, anywhere — even without an internet connection. Customize notification sounds. Distinguish events using different notification sounds for each event or plan. Download Mega Calendar today and start organizing your time - together. Never miss another event again. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mega Calendar at 100% against Basic Calendar's 0%. Mega Calendar also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Basic Calendar's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Basic Calendar sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Mega Calendar sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mega Calendar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Basic Calendar has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Basic Calendar's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mega Calendar's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Basic Calendar | Mega Calendar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | dotori king | VU THANH |
Customer experience
Basic Calendar
Mega Calendar
In-app purchases
Basic Calendar
- Buy Me a Coffee$0.99
- Remove Ads$3.99
Mega Calendar
- Monthly$0.991 Month
- Yearly$3.991 Year
- Lifetime$7.99
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