Comparison

Basic Calendar vs Only 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

This app offers a clean, monthly view of your Apple Calendar data. Personalize your schedule with color themes and stay on top of appointments with home screen widgets. Easily manage your events at a glance.

Highlights
  • Monthly calendar view
  • Apple Calendar integration
  • Customizable color themes
  • Home screen widgets
  • Intuitive user interface
Features
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Basic Calendar is an app that conveniently displays your Apple Calendar data in a monthly view. With a clean design and intuitive user interface, you can easily view and manage your schedule at a glance. Additionally, it supports various color themes, allowing you to personalize your experience and differentiate your events using different visual styles. The app also features widget functionality, ensuring that you never miss important appointments even from your home screen.

About

Only Calendar

Features
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Only Calendar is a simple, focused calendar for people who want to plan clearly without clutter. Create events with notes, locations, links, colors, reminders, durations, and repeating schedules. Switch between Month, Week, and List views to see your plans from the right angle. Use search, quick filters, color filters, archives, and undo actions to keep your calendar tidy as it grows. Only Calendar also supports basic ICS import and export, JSON export, text export, Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, app language selection, local notifications, and private iCloud sync for Pro users. Only Calendar Pro is a one-time purchase with no subscription. Pro removes the 25 active-event limit and unlocks private iCloud sync through your personal iCloud account, including event details, reminders, repeats, colors, locations, links, notes, and archived events.

Screenshots

Basic Calendar4 screens
Only Calendar3 screens

Verdict

The call

Basic Calendar and Only Calendar are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 2 one-off in-app purchases and Only Calendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Basic Calendar versus Only Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBasic CalendarOnly Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerdotori kingLizzian LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Basic Calendar

One-time2
  • Buy Me a Coffee$0.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
1 purchases

Only Calendar

One-time1
  • Only Calendar Pro$5.99

Questions

Is Basic Calendar free?
Basic Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Only Calendar free?
Only Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Basic Calendar or Only Calendar have ads?
Neither Basic Calendar nor Only Calendar shows ads.

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