Diary Widget vs CalendarWake
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Diary Widget
This app helps you build a diary by answering daily questions. It offers customizable notifications and widgets to easily record your thoughts and memories on various topics.
- Daily question prompts
- Customizable notifications
- Diary widgets
- Filter entries by year/question
- Photo storage
- Font customization
- Backup and restore
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Small records accumulate into big memories. Answer different questions everyday, and a collection of essays is complete. Daily diary, relationships, parenting, travel, movies, exercise, and more—create your own essays on various topics. *How to use: Select question cards in each diary setting and set notifications to receive random questions at designated times. You can click on notifications to write a diary entry or use the 'New Diary Entry' button to choose a question and write your entry. Features: Notification feature: Receive notifications daily, on specific days, or monthly. Diary filters: View entries by year or by question card. D-day display when setting a reference date. Widget support: Display random past entries in the widget. Photo storage. Font customization for each diary. Backup and restore.
CalendarWake
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Your calendar knows your day. Now your alarm does too. CalendarWake automatically creates alarms based on your calendar events, so you always wake up and arrive on time, without having to set a single alarm manually. How it works: Simply grant calendar access and CalendarWake scans your day. It sets an alarm before each event, giving you the prep time you need. Toggle events on or off, customize per-event settings, and swipe between days to see what's ahead. Key Features: • Calendar-synced alarms — Automatically generates alarms from your calendar events. No manual setup required. • Live Activity & Dynamic Island — See your next alarm countdown right on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. • Two alarm types — Mark alarms as "Wake Up" or "Event" with separate sounds and prep times for each. • Smart prep time — Set how many minutes before each event your alarm should ring, from 0 to 180 minutes. • Pre-alarm check-in — Get a notification 5 minutes before your alarm rings. Long press to cancel if plans change. • Per-event customization — Override the default sound and prep time for any individual event. • Multiple alarm sounds — Choose from built-in tones including digital beeps, a classic clock, and more. • Backup wake time — Set a default wake-up time for days with no events, so you're always covered. • Swipe navigation — Browse your upcoming schedule by swiping between days. • +5 minute snooze — Tap the snooze button directly from the Live Activity for five more minutes. • Dark, Light & System themes — Match CalendarWake to your style. CalendarWake uses Apple's AlarmKit to deliver reliable, full-volume alarms — even when your phone is locked or on silent. It's the alarm clock built for people with busy calendars. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CalendarWake at none against Diary Widget's 1. CalendarWake also leads on ads (none vs shown). Diary Widget's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.1). On price 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. Diary Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CalendarWake asks for nothing beyond the download.
Diary Widget ships an update every 2 weeks, CalendarWake every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Diary Widget | CalendarWake |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OhLee | Afonso de Mello |
In-app purchases
Diary Widget
- Ad-Free Version$1.99
CalendarWake
No in-app purchases








