Afghan Calendar vs InterCal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Afghan Calendar
This app provides a comprehensive Afghan calendar (Jalali) with support for multiple date systems, event listings, and date conversion. It offers multi-language options and customizable themes for a personalized user experience.
- Afghan Jalali calendar
- Multi-calendar support (Islamic, Georgian)
- Event and holiday listings
- Date converter (Hijri Shamsi, Gregorian, Islamic)
- Multi-language support (Pashto, Dari, Farsi, English)
- Customizable themes
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Afghan Calendar shows today's date in the Afghan (Solar Hijri) calendar, alongside the Gregorian and Islamic dates, in Dari, Pashto or English. TODAY AT A GLANCE • Today's Afghan, Gregorian and Islamic dates on one screen • Upcoming holidays and your events, with the days remaining HOME-SCREEN WIDGET • See today's Afghan, Gregorian and Islamic dates without opening the app • Shows today's holiday or the next one coming up • Small and medium sizes on iPhone and iPad • Follows your language and theme colour, and changes at midnight THREE CALENDARS • Afghan calendar with Dari and Pashto month names • Gregorian and Islamic (Umm al-Qura) calendars • Islamic dates kept in line with Afghanistan's moon-sighting announcements, plus your own adjustment if dates differ where you live • Month view with holidays, weekends and today clearly marked • Choose your weekend (Friday, or Saturday and Sunday) and the first day of the week • Optional second-calendar day numbers on every day • Jump to any date from 1900 to 2150 DATE CONVERTER • Convert any date between the Afghan, Gregorian and Islamic calendars • Checks each calendar's real month lengths and leap years • Copy or share the result AFGHAN HOLIDAYS • National and religious holidays for any year, updated without an app update • Islamic holidays are marked as tentative, because their dates can change with moon sighting • Add any holiday to your phone's calendar EVENTS AND REMINDERS • Add birthdays, anniversaries and appointments • Repeat every year on an Afghan or Islamic date, for example every 15 Hamal or every 1 Ramadan • Reminders on the day or the day before, plus optional holiday reminders • Add events to your phone's calendar too SEARCH AND SHARING • Search holidays, events and dates such as "Nowruz", "1405" or "12 Mizan" • Share any date as text or as an image card YOUR LANGUAGE, YOUR STYLE • Dari, Pashto and English, with right-to-left layout for Dari and Pashto • Persian or Latin digits • 16 themes, including a new Afghan theme and a Dark theme that can follow your device's dark mode PRIVATE AND OFFLINE • Works offline; when you're online it downloads holiday and Islamic date updates, sending no personal information • No account needed: your events and settings stay on your device • Nothing is added to your phone's calendar unless you choose to, and the app never reads your calendar Afghan Calendar is free and supported by ads. Suggestions or corrections? Email us at info@sunzala.com.
InterCal
Manage your schedule across both Persian (Shamsi) and Gregorian calendars with this beautifully designed app. It offers dual calendar display, event management with notifications, and a customizable interface with widgets. Enjoy offline access and a privacy-focused experience.
- Dual calendar display
- Event management with notifications
- Customizable themes and dark/light mode
- Widget support
- Offline access
- Holiday tracking
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InterCal is an international calendar for dates, events, and holidays. Show up to three calendars at once, including Gregorian, Persian (Jalali/Shamsi), Arabic/Hijri, Chinese, Hebrew, Indian, Bengali, Burmese, Thai, Japanese, and Taiwanese. CALENDARS • Choose a main calendar plus two smaller dates on each day • Jump to any date and swipe between months • Week start follows your app language EVENTS • Create events with reminders, recurrence, and event types • Invite people with a calendar file (.ics) — no account required • Sync, import, or export with the Calendar app, including iCloud and accounts already on your device HOLIDAYS & MORE • National holidays for many countries, plus optional Persian holidays • Optional Islamic and Jewish prayer times • Weather for your location • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Light, Dark, and System appearance, with custom themes • Interface languages including English, Persian, Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Hebrew, Thai, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese PRIVACY Your events and settings stay on your device. Optional backup uses your personal iCloud account. There are no ads, tracking, or InterCal accounts. Weather, holiday downloads, and Islamic prayer times need a network connection. Your events and calendars work offline. Privacy Policy: https://tucodevelopmentyvr.github.io/persian-calendar-privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Afghan Calendar at 5.0 against InterCal's 4.0. Afghan Calendar also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). InterCal's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 15 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Afghan Calendar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Afghan Calendar ships an update every 15 months, InterCal every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Afghan Calendar | InterCal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Revit Technologies | Mohammad Reza Reghabi |
Customer experience
Afghan Calendar
InterCal
In-app purchases
Afghan Calendar
No in-app purchases
InterCal
No in-app purchases









