Comparison

Attic Calendar vs Sheaf

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

Head to head
About

Attic Calendar

Explore the ancient Athenian calendar with this app. Track solstices, equinoxes, moon phases, and ancient Greek festivals. Features include customizable widgets for at-a-glance viewing and detailed calculation rules for historical accuracy.

Highlights
  • Ancient Athenian calendar tracking
  • Solstice and equinox markers
  • Moon phase tracking
  • Ancient Greek festivals and events
  • Lock screen and home screen widgets
  • Customizable day start (sunset/midnight)
Features
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Attic Calendar allows you to track the calendar used in ancient Athens, including toggleable date markers for solstices and equinoxes, moon phases (as seen from Athens, Greece), and ancient Greek festivals and related events as recorded by Hellenion. A lock screen widget and home screen widgets are available to help you keep track of the days and festivals at a glance. The calendar is calculated using the following rules: 1. The earliest supported Olympiad and year (Ol. 1.1) is defined as starting in the summer of 776 BCE. 2. For calculation purposes, days start at sunset as they did in ancient Greece, though for display purposes the days can start at midnight via the app's settings. 3. The start of a new month begins when a new moon is more than 20 hours before sunset. In other words, if the new moon was more than 20 hours before sunset, the sunset would start a new month, but if the new moon was less than 20 hours, the moon would be considered to not yet be visible to the naked eye and therefore the month would start the following day. 4. The beginning of a new year started at the beginning of a new month after the summer solstice. 5. In years with 13 months, the extra month has been added after Poseideon as Poseideon II, as was frequently done. Note that historical dates are calculated using the above rules rather than referencing the specific dates used in the past. The Attic calendar was not always consistently modified in ancient Athens. For example, the intercalated 13th month could be inserted at different times in the year and with a different name. These variations are not captured in this app. Though Hellenion festivals are supported by the app, the app is neither associated with nor produced by Hellenion.

About

Sheaf

This app helps plural systems track members, manage switches, and keep journals. It offers cross-platform support and prioritizes user privacy with an open-source, self-hostable option.

Highlights
  • Track system members and front changes
  • Write member and system journals
  • Manage member groups
  • Send front change notifications
  • Cross-platform support (mobile, web, wearable)
  • Open-source and self-hostable
Features
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Sheaf is a plurality tracker for plural systems. Create member profiles, track switches, keep journals, send notifications of front changes to others, and more. Built by plural systems, for plural systems. Inclusive of all plural experiences regardless of origin or framing - no required diagnosis, no gatekeeping, no assumptions about how your system "should" work. Designed to be privacy-first and keep the user in control. Sheaf also includes Apple Watch support with a flexible set of complications and widgets that allows you to see your front status at a glance, register switches, and view history all without ever pulling out your phone. Sheaf exists because Simply Plural is shutting down, and the plural community needs somewhere that won't quietly disappear. Sheaf is open source under AGPL: the code is public, the project can be forked, and you can self-host your own instance if you'd rather keep your data on your own infrastructure. Sheaf can import your existing system data from Simply Plural, with support for more tools coming soon. What you can do: - Track system members and front changes - Write member- and system-wide journals - Manage member groups - Send notifications of front changes - Use the hosted service or run your own - Cross-platform: Mobile, wearable, and web clients We're rolling out in stages. Sensitive community data deserves slow-and-correct over fast-and-sorry, so the hosted service is moving carefully through preview before a full public launch.

Screenshots

Attic Calendar4 screens
Sheaf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Attic Calendar at 5.0 against Sheaf's 4.5. Sheaf's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Attic Calendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sheaf asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Attic Calendar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Attic Calendar ships an update weekly, Sheaf every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Attic Calendar versus Sheaf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAttic CalendarSheaf
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better4.5 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better4
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size263 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas LeeLupine Systems

Customer experience

Attic Calendar

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sheaf

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Attic Calendar

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.00
None

Sheaf

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Attic Calendar free?
Attic Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sheaf free?
Sheaf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Attic Calendar or Sheaf?
Attic Calendar is rated higher. Attic Calendar averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Sheaf averages 4.5 from 4 ratings.
Do Attic Calendar or Sheaf have ads?
Neither Attic Calendar nor Sheaf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Attic Calendar or Sheaf?
Attic Calendar ships an update weekly, and Sheaf every 2 weeks. Most recently, Attic Calendar was updated on October 18, 2026 and Sheaf on October 15, 2026.

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