Comparison

Flick Planner vs TapCal

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

Head to head
About

Flick Planner

Effortlessly manage your tasks and schedule with an intuitive interface that integrates to-dos and calendar events. Organize your life with projects, areas, and sections, and create tasks quickly using natural language input.

Highlights
  • Seamless task and calendar integration
  • Organize tasks with projects, areas, and sections
  • Quick add and natural language input
  • Cloud sync and multi-device support
  • Task reminders
  • Advanced planning and smart insights
Features
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Your to-do list shows what needs doing. Your calendar shows where your time goes. Flick brings them together so you can build a day that actually fits. Capture tasks in seconds, organize them into projects, and plan them beside your Apple and Google Calendar events. Turn important work into time blocks, adjust your schedule when life changes, and keep unfinished tasks from getting lost. BUILD A REALISTIC PLAN • See tasks and calendar events in one clear daily view • Schedule tasks around meetings, classes, appointments, and life • Move and resize time blocks as your day changes • Keep planned time, deadlines, and reminders distinct ORGANIZE WHAT MATTERS • Group tasks into areas, projects, and sections • Add priorities, notes, deadlines, reminders, and attachments • Create flexible recurring tasks • Capture dates naturally as you type on iPhone KEEP YOUR PLAN CLOSE • Continue across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch • Check what is next with widgets • Add and find tasks with Shortcuts and Siri PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your task and project data is end-to-end encrypted when cloud sync is enabled. Calendar data stays on your devices by default. FLICK PRO Plan unlimited tasks on your calendar, create more projects, sync securely across devices, set reminders, receive intelligent follow-ups, and view completion stats and trends. Download Flick and turn your next to-do list into a plan you can actually follow. Privacy Policy: https://www.flickplanner.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.flickplanner.com/terms

About

TapCal

A beautifully designed iOS calendar app offering a clean month view with real event context and full reminders integration. It provides useful widgets, fast event creation with natural language detection, and powerful customization options while prioritizing user privacy.

Highlights
  • Clean month view with event titles
  • Full Reminders integration
  • Natural language event creation
  • Customizable month, week, list, and heatmap widgets
  • Unified daily timeline for events and reminders
  • Calendar sets and custom alerts
  • Theme, font, and layout customization
Features
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TapCal is a beautifully designed iOS calendar built for clarity, speed, and control. Most calendar apps hide your schedule behind clutter and tiny indicators. TapCal gives you a clean month view with real event context, full reminders support, and widgets that are actually useful. WHY TAPCAL • See your month properly TapCal shows real event titles in month view and widgets, so you can understand your schedule at a glance. • Full Reminders integration Create, edit, complete, and manage reminders directly in TapCal. Set list, priority, due date/time, repeat rules, location alerts, and notes. See reminders in your timeline and widgets alongside events. • Fast event creation Type “Lunch with Alex tomorrow at 1pm” and TapCal uses Natural Language detection to pick up the dates instantly. • Better widgets Month, week, list, and heatmap widgets with readable information and reminder support. • One clear daily timeline Events and reminders appear together, so you can plan your day in one place. • Powerful controls, simple UX Use calendar sets, custom alerts, badge modes, and day highlights without a complicated workflow. • Make it yours Customize themes, fonts, and layout behavior to match how you plan. • Native iOS performance Built for iPhone with fast, smooth, responsive interactions. • Privacy first No account required. Your data stays in Apple’s calendar/reminder ecosystem and your connected calendars. Your schedule, without the friction. Download TapCal today. Terms of Use: https://tapcal.app/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://tapcal.app/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Flick Planner4 screens
TapCal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Flick Planner at none against TapCal's shown. Flick Planner also leads on device support (4 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Flick Planner sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and TapCal sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flick Planner ships an update fortnightly, TapCal every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Flick Planner versus TapCal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlick PlannerTapCal
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—10 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size181 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRaphael KitaharaJONATHAN CHRISTIAN G JONES

Customer experience

Flick Planner

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TapCal

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Flick Planner

Subscriptions4
  • Flick Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • PawTask Premium Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Flick Pro Yearly$44.991 Year
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  • PawTask Premium Yearly7 Days trial$71.991 Year
6 purchases

TapCal

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time4
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$5.99
  • Large Tip$9.99
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  • Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Flick Planner free?
Flick Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TapCal free?
TapCal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flick Planner or TapCal have ads?
TapCal shows ads; Flick Planner does not.
Which is updated more often, Flick Planner or TapCal?
Flick Planner ships an update fortnightly, and TapCal every 10 days. Most recently, Flick Planner was updated on October 11, 2026 and TapCal on October 15, 2026.

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