Comparison

Simple Calendar vs TimeFade

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

Head to head
About

Simple Calendar

Features
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A new event begins the moment you tap a date. It helps you create events and tasks quickly and easily, and ensures that you remember them. Decorate your home screen beautifully with the neat looking transparent widget. Key Features of Calendar Plus โ€ข Manage all your schedules at a glance by adding various Calendars, including Google Calendar. โ€ข Assign color codes to events in each calendar. โ€ข Provides various options to display including year, month, week, day and task views. โ€ข Display weekly weather information. โ€ข Set a pattern of recurrence and the time zone when you create an event. โ€ข Choose from several types of widgets with adjustable transparency. โ€ข Switch from one day, week, month or year to the next with a simple horizontal swipe. โ€ข Set up variety notifications for an event. โ€ข Holidays list of 2025 โ€ข Country wise holidays Productivity: โ€ข Different ways to view your calendar : Quickly switch between month, week and day view. โ€ข To-do : Use Reminders to create and view to-dos alongside your events. Go Traditional! โ€ข Now you can follow Panchang and Hijri calendar dates in your calendar. Sync all your calendars: โ€ข All your calendars in one place - Google Calendar works with all calendars on your phone, including Exchange. โ€ข Events from Gmail - Flight, hotel, concert, restaurant reservations and more gets added to your calendar automatically. Menstruation: โ€ข No need to download multiple applications to track your periods now you can do it with your own Calendar. Daily feeds: โ€ข Stay updated and enjoy a daily feed of jokes, horoscope, cricket schedule and weather. Get ready for your trips! โ€ข Now track upcoming long weekends and holidays to travel or do that thing you were finding time for. This app include Subscribe Calendar Plus Monthly at $1.99 and Calendar Plus Yearly at $9.99 to use ads free versions of the app for a Month and user can cancel it anytime. โ€“ Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/liam-sammy-pp โ€“ Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/liam-sammy-tos Like us and stay connected!

About

TimeFade

Features
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TimeFade turns your most important dates into beautiful, live countdowns โ€” right on your home screen. Whether it's a birthday, holiday, wedding, or deadline, TimeFade keeps you connected to the moments that matter most. FEATURES - Live countdown with days, hours, minutes and seconds - Add an emoji to personalize each event - Sorted automatically โ€” most urgent first - Works completely offline โ€” your data stays on your device - 12-hour or 24-hour time format PREMIUM - Unlimited countdowns - Home screen widget with up to 4 countdowns - Custom background image per countdown - All future features included Simple. Beautiful. Always on time. By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use (https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/) and Privacy Policy (https://sites.google.com/view/timefade-countdown)

Screenshots

Simple Calendar4 screens
TimeFade3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: TimeFade at none against Simple Calendar's shown. Simple Calendar's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Simple Calendar sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and TimeFade sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Simple Calendar versus TimeFade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple CalendarTimeFade
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksโ€”
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size44 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLiam SammyChristopher Peix

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Simple Calendar

Subscriptions2
  • Calendar Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Calendar Plus Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Calendar Universe Lifetime$19.99
2 purchases

TimeFade

Subscriptions2
  • TimeFade Premium โ€“ Monthly$0.991 Month
  • TimeFade Premium โ€“ Yearly$5.991 Year

Questions

Is Simple Calendar free?
Simple Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TimeFade free?
TimeFade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Simple Calendar or TimeFade have ads?
Simple Calendar shows ads; TimeFade does not.

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