Comparison

Exploro vs Roots Calendar

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

Head to head
About

Exploro

Features
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Turn boredom into adventure with Exploroβ€”the app that makes exploring your city effortless and exciting! Dive into over 150 unique locations across Singapore, from iconic hotspots to hidden gems waiting to be uncovered. Whether you're flying solo or out with friends, Exploro is your ultimate guide to discovering the unexpected. Enjoy a seamless experience with Light and Dark modes to match your vibe, and optimised route planning to maximize your time. Compatible with iPhone and iPad, Exploro makes every outing a journey to remember. After all, the city is your playground, the world is your oyster. Step out, discover, and make every day an adventure with Exploro! This app was created by Javius Loh Jingwei, Lim Yuk Jun, Andrew Tan Li-Onn, and Felicia Tan Ee Shan under the 2024 Swift Accelerator Programme.

About

Roots Calendar

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Roots Calendar reimagines how you experience time. Built on the Beth-Luis-Nion system, a 13-month calendar where every month has exactly 28 days and bears the name of a tree. Roots Calendar runs alongside your Gregorian life while offering a quieter, more seasonal rhythm beneath it. 13 MONTHS OF 28 DAYS Every month is identical in shape: always exactly 4 weeks, always starting on the same weekday. No more irregular months, no more counting days on your fingers. Beth (Birch) through Ruis (Elder), each with its own tree, its own keyword, its own character. YEAR DAY Between the last month and the first lies a single nameless day β€” Year Day. A threshold. A pause. A moment outside the normal count. YOUR CALENDAR, YOUR EVENTS Add events to any day. Color-code them. They stay on your device β€” nothing is sent anywhere. GOOGLE CALENDAR SYNC Optionally sync with your existing Google Calendar. Your Roots events appear alongside your regular appointments, mapped by Gregorian date. MOON PHASES See the current moon phase for any day, calculated locally with no external API. CELTIC FESTIVALS Samhain, Imbolc, Beltane, Lughnasadh and the solar festivals appear automatically as read-only markers in your calendar. MULTIPLE VIEWS Month grid, week, 3-day, day, and schedule views. Switch instantly from the menu. PRIVACY FIRST All event data is stored locally on your device using SQLite. No account required. No data collection. OPEN SOURCE Roots Calendar is open source (GPL-3.0). The full source is available on GitHub. β€” The Beth-Luis-Nion calendar is a 20th-century poetic and spiritual tradition, drawing on genuine Celtic materials β€” the Ogham alphabet, medieval Irish tree-lore, and the lunisolar Coligny Calendar. It was articulated in its modern form by Robert Graves in The White Goddess (1948). It is not a recovered ancient Druidic system, but a living practice with its own rich lineage.

Screenshots

Exploro4 screens
Roots Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Roots Calendar at 3 against Exploro's 1. Roots Calendar also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.4). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Exploro versus Roots Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExploroRoots Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS17.413.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size1 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTinkercademy Community ShowcaseSebastiaan Castenmiller

In-app purchases

None

Exploro

No in-app purchases

None

Roots Calendar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Exploro free?
Exploro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Roots Calendar free?
Roots Calendar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Exploro or Roots Calendar have ads?
Neither Exploro nor Roots Calendar shows ads.

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