InterCal vs Peek Message
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
Peek Message
Display a personal message on your Lock Screen or Home Screen widget. Keep important thoughts, reminders, or quotes easily accessible. Customize your message and its appearance with advanced options available through a one-time purchase.
- Lock Screen widget display
- Home Screen widget display
- Customizable messages
- Themes and fonts (Pro)
- Widget positioning (Pro)
- Message history (Pro)
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One message. From you, to you. Keep a thought close with Peek Message. Write a reminder, a favourite quote, or a few words of encouragement and display it on your Lock Screen or Home Screen widget. Edit your message whenever you need a fresh thought. Basic messages and Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets remain free. Peek Message Pro unlocks themes, fonts and styling, widget positioning, Shortcuts and scripts, and message history. Pro is a one-time purchase with no subscription. https://www.ocho.so/privacy https://www.ocho.so/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Peek Message at 81% against InterCal's 0%. Peek Message also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (243 vs 2). InterCal's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Peek Message sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. InterCal asks for nothing beyond the download.
Peek Message holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Peek Message has 243 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of InterCal's written reviews are positive against 81% of Peek Message's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | InterCal | Peek Message |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.6 (243 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 81.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 243 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mohammad Reza Reghabi | Ocho |
Customer experience
InterCal
Peek Message
In-app purchases
InterCal
No in-app purchases
Peek Message
- Lifetime$6.99









