Comparison

Calendar Vision vs Shared Calendar

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

Head to head
About

Calendar Vision

Effortlessly create calendar events from photos, emails, or web links using AI. Automatically extracts all event details, including recurring schedules, without manual typing or editing. Syncs with all major calendar applications.

Highlights
  • AI event detail extraction
  • Recurring schedule detection
  • Email forwarding for event creation
  • URL event import
  • iCal feed subscription
  • Syncs with Apple Calendar and Google Calendar
Features
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Snap a photo of a flyer. Forward an event email. Paste a link. Calendar Vision reads the details and creates ready-to-save calendar events, with the title, time, location and repeating schedule filled in. No typing. Just tap Add. Works on anything with dates on it: • Photos of flyers, posters, mailers and printed calendars • Screenshots from Instagram, Facebook, text messages or anywhere else • PDFs, like a school year calendar or a team's season schedule • Forwarded invitations and newsletter emails • Event pages on Eventbrite, Meetup and similar sites A whole schedule from one photo: A school calendar, a season of games or a class timetable becomes a separate event for every date, not one event with a list pasted into the notes. Weekly practices and monthly meetings are saved as repeating events. Handy for busy families: Keep a calendar for each kid or activity, share its feed with your partner or the other parents on the team, and set default reminders so nobody misses picture day. Smarter than iOS Photos built-in extraction: iOS Photos sees a time on a flyer and creates a blank, unnamed event. Calendar Vision reads the flyer the way you would — it finds the event name, picks up the venue address, and recognizes when something repeats every week. You get a complete event that's ready to save with one tap, not a half-finished draft you still have to fill in yourself. Syncs with every calendar app you already use: Add events directly to Apple Calendar or Google Calendar, or subscribe to your Calendar Vision feed from any app that supports iCal — Fantastical, Outlook, Calendars 5, and more. Key features: • AI reads the event name, date, time, location and description • Pulls every event from a single schedule, flyer or PDF • Detects repeating events — weekly, monthly, and more • Forward emails to your personal Calendar Vision address • Paste a web page link to pull its events • Separate calendars, each with its own default reminders • Subscribe from Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, Outlook, or any iCal app • Also on Android and the web • Start free — no account required to try Free plan: 5 free extractions to try every feature. Pro: Unlimited extractions for $3.99/year or a one-time $9.99 lifetime purchase. Download free and turn your first photo into a calendar event in under a minute. Terms of Service: https://calendarvision.app/terms

About

Shared Calendar

Features
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Stop retyping your schedule everywhere. Loop is the shared calendar that actually keeps up with your life. Coaches email schedules. Schools send PDFs. Your boss texts you shift changes. Instead of manually entering everything into your calendar, just paste it into Loop — the AI reads it and creates the events for you. PASTE ANY SCHEDULE, INSTANTLY Copy a schedule from an email, a text, or a group chat and paste it into Loop. Or snap a photo of a printed schedule. Loop's AI turns it into calendar events in seconds — no manual typing required. SHARE WITH EVERYONE WHO NEEDS TO KNOW Create a group and invite family members, teammates, or coworkers with a single shareable link. Everyone sees the same calendar. No more "wait, when is that again?" texts. COORDINATE AS A GROUP Propose events to your group and let everyone accept or decline. Flag events that need attention. Everyone stays in the loop without the group chat chaos. WORKS FOR EVERYONE Sports parents juggling practice schedules. Couples coordinating busy weeks. Friend groups planning events. Families keeping everyone on the same page. Free to get started. Loop Pro unlocks the AI schedule parser, unlimited groups, proposed events, event flagging, and all 10 themes — $4.99/month or $39.99/year. Try Pro free for 7 days.

Screenshots

Calendar Vision4 screens
Shared Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Shared Calendar at 3 against Calendar Vision's 1. Shared Calendar also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.5). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Calendar Vision sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year and Shared Calendar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calendar Vision ships an update every 8 days, Shared Calendar weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Calendar Vision versus Shared Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalendar VisionShared Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRowhome Labs LLCAustin Leitmann

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Calendar Vision

Subscriptions2
  • Pro (Yearly)$3.991 Year
  • Pro (Monthly)3 Days trial$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$9.99
2 purchases

Shared Calendar

Subscriptions2
  • Loop Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Loop Pro Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Calendar Vision free?
Calendar Vision is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shared Calendar free?
Shared Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Calendar Vision or Shared Calendar have ads?
Neither Calendar Vision nor Shared Calendar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Calendar Vision or Shared Calendar?
Calendar Vision ships an update every 8 days, and Shared Calendar weekly. Most recently, Calendar Vision was updated on October 28, 2026 and Shared Calendar on October 24, 2026.

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