Ivy vs Blaze Calendar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ivy
This app helps you focus on what matters by planning your day, tracking progress, and reviewing accomplishments. It offers features like repeating reminders, time-based goals, and voice input for planning. Celebrate your completed tasks with animations and build a journal of your day.
- Daily planning and commitment
- Repeating reminders and time-based goals
- Voice input for quick planning
- Focus Mode for time tracking
- Completion animations and haptics
- Journaling of completed tasks
- Review list for unfinished items
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Achieve more by taking on less. Start your day by choosing what truly matters and commit to it. Focus and feel the momentum build as you check things off. Finish with a beautiful record of a day well spent, while anything unfinished rolls into your Review list—ready for tomorrow. Add rich detail • Create repeating reminders. • Add notes, and set time- or count-based goals. • Promote to a Superaction and get an extra impactful animation on completion. • Schedule for a specific time of day, and get reminded with a notification or an alarm. Choose what matters • Quickly draft your plan just by talking with the voice input*. • Loosely slot anything in between auto-sorted scheduled items. • Commit when your plan feels right—you can still adjust as things come up. Focus and build momentum • Get rewarded with satisfying animations and haptics as you check things off. • Stay focused and track time as you go with Focus Mode. • Interact with your plan at a glance by enabling the Live Activity on your Lock Screen, or by adding the widget to your Home Screen. • Long press to quickly adjust—add something new, or bump to tomorrow or Review. Celebrate what you accomplished • Mark your day as done and enjoy a beautiful 3D animation. • Watch your completed plan transform into a journal—so you can see where your time went. • Easily adjust the record with the ability to edit when you did things—and for how long. • Anything unfinished rolls into your Review list—ready for tomorrow’s plan, or to be let go. A powerful review tool • See what you’ve delayed—rescheduled items are automatically bumped to the top. • Scrub through days to retroactively complete—or assign to a day in the future. • Make decisions one by one with Focus Mode—moving or deleting a task will automatically focus the next one. • Turn a fleeting thought into action—use the Lock Screen control to add to your review list with a single tap. Personalize your experience • Get reminded to get started—or to wrap up your day—with morning and evening notifications. • Give yourself extra time to work on your plan if you’re a night owl. • Pick from a selection of themes and handcrafted patterns. Work with other apps • Connect Ivy with the Calendar and Reminders apps. • Import content from other apps with the share extension, including markdown lists. Expect great things down the road • Dedicated iPad, Mac, and watchOS apps. • More ways to organize—interests, habits, projects, etc. • Expanded journaling tools. *Voice Input requires a device with Apple Intelligence. Try Ivy today with a two week free trial. Feedback is always welcome—reach us at hello@semantical.com. Download Ivy for free and try it without registration. After the trial period, an active subscription is required to continue using the app. A subscription unlocks full access to Ivy on all supported devices. • 14-day free trial. • Full access on all supported devices. • Monthly and annual subscription options available. Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew unless automatic renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription through your Apple Account subscription settings. Privacy and Terms of Use: https://semantical.com/privacy https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Blaze Calendar
This app combines calendar, task management, project organization, and note-taking into a single productivity hub. It offers AI assistance for scheduling and workload balancing, with real-time collaboration features for teams. Integrates with existing tools for a streamlined workflow.
- Unified calendar, task, and project management
- AI assistant for scheduling and workload balancing
- Real-time collaboration and sharing
- Integration with Google Calendar and other tools
- Note-taking and file attachments
- Cross-device synchronization (Mac, iPhone, iPad)
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Blaze is more than a calendar. It's your complete productivity system — manage tasks, projects, notes, and events all in one smart place. The most advanced agenda, finally simple Keep everything in sync: create and manage events and tasks seamlessly, without jumping between apps. Everything that matters, in one place. Connect your favorite tools (Base & Pro) Blaze integrates with Google Calendar and the tools you already use every day, so you can streamline your workflow and boost productivity without the friction. Organize your projects with clarity Track your projects effortlessly with structured tasks, notes, file attachments, and a clear overview that keeps you on track — always. Collaborate in real time (Base & Pro) Share tasks, projects, notes, and calendars with your team. Work together effortlessly, wherever you are. AI that works for you (Base & Pro) Your personal AI assistant is always available with a Base or Pro subscription. Chat with the AI to reorganize your day, find open slots in your calendar, get advice on balancing your workload, or simply figure out what to do next. Find the perfect time: the AI scans your calendar and finds free slots to fit new commitments in the most efficient way. Balance your productivity: want to slow down or push harder? The AI adapts your calendar to match your energy and goals. Always-on chat: ask questions, get suggestions, and reorganize everything in real time — right from the chat. Available on Mac, iPhone, and iPad A seamless, consistent experience across all your Apple devices. Start on Mac and take your productivity everywhere. Get Blaze for free. Upgrade to Base or Pro to unlock collaboration, integrations, and AI. Plan better. Do what matters. Terms of Service: https://blazecalendar.com/terms Privacy: https://blazecalendar.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ivy at 100% against Blaze Calendar's 0%. Blaze Calendar's advantage is monetization model (freemium vs subscription) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Ivy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Blaze Calendar sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ivy ships an update every 10 days, Blaze Calendar every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ivy | Blaze Calendar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (16 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 169 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Semantical | Filippo Zanfini |
Customer experience
Ivy
Blaze Calendar
In-app purchases
Ivy
- 1 Month$3.991 Month
- 1 Year14 Days trial$29.991 Year
Blaze Calendar
- Base (Month)7 Days trial$4.001 Month
- Pro (Month)7 Days trial$7.001 Month
- Base (Year)7 Days trial$49.001 Year
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- Pro (Year)7 Days trial$79.001 Year






