Comparison

BigYear vs RingCalendar

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

Head to head
About

BigYear

Features
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Plan the year you actually want to live. BigYear turns your calendar into a clear, continuous view of the months ahead. See trips, birthdays, milestones, deadlines and long-term goals together—without losing them inside a weekly grid. WHAT YOU CAN DO • See your entire year in one scrollable calendar • Create single-day events and multi-day date ranges • Organize plans with calm, color-coded calendars • Jump back to today instantly • Review upcoming plans in a focused timeline • Choose Monday or Sunday as the first day of the week • Keep your calendars synced across iPhone and Mac BUILT FOR THE DATES THAT MATTER Use BigYear for holidays, launches, races, exams, family visits, travel, major deadlines and personal goals. Zoom out, make space and turn intentions into dates. Your year, at a glance.

About

RingCalendar

Features
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When there’s enough room, event names appear directly on the ring so you can understand your day even faster. EVENTS + REMINDERS. TOGETHER. Your calendar events and reminders live in one clear daily view. See what’s happening, what’s next and what still needs to be done without switching between separate apps. EVENT NOTES A calendar tells you when something happened. Event Notes help you remember what happened. Attach: • Text Notes • Voice Notes • Photo Notes to the events that gave them context. EVENT NOTES LIBRARY All your Event Notes now have their own home. Browse notes from across your calendar, search them, filter by type or event date, select multiple notes at once and jump directly back to the original event. MONTH VIEW Zoom out without losing the details. RingCalendar’s Month View gives you a visual overview of busy and quiet days while keeping individual events visible. DAILY REVIEW Revisit the moments you captured during the day in chronological context. RingCalendar keeps your notes tied to the calendar instead of turning them into an isolated archive. APPLE WATCH Keep your day close at hand. View events and reminders, capture Event Notes and use RingCalendar directly from Apple Watch. Day Progress gives you a compact visual sense of what’s coming next. BUILT FOR DIFFERENT WAYS OF WORKING RingCalendar adapts its layout to the available screen, including spacious multi-pane views on larger and Duo displays. Your calendar remembers when. RingCalendar helps you remember.

Screenshots

BigYear4 screens
RingCalendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BigYear at none against RingCalendar's 2. BigYear also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.5). RingCalendar's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 14 months). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. RingCalendar sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. BigYear asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BigYear ships an update every 14 months, RingCalendar every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
BigYear versus RingCalendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBigYearRingCalendar
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMykhailo ChurilovIO CZ s.r.o.

In-app purchases

None

BigYear

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

RingCalendar

One-time2
  • 7-Day TrialFree
  • RingCalendar Pro$12.99

Questions

Is BigYear free?
BigYear is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RingCalendar free?
RingCalendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BigYear or RingCalendar have ads?
Neither BigYear nor RingCalendar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BigYear or RingCalendar?
BigYear ships an update every 14 months, and RingCalendar every 3 days. Most recently, BigYear was updated on November 5, 2026 and RingCalendar on November 10, 2026.

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