Comparison

Recurro vs SCal

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

Head to head
About

Recurro

This app helps you manage essential recurring tasks that are easy to forget. It offers smart tracking, custom intervals, and visual indicators for overdue or upcoming items. Gentle, customizable reminders ensure you never miss important routines.

Highlights
  • Customizable task intervals
  • Visual task status indicators
  • Gentle, customizable reminders
  • Completion history tracking
  • Clean, distraction-free interface
  • Native iOS design
Features
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Stay on top of life's recurring tasks with Recurro! Recurro is the elegant solution for managing all those important tasks that need to happen regularly but are easy to forget. From watering plants and giving flea medicine to your dog to car maintenance and cleaning your kettle or oven, Recurro keeps you organized and on track. Key Features: Smart Task Tracking - Create tasks with custom intervals (daily, weekly, monthly, or custom) - Visual status indicators show what's overdue, due today, or coming up - Clean, intuitive interface designed for iOS Smart Notifications - Get gentle reminders when tasks are due - Customizable notification timing - Never miss important recurring tasks again Never Miss Important Tasks - Clear visual cues for task status - See everything at a glance with organized task lists - Track your completion history Beautiful & Simple - Native iOS design that feels familiar - Clean, distraction-free interface - Quick task creation and management - Optimized for iPhone and iPad Perfect For: - Health routines (medications, exercise) - Home maintenance (plant care, cleaning kettle/oven, repairs) - Vehicle care (oil changes, inspections, maintenance) - Personal care (haircuts, dental checkups, eye exams) - Pet care (flea medicine, grooming) - Professional tasks (equipment checks, report submissions) Why Choose Recurro? Unlike complex project management apps, Recurro focuses specifically on recurring tasks - the kind that are simple but important, and easy to forget. Our clean, iOS-native design makes task management feel effortless rather than overwhelming. Whether you're building better habits, maintaining your home, or staying on top of life's necessities, Recurro provides the gentle structure you need. Getting Started: 1. Add your recurring tasks 2. Set how often they should happen 3. Enable notifications for reminders 4. Check them off when complete 5. Let Recurro handle the rest Download Recurro today and transform how you manage life's important recurring tasks! Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Statement: https://dundinstudio.com/privacy-statement-recurro/

About

SCal

Features
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■ Four ways to look at today · Month view — the whole month at a glance, in full or line mode · Landscape week — turn the device and the week opens like a timetable · Timeline — the day split by the hour, so nothing hides behind anything else · Card view — the selected day's events, one card after another ■ The day's photos, right on the calendar · Photos gather themselves on the day you took them, with the count on the date · Tap a day and its photos come back grouped by place · Tap the map to set a center and photos taken nearby are collected for you ■ Life patterns, for the things that repeat · Coffee, workouts, glasses of water — log them with a single tap · Four ways to record: count the times, run a timer, note an amount, or check done / not done · Set a daily goal and the weekly, monthly and yearly statistics show how often you hit it · One tap on the home-screen widget logs it without opening the app ■ Reminders you won't miss · Set a separate reminder time for every event · Choose the sound you want to hear · Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly repeats are supported ■ The weather beside your day, and the way there · See the day's weather right on the calendar and the timeline · Add a place and open directions in your maps app, travel time included · Keep the places you go often as favorites and pick one in a tap ■ Memos, and things to do · Organize them in groups and drag to reorder · Switch a memo to "To-do" and every line becomes checkable · URLs and phone numbers inside a memo turn into links you can tap · Turn a memo into an event without retyping it ■ Scattered plans, one calendar · Give each calendar its own color and keep work and life apart on one screen · Events from the built-in iPhone calendar layer onto the same month · Search by title, notes, place or calendar name · Create your own event types and tell them apart by color ■ With family, with coworkers · Invite by email and look at a calendar together · Decide whether they can only view (subscribe) or also edit events (share) · Give a calendar you received its own color and layer it onto yours ■ On the home screen, and on every device · Three widgets — what's coming up, a life pattern you log in one tap, and a memo you write on the spot · One account, the same calendar on iPhone, iPad and Mac ■ Lock and sign-in · Lock the whole app with Face ID or Touch ID · Sign in with Apple, Google, or an email account ■ Small things that help · Dictate an event, and tap the daily reminder to hear the day read aloud · Fourteen themes to change the mood — the home-screen widget can follow along · Pick the typeface and text size you prefer · Show lunar calendar dates alongside ■ SCal Premium · No ads · Unlimited upcoming events (15 on the free plan; past events are never counted) · Unlimited calendars, event types and life patterns (free plan: 3, 2 and 3) · Twelve premium themes and premium fonts SCal stays free without it. Sharing, photos, memos and widgets are all yours on the free plan. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://4lovingyou.com/IOS/Terms.php?AppName=SCal&Lang=en Privacy Policy: https://4lovingyou.com/IOS/Privacypolicy.php?AppName=SCal&Lang=en

Screenshots

Recurro4 screens
SCal4 screens

Verdict

The call

Recurro and SCal are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Recurro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SCal sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Recurro versus SCal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecurroSCal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEunjin JooJongHyun Lee

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Recurro

One-time1
  • Recurro Pro$3.99
1 purchases

SCal

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Premium Pass$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Recurro free?
Recurro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SCal free?
SCal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Recurro or SCal have ads?
Both Recurro and SCal show ads.
Which is updated more often, Recurro or SCal?
Recurro ships an update every 5 weeks, and SCal every 5 weeks. Most recently, Recurro was updated on October 27, 2026 and SCal on October 24, 2026.

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