Comparison

Simple Vertical Calendar Notes vs DayRipple

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

Head to head
About

Simple Vertical Calendar Notes

This app offers a clear and intuitive way to manage your daily schedule. Easily switch between a monthly grid and a chronological list view, with features like holiday support and flexible recurring events.

Highlights
  • Switchable grid and list views
  • Holiday calendar support
  • Flexible recurring events
  • Powerful search function
  • Intuitive design
  • Color-coded events
Features
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A new calendar app designed for both clarity and ease of use. Seamlessly switch between a monthly grid view and a vertical scrolling list view. Make your schedule management more intuitive and comfortable. 【Key Features】 ■ Switchable Display Formats ・Grid View: A traditional calendar view that shows your entire month's schedule at a glance. ・List View: A vertical scrolling view that allows you to see your appointments in chronological order, making it easy to see what's ahead. ■ Holiday Calendar Support ・Automatically displays holidays for your country. You can easily add them from the calendar settings. ■ Flexible Recurring Events ・Set up complex recurring events with ease, such as "every Tuesday," "on the 15th of every month," or "every two weeks." ■ Powerful Search Function ・Quickly find past and future appointments with a keyword search. ■ Intuitive Design and Usability ・A simple and sophisticated design. Color-code your events to visually manage your personal and work schedules. 【Recommended for people who】 ・Find the default calendar app to be insufficient. ・Want to manage their schedule digitally with the feel of a paper planner. ・Want to manage both work and personal appointments in a single app. ・Want a clear list view to keep track of future appointments. Start your new schedule management experience with this app!

About

DayRipple

This app simplifies shared planning and task management for couples, families, and roommates. It focuses on essential calendar events, to-dos, and anniversaries without unnecessary features. Enjoy instant updates, home screen widgets, and automatic anniversary counting.

Highlights
  • Shared calendar updates
  • To-do list assignment
  • Automatic anniversary counting
  • Home screen widgets
  • Separate spaces for relationships
  • Invite-based sharing
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DayRipple brings a to-do app and a shared calendar together. Your tasks stay in your private Planner. Only plans you share go on your shared calendar. No more “I told you about that” mix-ups. No more switching between two apps. No chat, no albums, no ads, no monthly subscription. Just your tasks, your plans together, and your anniversaries. You can use it together, even with different phones. ■ Using one app for to-dos and another for shared plans? Switching between two apps takes more effort than it seems. DayRipple brings it all into one place. Your Planner is just for you. Keep dinner alongside today’s tasks, then add only that event to your shared calendar. Keep your task list private without missing the plans you both need to know about. ■ Plan what to do—and when Write down your tasks and give them a time. Your day starts taking shape. Sort them into lists for work, everyday life, or travel prep, so everything has a place. See events from connected calendars alongside your tasks and spot your free time. ■ Just what you need No unnecessary couple features. None of the bulk of a work calendar. A good tool shouldn’t get between you. So we took things out instead of adding more. ■ Getting connected is simple Create a space, invite someone, and you’re set. When one of you adds or changes an event, your shared calendar updates right away, and notifications remind you about important events and anniversaries. ■ Your Google and phone calendars, shared too Connect Google Calendar or the phone calendar you already use, and its events appear alongside yours in DayRipple. Turn on “Share with space members” for a calendar, and your space members see its events on their calendar too. No need to copy work events over to show when you’re busy. You can pick which calendars they see, one by one. ■ Check your plans without opening the app See today’s events, upcoming plans, and your shared day counters in home screen widgets. ■ One date, anniversaries calculated for you Enter your relationship start date or wedding date just once, and DayRipple works out your 100th day, 200th day, first anniversary, and 1,000th day. The app does the math. You make the day special. ■ Split the to-dos, check them off together “I’ll get groceries. You book the table.” Assign to-dos to each other and check them off together. Fewer plans made in conversation and forgotten later. ■ A separate space for every relationship Create separate spaces for your partner, family, and roommates. Each has its own members and calendar, so plans from different parts of your life stay separate. ■ Start without a monthly subscription Start for free. Buy only the extras you need, each with a one-time purchase. One person buys lifetime access to a shared space. Their invited partner gets access to that same space. [Made for] ● Just you — Use it as a to-do app without sharing. Create a space when you have plans to share. ● Couples — Dates, work dinners, overtime, your 100th day, and wedding anniversaries, all in one calendar. ● Roommates — Keep track of bills, recycling duty, and lease renewals together. ● Family — Add member slots to keep up with school events and parents’ birthdays together. ● Part-time workers and small teams — See who’s working and who’s off at a glance. Like a gentle ripple reaching the far shore, your days stay quietly connected. That’s all DayRipple is here to do. Start with your own day. When you have plans together, bring them to your shared calendar. ――― [App permissions] · Required: none · Optional: Notifications — Used only for event and anniversary alerts. · Optional: Calendar — Reads events from connected calendars to show alongside your own in the calendar and Planner. Sharing is off by default: only calendars you choose to share send event titles, dates and times to your space members; everything else stays on this device.

Screenshots

Simple Vertical Calendar Notes4 screens
DayRipple4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DayRipple at 100% against Simple Vertical Calendar Notes's 50%. DayRipple also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs weekly). Simple Vertical Calendar Notes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. DayRipple sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Simple Vertical Calendar Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Vertical Calendar Notes ships an update weekly, DayRipple every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Simple Vertical Calendar Notes versus DayRipple: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Vertical Calendar NotesDayRipple
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNaoyuki RikijiBYUNGJUNE pakr

Customer experience

Simple Vertical Calendar Notes

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

DayRipple

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Simple Vertical Calendar Notes

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

DayRipple

One-time2
  • Extra Member Pass$2.99
  • Lifetime Pass for Our Space$5.99

Questions

Is Simple Vertical Calendar Notes free?
Simple Vertical Calendar Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DayRipple free?
DayRipple is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Simple Vertical Calendar Notes or DayRipple have ads?
DayRipple shows ads; Simple Vertical Calendar Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, Simple Vertical Calendar Notes or DayRipple?
Simple Vertical Calendar Notes ships an update weekly, and DayRipple every 4 days. Most recently, Simple Vertical Calendar Notes was updated on October 9, 2026 and DayRipple on October 13, 2026.

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