Comparison

CalendarRef vs Next Up

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

Head to head
About

CalendarRef

This app provides a fast, minimalist calendar reference for quickly finding the day of the week for any date. It offers full-year and monthly views with clean layouts, supporting BCE/CE years and accurate historical calendar conversions. It works offline without ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Full-year view
  • Monthly layouts
  • Instant year navigation
  • BCE/CE year support
  • Julian/Gregorian calendar handling
  • Optional date highlights
  • Offline functionality
Features
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CalendarRef is a fast, minimalist calendar reference app for quickly determining the day of the week for any date. View an entire year at once, or scroll clean, readable monthly layouts without clutter or distractions. CalendarRef is built for speed, accuracy, and clarity whether you’re planning ahead, checking a historical date, or simply verifying a date. Features: • Full-year view showing all 12 months at a glance • Modern and retro (terminal-style) monthly views • Instant year navigation with scrollable digit selection • Support for BCE and CE years • Accurate Julian → Gregorian calendar handling, including the 1582 reform • Optional highlights for Friday the 13th, leap days, and custom dates • Works fully offline — no accounts, no tracking, no ads CalendarRef is a focused utility for people who care about dates, history, and precision.

About

Next Up

Features
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Next Up: Release Tracker keeps one list of everything you are waiting for. Follow the shows you watch, the films you want to see, the artists you listen to, the games you are waiting on and the teams you follow. Next Up collects every date into a single timeline, soonest first. WHAT IT TRACKS • TV — the next episode, the network, and how far behind you are • Films — release dates, and what you have already seen • Music — new releases and tour dates near you • Sport — fixtures across seven sports, including the cup ties and European nights your league calendar leaves out • Games — release dates across every platform ONE TIMELINE, NOT FIVE APPS Everything lands in one place, sorted by when it happens. Filter it by category or read it whole. STRAIGHT TO YOUR CALENDAR Subscribe once and it feeds your calendar, so new dates appear without you doing anything. TIME WELL WASTED Tick episodes off as you watch them and see what it adds up to — total hours, shows, films, and where the time actually went. QUIET BY DESIGN No ads. No feed. No recommendations you did not ask for. It tells you what is coming and then leaves you alone. Your data is yours: delete your account from inside the app and everything goes, permanently and immediately.

Screenshots

CalendarRef4 screens
Next Up4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Next Up at 15.0 against CalendarRef's 18.5. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
CalendarRef versus Next Up: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalendarRefNext Up
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDerrick BragaTiago Morais

In-app purchases

None

CalendarRef

No in-app purchases

None

Next Up

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CalendarRef free?
CalendarRef is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Next Up free?
Next Up is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CalendarRef or Next Up have ads?
Neither CalendarRef nor Next Up shows ads.

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