Calendar Scanner vs CalendarOCR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calendar Scanner
Effortlessly add calendar events from photos or live camera feeds. Extract dates, times, and locations from posters, flyers, or screenshots and save them directly to your preferred calendar app. Ideal for quickly organizing events without manual data entry.
- Scan posters and screenshots
- Extract date, time, and location
- Review and edit event details
- Save to multiple calendar types
- Supports recurring events
- Works with live camera or photos
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Turn posters and screenshots into calendar events. Fast. Point the camera at a flyer, timetable or invite. Calendar Scanner reads the date, time and place, then lets you review and save to the calendar you choose. It’s the quickest way to get “that thing next week at 7” into your calendar. How it works - Scan a poster with the camera, or pick a photo/screenshot. - Review the suggestions. Title, dates, times, location, and recurrence. - Save one or many events to your chosen calendar. Why people use it - Faster than typing: no more pecking dates into tiny fields. - Finds multiple dates: perfect for concert tours, classes and game schedules. - Clean review step: tweak titles, times, location and notes before saving. - Choose your calendar: add to iCloud, Google, Outlook and more via the system Calendar app. - All-day or timed: supports ranges, end times and repeats (daily/weekly/monthly/yearly). - Camera or Photos: works with live posters and screenshots. Great for Concerts, meetups, lectures, sports fixtures, parent letters, office notices, gym classes. Anything with a date on it. Permissions - Camera: to scan posters. - Calendar: to save events where you want them. Terms: https://perkodar.se/terms
CalendarOCR
Effortlessly add events to your calendar by taking a photo of posters or flyers. AI-powered OCR instantly extracts all necessary details, saving you manual entry time. Enjoy a privacy-focused experience with on-device processing.
- AI-powered OCR for event extraction
- Camera and photo library support
- Extracts title, date, time, location, and details
- On-device processing for privacy
- Free tier with limited scans
- One-time Pro upgrade for unlimited scans
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CalendarOCR makes adding events to your calendar effortless. Just snap a photo of any event poster or flyer, and our AI-powered OCR instantly extracts event title, date, time, location, and details. FEATURES: - Smart OCR automatically detects event information - Camera and photo library support - Clean, minimal interface - No subscriptions - One-time Pro upgrade for unlimited scans - Free tier: 3 scans per month - Pro: Unlimited scans for $2.99 (pay once, use forever) PERFECT FOR: - Students tracking campus events - Professionals managing conferences - Anyone tired of manually typing event details Privacy-focused: All processing happens on your device. No data collection, no tracking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CalendarOCR at fortnightly against Calendar Scanner's every 5 weeks. CalendarOCR also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, rating, 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. Calendar Scanner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and CalendarOCR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Calendar Scanner against 5.0 for CalendarOCR. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CalendarOCR has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Calendar Scanner ships an update every 5 weeks, CalendarOCR fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Calendar Scanner | CalendarOCR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Perkodar AB | Bowen Jiang |
Customer experience
Calendar Scanner
CalendarOCR
In-app purchases
Calendar Scanner
- Calendar Scanner Weekly$0.997 Days
- Calendar Scanner Yearly$24.991 Year
CalendarOCR
- Get Pro Now$2.99
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