Comparison

WiCal vs Orde

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

Head to head
About

WiCal

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WiCal connects to your iPhone's system calendars to help you view and manage events. Choose your view Browse your plans in year, month, week, day, or list view. Choose which calendars to display and set the first day of the week. Create and find events Add, edit, and delete events. Search by title, location, notes, or calendar name. Search covers one year before and one year after the current date. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets Add month, week, today, or upcoming events widgets to your Home Screen. A calendar widget is also available for the Lock Screen. Calendar wallpaper for the Lock Screen Choose a theme or your photo to create a wallpaper image with dates and selected events. Follow the in-app guide to refresh the image with Shortcuts; you complete Lock Screen setup and optional automation in iOS. Live Activities for events Start a Live Activity from an event's details to view it on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island on supported devices. Live Activities must be enabled, and the event must not have ended. Subscription tracking Manually record service prices, billing cycles, and free trial end dates. View upcoming payments in calendars and widgets and set reminders. Actual payments and cancellations are managed by each service. Full calendar access is required to view and manage events. Editing requires a writable calendar. Widgets are added manually, and their refresh timing is managed by the system. The app includes banner ads. Personalize your Home Screen calendar widgets with your favorite photos. Save multiple photos and choose a different background for each monthly, weekly, today, or upcoming events widget. Photos stay on your device and can be deleted individually in the app.

About

Orde

Features
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Working Saturday? Days or nights on the 14th? Orde tells you in a second, without digging through the schedule photo. Set your rotation once, tell Orde where you are in it today, and it projects your calendar forever: when you work, when you're off and when you start. Under a minute, no sign-up. YOUR ROTATION, READY TO GO Pick a template and adjust the hours: โ€ข DuPont, Pitman 2-2-3 and 4 on 4 off โ€ข 4/10 and rotating 3x8 โ€ข Firefighters: 24/48, 48/96 and Kelly โ€ข 12-hour days and nights โ€ข Nurse with a different schedule every period? Tap in your 3x12 shifts by hand, several days at once. โ€ข Something else? Build your own day by day, no formulas. REAL LIFE ON TOP OF THE PATTERN Pick-up shifts, swaps with a coworker, PTO, sick days, holidays and notes. Add them to the day and your rotation stays intact. Change rotations mid-year and your past stays as it was. ALERTS THAT SHOW UP ON TIME One before your shift, one the evening before when tomorrow changes, and a weekly summary. Night shifts and daylight saving time are handled right: the night the clocks change lasts as long as it really does. THE WIDGET: TODAY WITHOUT OPENING THE APP Today's and tomorrow's shift right on your home screen. YOUR HOURS, NO MATH Hours for the month, the week or a 14-day pay period, with a target, so you see when you're heading past 40. Hours only: Orde doesn't do payroll. NOTHING LOST WHEN YOU SWITCH PHONES Free backup with your Google or Apple account. Get a new phone and everything is there. You can also export it to a file. LET YOUR PARTNER SEE YOUR DAYS OFF Share a link and they open it in the browser, nothing to install. They never see your notes or why you were out sick. ORDE PRO The app is complete and free, with one small ad in Month and Hours (never in Today or the widget). With Pro: โ€ข No ads โ€ข Multiple schedules for two jobs, with a view that puts them together โ€ข Your partner's schedule next to yours, with shared days off highlighted โ€ข More share links โ€ข The medium widget, with your whole week โ€ข Yearly hours balance Pro forever with one payment, or yearly. No monthly plan. Privacy policy: https://turnos-hlr.web.app/privacidad-en.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

WiCal4 screens
Orde4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WiCal at none against Orde's 2. WiCal also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). Orde's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Orde sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. WiCal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WiCal ships an update every 2 days, Orde every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 2 level
WiCal versus Orde: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWiCalOrde
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days โ€” betterEvery 5 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.615.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size15 MB90 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeokHo KimHector Lopez

In-app purchases

None

WiCal

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Orde

Subscriptions1
  • Orde Pro Annual$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Orde Pro$9.99

Questions

Is WiCal free?
WiCal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Orde free?
Orde is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WiCal or Orde have ads?
Both WiCal and Orde show ads.
Which is updated more often, WiCal or Orde?
WiCal ships an update every 2 days, and Orde every 5 days. Most recently, WiCal was updated on October 30, 2026 and Orde on November 6, 2026.

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