Linear Calendar vs Briefday
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Linear Calendar
This app offers a minimalist calendar view displaying your entire year on a single screen. It integrates with existing calendars, allows for simple event management with reminders, and offers customizable themes. Designed for focus, it works offline and syncs across devices without ads or tracking.
- Full year view on one screen
- Integrates Apple and Google Calendars
- Add events by tapping a day
- Color-coded categories
- Set reminders
- Multiple themes
- Offline functionality
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See your whole year on one screen. Chronos is a beautifully minimal calendar that displays 365 days at once. No more flipping through months or losing sight of the big picture. Whether you're planning vacations, tracking deadlines, or remembering birthdays, Chronos helps you see how your year fits together. YOUR YEAR, ONE VIEW Unlike traditional calendars that show you one week or month at a time, Chronos displays your entire year in a single, elegant view. Pinch to zoom from a bird's-eye overview down to individual days. Spot patterns, plan ahead, and never lose context. CALENDAR INTEGRATION See events from your Apple Calendar and Google Calendar right inside Chronos. Meetings, appointments, and reminders from all your calendars appear in the year view—no need to switch apps. SIMPLE EVENT MANAGEMENT - Tap any day to add events - Color-code with categories - Set reminders so you never forget important dates - Events sync instantly across all your Apple devices via iCloud BEAUTIFUL THEMES Personalize your calendar with a variety of themes. Choose from light, dark, and colorful options to match your style or mood. DESIGNED FOR FOCUS - Clean, distraction-free interface - No ads, no tracking, no account required - Your data stays on your devices and in your private iCloud WORKS EVERYWHERE - iPhone, iPad, and Mac - Seamless iCloud sync keeps everything up to date - Works offline — your calendar is always available Chronos is the calendar for people who think in years, not days.
Briefday
This app provides a calm weekly briefing of your upcoming 14 days, highlighting busy periods and free time. It automatically detects important occasions and offers a home screen widget for at-a-glance viewing. Designed for privacy, it processes calendar data on your device.
- Weekly calendar briefing
- Heat map visualization of busy/free days
- Automatic occasion detection
- Schedule directly from free time blocks
- Home screen widget
- Privacy-focused, on-device processing
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Briefday turns your calendar into a calm weekly briefing. Every Sunday, it looks at the next 14 days and tells you what they actually mean: which days are heavy, where your free time is, and what occasions are coming up, so the week never sneaks up on you. AT A GLANCE Open the app to a two-week calendar that reads like a heat map: busy days stand out, free days stay quiet. Tap any day for a full timeline of events, gaps, and observations like early starts, late finishes, and back-to-back stretches. YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST Once a week, Briefday sends a short notification summarizing the week ahead. No feeds, no noise. One briefing, then it gets out of the way. FIND FREE TIME, USE IT Briefday shows your genuinely free mornings, afternoons, and evenings. Tap a free block to schedule something right there, and the event is written straight to your calendar. OCCASIONS, HANDLED Birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays are detected automatically from your calendars and gathered in one place, so nothing important gets buried under meetings. MADE FOR YOUR HOME SCREEN A widget keeps the week ahead visible without opening the app. Four themes (Warm, White, Graphite, and Midnight) keep it comfortable in any light. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Briefday reads your calendar on your device, and that is where everything stays. No account, no server, no analytics on your events. SIMPLE PRICING Try everything free for 14 days, two full Sunday cycles. Then a single one-time purchase unlocks Briefday forever. No subscription. If you don't upgrade, the app keeps working with a shorter 3-day view. Briefday works with the calendars already on your iPhone and iPad: iCloud, Google, Outlook, and subscribed calendar feeds.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Linear Calendar at 4.3 against Briefday's 4.0. Linear Calendar also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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. Linear Calendar sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Briefday sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Linear Calendar holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Linear Calendar has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Linear Calendar ships an update every 9 days, Briefday fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Linear Calendar | Briefday |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Leap Tech LLC | Anchorpoint Software LLC |
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In-app purchases
Linear Calendar
- Chronos - Year Calendar$4.99
- Unlock 2026$4.99
- Unlock 2030$4.99
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- Unlock 2027$4.99
- Unlock 2029$4.99
- Unlock 2028$4.99
- Lifetime Access$14.99
Briefday
- Briefday: Calendar At a Glance.$4.99
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