Comparison

Lineár Calendar vs VariAlarm

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

Head to head
About

Lineár Calendar

Visualize your entire year in a single, elegant view. This app offers multiple perspectives and customization options to help you spot busy periods and find gaps instantly. Plan more effectively by seeing the bigger picture of your schedule.

Highlights
  • Full year view
  • Horizontal and vertical layouts
  • Linear and regular day alignments
  • Coloured event bars
  • Calendar filtering and custom colours
  • Sticky header/column
  • PDF export
Features
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Zoom Out. See the Bigger Picture. Lineár shows your whole year in a single view: all 365 days at once. Spot busy stretches, find free time, and see how everything fits without flipping through months. Events appear as coloured bars across the days they span. Tap any one for the details. Four Ways to See Your Year Horizontal (months as rows) or vertical (months as columns, like a wall planner), each with two day arrangements: - Linear: days align by weekday, so overloaded days stand out. - Regular: days align by date (1–31), every month's 1st in the same column. Edit Right on Your Calendar (New in 2.0) Create, edit, and delete events without leaving Lineár: times, locations, notes, reminders, and full repeating events. Your first 10 edits are free. Lineár Pro then unlocks unlimited editing as a one-time purchase, no subscription. Viewing always stays free. Make It Yours Works with iCloud, Google, Exchange, and subscribed calendars in their own colours. Show, hide, and reorder calendars with a tap. Customise colours, fonts, and layout, pin the header or left column while scrolling, and filter events for a cleaner view. Export to PDF or print on Mac. Features - Whole year in one view, horizontal or vertical - Linear (weekday) and Regular (date) modes - Coloured event bars, filters, and custom colours - Create, edit, and delete events, repeats included (Lineár Pro) - Sticky header and left column - PDF export and printing (macOS) - iCloud, Google, Exchange, and subscribed calendars - Dark mode

About

VariAlarm

Automate your wake-up routine with customizable alarm templates. Sync alarms to your calendar events and easily manage recurring schedules. Fine-tune volumes, sounds, and skip individual alarms without disrupting your overall plan.

Highlights
  • Reusable alarm templates
  • Calendar event automation
  • Customizable alarm sequences
  • Skip individual alarms
  • Lock Screen and Homescreen widgets
  • Custom volumes and sounds
Features
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Rotating shifts. On-call weeks. A gym class that moves every day. If your alarms can't keep up with your schedule, VariAlarm can. VariAlarm is an alarm clock and schedule planner for people whose weeks don't repeat. Plan alarms on real dates, reuse your shift patterns, and change one morning without touching the rest. CHANGE ONE DAY, NOT THE WHOLE WEEK • Skip tomorrow's alarm – the schedule carries on by itself, nothing to switch back on • Move or edit a single occurrence without breaking the series • Pause alarms until tomorrow, the end of the week, or any date PLAN BY DATE, NOT JUST BY WEEKDAY • Set alarms for specific future dates • Repeat every 2–12 weeks and choose an end date • See alarms and calendar events side by side SAVE YOUR SHIFTS ONCE, REUSE THEM ANYWHERE • Alarm Templates: save the alarms for an early, late, or night shift and apply them to the days you work • Alarm Routines: a sequence of alarms spaced from one start time – move the start and every alarm follows • Running late? Shift every alarm in a routine or template by the same number of minutes in one step • Alarm Groups keep work, gym, and weekend alarms apart LET YOUR CALENDAR SET THE ALARM Calendar Automation matches events by keyword and creates the alarm for you. Example: every event called “Early shift” at 7:00 AM gets a wake-up alarm 2 hours before. Run rules yourself or through Shortcuts. Get Ready estimates when to start getting ready from the event time, where you're going, and the expected weather. WAKE UP YOUR WAY • Crescendo fades the volume in gently • Use your own songs as alarm sounds • Challenge Wake helps you stay up • Sleep Sounds to wind down, Timer Sets for multi-step countdowns ALWAYS ONE GLANCE AWAY Lock Screen widgets, Live Activities, Apple Watch, Siri, Shortcuts, and optional iCloud sync across your devices. SMARTER PLANNING Turn a photo or screenshot of your roster into events you review first. Create alarms, routines, and templates by voice. Smart Prep looks over tomorrow, and Weather-Aware Wake can suggest an earlier alarm when conditions may slow you down. Nothing is created or changed until you approve it. VARIALARM PRO Free to download. VariAlarm Pro is available monthly, yearly, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Feature availability depends on your VariAlarm plan, iOS version, device, region, and permissions. Apple Intelligence features require a compatible device. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Lineár Calendar4 screens
VariAlarm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: VariAlarm at 4.6 against Lineár Calendar's 4.0. VariAlarm also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 10 days) and ratings volume (24 vs 3). Lineár Calendar's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lineár Calendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and VariAlarm sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

VariAlarm holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VariAlarm has 24 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 93% and 92% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lineár Calendar ships an update every 10 days, VariAlarm daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lineár Calendar versus VariAlarm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLineár CalendarVariAlarm
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings)4.6 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.6% of reviews — better92.3% of reviews
Number of ratings324 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB112 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTheMMNhat Le

Customer experience

Lineár Calendar

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive92.6%
Neutral7.4%
Negative0.0%

VariAlarm

All ratings24 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral8.3%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Lineár Calendar

One-time1
  • Lineár Pro$4.99
4 purchases

VariAlarm

Subscriptions2
  • VariAlarm Pro Monthly3 Days trial$2.491 Month
  • VariAlarm Pro Annual$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • Buy me a coffee$1.99
  • VariAlarm Pro Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is Lineár Calendar free?
Lineár Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VariAlarm free?
VariAlarm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lineár Calendar or VariAlarm?
VariAlarm is rated higher. Lineár Calendar averages 4.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while VariAlarm averages 4.6 from 24 ratings.
Do Lineár Calendar or VariAlarm have ads?
Neither Lineár Calendar nor VariAlarm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lineár Calendar or VariAlarm?
Lineár Calendar ships an update every 10 days, and VariAlarm daily. Most recently, Lineár Calendar was updated on October 24, 2026 and VariAlarm on October 31, 2026.

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