Comparison

Lineár Calendar vs LeanBooks

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

LeanBooks

Features
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LeanBooks is your personal library for your pocket. Catalog the books you own, plan your next reads on a wishlist, and always know who borrowed what from whom. ADD BOOKS – FAST, WITHOUT TYPING • Scan an ISBN with the camera (Premium) or enter it, and pull in title, author, cover & synopsis automatically (Google Books) • Search by title or author • Or add everything by hand – whatever suits you YOUR COLLECTION, ORGANIZED • Keep your library and wishlist cleanly separated • Group by author • Assign locations – so you know which shelf or room a book lives on • Create collections to group books by theme • Keep notes on every book • Covers in every list, full screen with a tap LOANS – LENT AND BORROWED • Track who you lent a book to – and who you borrowed one from • Set due dates (Premium) • Reminders: ahead of returning a borrowed book, and once a lent book is overdue (Premium) • See overdue loans at a glance SHARE COLLECTIONS • Share individual collections with family or friends (Premium) • Each person gets their own invitation link, which can be accepted only once • Recipients see the collection's books, but no locations, loans, notes or other collections • Recipients don't need Premium to accept, and can leave the collection at any time SYNCED EVERYWHERE • Your data lives in your private iCloud and stays in sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac • Sharing runs through Apple's iCloud sharing • No separate account, no tracking PRIVACY FIRST Your library is yours. LeanBooks stores your data in your iCloud – not on our servers. No ads, no tracking. START FOR FREE Use all Premium features free for the first 30 days. After that, manage up to 20 of your own books for free; wishlist and borrowed books don't count. PREMIUM • Unlimited books of your own • ISBN scanner using the camera • Due dates and reminders for loans • Share collections with others • Customize the app's background Premium is an auto-renewing yearly subscription ("LeanBooks Plus", 1-year duration). The current price is shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it anytime in your Apple Account settings in the App Store. Download LeanBooks and bring order to your books. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Lineár Calendar4 screens
LeanBooks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: LeanBooks at every 3 days against Lineár Calendar's every 10 days. Lineár Calendar's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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. Lineár Calendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and LeanBooks sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $8.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lineár Calendar ships an update every 10 days, LeanBooks every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Lineár Calendar versus LeanBooks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLineár CalendarLeanBooks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTheMMJochen Koeneke

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Lineár Calendar

One-time1
  • Lineár Pro$4.99
1 purchases

LeanBooks

Subscriptions1
  • LeanBooks Plus$8.991 Year

Questions

Is Lineár Calendar free?
Lineár Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LeanBooks free?
LeanBooks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lineár Calendar or LeanBooks have ads?
Neither Lineár Calendar nor LeanBooks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lineár Calendar or LeanBooks?
Lineár Calendar ships an update every 10 days, and LeanBooks every 3 days. Most recently, Lineár Calendar was updated on October 24, 2026 and LeanBooks on October 24, 2026.

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