Lineár Calendar vs Kontext
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Kontext
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Kontext remembers what goes with whom – so you don't forget anything at your next meeting. Wanted to ask someone about their vacation, return a book, or talk through an idea? Kontext keeps it with that person and reminds you before you meet. FOR NEXT TIME • Note what you want to say, ask or bring for each person • Key facts at the very top: kids, allergies, gift ideas • Notes and reminders, with date and place if you like PREPARED BEFORE EVERY MEETING • Kontext spots events with your people in your calendar, by title and attendees • Shortly before, Kontext reminds you and shows what's still open • Optionally, Kontext adds a clearly marked note to the event. Your own text is never touched. AT THE RIGHT PLACE • Reminders that fire when you arrive at or leave a place – no appointment needed • Choose the place by address search or current location, and set the radius BIRTHDAYS AT A GLANCE • Upcoming birthdays right on the start screen • Enter them by hand or take them from your contacts, with a reminder on the day ALWAYS WITHIN REACH • Widget for the Lock Screen and Home Screen: your next meeting and what's due, at a glance • Quick-capture tile in Control Center • Quick actions on long-press of the app icon • Apple Watch with a complication: your next meeting and your notes on your wrist • Capture quickly with Siri and Shortcuts YOUR OVERVIEW, YOUR RULES • "Due & upcoming" on the start screen can now be grouped: by person, urgency or day BUILT TO BE CALM • A tidy design with room to breathe, light and dark • Nothing flashes red, nothing nags you • Completed items go to the archive – nothing is lost • Merge duplicate people, with undo • Built for everyone: VoiceOver, reduced transparency, differentiate without color PRIVATE • No account, no ads, no tracking • Your data stays on your devices and in your iCloud ON YOUR DEVICES, IN YOUR LANGUAGE • iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, synced through your iCloud • Now also available in German, English, French, Spanish and Italian FREE AND FAIR Up to 5 people are free. With Kontext Pro (one-time purchase, no subscription, Family Sharing included) you manage any number of people on all your devices. On iPhone and iPad you can also choose between six app icons. Kontext is for anyone who has a lot to keep in mind and wants a calm memory for it.
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Verdict
Lineár Calendar and Kontext are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Lineár Calendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Kontext sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lineár Calendar ships an update every 10 days, Kontext weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Lineár Calendar | Kontext |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 92.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TheMM | Torben Lew Krackow |
In-app purchases
Lineár Calendar
- Lineár Pro$4.99
Kontext
- Kontext Pro$17.99









