Ideal Calendar vs Wane Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ideal Calendar
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A calendar that opens on one number: how many hours of today are still yours. A calendar tells you which hours are taken. What you actually want to know is the opposite. ■ Your free time, on the home screen Take the hours you're awake. Subtract what's ahead of you. "Bed at 11. It's 7 now. One hour booked at 9." — three hours left. That number is the first thing you see when you open the app. Add an event and it drops, right there. ■ No manual Long-press to add an event. Drag to move it. Swipe to delete it. Every year you've spent with a phone is the only instruction manual you need. "It probably works like this…" — and your instinct is always right. ■ What that time is being traded for Add a shift and your pay is worked out from your hourly rate, including night, overtime and holiday premiums. You can see what your free time turned into. ■ Also • One tap between month and week view • Drag across the week view to create; drag an event to move it • Colour-code your events and read the month at a glance • Attach photos to events and look back on them • A lock-screen widget for today's free time • Your events, tasks and photos stay on your device. No account required Build your day, your way.
Wane Timer
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Turn the passage of time into a single bar across your screen. Counting down the minutes shouldn't mean doing math in your head every time you check. With Wane, you just look at the bar — and you know how much time is left, instantly. WHAT IT DOES - Switch between countdown and count-up - Set time by duration or by a specific end time - Save your go-to presets (5 min, 25 min, 1 hour, etc.) - Brown noise playback to help you focus - Toggle numbers on or off - Three bar sizes to fit your screen - Lock screen and home screen widgets - Live Activity support for at-a-glance tracking - Dynamic Island capsule shows your bar at all times GREAT FOR - Studying or deep focus sessions - Cooking and workout timing - Pomodoro-style work blocks - Keeping your social media or short-video scrolling in check - Anyone who prefers to feel the passage of time rather than read it Even with another app open, a glance at the Dynamic Island tells you exactly how much time is left. Perfect if "just five minutes" on social media keeps turning into an hour. Simple enough to use every single day.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wane Timer at none against Ideal Calendar's 1. Ideal Calendar's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Ideal Calendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Wane Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ideal Calendar ships an update weekly, Wane Timer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ideal Calendar | Wane Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Koki Nakanishi | Shun Okawa |
In-app purchases
Ideal Calendar
- Premium Lifetime$49.99
Wane Timer
No in-app purchases









