LockScreen Calendar Maker vs Calendarly Lockscreen Calendar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LockScreen Calendar Maker
Transform your iPhone Lock Screen into a functional calendar. Overlay custom monthly or yearly schedules on your favorite photos, view dates at a glance, and manage events with reminders. Offers total customization for a personalized and efficient planning experience.
- Custom Lock Screen calendar wallpapers
- Syncs with Google Calendar
- In-app calendar and event management
- Event reminders and notifications
- Multiple calendar styles (Agenda, Classic Month, Full Year, Lunar)
- Photo backgrounds and design customization
- Automatic wallpaper updates via iOS Shortcut
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Turn your iPhone Lock Screen into a beautiful, functional calendar. Lock Screen Calendar allows you to create custom wallpaper that display your monthly or yearly schedule directly on your lock screen. View dates at a glance without ever opening an app or unlocking your phone. Whether you need a productivity tool or an aesthetic upgrade, our calendar wallpaper maker lets you combine your favorite photos with clean, readable calendar grids. KEY FEATURES: - CALENDAR WALLPAPERS Overlay a calendar, schedule, to-do list on your Lock Screen. Check the date instantly. Perfect for minimalists and planners who value efficiency. + Sync with APPLE calendar & GOOGLE calendar & OUTLOOK calendar + Sync with APPLE Reminders - IN-APP CALENDAR & REMINDERS * View your month and events inside the app. * Add, edit, and delete events – Create events with title, date/time, repeat (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.), reminders, and notes. * Event reminders – Get notified before events (e.g. 5 or 15 minutes before). Tapping the notification opens the app to the Calendar tab. - TOTAL CUSTOMIZATION Make it yours. Choose from multiple styles: * Eisenhower Matrix: priority matrix, todo list * Agenda/Schedule: Today, Month, Week, 2-Week Schedule, Week + daily agenda * Classic Month: A clean grid view of the current month. * Full Year: See the big picture with progress dots. * Lunar Calendar: Track solar and lunar dates together. * Life Progress: Visualize your week or month of life. - DESIGN YOUR WAY * Photos: Use your own images as backgrounds. * Style: Adjust colors, dim levels, and first day of the week (Mon/Sun). * Markers: Highlight "Today" with dots, rings, or squares. - SMART AUTOMATION Set it and forget it. Use our pre-built iOS Shortcut to automatically update your Lock Screen wallpaper every morning. Your calendar stays fresh daily without manual editing. *** PRIVACY FIRST Your data belongs to you. All calendar processing happens locally on your device. We do not collect, store, or track your personal events. Download Lock Screen Calendar today and organize your life right from your wallpaper. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Calendarly Lockscreen Calendar
Display your calendar directly on your Lock Screen as a live wallpaper. See your schedule instantly without opening any apps. Customize layouts, colors, and spacing for a personalized view.
- Live calendar wallpaper on Lock Screen
- Automatic background updates
- Customizable layouts and colors
- Daily, monthly, and year views
- Private, on-device calendar
- Offline functionality
- Simple setup with Shortcuts
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Turn your Lock Screen into a calendar you can read at a glance. Calendarly puts your events, shifts, reminders, tasks, notes and countdowns on your wallpaper, in widgets and in Live Activities, and refreshes them every morning. Nothing to open, nothing to unlock. Pick up your iPhone and see what is next. Join more than 30,000 people using Calendarly. SET UP ONCE 1. Pick a Lock Screen in the Gallery and make it yours in the Studio. 2. Choose the calendars and reminder lists you want to see. 3. Add the morning automation in Shortcuts. Calendarly shows you where to tap. ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN • The month, the quarter or the whole year • Today hour by hour, with location, people and notes under each event • This week or the next seven days, as a grid or a list • Work shifts and days off • Apple Reminders, most important first • Your own to-do list, or Todoist if you connect it • Countdowns to exams, birthdays and trips, plus days since a date • A note you want to keep in sight • Tonight's Moon, the year in dots and your life calendar WIDGETS AND LIVE ACTIVITIES • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for what is coming up, today, the week, the month, the year, countdowns, notes, to-dos and the Moon • More than a dozen looks, your own colors and fonts • Tick off tasks right on the widget • Extra-large widgets for your day, week, month and year on iOS 27 • Live Activities show today, the week, your tasks or a note on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island 152 LAYOUTS TO MAKE YOURS • Day planners, wall calendars, departure boards, newspapers, menu cards, notes on paper, chalkboards, flip clocks, tickets and more • Your colors, fonts and photos, 15 textured backgrounds or a plain color • Create Your Own: put several layouts together on one wallpaper FREE TO START 96 of the 152 layouts are free, and so are all widgets, Live Activities and automatic updates. Free layouts show your whole day, with every event, reminder and task. Calendarly Pro unlocks all 152 layouts, your own photos and Create Your Own. Choose monthly, yearly or a one-time purchase. Cancel a subscription at any time. YOUR DATA STAYS ON YOUR IPHONE Calendarly does not require an account. Calendar and Reminders data is read and drawn on your iPhone and is never uploaded to our servers. Todoist is optional and connects directly. GOOD TO KNOW Shortcuts is only needed for automatic updates. You can update the wallpaper by hand at any time. Calendar wallpapers work offline after setup. Task sync and purchases require internet access. Calendarly speaks 23 languages. Privacy Policy: https://getcalendarly.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LockScreen Calendar Maker at 4.8 against Calendarly Lockscreen Calendar's 4.5. LockScreen Calendar Maker also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days). Calendarly Lockscreen Calendar's advantage is review sentiment (63% vs 44%). On price, ratings volume, 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. LockScreen Calendar Maker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Calendarly Lockscreen Calendar sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
LockScreen Calendar Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 37 and 49 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 44% of LockScreen Calendar Maker's written reviews are positive against 63% of Calendarly Lockscreen Calendar's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
LockScreen Calendar Maker ships an update every 3 days, Calendarly Lockscreen Calendar every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.
| Parameter | LockScreen Calendar Maker | Calendarly Lockscreen Calendar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (37 ratings) — better | 4.5 (49 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37 | 49 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 140 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vinh Vo | Dmytro Katyukha |
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LockScreen Calendar Maker
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In-app purchases
LockScreen Calendar Maker
- Annual3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime$19.99
Calendarly Lockscreen Calendar
- Calendarly Pro (Monthly)$2.991 Month
- Calendarly Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Calendarly Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$16.991 Year
- Calendarly Pro · Lifetime$9.99
- Calendarly Pro · Lifetime$13.99
- Calendarly Pro · Lifetime$24.99
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- Calendarly Pro · Lifetime$34.99
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