Year Calendar & Weekly Planner vs PenDate Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Year Calendar & Weekly Planner
Visualize your entire year at a glance with this app. It focuses on your most important events and tasks, allowing you to easily plan ahead. Convert photos of schedules into digital events and manage your time effectively.
- Full year view on one screen
- Displays top 3 events per day
- Photo to event conversion
- Tasks integrated with events
- Home screen widgets
- Works with existing iOS Calendar
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Your full year, always in view. Most calendar apps keep you stuck on this week. Full Year Calendar flips that: you start from the big picture, see everything at once, and decide what matters from there. SEE YOUR WHOLE YEAR AT ONCE All 12 months on one screen. You see instantly where you stand, what's coming up, and where you still have space. FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS The Full Year Calendar view shows only your three biggest events per day, the things that actually shape your year. Birthdays, holidays, vacations, school breaks. Zoom into the week or day view when you need the details. TURN A PHOTO INTO EVENTS Snap a photo of a schedule, invitation, or class timetable and Full Year Calendar turns it into events and tasks in seconds. Just review and save. Your photo never leaves your device — only the text is analyzed. TASKS THAT WORK LIKE EVENTS Add reminders right alongside your events. Drag them to a new day, stretch them across several days, and check them off with a tap — in any view. NOTHING SNEAKS UP ON YOU When your whole year is always visible, you're always prepared. You see what's coming. You stay in control, not whoever booked your calendar last. This is the calendar for people who plan ahead: the parent, the partner, the professional who runs their life instead of reacting to it. GOOD TO KNOW Works with your existing iOS Calendar. No account, no setup. Just open and go. YOUR YEAR ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Add the widgets and see your key events at a glance without opening the app. PRIVACY FIRST Your calendar stays on your device. No ads, no tracking, no accounts. The optional photo-to-events feature sends only the text read from a photo you pick — never the photo, and never your calendar. FULL YEAR PRO Full Year Calendar comes with a 14-day free trial. Explore every feature — the full year view, widgets, photo-to-events, color themes, and more. After the trial, a subscription keeps everything unlocked. Privacy Policy: https://claritytoolslab.github.io/fullyear-legal/privacy Terms of Service: https://claritytoolslab.github.io/fullyear-legal/terms Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
PenDate Notes
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PenDate Notes is a calendar-first notes and planning app for keeping your days, reminders, events, checklists, and handwritten ideas in one organized workspace. Start from the calendar when you are planning your week, open a day when you need detail, or jump into folders when a project grows. PenDate Notes supports text notes, checklist notes, canvas notes, reminders, calendar events, PDF/image export, and optional Google Drive sync. Main features: • Calendar views for year, month, week, and day planning • Text notes for quick writing and structured plans • Checklist notes with quantities and totals • Canvas notes for handwriting, sketches, and visual planning • Date-linked reminders and events • Folders and covers to keep notes easy to scan • PDF and image export for sharing or saving your work • Recycle Bin for restoring deleted notes • Optional Google Drive sync for backup and continuity PenDate Notes is built for people who think through dates: students, professionals, families, creators, and anyone who wants notes to stay connected to the day they matter. Use it offline for everyday planning, then enable reminders or sync only when you need them. Optional paid features PenDate Pro includes all 11 planner families, Signature stickers and covers, selected-page PDF export with planner layouts, and PenDate library restore. Choose a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Individual planner families and Signature packs are also available as one-time purchases. Everyday note-taking remains free. Subscription prices and billing periods are shown in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before that period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Canceling renewal keeps access until the end of the paid period. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pendatenotes.com/privacy-policy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PenDate Notes at none against Year Calendar & Weekly Planner's 3. PenDate Notes also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.5). Year Calendar & Weekly Planner's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price 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
Both are free to download. Year Calendar & Weekly Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. PenDate Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Year Calendar & Weekly Planner ships an update every 9 days, PenDate Notes monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Year Calendar & Weekly Planner | PenDate Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 156 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Miika Kettunen | SAMUEL NANA ESHUN |
In-app purchases
Year Calendar & Weekly Planner
- FullYear Monthly14 Days trial$0.991 Month
- FullYear Annual14 Days trial$14.991 Year
- FullYear Lifetime$44.99
PenDate Notes
No in-app purchases
Questions
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