Comparison

Chronoji vs Calance

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Chronoji

Features
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How many days until your next adventure, big exam, or dream wedding? Chronoji is the ultimate countdown timer and event tracker designed to make every second count. With stunning widgets, Apple Watch support, and seamless iCloud sync, Chronoji keeps your most important moments right at your fingertips across all your devices. WHY CHOOSE CHRONOJI? • Lock & Home Screen Widgets: Stay updated with elegant iOS 17+ widgets and StandBy mode support. • Live Activities: Track your countdowns in real-time right on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. • Apple Watch App: Check your remaining time instantly from your wrist. • Full Customization: Go beyond emojis! Choose custom backgrounds, gradient colors, and blurred photos for a truly aesthetic look. • Smart Calendar Sync: Effortlessly import and export events from your Calendar and Reminders. ADVANCED FEATURES • Detailed Notifications: Set multiple alerts (1 week, 1 day, or 1 hour before) with custom sounds and haptics. • Shared Countdowns: Create joint event timers with friends and family for weddings, trips, or parties. • Live Sharing: Generate beautiful countdown images for Instagram, WhatsApp, or TikTok. • Smart Categorization: Organize your life with groups like "Vacations," "Exams," and "Birthdays." • Time Zone Support: Ideal for travelers! Track events accurately across different world time zones. • Countdown Statistics: See "Days Since" for past events and get detailed summary reports. POWERFUL & USER-FRIENDLY • Search & Filter: Quickly find any event by category, date, or tags. • iCloud Sync: Your data is always safe and synced across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. • Dark Mode Ready: A beautiful, eye-friendly design that adapts to your iOS theme. Download Chronoji now and transform the way you wait for your special moments!

About

Calance

This app offers a clean and intuitive way to manage your schedule with daily, weekly, and monthly views. Easily create, edit, and track events with customizable alerts and recurring options. Versatile widgets keep your calendar accessible on your Home and Lock Screens.

Highlights
  • Clean daily timeline
  • Flexible week and month views
  • Create and edit events directly
  • Recurring events and alerts
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Works with existing calendars
Features
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Your calendar. At a glance. Calance brings clarity and calm to your calendar. A clean daily timeline keeps today’s schedule easy to follow, while the flexible week view gives you an overview of the days ahead and the month view shows the bigger picture. Switch seamlessly between 3 and 7 days, keep track of upcoming events, and jump straight to any date. On iPad, Calance makes the most of the extra space with even more room for your schedule — including your day and month side by side. Create and edit events directly in Calance. Move events or adjust their duration right from the Day view. Recurring events, alerts, multiple calendars, and all-day events are easy to manage. Press and hold an open time slot on the timeline to create a new event right where you need it. With event templates, you can save frequently used event details and reuse them whenever you need to. Create similar events faster without entering the same information again and again. With versatile widgets, your calendar is always within reach on your Home Screen and Lock Screen — from upcoming events and daily overviews to month calendars and multi-day timelines. The month widget can display either a full month or the next four weeks. Features: • Today view with a continuous timeline and current time • Move events and adjust their duration directly in the Day view • Flexible 3-day and 7-day week views • Month view with daily details • Overview of your upcoming events • Create events directly from the timeline • Create, edit, and delete events • Create, manage, and reuse event templates • Recurring events with flexible intervals and selected weekdays • Set alerts and manage existing calendar alerts • Search events and jump directly to any date • Home Screen widgets for upcoming events, daily overviews, month calendars, and timelines • Month widget with a full-month or next-four-weeks view • Lock Screen widgets for upcoming events • Direct navigation from supported widgets • Optimized for iPhone and iPad • Day and month side by side on iPad • Choose your default calendar and customize which calendars are visible • Optional week numbers • Works with your existing calendars • No additional account required Your events stay where they belong. Calance works with your existing calendars and makes them clear, calm, and easy to understand — without requiring you to move your events to another service.

Screenshots

Chronoji4 screens
Calance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Calance at none against Chronoji's shown. Calance also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chronoji ships an update monthly, Calance every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Chronoji versus Calance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChronojiCalance
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.518.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developergulsen atesJonas Schaude

In-app purchases

None

Chronoji

No in-app purchases

None

Calance

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chronoji free?
Chronoji is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Calance free?
Calance is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chronoji or Calance have ads?
Chronoji shows ads; Calance does not.
Which is updated more often, Chronoji or Calance?
Chronoji ships an update monthly, and Calance every 2 days. Most recently, Chronoji was updated on October 25, 2026 and Calance on October 31, 2026.

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