Days Left vs CalNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Days Left
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Your next big day, at a glance. Turn your Apple Calendar events into Home Screen countdowns. Days Left automatically reads events from the built-in Calendar app on your iPhone or iPad and shows the days, hours, or minutes remaining in a widget. Keep adding and editing plans in Apple Calendar. There is no need to enter the same event twice. COUNT DOWN ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Trips, birthdays, concerts, exams, and deadlines: see what's coming up without opening the app. As an event approaches, the countdown switches to hours or minutes. AUTOMATICALLY SYNC FROM APPLE CALENDAR Allow calendar access to read your existing events. Choose the calendars you want to include, whether for work, family, or personal plans. Set the look-ahead period to 1, 2, 3, or 5 years. CHOOSE A VIEW THAT FITS Use small and medium list widgets, or Big Countdown to give one event a larger display. Choose the view that suits your plans and the space on your Home Screen. KEEP WHAT MATTERS AT THE TOP Pin an important event to prioritize it in your event list and widgets. Keep a trip or special date in sight, even when your calendar gets busy. SEE MORE PLANS WITH THE LARGE WIDGET Unlock the large list widget with a one-time in-app purchase. Small and medium widgets and Big Countdown are free. The number of visible events depends on widget size, event details, and text size. CHECK YOUR LOCK SCREEN, TOO Add Next Event, Large Countdown, or Two Events to your Lock Screen. On a compatible iPhone, use StandBy to display your clock and Big Countdown side by side while charging in landscape orientation. GET HELP ADDING YOUR WIDGETS Explore size previews and illustrated guides for the Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy. You can also unlock the large widget or restore your purchase from the widget guide. BEFORE YOU START • Calendar access is required to display your events. • Add and edit events in Apple Calendar. • StandBy requires a compatible iPhone. • Widget updates are managed by iOS and iPadOS, so calendar changes may take time to appear. Open Days Left and sync to load the latest events. • Available in English and Japanese. Event and calendar names appear as you entered them.
CalNote
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Your calendar, as a leather-bound planner. CalNote turns the events in your iPhone Calendar and Reminders into a leather-bound paper planner. No handwriting or Apple Pencil needed: tap to add plans on your iPhone, and decorate big days with stickers and markers (the month page, stickers and markers are free). Your plans are saved right in the iPhone Calendar, so CalNote works alongside the calendar you already use. PAGES YOU CAN FLIP Open the cover and turn the pages. Paper texture, ruled lines, and the curl of the page all feel like a real planner. - Month page (free): a whole month on one page, with all of the selected day's plans in the list below - Two-page week: your week on a vertical timeline across two pages - Weekly grid: seven days in large boxes - Day page: one day, large, on a timeline - Year page: the whole year on one sheet WRITE RIGHT WHERE IT GOES Tap + at the top right, or press and hold an empty spot in a month box or on a timeline to add a plan at that date and time. Save plans you use often as templates. REMINDERS AND NOTES, TOO - Reminders page: see today, overdue, no due date, incomplete, completed, and each list, including reminders without a due date. Pick one on the left page and it opens on the right - Notes page: keep phone numbers, packing lists, and anything you want to look back on, with checkboxes and photos. Place the bookmark on a note to jump straight back to it MARK THE BIG DAYS - Stickers: add them next to a date. New designs are added the more days you open the app - Markers: frame deadlines and big days with a highlighter and a short note - Sticky notes: stick them on the top edge of a page and jump to that month - Bookmark: keep your place and come back from anywhere MAKE IT YOURS Choose the leather color and grain, a name on the cover, paper color, ruled lines, typeface, ink color, how today is marked, and whether weeks start on Monday or Sunday. Lock the planner with Face ID or Touch ID. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets are included. YOUR PLANS STAY ON YOUR IPHONE No account needed. Plans are saved in your iPhone Calendar and Reminders, notes and photos stay on this iPhone, and nothing is sent to our servers. PRICING The month page, Reminders page, Notes page, stickers, markers, sticky notes, bookmark, templates, and look settings are free. Premium adds the two-page week, weekly grid, day, and year pages, My Stickers, the medium and large Home Screen widgets, and the circular and inline Lock Screen widgets. Choose monthly, yearly (7-day free trial), or a one-time purchase. - Monthly and Yearly Premium are auto-renewing subscriptions. Unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, the next period is charged to your Apple ID. You can cancel in your App Store account settings. - When the yearly free trial ends, it automatically becomes a paid subscription. Cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends and you won't be charged. - Lifetime Premium is a one-time purchase that you keep forever. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://daily-apps-showcase.pages.dev/privacy/calnote/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CalNote at every 3 days against Days Left's every 8 days. CalNote also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Days Left sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CalNote sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Days Left ships an update every 8 days, CalNote every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Days Left | CalNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 122 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Naoki Hotta | Atsushi Ito |
In-app purchases
Days Left
- 大ウィジェット$0.99
CalNote
- Monthly Premium$1.991 Month
- Yearly Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$19.99
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