Comparison

Shared Calendar vs Briefday

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

Head to head
About

Shared Calendar

Consolidate all your Google, Apple iCloud, and Outlook calendars into a single, unified view. Effortlessly share specific event mixes with friends and family, keeping your personal and professional life organized and in sync.

Highlights
  • Connect multiple calendar accounts
  • Unified calendar view
  • Customizable shared Views
  • Smart event input
  • Recurring event scheduling
  • Color themes
Features
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Shared Calendar brings every part of your life into one place — and lets you share it with the people who matter most. Connect your Google, Apple iCloud, and Outlook calendars and finally see work, family, and friends side by side. No more switching between apps or juggling separate accounts. Just one clear, beautiful calendar you actually enjoy opening. ONE CALENDAR FOR EVERYTHING • Connect Google, Apple iCloud, and Outlook accounts • See every event from every account in a single unified view • Switch between day, week, and month layouts • Color themes to make your schedule your own BUILT FOR SHARING • Create custom Views — your own mixes of calendars from any account • Share a View with friends and family with a simple link • Add friends and stay in sync with the people you plan with • Keep work private and share only what you want CREATE AND STAY ON TOP OF EVENTS • Add and edit events in seconds • Smart title input — type naturally and let dates and times be detected for you • Reminders so you never miss a birthday, meeting, or plan • Recurring events for the things that happen again and again ORGANIZE YOUR WAY • Group your calendars into Views like Work, Family, or Friends • Jump between them with a tap • See exactly what you need, when you need it WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT Whether you're a couple coordinating two busy lives, a family keeping everyone on the same page, or a professional managing multiple accounts, Shared Calendar keeps everything in sync and easy to read. SHARED CALENDAR PLUS Upgrade to Plus to unlock the full experience: • Connect multiple calendar accounts • Unlimited saved Views • Recurring events • Smart title input • More color themes • Cloud backup of your Views and settings Start free and upgrade anytime. Download Shared Calendar and bring your whole schedule — and the people in it — together. — Subscription details: Shared Calendar Plus is an auto-renewing subscription available as weekly or annual plans. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://obslo.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://obslo.com/privacy

About

Briefday

This app provides a calm weekly briefing of your upcoming 14 days, highlighting busy periods and free time. It automatically detects important occasions and offers a home screen widget for at-a-glance viewing. Designed for privacy, it processes calendar data on your device.

Highlights
  • Weekly calendar briefing
  • Heat map visualization of busy/free days
  • Automatic occasion detection
  • Schedule directly from free time blocks
  • Home screen widget
  • Privacy-focused, on-device processing
Features
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Briefday turns your calendar into a calm weekly briefing. Every Sunday, it looks at the next 14 days and tells you what they actually mean: which days are heavy, where your free time is, and what occasions are coming up, so the week never sneaks up on you. AT A GLANCE Open the app to a two-week calendar that reads like a heat map: busy days stand out, free days stay quiet. Tap any day for a full timeline of events, gaps, and observations like early starts, late finishes, and back-to-back stretches. YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST Once a week, Briefday sends a short notification summarizing the week ahead. No feeds, no noise. One briefing, then it gets out of the way. FIND FREE TIME, USE IT Briefday shows your genuinely free mornings, afternoons, and evenings. Tap a free block to schedule something right there, and the event is written straight to your calendar. OCCASIONS, HANDLED Birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays are detected automatically from your calendars and gathered in one place, so nothing important gets buried under meetings. MADE FOR YOUR HOME SCREEN A widget keeps the week ahead visible without opening the app. Four themes (Warm, White, Graphite, and Midnight) keep it comfortable in any light. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Briefday reads your calendar on your device, and that is where everything stays. No account, no server, no analytics on your events. SIMPLE PRICING Try everything free for 14 days, two full Sunday cycles. Then a single one-time purchase unlocks Briefday forever. No subscription. If you don't upgrade, the app keeps working with a shorter 3-day view. Briefday works with the calendars already on your iPhone and iPad: iCloud, Google, Outlook, and subscribed calendar feeds.

Screenshots

Shared Calendar4 screens
Briefday4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Shared Calendar at 5.0 against Briefday's 4.0. Shared Calendar also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Briefday's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Shared Calendar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Briefday sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shared Calendar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shared Calendar ships an update every 4 months, Briefday fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Shared Calendar versus Briefday: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShared CalendarBriefday
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMurat MenevseAnchorpoint Software LLC

Customer experience

Shared Calendar

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Briefday

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Shared Calendar

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Plus Yearly$15.991 Year
1 purchases

Briefday

One-time1
  • Briefday: Calendar At a Glance.$4.99

Questions

Is Shared Calendar free?
Shared Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Briefday free?
Briefday is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Shared Calendar or Briefday?
Shared Calendar is rated higher. Shared Calendar averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Briefday averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Shared Calendar or Briefday have ads?
Neither Shared Calendar nor Briefday shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shared Calendar or Briefday?
Shared Calendar ships an update every 4 months, and Briefday fortnightly. Most recently, Shared Calendar was updated on October 25, 2026 and Briefday on October 28, 2026.

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