Comparison

Text Expander vs Reminders & Calendar Widget

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

Head to head
About

Text Expander

Save and quickly paste frequently used text from a custom keyboard. Streamline your messaging, emails, and social media with reusable templates and snippets. Ideal for anyone who types the same content repeatedly.

Highlights
  • Save and paste text snippets from custom keyboard
  • Reusable templates for quick replies
  • Copy saved image snippets
  • Magic Variables for dynamic content
  • Organize snippets with labels and color markers
  • Preview snippets before use
Features
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Tired of typing the same replies over and over again? Snippet Kit lets you save your most-used text and paste it from a custom keyboard in one tap. Create snippets in the app, then open the Snippet Kit keyboard when you need quick replies, saved links, contact details, checklists, captions, or everyday templates. It is designed for anyone who sends the same text across messages, email, social apps, and support workflows. WHY SNIPPET KIT • Paste saved text snippets from a custom keyboard • Keep quick replies and reusable templates ready while typing • Copy saved image snippets from the keyboard • Use Magic Variables for clipboard content, selected text, cursor placement, random choices, and formatted dates • Preview snippets in the app before you use them • Organize snippets with labels, color markers, and manual ordering GREAT FOR • Customer support replies • Frequently sent links and addresses • Social media responses and captions • Appointment reminders and follow-ups • Work templates and repeated personal messages Snippet Kit helps you type less, switch apps less, and send faster, more consistent replies. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Reminders & Calendar Widget

Organize your tasks, reminders, and calendar events with customizable widgets for your home screen. View and manage your to-dos, overdue and upcoming reminders, and daily events all in one place. Offers smart widgets that adapt to your content and supports Live Activities.

Highlights
  • Unified view of reminders, calendar events, and to-do lists
  • Customizable widgets in multiple sizes
  • Edit reminders and events directly from widgets
  • Local to-do list storage
  • Live Activity support for Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
  • Theme customization with 18+ presets
Features
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Reminders & Calendar Widget brings your reminders, calendar events, and to-do lists together in one beautifully designed app with compact, information-dense widgets for your Home Screen. REMINDERS View all your Apple Reminders organized by status — overdue, upcoming, and anytime. Tap any reminder to edit its title, due date, priority, or list. Swipe to mark as done. Everything syncs with the built-in Reminders app. CALENDAR A full calendar view with a monthly date picker. Tap any date to see that day's events from all your calendars. Tap any event to open the native Apple event editor — edit title, time, recurrence, alerts, and more. Create new events directly from the app. TO-DO LIST A simple, focused to-do list stored locally on your device. Add items with optional due dates and priorities. Check them off from the app or directly from the widget. No account needed — your data stays on your device. SMART WIDGETS Three widget families — Reminders, Calendar, and To-Do — each available in Small, Medium, Large, and Extra Large sizes. Widgets adapt intelligently to your content: - Fewer items? Larger, more readable text with full sentences - More items? Compact layout that fits everything - Mark items as done directly from the widget - Customize background colors with 18+ theme presets - Configure how many items each widget size displays ADDITIONAL FEATURES - Live Activity support for reminders on Lock Screen and Dynamic Island - Dark, Light, and Automatic theme options - Guided onboarding to get started quickly - Full Spanish localization - Pull to refresh on all screens - Haptic feedback on actions Remi Calendar Widget nders & respects your privacy. Reminders and calendar data come from Apple's EventKit — we never collect or transmit your data. To-do items are stored locally on your device.

Screenshots

Text Expander4 screens
Reminders & Calendar Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Text Expander at Free against Reminders & Calendar Widget's $2.99. Text Expander also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Reminders & Calendar Widget's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On ads, 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

Text Expander is free to download; Reminders & Calendar Widget costs $2.99 up front. Text Expander sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Reminders & Calendar Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Text Expander holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text Expander ships an update every 3 weeks, Reminders & Calendar Widget every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 3 level
Text Expander versus Reminders & Calendar Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText ExpanderReminders & Calendar Widget
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.0 (3 ratings)
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer100 FactoriesCarlos Manso

Customer experience

Text Expander

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

Reminders & Calendar Widget

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Text Expander

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Yearly Plan7 Days trial$17.991 Year
None

Reminders & Calendar Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Text Expander free?
Text Expander is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Reminders & Calendar Widget free?
Reminders & Calendar Widget costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Text Expander or Reminders & Calendar Widget?
Text Expander is rated higher. Text Expander averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Reminders & Calendar Widget averages 4.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Text Expander or Reminders & Calendar Widget have ads?
Neither Text Expander nor Reminders & Calendar Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Text Expander or Reminders & Calendar Widget?
Text Expander ships an update every 3 weeks, and Reminders & Calendar Widget every 5 days. Most recently, Text Expander was updated on October 27, 2026 and Reminders & Calendar Widget on October 24, 2026.

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