Comparison

Shared Calendar vs Glance

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

Head to head
About

Shared Calendar

Features
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Stop retyping your schedule everywhere. Loop is the shared calendar that actually keeps up with your life. Coaches email schedules. Schools send PDFs. Your boss texts you shift changes. Instead of manually entering everything into your calendar, just paste it into Loop — the AI reads it and creates the events for you. PASTE ANY SCHEDULE, INSTANTLY Copy a schedule from an email, a text, or a group chat and paste it into Loop. Or snap a photo of a printed schedule. Loop's AI turns it into calendar events in seconds — no manual typing required. SHARE WITH EVERYONE WHO NEEDS TO KNOW Create a group and invite family members, teammates, or coworkers with a single shareable link. Everyone sees the same calendar. No more "wait, when is that again?" texts. COORDINATE AS A GROUP Propose events to your group and let everyone accept or decline. Flag events that need attention. Everyone stays in the loop without the group chat chaos. WORKS FOR EVERYONE Sports parents juggling practice schedules. Couples coordinating busy weeks. Friend groups planning events. Families keeping everyone on the same page. Free to get started. Loop Pro unlocks the AI schedule parser, unlimited groups, proposed events, event flagging, and all 10 themes — $4.99/month or $39.99/year. Try Pro free for 7 days.

About

Glance

This app presents your calendar events in a clean, uncluttered agenda format, grouped by day. It integrates with existing calendars without requiring new accounts or sign-ins, offering a simple and private way to view your schedule.

Highlights
  • Clean agenda view
  • Grouped by day
  • Works with existing calendars
  • No accounts needed
  • Private by design
  • Light and dark mode support
Features
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Glance is a calm, free calendar for your iPhone, with a smart planner when you want one. FREE FOREVER, NO ACCOUNT Your calendar, repeating events, colors, widgets and the Up Next countdown are free. No sign-up, no ads. Glance reads the calendars already on your iPhone (iCloud, Google, Outlook), so there's nothing to import and nothing to sync. YOUR EVENTS CAN'T VANISH Glance never keeps a separate copy of your calendar. Your events stay in Apple Calendar, so an update or a reinstall can't erase them. UP NEXT, LIVE See what's happening now and what starts soon, with a live countdown: "in 6 min", "in 1 hr". TYPE IT THE WAY YOU'D SAY IT "Dentist Tuesday 3pm, remind me to bring forms" becomes the event and a reminder, with a travel-time estimate from Apple Maps. YOUR TO-DOS, PLANNED Glance uses your Apple Reminders as your to-do list, so tasks sync everywhere and work with Siri. Plan my week fits open to-dos into your free time. AGENDA, DAY AND MONTH VIEW A clean agenda for the days ahead, one day hour by hour, or the whole month. Swipe between days, drag an event to move it, drag its edge to resize it, and search everything. MAKE IT YOURS Pick an app color and icon, choose which calendars show, and decide what your home screen shows. WIDGETS Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets keep your next event one glance away. GLANCE PRO (OPTIONAL) • Event alerts from Glance, as early as you like • Plan my week: fits your goals and open tasks into your free time • Weekly insights: where your time went and one suggestion for next week • Morning briefing • Assistant and AI meeting prep (on-device with Apple Intelligence; on other iPhones, a cloud assistant you can turn on) Monthly, yearly and one-time lifetime plans are shown in the app at local prices. Got a code? Redeem it in Settings. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads, no trackers, no data sale. On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, AI runs on your device. The optional cloud assistant asks first and never stores your requests. Subscriptions are billed to your Apple ID and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://getbrightweb.com/glance/privacy/ Support: https://getbrightweb.com/glance/support/ Glance is made by BrightWeb Solutions.

Screenshots

Shared Calendar4 screens
Glance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Shared Calendar at weekly against Glance's every 3 weeks. Shared Calendar also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, 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 $4.99 per month and Glance sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shared Calendar ships an update weekly, Glance every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Shared Calendar versus Glance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShared CalendarGlance
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAustin LeitmannYoseph Bagighni

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Shared Calendar

Subscriptions2
  • Loop Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Loop Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Glance

Subscriptions2
  • Glance Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Glance Pro Yearly$40.001 Year

Questions

Is Shared Calendar free?
Shared Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Glance free?
Glance is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Shared Calendar or Glance have ads?
Neither Shared Calendar nor Glance shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shared Calendar or Glance?
Shared Calendar ships an update weekly, and Glance every 3 weeks. Most recently, Shared Calendar was updated on October 24, 2026 and Glance on October 25, 2026.

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