Comparison

CompactCalendar vs FlowBox AI

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

Head to head
About

CompactCalendar

Display your calendar events and reminders directly on your Home Screen and Lock Screen with customizable widgets. See your schedule at a glance, choose which calendars to display, and enjoy true calendar colors.

Highlights
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Lock Screen widgets
  • Events and reminders together
  • Calendar selection
  • True calendar colors
  • Tap to open Calendar app
Features
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See your calendar and reminders right from the Home Screen and Lock Screen! CompactCalendar shows your events and reminders in clean, beautiful widgets — for both the Home Screen and the Lock Screen. Home Screen widgets: • Today & This Month: A month calendar with today’s events • Daily Schedule: Your events for the next 6 days at a glance Lock Screen widgets: • Up Next: Your next or ongoing event on one Lock Screen line • Next 3 Days: Upcoming events for the next three days • 2-Week Calendar: A compact two-week mini calendar More features: • Events & Reminders Together: See calendar events and reminders in one widget • Calendar Selection: Choose which calendars each widget shows • True Colors: Your calendar colors appear exactly as you set them • Tap to Open: Tap a date to jump straight into the Calendar app CompactCalendar Pro: A one-time purchase unlocks rectangular Lock Screen widgets and medium-size Home Screen widgets — forever. Start a more beautiful calendar experience with CompactCalendar!

About

FlowBox AI

Features
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Delivery review: from source changes to follow-up tasks Keep original and revised agreements, quotes or delivery notes in one project. Choose a baseline and revision, compare lines and numeric changes, and add differences that need confirmation to project tasks. Tasks retain source names, line numbers and changed excerpts. Check the originals, mark tasks complete and export them with selected project sources. Comparison runs on device without sign-in or credits. A clearly labeled fictional sample in Inbox walks you through the workflow. FlowBox is a native iOS AI content inbox. Import screenshots, PDFs, images, web pages, and text from Photos, Files, Camera, paste, or the system Share Sheet, then choose the operation that fits your content. Key capabilities: • On-device OCR for Chinese, English, and Japanese • Native PDF text extraction, scanned-page OCR, and page citations • Summaries, detailed analysis, task extraction, and reply suggestions • Table recognition with CSV export • On-device translation on iOS 18 and later • Shareable image translation overlays • Correct table cells before CSV and XLSX exports • Polish, proofread, shorten, title, list, email, and report transforms • Structured people, organizations, places, dates, amounts, risks, and uncertainties • Projects, project tasks, search, archive, grounded follow-ups, and result history • Multi-version document comparison with rule-based conflict hints • On-device project Q&A by default, with explicit opt-in for bounded remote text Q&A • Shortcuts, Siri, and opt-in Spotlight integration • TXT, Markdown, PDF, DOCX, and CSV exports • Private Mode, sensitive-field warnings, retention controls, and deletion FlowBox output is for organization assistance. Verify important facts against the source and citations. Contract-risk output is not legal advice. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA) for auto-renewable subscriptions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

CompactCalendar4 screens
FlowBox AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: FlowBox AI at 17.0 against CompactCalendar's 26.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CompactCalendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and FlowBox AI sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
CompactCalendar versus FlowBox AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCompactCalendarFlowBox AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSunghyun KimBeijing XingheBit Science & Technology Development Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CompactCalendar

One-time1
  • CompactCalendar Pro$3.99
5 purchases

FlowBox AI

Subscriptions2
  • FlowBox Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • FlowBox Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • FlowBox Small Credit Pack$1.99
  • FlowBox Standard Credit Pack$6.99
  • FlowBox Large Credit Pack$14.99

Questions

Is CompactCalendar free?
CompactCalendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FlowBox AI free?
FlowBox AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CompactCalendar or FlowBox AI have ads?
Neither CompactCalendar nor FlowBox AI shows ads.

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