Comparison

SimplePlan vs Calendiary

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

Head to head
About

SimplePlan

Features
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SimplePlan keeps planning simple and helps you focus on what matters today. There are no overloaded dashboards, complicated systems, or endless settings. Just daily routines, today’s tasks, and visible progress. When you need a wider view, group related work into projects, plan the next seven days, and manage dates in the calendar. Features: • A calm, focused plan for today • Projects for related tasks and routines • Progress, upcoming plans, and Later items inside each project • Seven consecutive days starting today • A Later list for ideas and future tasks • Daily items for reading, exercise, nutrition, and other routines • A calendar with month navigation, date selection, and quick task creation • Rescheduling that preserves task history • Monthly insights for tasks, fully completed days, and daily routines • Consistency for each daily item: completed, skipped, and success rate • Morning reminders and timed task notifications • Calm design, smooth animations, and accessibility support Your data stays locally on your iPhone. SimplePlan requires no account, contains no ads, and does not track you.

About

Calendiary

This app helps you track not only your planned schedule but also how you actually spend your time, acting as a visual diary. It offers AI assistance for planning, collaborative features with friends, and tools to break down large goals into manageable steps.

Highlights
  • Planned vs. Actual Calendar View
  • AI Planning Assistant
  • Collaborative Planning with Friends
  • Day Reflow for Rescheduling
  • Goal Breakdown and Habit Tracking
  • Live Activities with Progress Bars
  • Smart Categories for Time Analysis
Features
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Most calendars show you what you planned. Calendiary shows you what actually happened, too — and helps you adapt your schedule when life gets in the way. Calendar View: PLANNED VS. DONE Usually, a calendar shows only your plan. Besides that, Calendiary also shows how you actually spent your time, like a visual diary. PLAN WITH YOUR FRIENDS Morning run? Daily team meeting? Movie night? Invite your family, friends, or colleagues to do it all together. Best part: see their avatars right in your calendar on the event card (now you can’t miss that morning run — your bestie is looking at you right from your calendar). AI ASSISTANCE Plan faster with an AI Assistant that knows your calendar. It responds briefly and clearly to reduce distractions, not create them. Write or say anything you need. DAY REFLOW Change of plans? No worries! Calendiary helps you reshuffle your schedule and adapt. If some free time is available, the app will suggest a task from your to-do list or a first step toward your goal. GOAL BREAKDOWN & HABITS Have you dreamed of something BIG but never had the time? Calendiary helps you reach your ambitious goals by breaking them down into smaller steps and finding time for them even in the busiest schedule. LIVE ACTIVITIES See each event with a real-time progress bar on your Lock Screen. No more missed notifications when an event starts. Just progress. Syncs with other Apple devices — see your event progress on your MacBook as well. SCREEN TIME See your app usage during each event: 15 minutes of social media during a focused study session? Oops. SMART CATEGORIES Do you want to see how much time you spend on each category of your life? Or simply make sure your life is balanced? Sure. Every event is automatically added to one of the color-coded life categories (which can be changed manually if needed). CALENDIARY PLUS Upgrade to Plus for increased AI Assistant usage, including Goal Breakdown, Auto-Schedule, and Day Reflow. CALENDIARY Free Plan * Planned vs. Actual Calendar view * Unlimited Goals & Habits * Friends Invites * Limited AI usage * Ad-free Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://calendiary.ai/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

SimplePlan4 screens
Calendiary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SimplePlan at none against Calendiary's 2. Calendiary's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Calendiary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. SimplePlan asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SimplePlan ships an update every 2 months, Calendiary weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SimplePlan versus Calendiary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimplePlanCalendiary
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIldar KhasanovANNTI LLC

In-app purchases

None

SimplePlan

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Calendiary

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Plus Annual$99.991 Year

Questions

Is SimplePlan free?
SimplePlan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Calendiary free?
Calendiary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SimplePlan or Calendiary have ads?
Neither SimplePlan nor Calendiary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SimplePlan or Calendiary?
SimplePlan ships an update every 2 months, and Calendiary weekly. Most recently, SimplePlan was updated on October 28, 2026 and Calendiary on October 31, 2026.

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