Comparison

LockCal vs Calance

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

Head to head
About

LockCal

Features
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LockCal puts your schedule where you already look all day: on your Lock Screen. YOUR AGENDA AS A LIVE ACTIVITY Start your day's agenda with one tap — it stays visible as a card on the Lock Screen. Use the ‹ › buttons to page through the coming days right on the Lock Screen, without unlocking and without opening the app. FIVE DESIGNS Night Sky, Classic, Retro 2010, Minimal or Timeline — pick the layout that matches your Lock Screen. With calendar color dots, locations and a configurable number of events per page. WIDGETS ON TOP Your next events as a Lock Screen widget above or below the clock — plus a Home Screen widget. AUTOMATIC EVERY MORNING With a Shortcuts automation, your agenda starts into the day by itself and can clean itself up at night. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS LockCal reads your calendar strictly on-device. No servers, no account, no ads, no data collection — the app does not even have internet access. ALWAYS FRESH If you like, LockCal reminds you shortly before iOS ends the Live Activity — one tap on the notification puts your agenda right back on the Lock Screen. FEATURES • Day agenda as a Live Activity with paging buttons on the Lock Screen • 5 designs, 3–6 events per page, 3 days to 2 weeks range • Toggle individual calendars, color dots, locations • Hide past events; ongoing multi-day events move to "Today" ("until Fri") • Reminder shortly before the Live Activity expires, with one-tap renewal • Lock Screen widgets (inline + rectangular) and a Home Screen widget • Shortcuts actions for automations ("Agenda to Lock Screen", "End agenda") • Dynamic Island glance with your next event • Fully localized in English and German

About

Calance

This app offers a clean and intuitive way to manage your schedule with daily, weekly, and monthly views. Easily create, edit, and track events with customizable alerts and recurring options. Versatile widgets keep your calendar accessible on your Home and Lock Screens.

Highlights
  • Clean daily timeline
  • Flexible week and month views
  • Create and edit events directly
  • Recurring events and alerts
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Works with existing calendars
Features
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Your calendar. At a glance. Calance brings clarity and calm to your calendar. A clean daily timeline keeps today’s schedule easy to follow, while the flexible week view gives you an overview of the days ahead and the month view shows the bigger picture. Switch seamlessly between 3 and 7 days, keep track of upcoming events, and jump straight to any date. On iPad, Calance makes the most of the extra space with even more room for your schedule — including your day and month side by side. Create and edit events directly in Calance. Move events or adjust their duration right from the Day view. Recurring events, alerts, multiple calendars, and all-day events are easy to manage. Press and hold an open time slot on the timeline to create a new event right where you need it. With event templates, you can save frequently used event details and reuse them whenever you need to. Create similar events faster without entering the same information again and again. With versatile widgets, your calendar is always within reach on your Home Screen and Lock Screen — from upcoming events and daily overviews to month calendars and multi-day timelines. The month widget can display either a full month or the next four weeks. Features: • Today view with a continuous timeline and current time • Move events and adjust their duration directly in the Day view • Flexible 3-day and 7-day week views • Month view with daily details • Overview of your upcoming events • Create events directly from the timeline • Create, edit, and delete events • Create, manage, and reuse event templates • Recurring events with flexible intervals and selected weekdays • Set alerts and manage existing calendar alerts • Search events and jump directly to any date • Home Screen widgets for upcoming events, daily overviews, month calendars, and timelines • Month widget with a full-month or next-four-weeks view • Lock Screen widgets for upcoming events • Direct navigation from supported widgets • Optimized for iPhone and iPad • Day and month side by side on iPad • Choose your default calendar and customize which calendars are visible • Optional week numbers • Works with your existing calendars • No additional account required Your events stay where they belong. Calance works with your existing calendars and makes them clear, calm, and easy to understand — without requiring you to move your events to another service.

Screenshots

LockCal4 screens
Calance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Calance at every 2 days against LockCal's monthly. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LockCal ships an update monthly, Calance every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
LockCal versus Calance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockCalCalance
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVladimir PopovJonas Schaude

In-app purchases

None

LockCal

No in-app purchases

None

Calance

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LockCal free?
LockCal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Calance free?
Calance is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LockCal or Calance have ads?
Neither LockCal nor Calance shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LockCal or Calance?
LockCal ships an update monthly, and Calance every 2 days. Most recently, LockCal was updated on November 10, 2026 and Calance on November 6, 2026.

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