Comparison

Cria Planner vs WeekSpark

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

Head to head
About

Cria Planner

Features
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One planner for your whole crew. Cria Planner is a shared family calendar, to-do list, meal planner, notebook and budget in one app, so the school run, the food shop and the summer trip stop living in five different apps. Free for two. PLAN TOGETHER Create a shared space for anything, from the household to the summer trip, and invite your people. Everyone sees the same events, the same lists and the same notes, updated the moment anyone changes anything. And everyone you invite gets the full app free — one subscription covers the whole family. MEALS AND THE FOOD SHOP Plan the week's meals, drag them between days when things change, and every ingredient lands on one shared shopping list — your grocery list, grouped by shop, with the sizes and prices it remembers from last time. Plan ahead from meals you have already cooked, or load a ready-made week. Keep proper recipes, link them to the meals that use them, and send one to another Cria Planner user in a tap. STOP CHASING EVERYONE Assign a task to someone and set a reminder that reaches their phone, not just yours. When they forget anyway, nudge them: one tap pings their phone right now, and they answer "On it" straight from the notification without opening the app. Built for busy households, forgetful teenagers, and keeping a gentle eye on parents and grandparents. SPLIT THE COSTS Give any space a budget. Log what everyone spends, split it between members — or with guests who don't need the app at all — then settle up in one round where each person ticks off what they've paid. Who owes who, solved. YOUR WHOLE DAY, ONE SCREEN My Day gathers today's events, due tasks and pinned notes from every space into a single feed. Open the app, see what matters, get on with your day. LET CRIA BUILD IT Describe the trip or the week ahead and the Cria assistant sets up the whole space for you, events and tasks and all. Included with Family. EVERYTHING ELSE - Organize: every space, meal plan and budget on one screen, with your favourites on top - Month, week and day calendar views, colour-coded by space - Quick add that reads plain English: type "dentist tomorrow 3pm" and the date sets itself - Import the events already sitting in your device calendar - Subtasks, five priority levels, drag to reorder, and a satisfying tick - Formatted notes with headings, lists, checklists, pictures and file attachments, lockable behind Face ID when they are private - Voice dictation into any note - Recurring events, snooze buttons on reminders, and a morning digest at 8am - Accent colours, dark mode, and an animal avatar for everyone in the space WORKS OFFLINE The full planner runs on your device with no account and no connection needed. Sign in, and everything syncs across your devices and criaplanner.com in any browser. PLANS Free - the whole planner, synced across your devices. Share any space with one other person, plan this week's meals and keep 5 recipes. Ads after your first week. Duo - the full app for two, ad-free: the meal planner a month ahead with its history and your meal library, unlimited recipes and week templates. Family - everything in Duo for your whole household, plus the Cria assistant and photos on your notes. Subscriptions are monthly or yearly, auto-renewing until cancelled, and yearly saves up to 30%. Prices are shown in your own currency in the app before you buy. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://criaplanner.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Made by Alpaca Media. A cria is a baby alpaca, which is where the name and the whole herd of avatars come from.

About

WeekSpark

This app helps you organize your week with a flexible calendar, detailed notes, and recurring events. It offers features like weather integration, customizable checklists, and automatic yearly reminders for important dates.

Highlights
  • Weekly and monthly calendar views
  • Detailed notes with color-coding
  • Tappable checklists for to-dos
  • Recurring events and alarms
  • Automatic yearly date reminders
  • Search functionality
  • Multi-language support with holidays
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WeekSpark makes weekly planning something you actually look forward to. It's a weekly calendar built for real life: school schedules on Monday, a dentist appointment on Wednesday, a grocery list for the weekend, and mom's birthday that shows up on its own, year after year. Here's how WeekSpark helps you: Weather: the app shows the local weather in your calendar if you share your location. Completely optional, the rest of the app works just as well without it. Notes that handle everything Write freely, set a time, color-code by person or category (work, family, hobbies), and edit anytime — text always wraps in full, nothing gets cut off. Checklists for groceries and to-dos Turn any note into a checklist with tappable checkboxes — perfect for the weekly shop or a packing list. Recurring days Set a note to repeat daily, weekly, or monthly — without typing it in again every time. Alarms you'll actually hear Set a time and an alarm on any note, with or without sound. A clear alert pops up right when it's time. Important dates, forever Add birthdays, engagements, and anniversaries once — they show up automatically every year, with a countdown and age, marked in gold right in your calendar. Search through everything Find a note from any week, instantly. Week and month view Switch between detailed week view and a full month overview, with dots showing where you have things planned. 15 languages, with local holidays built in Svenska, Suomi, Norsk, Dansk, Deutsch, Français, Español, 中文, 日本語, 한국어, Português, Bahasa Indonesia, and English — each language comes with its own official public holidays, added automatically. Light or dark mode The whole app switches with one tap, any time of day. Adjustable text size Three sizes to choose from, for a little extra readability. Move easily between devices Back up your notes whenever you want, and move them easily to a new phone or iPad. Try it free for 7 days. Like WeekSpark? Unlock it forever for $4.99 — a one-time purchase, no subscription, no accounts, no surprises.

Screenshots

Cria Planner4 screens
WeekSpark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: WeekSpark at none against Cria Planner's shown. On price, update cadence, 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. Cria Planner sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and WeekSpark sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cria Planner ships an update every 9 days, WeekSpark weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Cria Planner versus WeekSpark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCria PlannerWeekSpark
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlpaca Media LimitedDANIEL ERIK OINONEN

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Cria Planner

Subscriptions4
  • Duo Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Family Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Duo Yearly1 Year trial$24.991 Year
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  • Family Yearly1 Year trial$49.991 Year
1 purchases

WeekSpark

One-time1
  • Weekspark Premium$3.99

Questions

Is Cria Planner free?
Cria Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WeekSpark free?
WeekSpark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cria Planner or WeekSpark have ads?
Cria Planner shows ads; WeekSpark does not.
Which is updated more often, Cria Planner or WeekSpark?
Cria Planner ships an update every 9 days, and WeekSpark weekly. Most recently, Cria Planner was updated on October 15, 2026 and WeekSpark on October 13, 2026.

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