Custom Alerts vs Priorities
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Custom Alerts
This app allows users to set highly customizable alerts for calendar events, ranging from minutes to weeks in advance. It supports multiple calendars and enables event creation and editing directly within the application, syncing seamlessly with the native iOS calendar.
- Set alerts from 0 minutes to 99 weeks ahead
- Supports multiple calendars
- Create and edit calendar events
- Syncs with iOS calendar
- Customizable alert timing
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Set alerts on calendar events as close as 0 minutes ahead of the event or as long as 99 weeks ahead of the event •Supports multiple calendars •Create and edit calendar events from within Custom Alerts •Everything automatically syncs with the built-in iOS calendar app.
Priorities
Create and manage prioritized lists with a clean, minimalistic interface. Easily update item priorities with a swipe and organize nested lists within any item. Quickly search and add existing items or create new ones.
- Minimalistic design
- Browse prioritized lists
- Update item priority with swipe
- Nested prioritized lists
- Quick search and manage items
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Minimalistic design: - browse prioritized lists - update item priority with a swipe - any item can hold a prioritized list of items - quickly search and manage items: add existing item or create new one with a tap
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Custom Alerts at 3.8 against Priorities's 3.0. Custom Alerts also leads on price ($0.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). Priorities's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 13 months). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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
Custom Alerts costs $0.99 and Priorities $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Custom Alerts holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
Custom Alerts ships an update every 13 months, Priorities every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Custom Alerts | Priorities |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) — better | 3.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Calm Seas Software, LLC | Alexandre Francois |
Customer experience
Custom Alerts
Priorities
In-app purchases
Custom Alerts
No in-app purchases
Priorities
No in-app purchases
Questions
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