Custom Alerts vs Week Plan Calendar
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.
Week Plan Calendar
A visually clear weekly calendar app that syncs with your device's native calendar and reminders. It offers multiple widgets for at-a-glance viewing and advanced configuration options for each calendar.
- Weekly overview with multi-day event clarity
- Works with calendar events and reminders
- Multiple widgets for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS
- Lock screen widgets with live countdown
- Analogue dial visualization of upcoming events
- Yearly plan view and holiday calendar integration
- Alerts for scheduling conflicts
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A clearly designed calendar based on the classic weekly overview. No login required because the app works on the calendar/reminder data of the operating system. FEATURES - Multi-day events are shown upright on the right hand side, contributing to extraordinary high clarity. - Works with both calendar events and (checkable) reminders. - 4 for 1: iOS, watchOS, iPadOS and macOS App (Ventura + M1 required) can be used in parallel after download. - The "Today" widget shows upcoming entries (live countdown included) - The "Clockface" widget visualizes the events of the next 10 hours on an analogue dial. - All widgets also available on the lock screen. - Optional year plan view (incl. calendar weeks). - Event Templates + Shift Planner Mode - Integration of Apple Health menstruation cycle data. - Calculation of break times. - Alerts scheduling conflicts during creation of new events. - Watch app including complications "Today" & "Clockface". - Overview of all overdue reminders. - "holiday calendar": its entries make the days look like weekends - calendar day can be shown on app icon - combined view of event duplicates - (iOS, iPadOS): Speech entry of new events (iPhone needs to be hold to the ear) CONFIGURATION PER CALENDAR - Show in year plan - Show event locations - Cross-calendar appointment overlaps - Summary of consecutive events - Timeline in weekly and day views 10-DAY WEATHER FORECAST (premium feature) - available as yearly in-app subscription with auto-renewal - see privacy: https://www.pentabyte.de/applications/iOS/Wochenplan/ - see terms of use / EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ DISCLAIMER - No notifications. Recommendation: continue to use the iOS calendar for reminders. This is generally the best way to do it because it also notifies you about changes to shared calendars in real-time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Week Plan Calendar at Free against Custom Alerts's $0.99. Week Plan Calendar also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 50%) and rating (4.6 vs 3.8). Custom Alerts's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On 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
Week Plan Calendar is free to download; Custom Alerts costs $0.99 up front. Week Plan Calendar sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year. Custom Alerts asks for nothing beyond the download.
Week Plan Calendar holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Week Plan Calendar has 33 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Custom Alerts's written reviews are positive against 94% of Week Plan Calendar's.
Custom Alerts ships an update every 13 months, Week Plan Calendar every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Custom Alerts | Week Plan Calendar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 4.6 (33 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 94.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 33 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Calm Seas Software, LLC | Michael Hoereth |
Customer experience
Custom Alerts
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In-app purchases
Custom Alerts
No in-app purchases
Week Plan Calendar
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