Comparison

Weekender vs CueSesh

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

Head to head
About

Weekender

This app provides a clear view of your upcoming weekends, highlighting free time for planning trips and events. It integrates with your existing calendars and allows for custom holiday and vacation day tracking. Focus solely on your weekend plans without weekday distractions.

Highlights
  • Weekend event overview
  • Existing calendar integration
  • Friday evening display option
  • Custom holiday tracking
  • Add/edit events within app
Features
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Weekender is a calendar app that shows your upcoming weekends at a glance. Easily spot empty weekends early on so you can plan trips or events with friends and family, and make the most of your weekends :) * Seamlessly displays the events from your existing iOS calendars * Ability to choose which calendars to display * Option to also show Friday evenings with a user selectable cut-off time * In-app purchase to define your own Holidays and Vacation days that are shown along your weekends * Integration with Calendar allows you to add, modify or delete events from within Weekender This app is all about your weekends :) Big things happen on weekends, so why let yourself be distracted with workdays in your calendar! Visually see which weekends are long weekends. On first launch, Weekender will ask you for permission to access your calendar in order to display your weekend events.

About

CueSesh

This podcast app intelligently curates listening sessions based on your available time. It offers personalized episode recommendations and adaptive playback speeds, ensuring you can enjoy content without interruption.

Highlights
  • Adaptive listening sessions based on available time
  • Intelligent speed optimization
  • Personalized podcast discovery
  • Real-time queue updates
  • Time-fit filtering in search
  • Minimalist UI
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CueSesh is the podcast app that fits your time. Tell it how long you have, and CueSesh builds the session — the right podcasts, in the right order, so you're never scrolling a feed you'll never get through. • Time-fit sessions that end exactly when you do — no half-finished episodes, no overruns • Smart speed that paces each episode to your time, never past your comfort (patent-pending) • Audio and video, your call — same great curation either way • Find any podcast—by topic, or search beyond the catalog and add it • Keep your favorites close—follow the shows you love and save episodes for later Listen like you live. CueSesh.com

Screenshots

Weekender4 screens
CueSesh4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CueSesh at Free against Weekender's $0.99. CueSesh also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Weekender's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (23 vs 6). On ads 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

CueSesh is free to download; Weekender costs $0.99 up front. Weekender sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CueSesh asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CueSesh holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Weekender's written reviews are positive against 100% of CueSesh's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Weekender ships an update monthly, CueSesh every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Weekender versus CueSesh: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeekenderCueSesh
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (23 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better6
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB8 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGanymed StanekCueSesh LLC

Customer experience

Weekender

All ratings23 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative4.5%

CueSesh

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Weekender

One-time1
  • Holidays and Vacation Days$0.99
None

CueSesh

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Weekender free?
Weekender costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is CueSesh free?
CueSesh is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Weekender or CueSesh?
CueSesh is rated higher. Weekender averages 4.7 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while CueSesh averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Weekender or CueSesh have ads?
Neither Weekender nor CueSesh shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Weekender or CueSesh?
Weekender ships an update monthly, and CueSesh every 8 days. Most recently, Weekender was updated on September 17, 2026 and CueSesh on September 11, 2026.

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