Comparison

Vantage Calendar vs LEFT / RIGHT

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

Head to head
About

Vantage Calendar

This app offers a visually engaging way to manage your schedule and to-do lists. It uses colorful cues, stickers, and "stacks" to help you understand your day at a glance. Integrated to-dos can be easily scheduled by dragging and dropping them onto dates.

Highlights
  • Visual cues (colors, stickers, book covers)
  • Summarize days with 'Stacks'
  • Integrated to-do lists in notebooks
  • Drag and drop to-dos to dates
  • Natural language input
  • Syncs with multiple calendars
Features
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Who says calendars can't be fun? Vantage takes the mundane out of scheduling. In part because it works well and is easy to use, but also because of useful visual cues like colors, stickers, book covers and stacks. Visual cues makes understanding a long list of stuff easier, and can help you understand your daily life better. Sort of like doodles in a physical book can help you remember notes. Picked by Apple as the "App of the Day" on the App Store in 2019. Stacks Stacks are a really cool way of summarising days. It reduces clutter and visualises how much is on your plate. The higher the stack, the more things you got planned. Tap any stack to peek it’s contents. Integrated To-Dos To-dos live in little notebooks right next to the main timeline. To set a due date, just drag a to-do and drop it on a date. You also get to customise your books with a pre-set book cover, or even a photo from your camera roll. Color Tags and Stickers Visual cues makes long lists of stuff so much easier to read. Pick from a variety of funky stickers or color tags to let events either pop or feel connected. Features in summary - Natural Language Input - Custom Repeat Rules - Custom Alerts - Syncs with iOS Calendar, Google Calendar, Exchange, Facebook - Use colors, stickers and fonts as search tags, super useful! - Useful widget calendar in notification centre - Keep To-do lists in Notebooks - Drag and drop To-dos to due dates - Location through Apple or Google Maps - Inbox for event invites - Week numbers - Absolutely no ads Featured by the App Store in 'Stay on Schedule', as the 'Free App of the Week' and in 'New Apps We Love'. Pay a visit to our web or twitter if you're curious for more. http://twitter.com/vantage_by_44 http://vantageby44.com "A More Visual Way To View Your Calendar" - Lifehacker "Vantage [...] gives you the best view of everything you've got going on" - Gizmodo "It breaks the mold and offers an entirely new way to organize your life. Plus, it’s very easy on the eyes." - AppAdvice Our terms of use can be found at https://vantageby44.com/terms-of-use.

About

LEFT / RIGHT

Features
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IPHONE DUO SUPPORT · SIDE BY SIDE On iPad and supported foldables, pages adapt to available space, avoiding the fold. Large text or the keyboard can switch to one page. Add, time, edit and complete plans, five per narrow calendar page with no total limit. Diaries save automatically. Calendar on the left. Diary on the right. Open your day. Plans and writing together. No sign-in or ads. SIMPLE OR ADVANCED Simple focuses on calendar and diary. Advanced groups tools in speech balloons: Record, Decorate & collect, Look back (a soft cloud), and Keep & print. Both share entries and keep hidden decorations saved. PHOTO STAMPS AND A STICKER ALBUM Make photo stamps with a date and optional note. Browse by month; tap for the full photo. The Eclat sample can be removed. On wide screens, browse your collection on the left and preview one stamp on the right; narrow screens stack them. Share that stamp alone, without diary entries, plans or saved notes. Captions and hashtags are optional; dates start off. Included at no extra charge. Shared images say “Decorative stamp · Not valid postage”. For mail, buy real postage at a post office or authorised retailer and attach the required amount. This is not a postal service; letter-paper and envelope creation are not included. MEMORY POCKETS, HAIKU AND LOOKING BACK Layer up to 12 photos in a translucent pocket; tap to see them clearly. On-device copies have a maximum 2048 px long edge; originals stay intact. Optional opening, adding and closing sounds. Write your own haiku, short poems from Japan: vertical brush lettering in Japanese, horizontal otherwise. Line breaks stay; no syllable rules or scoring. Make monthly or yearly collage PDFs with stamps, pockets and poems. Type new-year words with a brief introduction to Japan’s kakizome tradition; no handwriting input. These features are included. ACTIVITY MEMORIES Write results, character growth and story progress, or check and import a compatible file. The sending app must support the format. This keeps a snapshot, without measuring exercise or advancing a game. KEEP YOUR WRITING Entries and photos stay on your device, not with the developer. Sharing sends only what you approve to your chosen destination. Writing and reading work offline; there is no automatic device sync. Text backup and restore cover diary, plans, travel writing, haiku, new-year words, pocket notes and activity text. Photos, stamp images, covers, purchases and settings are excluded. Restore preserves current photos and unrelated entries. Print plans and diary by day or month on A4 or Japanese B5, with a left binding margin. Long entries continue on another page. Plain backgrounds save ink. Standard diary printouts omit photo stamps and covers; use a photo collage PDF to print memories with images. MAKE IT YOURS Rich leather-style covers accept art from compatible Museum Gacha versions in three frame sizes, with title, artist and source. Optional diary stamps mark rest, walks or quiet days without removing your writing. Stamp sound starts off. Eleven themes: Original Paper and Temple Quiet included; nine separate one-time purchases. Finishing the day’s last plan plays a short theme sound, including a temple bell. Sounds can be turned off and respect silent mode. OPTIONAL TRAVEL JOURNAL A separate one-time purchase: destinations and plans beside one daily photo and notes, with multiple trips. Lodging or café notes add playful HP effects; religious sites add MP effects. These are not health measurements or religious promises. Finish with an optional fanfare and reopen a completed trip to add more. Preview and Restore Purchases available. No subscriptions; local prices apply. Interface: Japanese, English, French, Spanish, Korean and Indonesian. Follow device language or choose in appearance settings. Your writing is not translated. More apps: search "Chihuahua Games" Official site: https://chihuahua-games.chihuahuagames.workers.dev/

Screenshots

Vantage Calendar4 screens
LEFT / RIGHT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Vantage Calendar at Free against LEFT / RIGHT's $0.49. Vantage Calendar also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). LEFT / RIGHT's advantage is update cadence (daily vs fortnightly). On 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

Vantage Calendar is free to download; LEFT / RIGHT costs $0.49 up front. Vantage Calendar sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and LEFT / RIGHT sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vantage Calendar ships an update fortnightly, LEFT / RIGHT daily. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Vantage Calendar versus LEFT / RIGHT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVantage CalendarLEFT / RIGHT
PriceFree — better$0.49
Rating4.3 (1.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.8K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB63 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperFortyfour ABRIEKO NAITO

Bugs and requests

Vantage Calendar

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashing on launch
  • Inability to restore purchases
  • Sync issues causing data loss
  • Recurring tasks not working as expected

Requested features

6 requests
  • Widgets
  • Apple Watch app
  • More color and theme options
  • Ability to see full month view
  • Ability to add contacts to events
Show 1 more
  • Improved search functionality

LEFT / RIGHT

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Vantage Calendar

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlimited$9.99
10 purchases

LEFT / RIGHT

One-time10
  • Digital Green$0.49
  • Heisei Retro$0.49
  • Moonlit Carnival$0.49
Show 7 more
  • Neon Atami$0.49
  • Stardust Aquarium$0.49
  • Nightmare Candy$0.49
  • Cyber Rococo$0.49
  • Industrial$0.49
  • Electric Street$0.49
  • Travel Journal$1.99

Questions

Is Vantage Calendar free?
Vantage Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LEFT / RIGHT free?
LEFT / RIGHT costs $0.49, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Vantage Calendar or LEFT / RIGHT have ads?
Neither Vantage Calendar nor LEFT / RIGHT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vantage Calendar or LEFT / RIGHT?
Vantage Calendar ships an update fortnightly, and LEFT / RIGHT daily. Most recently, Vantage Calendar was updated on October 26, 2026 and LEFT / RIGHT on October 25, 2026.

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