Comparison

miCal vs Vertical Planner

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

Head to head
About

miCal

This app enhances your scheduling experience with a clear dashboard, intuitive controls, and natural language input for event creation. It offers comprehensive views, task management, birthday reminders, and weather forecasts.

Highlights
  • Dashboard overview of events, tasks, and weather
  • Intuitive navigation and event creation
  • Natural language input for events
  • iOS Reminders integration
  • Birthday reminders with custom music
  • 5-day weather forecasts
  • Event export (CSV, ICS)
Features
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miCal is THE calendar that you’ve always wished your iPhone or iPad had! miCal makes scheduling easier, clearer—and better looking—than ever before. Quick Overview The dashboard displays your current appointments and events, tasks and birthdays. You can also see the current weather and an overview of the current month at a glance. Intuitive Controls Intuitively navigate through your calendars and quickly, easily add events and tasks thanks to predefined settings and simple controls. Standard settings like repeating events and reminders/alarms are just a tap away. And powerful special settings are also available, without sacrificing comfort or control. Swipe through views and open events or days with just a tap. miCal Understands You Quickly create events with the new natural language input feature. Natural language input allows you to create events just by describing them. And if you have Siri enabled on your device, you can even dictate your event details instead of typing. The Total Package miCal provides complete, well-organized day, week and month views and displays the calendar week in all the important views. Relax You don’t need to contort yourself with miCal. miCal supports portrait as well as landscape formats in nearly every view. Use each view however it’s most comfortable for you. Tasks/Reminders miCal now supports iOS reminders. Create reminders for all the important tasks in your private and professional life right in the app. Birthday Manager Never again miss an important birthday. Get reminders at preset times featuring the music of your choice. Nice Weather Five-day weather forecasts plus the sunrise/sunset times, humidity and wind speed for the current day. The dashboard even features a quick summary of the current weather as well as a brief forecast of the coming days. Comprehensive miCal offers a unique range of features. Copy, move or send your events. Export your events in the date range of your choice as CSV (for Excel, etc.) or ICS (the calendar format). Set colors for your calendars and individual appointments or automatically add colors based on keywords in event titles. Up to Date and Secure miCal communicates with your device’s integrated calendar. miCal works with all the calendar services that your device currently supports (iCloud, Google Calendar, Outlook, Exchange, Facebook Events, subscriptions) without requiring additional configuration. That way, you can store your data locally or via the services you know and trust—it’s up to you. miCal itself does not transmit any data to external services or other servers. That allows us to ensure 100% data security. Award-Winning - 3rd place in the "Best German iPhone App" competition at the 2010 iPhone Developer conference. - Featured as App of the Week in 13 countries. - Recommendation from iPhoneWelt and a 5-star rating from iPhone&Co, two of the leading iPhone magazines - Honored at the 2010 App Developer Conference

About

Vertical Planner

This app combines a calendar with robust to-do list and note-taking features. It offers a unique half-view mode to see schedules alongside other information, mimicking paper planners. Customize your view with color changes and icons for efficient daily organization.

Highlights
  • Vertical calendar view
  • Integrated to-do list
  • Note and diary function
  • Half-view for simultaneous display
  • Customizable background colors and icons
  • Google Calendar sync
  • Image attachment for notes
Features
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・A calendar and organizer application with excellent listability! ・You can also sync with Google Calendar via your iPhone calendar! ・ToDo, memo, diary, picture and more! ・The half organizer functions can be viewed simultaneously with the calendar in half-view. ・The "Professional" plan supports 3 month calendar view on iPad and Mac! After 10 years, the successor to the popular "vertical calendar" app for iPhone is finally here! By making the most of the iPhone's large screen, we have achieved an overwhelming amount of functionality.  You can change the background color and set the icons so you can visually grasp the schedule. In the day view, events are displayed with checkboxes, so you can manage to-dos on a daily basis. Locations and memos are also displayed, and if a location has been registered, a map can be displayed. Vertical Calendar 2 has the daily planner functions that is optimized for the iPhone's vertical screen. In developing this app, we wanted to incorporate as many of the advantages of a paper daily planner as possible. One of the features of a paper daily planner is that you can look at your schedule while simultaneously viewing your notes or checking your to-dos. We developed the half-view function so that you can see this kind of information other than the schedule at the same time. The daily planner function can be displayed in half-view at the bottom of the calendar, allowing you to check your schedule and to-dos at the same time, just like a paper daily planner. The following functions can be realized as daily planner functions. ・The To-Do List feature allows you to manage To-Dos that are not tied to dates. ・The note function allows you to display the note you always want to see along with the calendar. ・The diary function marks the dates you write in your diary, making it easy to keep a diary. In addition, paper daily planner is highly customizable by allowing you to paste necessary information such as bus schedules and extension numbers. “Vertical Calendar 2” is equipped with an image function to realize such high customizability of the organizer. By taking a picture of the information you need and registering the image, you can check the information immediately, allowing you to access the information as quickly as with a paper daily planner. Of course, you can also check your schedule while looking at your family photos by displaying them in half view. Vertical Calendar 2 also works on iPad and M1 Mac, and supports Slide Over on iPad, which is great for quick schedule checking. If you choose the "Standard" plan, you can use iCloud to sync your data across multiple devices. I hope that "Vertical Calendar 2" will be useful in your life. Function introduction 1、Manage your schedule with a vertical calendar  ・Scrollable up and down  ・Drag and drop to move appointments.  ・Schedule management with icons  ・Background color of the day can be changed.  ・Background color of holidays can be changed. 2, 1day display  ・List type display with high visibility  ・Checkboxes are added to the day's schedule so that you can manage the day's to-dos. 3, daily planner function ・You can check your schedule and to-dos at the same time in Half View.  ・The half-view allows you to check your schedule and notes at the same time.  ・Drag and drop Regular appointments into the calendar with the template function.  ・It's easy to keep a diary because you can see at a glance on the calendar the days you kept a diary. ・The image function allows you to register route maps, etc. for use as an appendix to your daily planner.   4, 3 months display ・Professional" plan supports three-month view on iPad and M1 Mac ・The three-month display on the large screen provides an unparalleled overview, so you can check your long-term schedule at a glance. terms of service : https://verticalcalendar2.ever.jp/use/

Screenshots

miCal4 screens
Vertical Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Vertical Planner at Free against miCal's $1.99. Vertical Planner also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). miCal's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Vertical Planner is free to download; miCal costs $1.99 up front. Vertical Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. miCal asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

miCal holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: miCal has 594 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of miCal's written reviews are positive against 59% of Vertical Planner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

miCal ships an update every 5 weeks, Vertical Planner fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
miCal versus Vertical Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermiCalVertical Planner
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (594 ratings) — better4.4 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews77.9% of reviews — better58.6% of reviews
Number of ratings594 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerentwicklungsschmiede UG & Co KGUnitac

Customer experience

miCal

All ratings593 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews507 reviews
Positive77.9%
Neutral7.9%
Negative14.2%

Vertical Planner

All ratings15 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive58.6%
Neutral10.3%
Negative31.0%

Bugs and requests

miCal

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Reminders not working as expected
  • Sync issues between iPhone and iPad
  • Crashes and freezes after iOS updates
  • Incorrect anniversary year calculations
  • Unable to edit event titles on iPad

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for time zones
  • Improve natural language input
  • Introduce a dark mode option
  • Allow for more calendar customization
  • Integrate with additional third-party services

Vertical Planner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

miCal

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Vertical Planner

Subscriptions3
  • Casual Plan$1.491 Month
  • Standard Plan$2.991 Month
  • Professional Plan$4.491 Month

Questions

Is miCal free?
miCal costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vertical Planner free?
Vertical Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, miCal or Vertical Planner?
miCal is rated higher. miCal averages 4.7 out of 5 from 594 ratings, while Vertical Planner averages 4.4 from 16 ratings.
Do miCal or Vertical Planner have ads?
Vertical Planner shows ads; miCal does not.
Which is updated more often, miCal or Vertical Planner?
miCal ships an update every 5 weeks, and Vertical Planner fortnightly. Most recently, miCal was updated on November 6, 2026 and Vertical Planner on November 7, 2026.

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