Comparison

miCal vs Cryptomator

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

Cryptomator

Encrypt your sensitive data stored in cloud services with this easy-to-use tool. Secure your files and folders with a password and access them across all your devices. It offers robust security features and is compatible with major cloud storage providers.

Highlights
  • Create and manage encrypted vaults
  • Password protection with Face ID/Touch ID unlock
  • Compatible with iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, and more
  • Open-source and publicly documented encryption
  • AES 256-bit file content and filename encryption
  • Integrated with the Files app
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The "Full Version" is basically the same as Cryptomator with the in-app purchase "Full Version" unlocked. This app is available for interested parties using Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager that are unable to buy in-app purchases. Or if you want to gift the app to your friends or family. Happy crypting! --- Take the security of your data into your own hands. Cryptomator encrypts your files before they reach the cloud — so only you hold the key. Not your cloud provider, not us, no one. Most cloud providers encrypt your data only during transmission, or they keep the decryption keys themselves — keys that can be stolen, copied, or misused. With Cryptomator, the key to your data stays in your hands. EASY TO USE Cryptomator is a simple tool for digital self-defense. Protect your cloud data yourself, independently. • Assign a password to a folder — we call it a vault. That's all: no key creation, no registration, no configuration • Unlock vaults with Face ID / Touch ID • Fully integrated into the Files app — browse and open your encrypted files right where you already manage them • Everything you save into a vault is encrypted automatically COMPATIBLE Cryptomator works with the most commonly used cloud storages and is available for all major operating systems. • Compatible with iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, SharePoint (incl. Microsoft Teams), pCloud, Box, WebDAV- and S3-based cloud storage services • Create vaults in any location via other File Providers (third-party apps must support this) • Access the same vaults across all your mobile devices and computers SECURE & TRUSTWORTHY You don't have to trust Cryptomator blindly, because it is open source software — everyone can see the code: https://github.com/cryptomator/ios • No backdoors and no expiration date, thanks to open source • File content and filename encryption with AES and 256 bit key length • Vault password secured with scrypt for enhanced brute-force resistance • Independently audited by security researchers; crypto implementation publicly documented If someone looks into the folder in your cloud, they cannot draw any conclusions about your data. AWARD-WINNING Cryptomator received the CeBIT Innovation Award 2016 for Usable Security and Privacy. CRYPTOMATOR COMMUNITY Join the Cryptomator Community and participate in the conversations with other Cryptomator users: • Community: https://community.cryptomator.org • Mastodon: @cryptomator@mastodon.online

Screenshots

miCal4 screens
Cryptomator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: miCal at $1.99 against Cryptomator's $19.99. miCal also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (593 vs 5). On update cadence, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

miCal costs $1.99 and Cryptomator $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

miCal holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: miCal has 593 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

miCal ships an update every 5 weeks, Cryptomator every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
miCal versus Cryptomator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermiCalCryptomator
Price$1.99 — better$19.99
Rating4.7 (593 ratings) — better3.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews77.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings593 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB119 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerentwicklungsschmiede UG & Co KGSkymatic GmbH

Customer experience

miCal

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

Cryptomator

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

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

Cryptomator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

miCal

No in-app purchases

None

Cryptomator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is miCal free?
miCal costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cryptomator free?
Cryptomator costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, miCal or Cryptomator?
miCal is rated higher. miCal averages 4.7 out of 5 from 593 ratings, while Cryptomator averages 3.8 from 5 ratings.
Which is updated more often, miCal or Cryptomator?
miCal ships an update every 5 weeks, and Cryptomator every 2 months. Most recently, miCal was updated on November 1, 2026 and Cryptomator on October 24, 2026.

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