Comparison

miCal vs Plain_Note

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

Plain_Note

A fast, minimal note-taking app for professionals. Capture and organize thoughts instantly with plain text, character counts, and OCR from photos. Ideal for quick jotting, archiving, and sharing.

Highlights
  • Plain text notes
  • Character and word count
  • Export notes
  • OCR text extraction from photos
  • Smart file sorting
  • Powerful search functionality
  • Split view for iPad/Mac
Features
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Plain Note is a fast and minimal note-taking app designed for working professionals who value speed, simplicity, and plain text. Whether you're in a meeting, on a call, or brainstorming ideas - Plain Note helps you capture and organize thoughts instantly, without the clutter. Key Features: • **Plain Text by Default** All your notes are saved as clean, unformatted plain text - perfect for copy-pasting, archiving, or exporting anywhere. • **Character and Word Count + Export** Instantly view the number of characters and words in your note. Easily share or export as plain text to other apps or collaborators. • **Split View for Power Users** On landscape mode (iPad or Mac), view your file list and editor side by side = a true productivity boost. • **OCR from Photo Library** Send an image to the app from your Photos, and it will automatically extract text using OCR - then save it as plain text. • **Smart File Sorting** Sort your notes by file name or modification time to quickly find what you need. • **Powerful Search** Search by filename or inside the content of your notes - find what you're looking for in seconds. --- Plain Note is built for professionals who need a fast, distraction-free environment to jot down, organize, and share ideas - without the overhead of rich formatting or complex tools. Download Plain Note and get back to writing, not waiting.

Screenshots

miCal4 screens
Plain_Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: miCal at 593 against Plain_Note's 1. miCal also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). Plain_Note's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Plain_Note $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Plain_Note holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: miCal has 593 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

miCal ships an update every 5 weeks, Plain_Note weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
miCal versus Plain_Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermiCalPlain_Note
Price$1.99$1.99
Rating4.7 (593 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings593 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerentwicklungsschmiede UG & Co KGSun Min Park

Customer experience

miCal

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

Plain_Note

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Plain_Note

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

miCal

No in-app purchases

None

Plain_Note

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is miCal free?
miCal costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plain_Note free?
Plain_Note costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, miCal or Plain_Note?
Plain_Note is rated higher. miCal averages 4.7 out of 5 from 593 ratings, while Plain_Note averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do miCal or Plain_Note have ads?
Neither miCal nor Plain_Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, miCal or Plain_Note?
miCal ships an update every 5 weeks, and Plain_Note weekly. Most recently, miCal was updated on October 21, 2026 and Plain_Note on October 7, 2026.

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