Comparison

World Timezone Calendar vs TimeBuddy

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

Head to head
About

World Timezone Calendar

Easily schedule meetings and events across different time zones. This app helps you find the perfect time for global coordination by comparing multiple time zones and integrating with your existing calendar. Plan ahead with future time views and share events that automatically adjust to recipients' local times.

Highlights
  • Cross-timezone scheduling
  • View calendar in multiple timezones
  • Time travel to plan ahead
  • Add unlimited timezones
  • Day/night indicators
  • Home screen widget
  • Global event sharing
Features
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Coordinate global meetings, calls, and events without the timezone math. Standard world clocks only tell you what time it is right now. World Calendar goes further: it’s a powerful timezone converter and international meeting planner that lets you look into the future to find the perfect time for everyone. Whether you are scheduling a global team sync, planning an international trip, or calling family overseas, World Calendar integrates directly with your iOS Calendar to make cross-timezone scheduling effortless. CROSS-TIMEZONE SCHEDULING Compare multiple timezones side-by-side to instantly pinpoint the ideal meeting time. Tap anywhere to set a target time, and tap twice to seamlessly create an event directly in your calendar. VIEW YOUR CALENDAR IN MULTIPLE TIMEZONES World Calendar displays your existing events across all your selected timezones. Create, edit, and share events with a single tap, ensuring your global schedule is always perfectly aligned. KEY FEATURES: • Time Travel: Scroll into the future to plan days, weeks, or months ahead. • No Limits: Add and compare as many timezones as you need. • Day/Night Indicators: Instantly see if your contact is awake or asleep. • Home Screen Widget: Check your favorite timezones at a glance without unlocking your device. • Watch Widget and App: Put your recently selected timezones on your wrist • Easy Search: Find locations by city name, timezone abbreviation (e.g., EST, GMT), or UTC offset. • Global Sharing: Send event invites to other users that automatically adapt to their local timezone. • DST Accuracy: Fully automatic adjustments for daylight saving time changes globally. • Nautical Time Zones: Full support for standard UTC offsets without DST adjustments. • Landscape View: Turn your device for a wider, comprehensive timeline view.

About

TimeBuddy

Easily coordinate schedules across different time zones with live analog clocks and a visual meeting planner. Find optimal meeting times with a color-coded heat map indicating availability and share summaries with local times for each participant.

Highlights
  • Live analog clock faces
  • Draggable time slider
  • Working-hours overlap finder
  • Color-coded meeting heat map
  • Shareable meeting summaries
  • National flags and city search
Features
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Time Buddy makes it effortless to stay in sync with people across the world. Add any city or time zone and watch live analog clock faces tick in real time, each showing the local hour at a glance. A clear day/night indicator tells you instantly whether your contact is in business hours, asleep, or somewhere in between. The time slider is the heart of Time Buddy. Drag it to any moment and every clock in your list updates simultaneously, so you can scan all your zones at once and find a window that works for everyone. No mental arithmetic. No tab-switching. The meeting planner highlights the working-hours overlap across your chosen zones in a compact heat map. Green slots mean everyone is available during standard hours. Orange slots flag early mornings or late evenings. Red slots are outside normal hours for at least one participant. Pick a green slot, tap Share, and send a clean meeting summary showing the local time in each person's city. Other features include national flags for quick visual identification, instant toggle between 12-hour and 24-hour formats, and a search that covers thousands of cities and IANA time zones. Whether you manage a remote team spanning three continents, coordinate with freelancers, or simply call family abroad, Time Buddy gives you the clarity to schedule without confusion. Key features: - Live analog clock faces for each time zone - Draggable time slider — see all zones update together - Working-hours overlap finder with colour-coded heat map - Share meeting summary with per-city local times - National flags and city search - 12/24-hour toggle - No account required

Screenshots

World Timezone Calendar4 screens
TimeBuddy3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: World Timezone Calendar at 76% against TimeBuddy's 0%. World Timezone Calendar also leads on rating (4.9 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (295 vs 4). TimeBuddy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. World Timezone Calendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TimeBuddy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

World Timezone Calendar holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: World Timezone Calendar has 295 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of World Timezone Calendar's written reviews are positive against 0% of TimeBuddy's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
World Timezone Calendar versus TimeBuddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorld Timezone CalendarTimeBuddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (295 ratings) — better1.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews76.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings295 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeospike Pty LtdLinh Phan Nhat Khanh

Customer experience

World Timezone Calendar

All ratings295 ratings
Positive98.6%
Neutral0.7%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive76.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative14.0%

TimeBuddy

All ratings4 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

World Timezone Calendar

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • 🐛 Inappropriate ads in free version
  • 🐛 Widget settings not saved
  • 🐛 Cannot add new events with double tap
  • 🐛 Timezone abbreviations not displayed
  • 🐛 Search feature doesn't work
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  • 🐛 Crashes when adding a city
  • 🐛 Widget expansion settings not saved

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more cities
  • Option to freeze time zones for comparison
  • Switch between 24-hour and AM/PM clock
  • Cleaner design with better calendar event integration
  • Ability to pick a specific date to view

TimeBuddy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

World Timezone Calendar

One-time1
  • Remove Advertising$19.95
None

TimeBuddy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is World Timezone Calendar free?
World Timezone Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TimeBuddy free?
TimeBuddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, World Timezone Calendar or TimeBuddy?
World Timezone Calendar is rated higher. World Timezone Calendar averages 4.9 out of 5 from 295 ratings, while TimeBuddy averages 1.0 from 4 ratings.
Do World Timezone Calendar or TimeBuddy have ads?
World Timezone Calendar shows ads; TimeBuddy does not.

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