Note Widget vs Family Calendar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Note Widget
Add customizable text widgets to your iOS home screen. Quickly view and edit notes, reminders, or inspirational quotes with various formatting options. Supports dark mode and allows multiple widgets displayed in organized lists.
- Customizable text widgets
- Home screen integration
- View and edit notes
- Font and color customization
- Markdown and pseudo HTML support
- Dark mode support
- Multiple widget lists
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Those Widgets are compatible with the new iOS 14 Home Screen Widgets. Thanks to this application (and the other Widget apps from PacoLabs), you can now customize the Today view of your device, by adding custom widgets for some specific purposes. From anywhere in your device, with a simple top to bottom swipe, you'll have access to your own information and actions. Each Note widget allows to view user defined text. This is perfect to quickly view and edit some notes and reminders or to give you inspiration with your favourite quotes. The text can be displayed in different ways (by changing the size, the font, the color, the alignment). Markdown and pseudo HTML are partially handled and allows to easily add some specific colors and text formatting. The text can be quickly edited by touching it. The application is really easy to use and is adapted to the fresh look of your device. Dark mode of iOS13 is supported. You can add as many widgets as you want and they will be displayed in up to 3 different lists. Those same lists will be available in the Today view and in the application (although it is possible, if you want, to hide some widgets in the Today view). To avoid overloading the Today view, when too many widgets are displayed, an intuitive control will allow you to navigate from one widget to another. Even if the main purpose of the app is to view the widgets in the Today view, it can also be very handy to view them directly in the application (a long press on a widget in the Today view will open it directly in the main application).
Family Calendar
This app provides a comprehensive calendar view with event synchronization from Apple and Google calendars. It also includes astronomical data, name days, daily quotes, and customizable display options. Task management is integrated through reminders, and printing is supported via AirPrint.
- Event synchronization with Apple and Google calendars
- Sun and moon rise/set times
- Name days and daily quotes
- Customizable display (fonts, colors, layouts)
- Integrated task reminders
- AirPrint compatibility
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Like the analogue calendar this app shows you all your events at a glance. It is compatible with Apple's and Google's calendar. Family Calendar shows you sun and moon rise/set, the actual star sign, name days and a quote of the day. You can easily include your favorite pictures and configure many items according to your taste and needs, font sizes, colours, different layouts Family calendar integrates "Reminders" into the app, so you can easily manage your tasks for the current week or month. Family Calendar searches your calendars and prints everything via AirPrint. You get the full functionality, no in-apps, no ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Note Widget at 64% against Family Calendar's 0%. Note Widget also leads on price ($0.99 vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). On update cadence, 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
Note Widget costs $0.99 and Family Calendar $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Note Widget ships an update every 4 months, Family Calendar every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 22, 2026.
| Parameter | Note Widget | Family Calendar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (32 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 63.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Francis Bonnin | Hubert Droste |
Customer experience
Note Widget
Family Calendar
In-app purchases
Note Widget
No in-app purchases
Family Calendar
No in-app purchases
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