Comparison

CalendarCalendar vs Vertical Calendar

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

Head to head
About

CalendarCalendar

Personalize your digital calendar with custom wallpapers, color themes, and font adjustments. Capture full months as images to create a visual diary of your memories. Enjoy a unique and fun way to manage your schedule.

Highlights
  • Customizable monthly wallpapers
  • Color themes and day tags
  • Adjustable font color, size, and boldness
  • Rokuyo display
  • Full month calendar capture
  • Personalized scheduling
Features
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--- CalendarCalendar - Your Personalized, Versatile Calendar --- Bring the traditional hanging wall calendar to the palm of your hand with "CalendarCalendar". This one-of-a-kind app will add a personal and fun touch to your everyday life. [ Features ] - Original Wallpaper Choose wallpaper images from your own photo library and customize them for each month. Imagine setting a refreshing ocean scene for August, a spooky pumpkin for October, a sparkling Christmas for December, and for your special birth month... Be creative and enjoy to the fullest! - Color Themes & Color Tags Customize the color of your calendar and add color tags to each day. It's like putting stickers on a physical calendar – craft your own unique calendar experience. - Rokuyo Display The traditional Japanese "Rokuyo" can also be displayed. - Font Color/Size Adjustments Match your wallpaper and color theme by adjusting the font color, size, and boldness to your liking. - Calendar Capture Capture a full month's calendar as a single image and save it to your photo library. By keeping a record, your calendar becomes a collection of memories. How to Use CalendarCalendar fits into your lifestyle, whether you use it for jotting down appointments, recording activities like running or dieting, or keeping a diary. Enrich and brighten your daily life with your personalized calendar. Why not start a new day with CalendarCalendar?

About

Vertical Calendar

This productivity app offers a vertical calendar view with customizable holiday colors, notes, and reminder notifications. It supports multiple calendars, bulk operations, and memo search, all accessible through a URL scheme. Enjoy a dark mode and adjustable font sizes for a personalized scheduling experience.

Highlights
  • Vertical calendar view
  • Holiday and day off coloring
  • Notes and color settings
  • Reminder notifications
  • Bulk operations
  • Memo search
  • Dark mode
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Vertical calendar (widget compatible). All features are completely free to use. - Vertical/multiple calendars - Holiday/day off color - Notes and color settings - Reminder notification - Color tag setting - Various bulk operations - Memo search - Font size setting - Today's event widget - dark mode URL scheme: verticalcalendar://

Screenshots

CalendarCalendar3 screens
Vertical Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Vertical Calendar at 4.9 against CalendarCalendar's 1.0. Vertical Calendar also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 64%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). CalendarCalendar's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Vertical Calendar holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vertical Calendar has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of CalendarCalendar's written reviews are positive against 100% of Vertical Calendar's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CalendarCalendar ships an update every 4 months, Vertical Calendar every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
CalendarCalendar versus Vertical Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalendarCalendarVertical Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.9 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTakashi YamaguchiFugaPiyo Inc.

Customer experience

CalendarCalendar

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral3.6%
Negative32.1%

Vertical Calendar

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CalendarCalendar

One-time1
  • Ad-Free$2.99
None

Vertical Calendar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CalendarCalendar free?
CalendarCalendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vertical Calendar free?
Vertical Calendar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CalendarCalendar or Vertical Calendar?
Vertical Calendar is rated higher. CalendarCalendar averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Vertical Calendar averages 4.9 from 8 ratings.
Do CalendarCalendar or Vertical Calendar have ads?
Both CalendarCalendar and Vertical Calendar show ads.
Which is updated more often, CalendarCalendar or Vertical Calendar?
CalendarCalendar ships an update every 4 months, and Vertical Calendar every 5 months. Most recently, CalendarCalendar was updated on October 26, 2026 and Vertical Calendar on October 24, 2026.

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