Comparison

Griday Calendar & Reminder vs Ember

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

Head to head
About

Griday Calendar & Reminder

Organize your daily life with a powerful yet simple calendar and reminder app. Manage meetings, tasks, and events with smart reminders, customizable schedules, and cross-device sync. Enjoy a clean interface and distraction-free planning.

Highlights
  • Unified calendar view
  • Quick event creation
  • Recurring event support
  • Customizable alarms
  • Snooze reminders
  • iCloud sync
  • Intuitive UI
  • Dark mode
Features
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**Your Personal Time Manager – Plan Smart, Live Better** Looking for a simple yet powerful calendar and reminder app to stay on top of your daily life? This app is designed for professionals, students, and anyone who wants to manage their schedule with ease and clarity. Whether it's meetings, personal tasks, birthdays, or study sessions – this app helps you organize everything with smart reminders, customizable schedules, and cross-device sync. **Top Features:** • View all your calendars in a single unified view. Quickly switch between dates and stay in control. • Tap and hold on any blank date area to instantly create a new event or reminder. • Support for recurring events – set up daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly tasks with ease. • Customizable alarms and notification settings – never miss a deadline or special event. • Snooze reminders – not ready yet? Delay your notifications with a single tap. • iCloud sync ensures your schedule is always up-to-date across iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. • Clean and intuitive user interface – designed for fast, distraction-free planning. • Dark mode support – plan comfortably day or night. **Perfect for:** - Professionals: Meetings, project timelines, daily task management - Students: Class schedules, homework reminders, study plans - Freelancers: Client appointments, deadlines, creative projects - Personal life: Family events, shopping lists, birthday reminders **Get organized, reduce stress, and take control of your time. Download now and start planning smarter!**

About

Ember

Features
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Ember is a quiet but powerful timer, perfect as a desktop companion when you study or work. ◎ Ticks every second Ember’s timer has a beautifully crafted design. Every second, the timer dial ticks, quietly but lively. It’s life is what makes it different — a perfect choice for those who need a body-doubling companion, including those who are neurodivergent. ◎ Customize it your way Customize the timer with theme colours and a countdown text font. It’s something to look at, so why not make it great? ◎ Never miss it with alarm or notification When the timer expires, the alarm goes off so you won’t miss it. You can also choose to receive a notification instead. Alarm is available on iOS 26.1 and later. ◎ Shortcuts support Start, pause, resume, or reset the timer from Shortcuts. You simply never have to touch the app or unlock your phone — simply ask Siri or use your iPhone’s Action Button. You can also get the current timer status with an action in Shortcuts. This allows you to build more complex workflows that suit your needs. ◎ Widgets and Standby Pin your timer on the Home Screen to keep an eye on its status. You can also add the same widget in large print to Standby.

Screenshots

Griday Calendar & Reminder4 screens
Ember2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ember at every 5 weeks against Griday Calendar & Reminder's every 2 months. Griday Calendar & Reminder's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.2). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Griday Calendar & Reminder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Ember sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Griday Calendar & Reminder ships an update every 2 months, Ember every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Griday Calendar & Reminder versus Ember: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGriday Calendar & ReminderEmber
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (22 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer昊罡 姚Sasquatch Studio Inc.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Griday Calendar & Reminder

One-time1
  • Pro Forever Edition$9.99
1 purchases

Ember

One-time1
  • Ember Plus$4.99

Questions

Is Griday Calendar & Reminder free?
Griday Calendar & Reminder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ember free?
Ember is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Griday Calendar & Reminder or Ember have ads?
Neither Griday Calendar & Reminder nor Ember shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Griday Calendar & Reminder or Ember?
Griday Calendar & Reminder ships an update every 2 months, and Ember every 5 weeks. Most recently, Griday Calendar & Reminder was updated on October 17, 2026 and Ember on October 9, 2026.

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