Comparison

HiCal vs Joynit Shared Calendar

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

Head to head
About

HiCal

This app facilitates collaborative event planning and scheduling for groups. Share timetables, receive real-time updates on changes, and communicate via comments. Ideal for students, project teams, and organizations to stay synchronized.

Highlights
  • Group event scheduling
  • Real-time push notifications
  • Event comments and discussion
  • Shared timetables
  • Private and public groups
  • Event repetition support
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Organize yourselves for your classes, projects, or company with HiCal, the collaborative calendar! Create or join your class’ or club’s group, and get your shared timetable in your pocket. You can be part of multiple groups. You will receive Push notifications each time that a group’s event is modified, or an event is commented. Event repetition is supported (including “once every two weeks”). HiCal helps you to organize yourself and to collaborate with your friends and colleagues in different situations: - Students and pupils: Add comments to a lesson at a given day, to indicate homework and exams for example, and they will instantly be synced across smartphones and tablets, and shared with your class. You will not ever ask yourself again what is left to do: the answer will be in your pocket, up-to-date, at any moment. Even if only one person indicates the exams to come, everyone will be aware: one for all, and all for one! - Projects: Determine deadlines with your teammates, and discuss them in the comments! Your project is a secret? Then create a secret group, which will be hidden from the group search results. Only the people you add will be able to join the group. - Companies, clubs and organizations: Write down meetings’ or activities’ dates and locations, suggest or edit in real time, and instantly update all your fellows of a schedule change, thanks to push notifications. - Organize public events: Create a group, open to everyone, to let people stay tuned about your upcoming events! In this kind of group, only the group’s administrators can create or edit events. Thus, you can share your events, your live sessions for example if you’re a band, while keeping control. And if something unexpected happens, you can inform group’s members thanks to comments and push notifications! - Education: If you are an educational institution (school, college, university...), you can also use HiCal, by creating a group for each class or course, and inviting your students in them. Simplify your teachers’ and students’ life with HiCal!

About

Joynit Shared Calendar

Organize events and share them seamlessly with your team, association, or community. This intuitive tool keeps everyone informed with clear, up-to-date information, eliminating the need for endless messages or complex software.

Highlights
  • Create shared calendars
  • Schedule events easily
  • Share with teams and communities
  • Stay aligned with clear information
  • Intuitive event organization
Features
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Joynit is the simple shared calendar for groups, communities and events. Plan schedules, organize activities and check availability in one place. Perfect for: • Sports teams: practices, games, tournaments, attendance • Churches: services, volunteers, community events • Clubs & communities: meetups, recurring activities • Groups & families: shared schedules and planning With Joynit, you can: • Create a shared calendar in seconds • Invite members easily • Organize events and send invitations • Check availability and find the best date • Manage recurring schedules • Keep everyone updated in real time • View everything in one clear calendar Why Joynit? • Easy and intuitive • Better than messy group chats • Great for recurring activities • Perfect for volunteers and communities Download Joynit and simplify group planning.

Screenshots

HiCal4 screens
Joynit Shared Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: HiCal at 55% against Joynit Shared Calendar's 35%. HiCal also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and August 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
HiCal versus Joynit Shared Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiCalJoynit Shared Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (23 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.0% of reviews — better35.3% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB54 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperNakagawa YugoLinp

Customer experience

HiCal

All ratings23 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive55.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative35.0%

Joynit Shared Calendar

Written reviews17 reviews
Positive35.3%
Neutral5.9%
Negative58.8%

In-app purchases

None

HiCal

No in-app purchases

None

Joynit Shared Calendar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HiCal free?
HiCal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Joynit Shared Calendar free?
Joynit Shared Calendar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HiCal or Joynit Shared Calendar have ads?
Neither HiCal nor Joynit Shared Calendar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HiCal or Joynit Shared Calendar?
HiCal ships an update every 2 months, and Joynit Shared Calendar every 2 months. Most recently, HiCal was updated on September 7, 2026 and Joynit Shared Calendar on August 6, 2026.

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