WidgetCal vs Calendar Widgets Suite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WidgetCal
View your weekly or monthly schedule directly on your Lock Screen without unlocking your device. This app displays events and reminders with customizable layouts, offering quick access to your personal occasions. It also integrates with other powerful calendar applications.
- Lock screen widget support
- Weekly and monthly schedule views
- Event and reminder display
- Integration with AwesomeCalendar
- Customizable font and size
- ToDo carry over
- Lunar calendar support
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Full support iOS 14 widget! Do you still unlock your iPhone/iPad to check your schedule? Want to see weekly or monthly schedule in LockScreen? Here is the WidgetCal. This app shows weekly or monthly view for your events and reminders with a beautiful layout in Notification Center. Quick as a wink, you can access your personal occasions without hassle. Moreover, this widget seamlessly works with AwesomeCalendar, which is the most powerful calendar application in AppStore. It's for FREE. Just give it a try. +Display events and reminders in the Notification Center. +Week/Month view. +Navigate prev/next month. Tap 1st day of next month or last day of prev month. +Integrated with AwesomeCalendar. +Automatic and real-time update events and reminders. +Sunday/Monday start option. +Custom font and size. +ToDo carry over. +Visible calendars control. +Fade out past events. +Lunar calendar for Chinese and Korean. +Cute stickers on view. Some features listed above are available for a premium subscription. WidgetCal Premium is $3.99 USD per year (price may vary by location). The subscription will automatically renew at the end of each term and will be charged through your iTunes account within 24 hours of the end of the term. We offer 3 months free for WidgetCal Premium. Whenever you don’t want to pay or stop using Premium, you can manage your subscription in iTunes. Terms of use: http://wp.me/P1YDeW-rI Private policy: http://wp.me/P1YDeW-q3
Calendar Widgets Suite
Display your calendar events and reminders directly on your Home Screen with a variety of customizable widgets. Choose from month, week, agenda, and timetable views to see your schedule at a glance. Personalize colors, fonts, and display options to match your device's theme.
- Multiple widget views (Month, Week, Agenda, Timetable)
- Integrates with Reminders
- Extensive customization options (colors, fonts, sizes)
- Privacy-focused, no data leaves device
- Supports various widget sizes
- Calendar filtering and sorting
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Unlock. Hunt for the app. Wait. Close it. Dozens of times a day, for a five-second glance. Month, weeks, an hour-by-hour timetable, today at a glance, or just what's next — plus your reminders, right on your Home Screen. The Month widget is free; the other eleven are one optional purchase. TWELVE WIDGETS, NINE WAYS TO SEE YOUR SCHEDULE • Month — the full month at a glance, with event titles right in the day cells • Weeks — one, two, three, or four weeks; just the horizon you actually plan against • Week Timeline — an hour-by-hour grid for one to seven days, so the gaps read as clearly as the meetings • List — what's coming up next, in order, with colored chips or simple dots • Today — today's date with the day's events right beside it • Today + Mini Month — a mini month grid with today's events alongside • Week Agenda — a seven-day strip you tap to pick a day, with that day's events below • Week Grid — the whole week at a glance, each day's events stacked in its own cell • Up Next — today and tomorrow side by side, hour by hour, so the rest of today and the start of tomorrow fit in one glance Medium, large, and extra large — wide on iPad, tall on iPhone with iOS 27. Month is free. Every other widget is part of the one-time Premium unlock. REMINDERS, ALONGSIDE YOUR EVENTS Switch Reminders on and anything with a due date joins your events in every widget — marked with a Reminders-style ring, in its list's own color. Choose which lists appear, and whether completed ones do. Reminders without a due date are skipped, and nothing is ever written back: the widgets show your reminders, they don't change them. Part of the Premium unlock. MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT BELONGS Stock widgets clash with your Home Screen. This one doesn't have to. • Six skins, plus no skin at all • Separate colors for event titles, dates, times, and locations • Date and event font sizes, tuned independently • Word wrap: never, always, auto, or capped at two, three, or four lines • First day of week, including a rolling "Today" • Dim past events so the day ahead stands out • Highlight Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays • Choose exactly which calendars appear • Group events by calendar, or sort them by start time, end time, title, or duration • A 12- or 24-hour clock in the Week Timeline • Separate settings for the month, timeline, and list widgets YOUR CALENDAR AND REMINDERS STAY ON YOUR DEVICE Your events and reminders are read on the device and drawn into the widget. Nothing about your calendar or your reminders ever leaves it. There is no account to create, no server to sync with, and no analytics or tracking of any kind. iOS asks for Reminders access only when you switch reminders on, and the app never writes back to either. Your settings live in a private container shared only between the app and its own widgets. FREE AND PREMIUM The Month widget is free, and so are the styling controls that come with it — weekday, Saturday and Sunday colors, date and event font sizes, word wrap, sorting, calendar selection, and the rest. A single optional one-time purchase unlocks every other widget — Weeks, Week Timeline, List, Today, Today + Mini Month, Week Agenda, Week Grid, and Up Next — plus the six skins, the blurred wallpaper backgrounds, custom event text colors, and Reminders in your widgets. It is a one-off unlock, not a subscription — nothing recurs. AVAILABLE IN 27 LANGUAGES Questions or ideas? Email admin@joshuanco.com — every message is read.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WidgetCal at 47% against Calendar Widgets Suite's 0%. WidgetCal also leads on rating (3.6 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 1). Calendar Widgets Suite's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. WidgetCal sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Calendar Widgets Suite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
WidgetCal holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WidgetCal has 1.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of WidgetCal's written reviews are positive against 0% of Calendar Widgets Suite's.
WidgetCal ships an update every 2 weeks, Calendar Widgets Suite every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WidgetCal | Calendar Widgets Suite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (1.5K ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 47.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YunaSoft Inc. | Joshua & Company Inc. |
Customer experience
WidgetCal
Calendar Widgets Suite
Bugs and requests
WidgetCal
Reported bugs
5 issues- Calendar events disappearing after updates
- Widget not showing correct month or events
- Inability to add or edit events in the app
- Syncing issues with Google Calendar
- Crashes and freezes after iOS updates
Requested features
5 requests- Allow more calendar customization options
- Improve widget functionality and appearance
- Provide an ad-free paid version
- Enhance syncing with other calendar apps
- Add a daily/weekly view in the widget
Calendar Widgets Suite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
WidgetCal
- Premium Subscription3 Months trial$9.991 Year
- Religious holidays$0.99
- Week Numbers$0.99
- Moon Phases calendar$0.99
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- Holidays United States$0.99
- Calendars - Pro Football USA 2014-2015 edition$0.99
- Calendars - Pro Baseball USA 2015 edition$0.99
- Calendars - US Pro Basketball 2014-2015 edition$0.99
- Weather calendars$1.99
- Remove Advertisement$9.99
Calendar Widgets Suite
- Lifetime Purchase$19.99
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