MiniMonth vs Calendar Z
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MiniMonth
Display a monthly calendar directly on your Home and Today screens. Customize themes with separate color settings for light and dark modes. It syncs with your system preferences for the first weekday and shows events from your existing calendar.
- Monthly calendar widget
- Home screen display
- Today screen display
- Dark theme support
- Customizable colors
- System weekday sync
- Calendar event display
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Monthly calendar for your Home and Today screens. It supports dark theme, and separate color settings for both themes. It synchronises with system settings: the first weekday gets displayed accordingly to your preferences, and it also displays events from your calendar.
Calendar Z
A straightforward yet powerful calendar application designed for efficient schedule management. It features an integrated reminder system, supports Apple Watch, and offers advanced options for recurring events and event display.
- Integrated reminder system
- Apple Watch compatibility
- Advanced repeating event setup
- Event display on Map
- Widget support
- Template function for quick event addition
- Customizable appearance
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Calendar Z is a simple yet high-level calendar app. With an integrated reminder system, it makes schedule management just that much easier. ・Works with the AppleWatch. ・Integrated reminder system. Both reminders and events are displayed on the calendar. ・Works with the iPad's Multitasking feature. Start this app while using other apps by sliding from the sides. ・Set up complicating repeating events, such as "the end of every month", "the last Saturday of each month", etc. ・Display events on the Map, and quickly access links. ・Works with widgets; you can quickly check your schedule. ・Can be displayed in landscape mode. When using side view, event start time is also displayed on the calendar. ・The calendar automatically adjusts; even if you have many events planned they will not be hidden. ・Includes a template function. Register events and reminders to a template to make addition even faster. ・Customize its appearance as you see fit. Change the calendar theme color to your favorite color. ・Change when the week begins as well as the color. ・You can use 3D touch shortcut menu for create new event or reminder.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MiniMonth at none against Calendar Z's 1. MiniMonth also leads on ads (none vs shown). Calendar Z's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (722 vs 20). On price, review sentiment, device support and iOS requirement 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. Calendar Z sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MiniMonth asks for nothing beyond the download.
Calendar Z holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calendar Z has 722 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of MiniMonth's written reviews are positive against 65% of Calendar Z's.
MiniMonth ships an update every 4 months, Calendar Z every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MiniMonth | Calendar Z |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (20 ratings) | 4.3 (722 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.6% of reviews | 65.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 722 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | bronenos | PiyoLog Inc. |
Customer experience
MiniMonth
Calendar Z
Bugs and requests
MiniMonth
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Calendar Z
Reported bugs
4 issues- Events disappearing or not saving properly
- Incorrect date/time display and sync issues
- Crashes or freezes after updates
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to view and restore past events
- Improved sync and cross-device functionality
- More customization options for layout and colors
- Easier event management (editing, deleting, repeating)
- Better notification system and controls
In-app purchases
MiniMonth
No in-app purchases
Calendar Z
- Disappear Ads$1.99
