MiniMonth vs HomeScreen Calendar Widget
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.
HomeScreen Calendar Widget
Add a customizable monthly calendar to your home screen. Mark important dates with various colors to quickly visualize your schedule without opening an app. Place multiple calendars to track different events.
- Display calendar on home screen
- Mark dates with custom colors
- Place multiple calendars
- Free placement like app icons
- Quickly note important days
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This app lets you place a monthly calendar on your home screen using iOS14's widget function. Unlike traditional wallpaper apps, you can freely place a mini-calendar on your home screen like you would an app icon. Just mark the dates with any color you like to quickly note down the days you want to remember. Skip the hassle of launching the app! ■ Sample Uses - Garbage Collection Day Calendar (red = combustible waste, blue = non-combustible waste, green = recyclable waste) - Children's Lesson Calendar (light blue = swimming, red = dancing, green = cram school) ■ Main Features - Display calendar on home screen - Mark dates with any color you like - Place multiple calendars on home screen ■ Premium Features - Unlimited markers - Unlimited calendars - Customized markers ■ Terms of service https://ac-1-ba1dc.web.app/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HomeScreen Calendar Widget at 4.6 against MiniMonth's 3.8. MiniMonth's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. HomeScreen Calendar Widget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. MiniMonth asks for nothing beyond the download.
HomeScreen Calendar Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 48 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of MiniMonth's written reviews are positive against 52% of HomeScreen Calendar Widget's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MiniMonth ships an update every 4 months, HomeScreen Calendar Widget every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MiniMonth | HomeScreen Calendar Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (19 ratings) | 4.6 (48 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.6% of reviews — better | 51.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 48 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | bronenos | Kosuke Hamada |
Customer experience
MiniMonth
HomeScreen Calendar Widget
In-app purchases
MiniMonth
No in-app purchases
HomeScreen Calendar Widget
- Premium membership (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- Premium Annual Plan$10.991 Year
Questions
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