Comparison

KALNIRNAY 2026 vs MahaTrafficapp

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

Head to head
About

KALNIRNAY 2026

This app provides detailed information on Indian festivals, auspicious days, and cultural events across all religions. It includes lunar and solar event data, monthly horoscopes, and the ability to set reminders for important dates and personal notes.

Highlights
  • Lunar and solar event details
  • Monthly Bhavishya and Panchang
  • Auspicious days for marriage
  • Event and note reminders
  • All events and Indian holidays
  • Horoscope and personal notes
Features
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The KALNIRNAY Group is known all over the world as India’s premier almanac publisher. Since its inception in 1973, the group has emerged as the No. 1 and most authentic almanac publisher, providing up-to-date information about India’s festivals, auspicious days and culture of all religions. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulation (India), it is the World’s Largest Selling Publication with a circulation of 1,81,87,168 copies. Kalnirnay is a calmanac for solar as well as vedic lunar events. It shows lunar dates and year along with regular dates and year. Events are shown in a local language. Currently Kalnirnay App is available in Marathi, Hindi, English and Gujarati languages. For any feedback or suggestions, please write it to kalnirnaydeveloper@gmail.com Important Features of Kalnirnay are : 1) Detail information about lunar events. 2) View of Monthly Bhavishya, Panchang and Auspicious days for marriage. 3) Facility to set reminders for events of interest. 4) Ability to take notes and set reminders for the notes. 5) View of monthly events grouped by categories. Application supports following features : 1) Panchang 2) Horoscope 3) Important Dates- This section includes the following sections: a) All Events - This section includes events for all the religions. b) Indian Holidays - This section includes list for Government declared holidays in India. c) Indian Festivals - Includes all the Festivals observed mainly in India. d) Next Year Events - This section includes list of events of upcoming year. e) Sankashti - This section shows the details of Sankashti in every month.In important dates section we can also set reminder for each event. 4) Reminder. This is a list of user reminders set for notes as well as events. There are 3 sections : ‘Past’ section shows reminders for past events. ‘Today’ shows reminders due to be shown on current day including any advance warnings. ‘Upcoming’ shows reminders set for even dates in future but does not include advance warnings. 5) Personal List. This section shows list of personal notes by month. Single Note can be added for a day using “Set Reminder” button on this screen. A reminder can be set for a note by clicking ‘Set Reminder’. 6) Settings a) Reminder Settings - User can set reminders for different events as well as notes. b) Events to Remind - Events to remind screen shows types of events like Purnima, Sankashti, Gurupushya etc. These types represent group of similar events which repeat throughout the year. c) Language Settings – User can select Language of his/her choice from the available 4 Languages – Marathi, Hindi, English, Gujarati.

About

MahaTrafficapp

This app helps Maharashtra citizens manage traffic violations. View and pay e-challans, register vehicles to track fines, and access traffic safety information. Report road incidents to aid the police in maintaining road safety.

Highlights
  • View and pay e-challans
  • Register and track multiple vehicles
  • Report traffic violations
  • Access traffic safety information
  • Contact traffic police headquarters
Features
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MahaTrafficapp is a user-friendly application created for the citizens of Maharashtra who may need assistance in matters related to traffic-regulation. This application also facilitates viewing and easy payment of traffic challans generated against their vehicle(s). This application also helps citizens notify the police department about incidences of violations that take place on the roads thus enabling the department to take prompt and decisive action to keep the roads safe and secure. While installing the app, a user must register himself/ herself using his/her mobile number. My Vehicles A user can register a vehicle by its number to track e-challans issued against the said vehicle. For the same, Click on the “Add Vehicle” button and enter the vehicle number. Where a mobile number has been registered in the RTO\"s Vahan system against a particular vehicle, such a vehicle gets added to the “My Vehicles” list without additional validations. If such a mobile number does not exist in the RTO records, the system shall prompt the user to enter the last 4 digits of the vehicle\"s chassis/engine number for a maximum of 10 attempts. A user may add multiple vehicles to the “My vehicles list” against a single mobile number to get notification(s) of future challans issued against each vehicle thus added. Users can also delete vehicle details from the “My Vehicle” list where they do not wish to track challans on a vehicle anymore. My E-Challans A user can view all the e-challans issued against vehicles mentioned in the \"My E-Challans\" list. For the same, the user needs to click on the vehicle number and then on the e-challan number. In case users wish to pay compounding fees on the pending e-challan(s), a secured payment gateway is available to do so using Credit/ Debit cards. E-Challan Payment Citizens intending to pay the e-challans received shall be redirected to the e-challan payment portal where they would be required to enter the relevant vehicle numbers (with the last 4 digits of chassis/engine number) or challan number(s). Information Generic information including traffic alerts, traffic signals, compounding fees for each violation type, road safety information etc., can be viewed here. Contact Us Information on how and where to contact the Traffic Police Headquarters is available here.

Screenshots

KALNIRNAY 20264 screens
MahaTrafficapp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: MahaTrafficapp at none against KALNIRNAY 2026's shown. MahaTrafficapp also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). KALNIRNAY 2026's advantage is rating (3.9 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (48 vs 3). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KALNIRNAY 2026 holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KALNIRNAY 2026 has 48 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of KALNIRNAY 2026's written reviews are positive against 20% of MahaTrafficapp's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KALNIRNAY 2026 ships an update every 2 months, MahaTrafficapp every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
KALNIRNAY 2026 versus MahaTrafficapp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKALNIRNAY 2026MahaTrafficapp
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (48 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews34.5% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings48 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSumangal Press Private LimitedMumbai Traffic Police

Customer experience

KALNIRNAY 2026

All ratings48 ratings
Positive70.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews145 reviews
Positive34.5%
Neutral12.4%
Negative53.1%

MahaTrafficapp

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral30.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

KALNIRNAY 2026

No in-app purchases

None

MahaTrafficapp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is KALNIRNAY 2026 free?
KALNIRNAY 2026 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MahaTrafficapp free?
MahaTrafficapp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, KALNIRNAY 2026 or MahaTrafficapp?
KALNIRNAY 2026 is rated higher. KALNIRNAY 2026 averages 3.9 out of 5 from 48 ratings, while MahaTrafficapp averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do KALNIRNAY 2026 or MahaTrafficapp have ads?
KALNIRNAY 2026 shows ads; MahaTrafficapp does not.
Which is updated more often, KALNIRNAY 2026 or MahaTrafficapp?
KALNIRNAY 2026 ships an update every 2 months, and MahaTrafficapp every 6 weeks. Most recently, KALNIRNAY 2026 was updated on November 1, 2026 and MahaTrafficapp on November 2, 2026.

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