KALNIRNAY 2026 vs Desh Marathi Keyboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Desh Marathi Keyboard
This keyboard extension simplifies typing in Marathi using English letters through transliteration. It offers word predictions, spell correction, and easy language switching. Personalize your typing experience with customizable settings and enhance your messages with stickers.
- English to Marathi transliteration
- Word predictions
- Spell correction
- Easy language switching
- Sticker integration
- Clipboard functionality
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Desh Marathi Keyboard is a keyboard extension that makes Marathi typing super easy: • Type in English letters and get Marathi words with our transliteration technology • Type faster using word predictions • Easily switch to English with the language key • Word predictions and spell-correct is available in English also • Emoji button is available after pressing 123 Open the app and follow instructions to get your new Marathi keyboard: • Enable keyboard from settings • Activate the keyboard by holding the Globe icon and selecting "Desh Marathi Keyboard" • Type Marathi everywhere! Allowing full access: • When enabling the keyboard, you may enable "Allow Full Access" • This allows us to access crash reports and will help us improve the stability of the app • We respect your privacy. No personal information is collected • A standard warning is shown when you enable any downloaded keyboard app How to access settings: • Tap on the ⋯ button after opening the app and tap Settings. This option will be available after keyboard is activated • Available settings: sound on key press, vibrate on key press, emoji row, number row Using the clipboard: • The clipboard lets you save text that you frequently use and paste them easily • After you copy any text, it can be viewed from the clipboard by tapping on "Paste copied text". You can use the Pin button to save it permanently • To show copied text automatically when clipboard is opened, you can change the "Paste from Other Apps" setting to "Allow" Using stickers to make your chats more fun: • Open the stickers page by clicking on the sticker icon on the keyboard. Click on any sticker you like to copy it • Navigate back to your chat app and use your phone's Paste option in the message box • The sticker will be pasted in the chat. Note that animations are currently sent as GIFs due to technical limitations Do share your feedback and help us improve Desh Marathi Keyboard. And don't forget to leave a review if you like it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Desh Marathi Keyboard at 98% against KALNIRNAY 2026's 34%. Desh Marathi Keyboard also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.9) and ads (none vs shown). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Desh Marathi Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 48 and 158 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of KALNIRNAY 2026's written reviews are positive against 98% of Desh Marathi Keyboard's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KALNIRNAY 2026 | Desh Marathi Keyboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (48 ratings) | 4.6 (158 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.5% of reviews | 97.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 48 | 158 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sumangal Press Private Limited | ClusterDev Technologies Private Limited |
Customer experience
KALNIRNAY 2026
Desh Marathi Keyboard
In-app purchases
KALNIRNAY 2026
No in-app purchases
Desh Marathi Keyboard
No in-app purchases
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