Comparison

Eventail vs Calendar Widget

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

Head to head
About

Eventail

Enhance your iPhone's home screen with compact calendar widgets. View upcoming days or today's/tomorrow's events in a scrollable, customizable format. Integrates with other apps for seamless event management.

Highlights
  • Compact week widget (3-7 days)
  • Day widget (today/tomorrow events)
  • Scrollable widget pages
  • Customizable themes and colors
  • Event shortcuts
  • App integrations
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Eventail is the missing calendar widget for your iPhone. Eventail brings two nifty calendar widgets: - A week widget that can display from 3 to 7 upcoming days in a very compact manner. - A day widget which can display either today's or tommorrow's events. What makes eventail special? - The widgets have pages, put multiple copies in a stack and you can scroll on hour homescreen! Ingenious! - Both widgets are fully themable with custom colors, backgrounds and provide several styles of event displays. - The larger sizes of the day widget provide shortucts to do more than just look at the even titles. Eventail integrates with many apps on your device: you can open events in a calendar app, join meetings in video-conferencing apps, open navigation to your destination, and more. Visit https://eventail.app for more information. If you have questions or suggestions do not hesitate to ping me at @eventailapp on Twitter.

About

Calendar Widget

This app offers a free, user-friendly calendar experience with extensive customization options. It includes widgets for your home screen and allows for detailed event management, including recurring events and notifications. Enjoy a personalized schedule without any registration or syncing requirements.

Highlights
  • Home screen widgets
  • No registration required
  • Customizable event details
  • Recurring event support
  • Daily event notifications
  • Unlimited calendars
  • Dark mode
Features
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It's a simple and easy-to-use calendar app. Widgets are available. All features are completely free to use. Features: - No registration required, no sync with iPhone calendar - Calendar horizontal / vertical scroll - Select calendar start / end year - 24 hour notation - Select calendar start day - Any holiday selection - Getting holidays - Holiday, days off color - Rokuyo support - Event label color - Color selection for event label font only - Event label font size, thickness - Time display on event label - Event time interval selection - Select event length - Default all-day selection - Daily event notification - Daily event number badge display - Select update time for daily notifications - Unlimited number of calendars - Calendar color - Pin the calendar - Notification for each calendar, badge availability selection - Highlight the date of the day on the calendar - Button to return to this month - Any date selection - Tap a date to add an event on that day - Select multiple dates and add events at once - Background color for calendar dates - Batch addition of background color - Event title, memo, color - Event time, all day selection - Event start time / end time - Repeat event (weekly / monthly / yearly) - Automatic save of event addition history, bookmark save - Add an event with one tap from history and bookmarks - Event list display by date - Batch event deletion, color change, sharing, - Move and duplicate events between calendars - Home screen widget support (calendar selection, this month / next month / last month selectable) - Icon badge display (number of events on the day) - Dark mode - Free URL scheme: calendarwidget://

Screenshots

Eventail4 screens
Calendar Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Calendar Widget at none against Eventail's 1. Calendar Widget also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3). Eventail's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and monetization model 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. Eventail sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Calendar Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Calendar Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 186 and 236 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Eventail's written reviews are positive against 58% of Calendar Widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Eventail ships an update every 2 weeks, Calendar Widget every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Eventail versus Calendar Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEventailCalendar Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (186 ratings)4.5 (236 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.4% of reviews58.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings186236 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJozef LegenyFugaPiyo Inc.

Customer experience

Eventail

All ratings186 ratings
Positive80.1%
Neutral6.5%
Negative13.4%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive55.4%
Neutral12.5%
Negative32.1%

Calendar Widget

All ratings234 ratings
Positive87.6%
Neutral4.7%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral25.0%
Negative16.7%

Bugs and requests

Eventail

Reported bugs

25 issues
  • No longer supported with current iOS
  • Broken on iOS 17
  • Widgets are blank on iOS 17
  • Does not appear in widget list on iOS 17
  • Widget doesn’t update automatically
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  • Stopped working with iOS 15.1
  • Settings won’t load
  • App keeps crashing
  • Widget stopped loading on iPad
  • Widget doesn’t always show calendar
  • Widgets only say unable to load
  • Widget not always working
  • Widget blank on iPad
  • Calendar widget not showing info
  • Widget doesn't display properly on new iPad Mini 5
  • Widget doesn't load correctly
  • Stuck in configuration mode
  • Doesn’t show calendars data in a widget field
  • Fails to load
  • Unable to load error on iPhone X
  • Widget shows it cannot load after buying pro
  • App cannot load onto widget page
  • Ugly and buggy
  • With turned off empty days still shows empty days
  • Detects closest day with event incorrectly

Requested features

6 requests
  • Hide weekends and hold Monday-to-Friday view
  • More rows showing the whole month
  • Option to launch Google Calendar app
  • Separate widget for reminders with dates
  • Widget showing next 3 to 7 occurrences of a single day of the week
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  • More options for appearance settings

Calendar Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Eventail

One-time1
  • Eventail PRO$4.99
None

Calendar Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Eventail free?
Eventail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Calendar Widget free?
Calendar Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Eventail or Calendar Widget?
Calendar Widget is rated higher. Eventail averages 4.3 out of 5 from 186 ratings, while Calendar Widget averages 4.5 from 236 ratings.
Do Eventail or Calendar Widget have ads?
Calendar Widget shows ads; Eventail does not.
Which is updated more often, Eventail or Calendar Widget?
Eventail ships an update every 2 weeks, and Calendar Widget every 2 months. Most recently, Eventail was updated on October 14, 2026 and Calendar Widget on October 21, 2026.

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