PP Calendar Reminders vs Linear Calendar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PP Calendar Reminders
Manage reminders and view holidays with this utility app. Easily reschedule, mark as complete, or ignore reminders. Access public, lunar, and region-specific holidays with detailed date information and countdowns.
- Create Gregorian/Lunar reminders
- Quickly reschedule reminders
- Mark reminders as completed
- View public & lunar holidays
- Holiday countdown
- Sync reminders via iCloud
- Widget for quick info
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PP Calendar is a Calendar app focusing on reminders and holidays. Features: 1. Reminder: a) Create reminder based on Gregorian or Lunar date. b) Quickly reschedule reminder to next day, next month, next year, etc in context menu. c) Complete a reminder. - Mark reminder as completed. - View completion record. d) Ignore a reminder if it's not important. e) Support for alert in advance. f) Reminders can be set to repeat every lunar year & every lunar month. 2. Holiday: a) View public & lunar holidays in one place. b) View day of year, week of year. c) Holiday countdown. d) You can check out not only lunar dates, but also Stems-and-Branches, Chinese zodiac, the 24 Solar terms, and traditional Chinese holidays. 3. Context menu support. 4. Badge app icon. 5. Sync reminders across multiple iOS devices with iCloud. 6. Widget: Quickly check today information. 7. It's universal: - iPhone, iPad and iPod touch support - Rotation on iPad - Split View & Slide Over(On compatible iPad models only) Supported holidays: 1) General holidays 2) Region specific holidays.(United States, Japan, South Korea, China mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan) 3) Chinese Lunar holidays 4) Solar terms Range: 1901/01/01 - 2100/12/31 (Gregorian) 1900/11/11 - 2100/12/01 (Chinese Lunar)
Linear Calendar
This app offers a minimalist calendar experience, displaying a full year at a glance with clear text and intuitive graphics. It focuses on essential features, reducing clutter for a relaxed and stress-free user experience with seamless cloud synchronization across devices.
- Full year calendar view
- Graphic-based information display
- Simplified options
- Focus on practical functions
- Minimalist UI design
- Intuitive operation
- Cloud synchronization
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《Features of this App》 【The calendars are clearly listed】 List the calendars for a whole year at a time and you can just slide the phone up and down ,then you can know the calendars of the whole year clearly. The text styles are square and clear ,and the date lists are not interrupted, so you can see the days scheduled calendars and free days. 【Picture instead of text】 Reduce text design on the app, and use graphics or colors instead of text to express information, which can make the picture more refreshing and comfortable, and improve the mood. 【Reduce barriers to options】 Instead of messy options, clear and simple options are provided, allowing users to choose their favorite items or preferences with confidence. 【No useless features】 Provide practical functions. Many functions are not used often and that will complicate the user experience. 【Use without stress】 Since our UI design pursues a minimalist design, the mood when using the App will be relaxed and free of any pressure. 【Minimalist operation steps】 The complexity of the screen is reduced. The records of the calendar and the necessary function options can be clearly displayed and allow users to operate more intuitively. 【Cloud synchronization between devices】 The added or deleted calendars will be synchronized between different mobile phones or tablets. Even if the mobile phone or device is changed, the calendars can be synchronized back.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Linear Calendar at 83% against PP Calendar Reminders's 0%. Linear Calendar also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and rating (4.3 vs 4.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. PP Calendar Reminders sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Linear Calendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Linear Calendar holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of PP Calendar Reminders's written reviews are positive against 83% of Linear Calendar's.
PP Calendar Reminders ships an update every 2 months, Linear Calendar fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | PP Calendar Reminders | Linear Calendar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (10 ratings) | 4.3 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 金鹏 王 | JIAN-XIN JIANG |
Customer experience
PP Calendar Reminders
Linear Calendar
In-app purchases
PP Calendar Reminders
- [More Features]$1.99
Linear Calendar
- Linear Calendar - Full version$4.99
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