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Head-to-head

Calendars vs Google Calendar

Calendars 4.7★ · Free + IAP 75
Winner Calendars
Google Calendar 4.5★ · Free to download 60

Calendars (App A) is generally preferred for its user experience and customization, despite recent frustrations with its free tier and subscription changes, while Google Calendar (App B) struggles with recent UI changes and persistent bugs.

Full reviews: Calendars · Google Calendar

Calendars (App A) offers a highly customizable and user-friendly experience with strong visual organization, though recent changes to its free features and subscription model have caused user frustration. Google Calendar (App B) is praised for its core functionality and integration but is currently hampered by negative feedback on recent UI updates, limited customization, and recurring glitches.

Head to head

Features & Customization edge: CalendarsR2R5R6R7
Calendars Calendars offers extensive color-coding options for events and tasks, multiple views (including a month-at-a-glance), and integrated to-do lists R2R5R8. However, many users are frustrated that basic features like recurring events, multiple alarms, and advanced color editing are now locked behind a paid subscription, or were removed from the free version R6R7R10R13.
Google Calendar Google Calendar users appreciate its core scheduling and reminder features, and some recent updates have added more color options for events . However, many users are dissatisfied with the limited color choices for events, the inability to set dark mode independently, and the lack of a 'repeat every weekday' option on mobile .
Ease of Use & UI edge: CalendarsR2R5R8R11
Calendars Users generally find Calendars easy to use with a great design, appreciating features like color-coded events and a clear month view R2R5R8. Some users, however, found the new version less intuitive than its predecessor or reported issues with navigation R11.
Google Calendar Google Calendar is often described as fast and easy to use for basic functions . However, recent updates have introduced significant usability issues, including a problematic new interface for switching calendars, difficulty navigating between weeks, and an inability to resize widgets . Many users also dislike the static '31' icon, wishing it would display the current date R68R72R81R86.
Reliability & Sync tieR1R3R4R9
Calendars Many users report significant issues with Calendars, including events disappearing or not syncing correctly with shared calendars, Google Calendar, or Apple Calendar R1R3R9R20. Some also experience the app not loading or widgets not showing dates R4.
Google Calendar Google Calendar users report frequent issues with events not syncing quickly between desktop and mobile, or with other apps . A recurring and frustrating bug causes the app to freeze or crash when entering event locations R111. Some users also note inconsistent notifications .
Price & Value edge: Google CalendarR6R7R9R10
Calendars Calendars is a free app with in-app purchases, but many users are very unhappy about recent changes that moved previously free, basic features (like recurring events, multiple alarms, and advanced color editing) behind a monthly subscription paywall R6R7R10R13. Users who paid a one-time fee for an older version feel scammed by the shift to subscription and subsequent feature blocking R9. There are also reports of being charged after canceling a trial and issues with lifetime access being ignored .
Google Calendar Google Calendar is free to download and use. While it lacks some advanced features, its core functionality is available without cost. Users who dislike the app's issues often state they would rather pay for a different app than use Google Calendar for free .
Support edge: CalendarsR14R45R47R111
Calendars Calendars receives praise for its top-notch customer support when issues arise R14R47. However, some users report difficulty reaching human support, encountering only AI responses R45.
Google Calendar There is no specific feedback on Google Calendar's customer support in the provided reviews, though some users express frustration that known bugs persist without resolution R111.
Pick Calendars if

you prioritize a highly customizable and visually organized calendar experience with features like extensive color-coding and integrated tasks, and are willing to pay for a subscription to unlock its full potential R2R5.

Pick Google Calendar if

you need a basic, free calendar that integrates well with other Google services and don't mind its current UI quirks, limited customization, or recurring bugs .

Evidence note: Reviews for Google Calendar are heavily skewed towards recent negative feedback regarding UI changes and bugs, making it difficult to assess its overall long-term user satisfaction beyond core functionality. Calendars' reviews also show a strong negative reaction to recent changes in its free-to-paid feature model.

Frequently asked

Does Calendars (App A) offer a free version?
Yes, Calendars (App A) is free to download, but many basic features like recurring events, multiple alarms, and advanced color editing are now locked behind a monthly subscription, leading to user frustration R6R7R10R13.
Do Calendars (App A) and Google Calendar (App B) sync with other calendars?
Calendars (App A) is designed to sync with Apple and Google calendars, though many users report issues with inconsistent or slow syncing R3R9R20R39. Google Calendar (App B) integrates with Gmail and other apps, but users frequently experience delays in changes reflecting on the mobile app .
Why is Google Calendar's (App B) app icon always '31'?
Many Google Calendar (App B) users are frustrated that the app icon constantly displays '31' instead of the current date, unlike other calendar apps, which they find less functional and visually unhelpful R68R72R81R86.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R2] Calendars 5/5 · US Excellent: So easy to use, everything color coded makes it easy to see at a glance.
  2. [R5] Calendars 5/5 · US Best calendar app in existence: update: they gave us so many new color options! I still would love to be able to label the colors! Also thanks for bringing the month’s tab back to the lower part of the screen! Makes the UX and UI sooo much better! What a great design team! This is my all time favorite app because it’s soooo much easier to use. Only things I wish it had were more color options an
  3. [R6] Calendars 3/5 · US Don’t bother if looking for free: Can’t even have weekly events repeat without buying Pro. Thanks but no thanks.
  4. [R7] Calendars 1/5 · US Not the best: I have used many calendar apps and you have to pay for repeat events like wth!! Over rated in my opinion. Use time tree!
  5. [R8] Calendars 5/5 · US Love iT: I have been using it for 5 years now. I use it everyday for my crazy work schedule . It works great for me . I love the month at glance !
  6. [R11] Calendars 5/5 · US Not easy to use: This new version is not an improvement. I used Calendars 5 as long as I could. I would prefer a physical date book to this new one.
  7. [R1] Calendars 1/5 · US Disappointed: Had this app for an about two years have lost all of my important dates twice! Look for a better and more reliable app!
  8. [R3] Calendars 3/5 · US Calendars kept dissapearing because you have to have an apple or Google calender already: My whole calender disappeared and the whole reason I had it was because I had deleted the Apple calendars app but it needs it for it to work? Defeats the whole purpose of a calender app
  9. [R4] Calendars 1/5 · US Could not even use because it wouldn’t load: Just like the title says.
  10. [R9] Calendars 3/5 · US No longer worth the money: I bought this app when it was a one time fee. Then they changed it to a subscription and I paid because it’s what I’m used to. But it is consistently behind in syncing with shared calendars, and my phones calendar now offers all of the same features, further making an annual subscription a waste of money, when I’m having to go into my phone calendar regularly to see thin
  11. [R10] Calendars 2/5 · US Free version does not allow recurring events: Looking for free basic cal but lack of ability to make events recurring makes this an incomplete calendar. Other functions seemed great.
  12. [R14] Calendars 5/5 · US Best calendar app!: Not only is the app itself easy to use and fully functional, if there’s ever an issue, their support team is top notch.
  13. [R45] Calendars 3/5 · US Phone Sync: Waaaaaaaa, Calanders worked fine, then one day poof, would not sync with my phone. Tried to reach help but got AI… I have not learned how to talk to AI, ended up with all these things to try…no luck. Try something else, I paid for the year or I would leave.
  14. [R47] Calendars 5/5 · US Best Calendar app ever: I have used this app for several years now. I especially like the fact that I can look at the month and see the beginning text of each scheduled event of the month, so that I can see what event I have planned without digging into the individual date. It synchs perfectly with the Apple calendar so tapping on a date and time in my email creates the event in Calendars automat
  15. [R111] Google Calendar 3/5 · US Location glitch that won’t go away: When entering a new calendar invite on iPhone, I must enter all details except location first, save it, then edit to add location otherwise the event freezes and a restart of the app is required. It’s been happening for about 12 months. Today, I went back to an event I booked earlier this morning to add location. It froze. Needed to close and restart app. This i
  16. [R13] Calendars 1/5 · US Very Sneaky! Features taken away and locked behind a monthly subscription: I was using this app for a long time on its basic level. Now, after the last “update”, they took several simple features away and locked behind a monthly subscription. Editing colors, multiple alarms for events and reminders have been stripped naked. That’s a hard NO for me. That’s like car manufacturers would suddenly ch
  17. [R20] Calendars 5/5 · US Sync: Been using this app since 2018 and still love it but it’s doesn’t seem to be syncing my changes in this app to my Google Calendar and therefore not on my watch. Maybe it’s just slow?
  18. [R39] Calendars 3/5 · US Something has happened…: This, and Calendars 5 (the predecessor), have been my go to phone calendar app for years. But recently, it been consistently boning me, by not updating my calendars in the cloud, and not being updated by them. (Multiple calendars, iCloud & Google) I’d love a force sync button or something. Too many times lately, I’ve put things in, or changed them, and it the next day or t
  19. [R68] Google Calendar 4/5 · US Wish the day of the month showed on the app: The app works great. I love how calendar invites that come in to my Gmail also goes to my calendar once accepted. The only complaint I have is that it always shows “31” on the app. It would be nice if it showed the day of the month, like Apple calendar does. It’s helpful for quick glance to see the date.
  20. [R72] Google Calendar 3/5 · US Live date gone: Love the app, but don’t like the update where today’s date is no longer part of the app icon.
  21. [R81] Google Calendar 3/5 · US Suggestions: Can you please make it so the app icon has today’s date? And is there a way to delete past events, but not one by one?
  22. [R86] Google Calendar 4/5 · US Just needs one tweak: I wish the app icon would show the date, instead of constantly saying 31.

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store