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Head-to-head

eCalendar vs Weekly Planner

eCalendar 4.7★ · Free + IAP 65
Winner Tie
Weekly Planner 4.7★ · Free + IAP 60

eCalendar is better for families needing a shared digital display and chore management, while Weekly Planner is better for individual, detailed weekly planning, despite recent negative updates.

Full reviews: eCalendar · Weekly Planner

eCalendar excels as a family organizer with chore tracking and a large format display, but struggles with technical glitches and customer support. Weekly Planner offers a familiar paper planner feel for individual use, but recent updates have locked core features behind a paywall and caused data loss.

Head to head

Features & Functionality edge: eCalendarR1R2R3R8
eCalendar eCalendar is highly praised for its family organization features, including chore tracking, reward systems, and meal planning, making it effective for managing household schedules R2R8R23. Users appreciate the large format calendar and the ability to assign tasks to individuals with color coding R3R41. However, some users report issues with photo loading, live photos converting to videos, and a lack of advanced features like Google Calendar integration or more inclusive emoji options R1R15. Task reordering and custom recurring tasks are also requested .
Weekly Planner Weekly Planner is valued for its straightforward, paper-like interface, making it easy to use for personal scheduling and note-taking . Users like the ability to use emojis and track hours worked . However, recent updates have significantly limited free functionality, requiring premium for planning beyond a week or accessing past entries R61R66R69. There are also requests for more advanced recurring event options and multi-page notes .
Ease of Use tieR9R14R15R23
eCalendar Many eCalendar users find the app user-friendly and easy to set up, especially for managing family schedules R14R23. However, others report challenges with the phone app interface, difficulty changing weeks/months, and non-intuitive syncing between family members R9. Some updates have also made the product less usable for certain functions R15.
Weekly Planner Weekly Planner is generally praised for its simple, intuitive interface that mimics a paper planner . Users find it easy to input data . However, recent updates have introduced significant usability issues, such as the inability to plan beyond a week without paying, blurred past entries, and broken copy/paste functions R69.
Reliability & Performance tieR1R6R13R15
eCalendar eCalendar suffers from numerous reliability issues, including glitches, screens getting stuck or turning off, and problems with photos and live photos R1R13R15. Syncing problems are frequently reported, both with external calendars like Outlook and between devices R6. Some devices have also stopped working entirely after a short period .
Weekly Planner Weekly Planner has experienced severe reliability issues with recent updates, including complete data erasure for some users R64. Syncing between devices (iPhone and iPad) is a persistent problem, with entries not appearing across devices R71R75R87R93. Widgets are also reported as broken .
Price & Value edge: eCalendarR3R7R23R41
eCalendar eCalendar is seen as an affordable alternative to more expensive digital calendars like Skylight, offering good value for its features R23R41. Users appreciate the lack of a subscription for core features R3. However, the frequent glitches and poor customer service detract from its overall value for some R7.
Weekly Planner Weekly Planner was previously valued for its free basic functions, but recent updates have made many core planning features, such as planning beyond a week or viewing past entries, premium-only R61R66R69. This shift has led to significant user dissatisfaction, with many feeling forced to pay for previously free functionality R69. Some users who paid for lifetime subscriptions before updates are now being asked to pay again .
Customer Support tieR7R10R21R34
eCalendar eCalendar's customer service is widely criticized for being unresponsive and unhelpful. Users report long wait times for live agents, no responses to emails or tickets, and difficulty getting issues resolved R7R10R21R34.
Weekly Planner Weekly Planner's customer support is also consistently reported as non-existent or unresponsive. Users mention waiting weeks for email replies, not receiving support after purchasing premium, and a lack of solutions for syncing or data loss issues R75.
Pick eCalendar if

You need a digital calendar for family organization, chore management, and meal planning, especially if you value a large display and a reward system for kids R2R8R23. You are willing to tolerate occasional glitches and potentially unresponsive customer service for a more affordable option R1R7R41.

Pick Weekly Planner if

You prefer a simple, paper-like planner interface for individual weekly scheduling and note-taking . You are prepared to pay for a premium subscription to access essential planning features beyond one week and are comfortable with the risk of data loss or syncing issues R69.

Evidence note: Both apps have a significant number of negative recent reviews, particularly regarding reliability and customer support. Weekly Planner's recent negative skew is largely due to a shift from free to paid functionality for core features, which has alienated many long-term users. eCalendar's issues are more related to ongoing technical glitches and poor support.

Frequently asked

Does eCalendar offer a free version?
Yes, eCalendar is a Free + IAP app, and users appreciate that core features like the large format calendar and basic planning do not require a subscription R3.
Can Weekly Planner sync across multiple devices?
No, Weekly Planner frequently fails to sync entries between devices like iPhones and iPads, leading to frustration for users who need cross-device functionality R71R75R87R93.
What are the main complaints about eCalendar?
The main complaints about eCalendar include frequent glitches, photos not loading correctly or live photos converting to videos, difficulty syncing with external calendars like Outlook, and consistently unresponsive customer service R1R6R7R15.
Why are recent Weekly Planner reviews so negative?
Recent Weekly Planner reviews are negative because updates have locked previously free, essential planning features (like planning beyond one week or viewing past entries) behind a paywall, causing data loss for some users and requiring existing lifetime subscribers to pay again R61R64R66R69.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R1] eCalendar 1/5 · US Malfunction: Pictures don’t load correctly. Upside down, black screen, blurry. Live Photos timing off. Screensaver gets stuck.
  2. [R2] eCalendar 5/5 · US Has changed our home: This calendar was a Mothers Day gift. It has changed everything! Kids are getting chores done now without me having to hound them. I now don’t have to constantly remind my husband about our family schedule that revolves around sports etc. also we just started using meal planner to host a huge family event in lieu of a spreadsheet to plan to have the entire family here for
  3. [R3] eCalendar 3/5 · US Not enough memory: The things I love: No subscription! I enjoy the large format calendar that you can easily see what each individual is doing. I enjoy the list, to-do, meal planner and can run it from my phone. I do not have a use for the reward system but it is a great feature for those with younger kids. The things I do not love and truly the deal breaker for me. Very little storage/memory. 16
  4. [R8] eCalendar 5/5 · US Kids are doing chores!!: Nothing has worked for chores at our house until now!!
  5. [R9] eCalendar 3/5 · US Ecalendar: It is challenging to use the phone app. It is a challenge to change weeks and months to schedule events. Syncing between my family is also not very intutive.
  6. [R14] eCalendar 5/5 · US Liking it so far: Seems pretty user friendly so far!
  7. [R15] eCalendar 3/5 · US Update rendered this product useless: I use this as a digital photo album when the calendars aren’t being used. I really liked that feature. But a recent update made it so that all live photos (which is every photo for many phone users), it uploads those as videos instead of photos, so it has essentially rendered this useless to me. Who has a digital frame that they want to show videos on 24/7? No
  8. [R23] eCalendar 5/5 · US Great organizational tool!: I always wanted a Skylight but couldn’t see spending the excessive amount of money on it. This eCalendar is great and it’s affordable! It keeps track of our appointments. We are able to assign tasks for my kids and reward them. It’s super easy to use!! Well worth it.
  9. [R6] eCalendar 3/5 · US Upgrades 😔: It was a lot better when it sync up to my outlook
  10. [R13] eCalendar 2/5 · US Not great, but ok: Not a great calendar. It was when I first got it. Then we needed work done to our house and the contractor needed to use an electrical tool so he unplugged my calendar. Ever since it had been unplugged I’ve had nothing but issues. Went a month without being able to use it. I reset my router like the instructions say on google, worked good for a day then again nothing but issues.
  11. [R7] eCalendar 1/5 · US Stay Away from this Product: Terrible customer service. Stopped working less than 24 hrs after starting it. Can’t talk to anyone just text and it won’t let me delete a picture I put on it. Very creepy vibes
  12. [R41] eCalendar 5/5 · US Best skylight dupe you’ll find!: I don’t use this for anything but the calendar function so I couldn’t justify spending almost a grand on the name brand calendar. After doing a lot of research, I chose eCal and I’m pretty happy with it! I love that all of us can have our own color on the calendar, and all the customizations you can do. And this size is able to hang up on a wall (I returned the sma
  13. [R10] eCalendar 1/5 · US Always turns off: It’s squirrelly and the company’s help is non responsive
  14. [R21] eCalendar 3/5 · US Meh.: This app was good until I can no longer change the profiles for events on both the calendar and app. Customer service has been zero help, meaning no response in the “live chat”, or to “tickets”, or emails.
  15. [R34] eCalendar 1/5 · US Trash app: App is laid out poorly doesn’t sync well. Customer service is rude and unhelpful. Save yourself time and frustration by downloading a different app.
  16. [R71] Weekly Planner 5/5 · US Excellent app: I've been using it for about a year, and overall I'm satisfied. However, it would be GREAT to have a few updates: automatic synchronization between devices (it's inconvenient to press a bunch of buttons after every little change); create a monthly planning section, not just a calendar or notes; fix bugs when a keyboard is connected to an iPad in the "today" tab. Thank you! The last update... · translated
  17. [R75] Weekly Planner 3/5 · US Cute planner, but…: I bought the pro version of this planner for my iPad and added the planner to my iPhone. It’s immediately noticed that when I added events to one calendar, it did not synch with the other. I sent that question to the developer. I never got a response. I sent to again, thinking, oh it was a user error and I did something wrong. Again, no response at all. So while the calen
  18. [R87] Weekly Planner 3/5 · GB Sync across devices???: Been using for over a year but still don’t understand why entries won’t download on my iPad from my iPhone which I really need to sync?? Does anyone know? Getting absolutely no solutions from developers so frustrating
  19. [R93] Weekly Planner 3/5 · GB Sharing between Iphone / Ipad: Unfortunatly this dosent seem possible Ive asked for help but support for the app dosent exist 🥲👎
  20. [R61] Weekly Planner 1/5 · US Became paid: I used it for several years, and the basic functions were sufficient. It suddenly became paid; now you can't even plan something a week in advance without premium. Deleting it, looking for a new planner. · translated
  21. [R64] Weekly Planner 1/5 · US All my data was erased on the last update!: All my data was erased on the last update… I was just getting to like it! I don’t like it now and will delete the app.
  22. [R66] Weekly Planner 3/5 · US I love this planner, but I don't want to get premium: I've used this app for many years because it's the most convenient I've seen. A premium subscription for some features is normal, but when you have to pay just to make plans more than a week ahead in a planning app, that's too much. People who download planners don't just plan one week at a time. · translated
  23. [R69] Weekly Planner 3/5 · US Loved this app but now features locked unless you pay: I love the easy of seeing my tasks for the week at a glance. Unfortunately, just last week I no longer have the ability to edit anything on two weeks, even though I already have tasks out farther. Asking me to pay $11.99 mo for something I’ve been using for years. Not cool

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