Kalend is the better app overall, scoring 9.6 to 8.6. Kalend wins on 4 of the 5 scores, Craft on 0, with 1 tied.
People who want tasks, habits and a journal in one private, free app
Writers and Apple users who want beautiful notes and docs with little effort
Score by score
The details
| Feature | Kalend | Craft |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Productivity & Notes | Productivity & Notes |
| Category rank | #1 of 10 | #7 of 10 |
| Developer | The Big Head | Craft Docs Ltd |
| Pricing | Free | Free + paid plans |
| Usable for free | Yes | Yes |
| iPhone & iPad | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mac | — | ✓ |
| Windows | — | ✓ |
| Web | — | ✓ |
Strengths and weaknesses
Kalend
- Four planning tools in one app, with nothing locked
- No account; syncs through your own iCloud
- Habit streaks forgive a missed day
- iPhone and iPad only, no Android, Mac or web app
- No shared lists or team features
Kalend folds a to-do list, a calendar, a habit tracker and a journal into one native iPhone and iPad app, and asks nothing for it. There is no account and no company server: everything syncs through your own iCloud and works offline. It is not as deep as Todoist or Things for complex projects, but for planning a normal day it covers a lot of ground for free.
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Craft
- Beautiful documents with almost no formatting work
- Fast, native apps on Mac, iPhone and iPad
- Easy sharing of polished pages on the web
- Database and team features trail Notion
- Best experience is limited to Apple devices
Craft makes writing and organizing notes feel good. Pages nest inside each other as cards, documents look polished with no effort, and you can share any doc as a clean web page. Daily notes, tasks, whiteboards and an AI assistant round it out, and the native apps work offline. It is strongest on Apple devices. The catch: databases and team features are lighter than Notion, and the best features need a subscription.
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