Comparison · Reminders & timers
Skeddy vs Calendar
If you mainly need to be pinged about things, Skeddy (@SkeddyBot) is the better pick: write a sentence, it confirms the time and sends the reminder, with snooze, repeats and reminders in groups, all free. Calendar (@calendar0bot) is a calendar first: it turns forwarded posts, ticket photos and voice notes into events, sends a morning plan before your first event and syncs both ways with Google Calendar, but it publishes no price and has a smaller audience behind it. Choose Calendar when your plans already live in Google Calendar or arrive as posts and tickets rather than one-line tasks.
@SkeddyBot
FreeOfficialMini App
82/ 100
#2 in Reminders & timersA reminder bot running since 2016: write "call John in 20 minutes" or "pay for internet every 1st of the month" and Skeddy sends it on time, in a private chat or a group. Snooze, tasks you tick off and a Mini App for schedules; free, about 13 thousand monthly users.
@calendar0bot
FreeOfficialMini App
75/ 100
A calendar that lives in Telegram: forward a post, send a voice note, a ticket photo, a PDF or an .ics file, and it becomes an event. A morning plan before your first event, shared calendars for group chats, holidays marked, and two-way sync with Google Calendar plus Apple and CalDAV calendars.
By the numbers
Skeddy is ahead: 82 against 75 out of 100 for Calendar. Skeddy wins on reliability & speed, popularity & trust, price & free tier, usability, safety & privacy. Calendar wins on functionality. Both are free to use.
At a glance
| Skeddy | Calendar | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly users | 13.2K | — |
| Pricing and limits | Free | Free |
| Languages | EN · RU | EN · RU · ES · MULTI |
| Inline mode | no | no |
| Mini App | yes | yes |
| Works in groups | yes | yes |
| Works in channels | no | no |
| Accepts voice | no | yes |
| Accepts files | no | yes |
| Requires phone number | no | no |
| Requires registration | no | no |
| Shows ads | no | no |
| Official | yes | yes |
| Developer | Skeddy | Calendar |
| Last check | September 14, 2026 | September 14, 2026 |
Score by criterion
| Criterion | Weight | Skeddy | Calendar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Functionality | 25 | 8 | 9 |
| Reliability & speed | 15 | 8 | 6 |
| Popularity & trust | 15 | 6 | 4 |
| Price & free tier | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Usability | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| Safety & privacy | 10 | 8 | 7 |
| Freshness | 5 | 8 | 8 |
| Localization | 5 | 10 | 10 |
| No intrusive ads | 5 | 10 | 10 |
| Total | 100 | 82 | 75 |
Pros and cons
Skeddy
- No syntax to learn
- Works in groups, with admin control
- Free, no ads, maintained for ten years
- Fresh rewrite: some older workflows are still coming back
- Parsing outside English and Russian is beta
Calendar
- Turns messy input (posts, tickets, voice) into proper events
- Real sync with the calendar you already use
- Works for one person and for a whole group chat
- Independent project; no pricing or company details published
- AI parsing can misread a date, so check the event it creates
Frequently asked questions
Skeddy or Calendar: which is better?
Skeddy is ahead: 82 against 75 out of 100 for Calendar. Skeddy wins on reliability & speed, popularity & trust, price & free tier, usability, safety & privacy. Calendar wins on functionality. Both are free to use.
Are Skeddy and Calendar free?
Skeddy: Free. Calendar: Free.
Do Skeddy and Calendar work in groups?
Skeddy: yes. Calendar: yes.