Google Calendar vs Jorte

Google Calendar

• Anyone who already has a Google Account and wants a free calendar
• Organizations standardizing on Google Workspace for mail, files and meetings
• Taking bookings through a single free appointment page

Jorte

• People moving from a paper planner who want a similar layout
• Keeping a schedule, to-do lists and a photo diary in one app
• Users who like to restyle their calendar with themes and icons

Google Calendar

• The paid version is only sold as part of Google Workspace, which also includes Gmail, Drive and Meet.
• Personal accounts and Business Starter get one booking page; extra schedules, payments and reminders need Business Standard or higher, or an eligible Google One plan.
• Time Insights and working hours and location are limited to work or school accounts, and Time Insights can only be viewed on a computer.
• No desktop app is listed; Google offers it on the web and as Android and iOS apps.

Jorte

• The free app shows ads; turning them off requires Jorte Plus or Jorte Premium.
• Outlook sync is a paid feature and covers Office 365 Outlook calendars only. Office 365 Solo, Outlook.com calendars and Exchange servers are not supported.
• Icon and theme packs are separate in-app purchases unless you have Premium, which includes unlimited content.
• There is no desktop app: on a computer, Jorte is used through the Jorte PF web service.

Google Calendar

Appointment booking pages

Publish a page where others pick a time on your calendar. Eligible paid plans allow several schedules, Stripe payments, email verification and up to 20 co-hosts.

Shared and layered calendars

Create calendars shared with a team or a whole organization, and view several calendars together, color-coded by category.

Scheduling from Gmail with Gemini

On Workspace plans, Gemini in Gmail can suggest meeting times and add events detected in an email with one click.

Google Meet and attachments

Events can carry a Google Meet video link and attached files, so the call and its documents open from the invitation.

Time Insights and working location

Work and school accounts can see how much time goes to meetings and who they meet most, and can share working hours and location.

Tasks on the calendar

Items from Google Tasks appear on the calendar next to events.

Jorte

Planner-style calendar views

Monthly, weekly, daily and vertical views modeled on paper organizers. The week can start on any day, and lunar dates and public holidays can be shown.

To-do lists and diary

To-do lists sit beside the calendar and can sync with Google Tasks. The diary records text and photos for each day and organizes entries with tags.

Themes and customization

Background images, icons, fonts and colors can all be changed, and purchased theme sets restyle the whole app at once while keeping your schedule.

Event calendars

Follow ready-made calendars such as weekly weather forecasts, national holidays, NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL games and religious calendars, and their events are added automatically.

Jorte PF cloud service

A free service that stores calendars and to-dos in the cloud so they can be viewed and edited from a computer, shared within a group or published.

Widgets and schedule sharing

Home screen widgets come in 25 sizes with adjustable content. An appointment can be turned into a URL and sent by email or messaging apps for others to add.

Google Calendar

• Personal Google Account$0

  Calendar for personal use with a single appointment booking page and no premium booking features.

• Business Starter$7

  per user / month, 1-year commitment ($8.40 flexible)

  Google Workspace with 30 GB pooled storage per user. Calendar is still limited to one booking page.

• Business Standard$14

  per user / month, 1-year commitment ($16.80 flexible)

  2 TB pooled storage per user, plus premium appointment schedules: multiple booking pages, payments and reminders.

• Business Plus$22

  per user / month, 1-year commitment ($26.40 flexible)

  5 TB pooled storage per user, with the same premium appointment schedule features as Business Standard.

• EnterpriseCustom

  For organizations beyond the 300-user limit of the Business editions; priced through Google sales.

Jorte

• Free$0

  The calendar, to-do lists, diary, event calendars and widgets, with ads and without the extra calendars or passcode lock.

• Jorte Plus$3.99

  per year

  Turns ads off and adds up to 100 extra calendars, passcode lock and secret calendars, Outlook calendar sync, push settings and use on multiple devices.

• Jorte Premium$2.99

  per month, or $29.99 per year (Android price)

  Everything in Plus, plus up to 10 extra to-do lists, advanced customization, toolbar settings, unlimited icons and themes and Evernote notes on events.

Google Calendar

• Annual discount

  Lower rate with a 1-year commitment

  Business Starter costs $7 per user per month on the Annual/Fixed-Term Plan versus $8.40 on the Flexible Plan. Standard drops from $16.80 to $14 and Plus from $26.40 to $22.

• Nonprofit

  Google Workspace for Nonprofits at $0

  Verified nonprofits get Google Workspace for Nonprofits at $0 per user, or Business Standard at $3.50 and Business Plus at $6.16 per user per month on a 1-year commitment.

• Education

  Education Fundamentals at no charge

  Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals is available at no charge to qualifying institutions.

Jorte

• Annual discount

  About 16% off Premium with annual billing

  Jorte Premium costs $2.99 a month or $29.99 a year on Android. Twelve monthly payments come to $35.88, so paying annually saves $5.89.