Super Agenda vs the Google Calendar Widget: Is the Default Enough?
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Bottom line. Pick the Google Calendar widget if you want a month view or your tasks on the home screen, and you do not need to change how it looks. Pick Super Agenda if you want an agenda you can style in detail, with time settings that decide which events show.
Quick summary
For many people, the Google Calendar widget is enough. It comes from the same app you use for your calendar. Google's help page lists two widgets: "Calendar schedule", which shows tasks and upcoming events, and "Calendar month view", which shows your schedule one month at a time.
Super Agenda is for the moment you want more control. It shows the events of the calendars on your phone, including Google Calendar, as an agenda list. You choose the colors, text sizes, shapes, transparency, and corner radius. It has no month grid and no tasks.
If you use the Google Calendar app and are happy with the widget, you do not need to change. This comparison is for people who want to change how the widget looks or which events it shows.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Super Agenda | Google Calendar widget |
|---|---|---|
| Type of product | Separate widget app | Widget inside the Google Calendar app |
| Agenda or schedule list | Yes, with optional day headers and an optional timeline | Yes ("Calendar schedule") |
| Month grid widget | No | Yes ("Calendar month view") |
| Tasks | No | Yes, in the schedule widget |
| Layout choices | One column, or two columns (today and next) | Resize the widget |
| Calendars shown | Calendars on the phone: Google Calendar and any account that syncs to the Android calendar | Google lists no calendar choice on the widget help page |
| Add an event | Toolbar button | Create button |
| Colors, text sizes, shapes, transparency, corner radius | Yes, for each part (Pro) | Not listed on Google's help page |
| Built-in designs and saved presets | Yes; save, share, and import (Pro) | Not listed on Google's help page |
| Dark mode | Day and night themes that follow the system (Pro) | On Android 10 and up, the widget switches to dark with the system dark theme or battery saver; on Android 9 and lower it is always light |
| Time settings | Past events, days ahead, maximum events, hide declined, hide all-day | Not listed on Google's help page |
| Several widgets with their own calendars and style | Yes | Not listed on Google's help page |
Checked on 2026-10-23. Features and prices checked on 2026-10-23, using Google's help pages for adding the widget and for dark theme. "Not listed" means the help page does not mention it. The widget may do more on your phone than the help page says, so check the widget settings on your device.
Key differences
- Month view. Google has a month widget. Super Agenda does not.
- Tasks. Google's schedule widget shows tasks. Super Agenda shows events only.
- Look. Super Agenda has style options for each part of the widget, and you can share a design as a file. Google's help page lists only resize, move, and remove.
- Event filters. Super Agenda lets you hide declined events and all-day events and set how many days ahead and how many events to show. These settings are free.
- Fit with the system. The Google widget follows your system dark mode. Super Agenda's day and night themes (Pro) also follow it.
Your calendar, on your home screen. Super Agenda is a free, very customizable agenda widget for Android. No account, no ads.
Price
- Google Calendar widget. It is part of the Google Calendar app. Google's help page lists no separate charge for the widget.
- Super Agenda. Free to download. One one-time in-app purchase, "Super Agenda Pro", unlocks all style options: colors, layouts, per-widget styles, presets, and day and night themes. The time settings and the calendar choice are free. There is no subscription.
Without Pro, you get the agenda and the free settings, but not the styling. If you only want the default look, the Google widget costs you nothing extra.
Verdict
- Pick the Google Calendar widget if you want a month grid, you want tasks next to your events, or you want a widget that needs no extra app.
- Pick Super Agenda if you want to change colors, text sizes, and shapes, hide declined or all-day events, or keep a separate look for a work widget and a home widget.
- Use both if you want a month grid on one home screen and a styled agenda on another.
To set up the Google widget first, read how to put Google Calendar on your home screen. For other options, see five Google Calendar widget alternatives. On a Pixel phone, see the Pixel widget guide.
Your calendar, on your home screen. Super Agenda is a free, very customizable agenda widget for Android. No account, no ads.
Super Agenda is not affiliated with Google.