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Dividend calendar vs dividend tracker

Dividend Calendar vs Dividend Tracker

A dividend calendar shows when your dividends are paid: ex-dividend dates, pay dates, and what is coming next. A dividend tracker shows how much you earn: income per holding, your annual total, and your monthly average. The calendar answers "when," the tracker answers "how much," and most dividend investors want both. OnlyDividends combines them in one app: enter a ticker and share count and you get a forward calendar and a running income total, after tax, without linking a bank or brokerage account.

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Two words, two different jobs

The terms get used interchangeably, but they answer different questions. A dividend calendar is about timing: which dividends are coming, on what dates, and when the cash lands. A dividend tracker is about income: how much each holding pays and what it all adds up to.

Pick a tool that only does one, and you end up filling the gap by hand: a calendar with no income totals, or an income tracker with no view of what is coming next.

What most investors actually need is one place that answers both "when will I be paid" and "how much will I earn."

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One app that is both calendar and tracker

OnlyDividends is built to be both at once. You add a position with two fields, the ticker and your share count, and the app builds a forward calendar of upcoming payments and keeps a running total of your income.

You get the timing view and the income view from the same data, in your currency and after tax, so you never have to reconcile a separate calendar and spreadsheet.

  • Calendar side: a rolling 12-month view of upcoming payments
  • Tracker side: annual income total and monthly average
  • Ex-dividend and pay dates plus per-payment amounts
  • After-tax figures from a single withholding-tax setting
  • Pay-day notifications tying timing and income together
  • No bank login and no brokerage credentials, ever
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How the calendar and tracker work together

  • 01

    Calendar: when you get paid

    A forward view of upcoming dividends by month, with ex-dividend and pay dates, so timing is never a guess.

  • 02

    Tracker: how much you earn

    A running annual income total and monthly average, recalculated as your holdings change.

  • 03

    Notifications bridge both

    Each pay-day reminder shows the net amount landing, connecting a calendar date to real income.

  • 04

    One setup feeds both views

    Add a holding with a ticker and share count once, and it appears on the calendar and in your income totals.

  • 05

    Global, multi-currency

    Calendar dates and income totals both span 70+ exchanges and six currencies in one consistent view.

  • 06

    No bank or brokerage linking

    Both views are built from public market data and your share counts, never from access to your accounts.

How the calendar and tracker work together
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Dividend calendar vs dividend tracker

OnlyDividendsCalendar onlyTracker only
Upcoming pay datesYesYesSometimes
Ex-dividend datesYesYesRarely
Income per holdingYesNoYes
Annual & monthly totalsYesNoYes
After-tax figuresYesRarelySometimes
Pay-day notificationsYesSometimesRarely
AnswersWhen & how muchWhenHow much
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Who this is for

  • Investors unsure whether they need a calendar, a tracker, or both
  • Dividend investors who want timing and income in one place
  • Income investors planning cash flow around pay dates
  • ETF investors tracking distributions and their totals together
  • Privacy-focused investors who refuse to link a bank or brokerage

Dividend Calendar vs Dividend Tracker

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Frequently asked questions

A dividend calendar shows when dividends are paid, with ex-dividend dates, pay dates, and upcoming payments. A dividend tracker shows how much you earn, with income per holding and your totals. The calendar answers timing; the tracker answers income. OnlyDividends does both.

Most dividend investors benefit from both. A calendar alone leaves you without income totals; a tracker alone leaves you without a view of what is coming next. A combined app like OnlyDividends covers both, so you do not have to choose.

Yes. OnlyDividends builds a forward calendar of upcoming payments and a running income total from the same data, so the timing view and the income view always agree.

A pure calendar usually shows dates and per-payment amounts but not your portfolio income totals. OnlyDividends adds the tracker side, so each calendar entry rolls into your annual and monthly income figures.

After tax, if you want. A single withholding-tax setting adjusts the tracker figures to net values. This is a planning estimate, not a tax filing.

Yes. OnlyDividends never connects to a brokerage or bank. You add holdings manually with a ticker and share count, and both the calendar and tracker are built from public dividend data.

Yes. The free plan covers up to 3 stocks with both the calendar and the income tracker. Premium raises the limit to 50 stocks for about $6.99 per month or $49.99 per year.