Circumflex Booking vs SimplyBook.me

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Circumflex Booking

by sutregutt

Health B80

SimplyBook.me

by Really Simple Plugins

Health B81

Active-install trajectory

Circumflex BookingSimplyBook.me

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Circumflex Booking	SimplyBook.me
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	30K–40K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-29%	+50% ✓
Overall health	—	B · 81 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	67/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	3.7★ ✓
Reviews	0	1 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	17d ago ✓	1mo ago
Downloads · 30d	421	20.8K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.6%	14% ✓
Category	Booking & Events	Booking & Events

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Circumflex BookingSimplyBook.me

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.