Calalarm Calendar Reviews

So this is a new version, but the visual look is very much like version 1 instead of version 2 which is a bad mistake by the developer. In the month view in front of events, version 1 had lines, ver 2 had dots, now we are back to lines. Version 1 had event times in front of the event with event title and location pushed to the right. Version 2 put the times under the event title and then the location under that. Version 3 is back like version 1. Go back to what it was like in version 2 because I could see more of the event title and it would wrap around - now it gets cut off if it is long. Also, no more time zone settings for events in this version. All around, a step way back just for some widgets I don’t use.

CalalarmCalendar has been my lifeline for years until about a month ago it stopped working properly and your IT can’t figure out how to fix it. I can’t be the only one experiencing these problems on my iPhone. It no longer stops the alarms it’s the stop nag feature in Lock Screen so CalalarmCalendar has basically become useless because I’m not going to keep my phone on all day in order to snooze or stop nag all my calendar reminders/appointments that I have on repeat each day for all my tasks. Please fix this!

CalAlarm 2 was awesome. This new version is really frustrating.

I liked the old nag every minute function until I stopped, moved, or snoozed. However, now, it seems to send multiple alerts so I’ll see 3+ alerts on my Lock Screen for the same thing. In addition, if I tap on the alert on my Lock Screen, it jsut takes me to calendar view - not the snooze/move options of before.

Seems a lot clunkier and glitchier than the last version. Not writing just to complain - I hope th developers read this and bring back version 2. And maybe refund all of us who paid for this worse-than-before upgrade (that said, I loved version 2 so much I’d happily pay the 5 bucks again to invest in that one. Thankful I didn’t delete it and can still use it!)

I have had CalalarmCalendar since 2016, I believe, and I loved it. I wouldn’t use anything else. It worked pretty much seamlessly, although it would sometimes spontaneously turn my alarm off on an appointment. I recently updated to iOS 17.1 on my iPhone and was no longer able to access my CalAlarm. It would try to open and then crash. Since I have a ton of appointments and alarms set and absolutely need CalalarmCalendar , I spent the $6.99 to buy Version 3. I’m pretty much hate it now. My alarms pop up and when I tap to either clear or snooze, they disappear. I added an appointment that would overlap another appointment and instead of putting them side by side, it pushed the other appointment out past the new one I entered. Please, please bring this version back to the quality of the previous one. I really do not want to have to find another option. Although you have my $6.99 already, so perhaps it won’t matter to you.

So I've been a user of CalAlarm for years. It's a life saver for me and keeps me completely organized. I love the fact the that alarm will continue until you interact with the device and keep nagging you if you don't.

Unfortunately, version 3 has a lot of quirky and unreliable behavior. Sometimes the alerts don't fire. Sometimes the nag alert fires when it shouldn't. They changed how some of the snooze features work, which are ok, but took some getting used to. I have reverted back to the perfect and stable version 2.

I recommend contacting support with any issues. They do respond, however their response is a bit slow and a bit... cold. But they do respond. I'm not sure how big their team is. I get the feeling it's small.

I will continue to support CalalarmCalendar because I've come to rely heavily on it and there are no other calendar apps that have the same alert/nag features that I'm aware of. Hopefully they will address the problems with V3 soon and I can go back to using it. Until then, V2 it is!

I love Calalarm, but like other reviewers have indicated, this new V3 version is buggy. New updates seem to fix some problems while introducing more bugs. The current 1.5.2 version has two persistent bugs that I’ve contacted the developer about and have not received a response on.

1. When creating a new event, the calendar view often shows the next month on save but with the current month in the title. For instance, if I create an event for February 1 and save it, the monthly calendar will jump to all of the March dates, but the title at the top will still say February. This bug is intermittent.

2. When creating a new event and selecting “none” as the reminder, the reminder reverts back to either 10 minutes before the event or when creating an all day event, it adds two reminders for the day before and the day of the event. You have to save the event then go back in to remove the reminder and save again. It’s annoying. This bug is consistent.

With that said, I still prefer CalalarmCalendar to any of the other available iOS calendars. The alarm nag feature is especially indispensable. I just wish the current version wasn’t so buggy. V2 was flawless.

I’ve been using Calalarm for 10 years. I bought v2, so I’m a bit upset that I’m having to pay for v3 just because v2 no longer works with the new iPhone update. But v3 works perfectly so far. Not sure what the other reviews were talking about. Snooze and nagging works perfectly for me which is why I need CalalarmCalendar.

I’ve used CalAlarm v2 for a long time and it was great. Until it stopped working after ios update that is. Now onto v3 and I found that alarms only sometimes worked. What I found is that IOS Focus interferes with CalalarmCalendar! CalalarmCalendar seems to tie into IOS Calendar, so whatever interferes with that will interfere with CalAlarm. After turning off Focus, alarms work as expected so far. The author should mention this.

I updated to V3 and noticed I can not longer select the option to alert at the time of event, 1 hour before and one day before the event all for the same event. I’m not sure if this was a change or a setting adjustment but honestly that was the main reason I used CalalarmCalendar because no others allowed you to do that.

Unfortunately ver. 3 doesn’t work properly yet. When a reminder pops up on the Lock Screen and I tap to open it (and unlock the screen) it now opens the appointment in edit mode rather than showing the snooze options. Very time-consuming and distracting as I have to read what it is and when to decide what to edit the reminder to and save & close. Hopefully this will be fixed very soon or I’ll have to revert back to ver. 2.

For those who's iPhone's are no longer sending an alert - this can a problem with the Apple watch OS 10 update. It changed alot of things about how alerts work on your iPhone ... IF you are also wearing a Apple watch. IMHO - all these changes were implemented in poor judgment. I've just sent 3 hours researching how to make my iPhone also sound an Alert simultaneously with the Apple watch, even when the LOCK screen is one! It was a bear to figure out but it can be done!

When snoozing within CalalarmCalendar . It does not update or move on the notification screen.

I have tried other calendar apps to see if they improved—other calendar apps were more popular. CalAlarm is still the BEST, provides a diversity of alerts, customizable alerts, and you can SEE the appointments. Druthers: 1) Would like to see integration of tasks into CalAlarm; 2) better visibility of the “today“ date on the monthly display; and 3) more alerts sounds.
Make sure your iPhone is updated to prevent possible alert problems. If there’s a problem and you contact support, they will provide the solution. Thank you, Devart

First off, the nag alarm means it will keep nagging you to address the reminder you set, even if your chainsaw is making detection impossible, eventually it’ll get through and you don’t miss the alert. Priceless. Makes a calendar reminder functional.
Next, everything works great: remind you every day or every 2nd Tuesday or first Monday of each month or whatever you need.
I could go on. Highly recommended.

I’ll be honest with you, I live by CalalarmCalendar. It is the only way that I’m able to remember most of the things that I need to in a given day from each kids drop off, pickup, soccer, basketball, camp, meetings at work, changing the air filters… you name it. If I need to remember it, it goes in CalalarmCalendar. Calendar and To-Do apps give you a small alert about a task or entry you need to remember. I NEED something to nag me and gradually alert me so I’m ready ahead of time.

This wonderful calendar app is what I'm using now. I've switched around between many calendar apps, including those with more features such as BusyCal & Informant, but CalalarmCalendar is much easier to use with a cleaner user interface, and of course has an excellent multi-alarm feature. And there is only one fee to get Premium features ... Calalarm has NO SUBSCRIPTION (unlike Fantastical, for example)!

As a long time user, I was reluctant to upgrade to v3 for fear there would be conflicts with iOS 17 and my SE2020. For the most part I’m pleased, but there are some minor changes and issues that I’m dealing with, though certainly not significant enough to abandon CalalarmCalendar.

Especially as an octogenarian, I’ve been very pleased with the developer’s timely, courteous, and helpful responses to my inquiries, as we try to clarify my concerns.
Four years later and using IPhone 13 I’m still highly rating this calendar app. Easy to use and great functionality. Works like a charm on IOS 18.3.

I hated CalalarmCalendar before the new version came out.
Erratic alarm, no end-of-the-event alarm feature and many more issues.
Now it works like a charm. Most importantly it streamlined my day not just work. I get an alarm for new events and when I can’t do it able to move it to another time. I get an alarm when the event is ending so I don’t miss my next meeting or event.

A Great App! It adds intuitive features that are lacking in the native Apple Calendar. This added functionality is more in tune with how one’s brain works when organizing & updating events: either manually, on a basic paper calendar or organizer system (like:”At A Glance”),or via a smartphone or computer. The ability to customize the settings makes all the difference. Instead of having to conform to the limitations of ICal or Outlook, you can tailor Calalarm’s settings to plan/organize & update as you do. BONUS POINTS: The ability to assign unique reminder sounds independent of ICal.

I, like many others, have stopped, receiving the nagging alarms on version three. The alarms are not sounding on any of my devices, nor are they repeating for me. I have waited a while before writing a negative review, hoping that the developer would fix it. The developer seems to be working on adding additions and options, but not working on fixing this very important bug that is in CalalarmCalendar . Very important to me that this problem would get fixed, and it would easily be once again a five star app. Excellent app, but if the basic functionality does not work, it’s pretty worthless, unfortunately.