iCalendar Reviews

I have used this calendar app for many years. It has always been a 5-star app! I use it on both my iPhone and iPad. Since one of the recent updates however, I can no longer edit the calendar events on my iPad, only on my iPhone. For instance, if I change a time on the event, it does not allow me to save the edit. This is something I’ve noticed over the past couple of months. I thought it was because I needed to update to iOS 16, which I did just recently. However, that has made no difference. Please fix iCalendar!! I rely on this calendar to keep all of my daily things to do in order.

I was excited to get this app because of the customizable snooze function. When receiving a Calendar notification I have the option to snooze for minutes or hours. I find that very useful.

But I found a major limitation. this app does not run a background task on the iPhone. This means if you add an event to your calendar on Google from your computer it will not sync with this app until you use your iPhone to actually view the calendar. So I would add events to my Google Calendar from my computer and not receive any notifications on my iPhone. Just having this app open but not displayed as the active app on my phone does not cause the calendars to sync

If you schedule all of your calendar events using your iPhone then it should work fine, but if you're like me, working from the desktop all day and scheduling events from there, you won't get event notifications without opening the phone app to cause it to sync.

I did exchange a few emails with Symfonie customer service. They were patient and helpful but acknowledged the limitations of iCalendar .

I used to LOVE iCalendar!! I recommend it to soo many people!! Unfortunately the whole thing got scrambled after the last update! None of my temples were working so I had to create new ones. All the monthly and yearly events I had as repeats are all in the same color so my whole calendar is purple. I am really big on color coding so this really annoys me. I have to go in manually to change all the event colors one by one. It’s not time efficient. And when I use the “all day” button it marks it as 2 days on my calendar. I have tried for a while to adjust to this but idk how much longer I’m gonna be able to tolerate it. I want it to go back to when I loved it!!!

Was a 4 and 5 star app but no longer. I used iCalendar for years and liked it. I don't like the new icon, however, changing the dates to dots. (One of the reasons I preferred this over Apple's is because my entries show up with their name/title instead of a dot so why would I want dots on this icon.) The dots wouldn't be a deal-breaker on their own but I'm also tired of the nickel-and-diming for features. This is a paid app for pete's sake, and it is a calendar app--you have to pay extra for US holidays? That is ridiculous. Thank goodness I just have them transfer from the native app. I can see using IAPs for certain features but holidays isn't one. And now they've added another IAP for locations. If this was a 99-cent app it might make sense but it costs a good bit more than 0.99. I also now have another calendar app that does a better job of displaying events in month mode so looks like I'll start using that one instead. I've always liked the clean look of iCalendar but the recent changes that I don't like and the continual addition of features that cost extra, some of which should absolutely be included in the base PAID app, are driving me away.

When adding an event the event box/window jumps around when changing from writing the name of the event to all other options of planning the event. This is extremely annoying when you are in a hurry (not trying to admire the bounce around cool graphics of transitions). Also, it would be nice to view the last week of a month & the first week of the next month together (not be forced to only look at the weeks in one month at a time). These changes would be highly recommended to the developers. But other than that, it’s a pretty good calendar app. There’s probably better ones out there but good enough to use.

I’ve used iCalendar for at least 5 years and have never had a problem until recently.

When adding new dates to the calendar more than a month away, it randomly resets the spinner to March 1st. You have to spin forward or backwards 18mo by single day to find the day that matches your selected date.

What happened? This used to be the BEST app! I love that you can set it to ring an alarm 2min ahead of your next event and then again on the actual time. That is crucial in my line of work and the main reason I don’t use Apple or Google calendar as a main system.

I’ve been using this for our family calendar for years - we’ve all loved the ease of use, ability to copy and paste multiple times, but especially the custom color coding.

I have four people’s schedules to coordinate and a business on top. Color coding everything was paramount. I had custom colors set for all the calendars. After this last update I’m locked into a list of preset colors for some reason. I can’t use my previous colors or even set favorite colors - it’s just a small palate and that’s it.

I also can’t change from local calendar to google calendar once an appt is saved. This is particularly difficult since it added “local” calendar with the same name as my family calendar - I ended up putting several appts in under the local calendar. When I went in to change it to the correct google calendar, it would only show local calendars as options for me to switch it to.

What was a great app needs serious work to get it back to great again.

This saved me when I was trying to make sure I didn’t miss any assignments my last 2 years of college. I haven’t had to use this for a few years after that. But I need to used it today to make sure I did a couple tasks today. I forgot to put a time on them after I had already saved them but it kept glitching and taking me back to the previous screen. Also, I remember that this didn't sync at all with Google Calendar which would’ve saved me a lot of manual labor of having to enter my assignments from the syllabus. Other than that this is a solid app to use for reminders and settings tasks and color coding them for each class like I needed.

My favorite part is the month view with my text entries on each individual day rather than dots -like most other calendar apps have. The only issue I have had with it since day 1 (i’ve used it for 4 years) is if I enter a time in the form of text in the title of an event it never shows up. I can ONLY get it to show up if I go back into the event and select “edit” and enter the time text AGAIN. Example: Dr visit at 1:00pm. I have to enter “1:00pm” AGAIN.

I love love love iCalendar and have been using it for YEARS! I love how seamlessly it syncs with my many google calendars. The one issue I have always had is when I add an all-day event from my iPhone, it shows as a two-day event. I always have to go to my google calendar on my laptop to change the date to only one day. A long time ago, I reached out to support and they had me try lots of things (turn off/on, delete app/reinstall, etc.) but nothing worked. It’s definitely a bug because it has happened through many years and many different phones. 🤷🏼‍♀️

After trying 11 calenders, I finally found one that is almost perfect! this app has absolutely everything I want in a calendar with only one exception (which is the only reason I didn't give this a 5 star rating)... it will not allow creating a task without giving it access to the user's Reminders app. I use my Reminders app extensively... for reminders, not tasks (which are two very different things in my book)... and would like the ability to create and view tasks in this app without seeing my extremely large number of reminders there.

Please add the ability to create tasks without the requirement to access and display reminders from the Reminders app and I will definitely update this rating and review.

iCalendar as a whole is great, however with it being this advanced, there are some kinks that need to be worked out. For example, when you are making/editing an event, you should expect to be able to change the location after it is found in the keep. However, once you open the maps through iCalendar , it saves the title as the city and changes it's location when you look it up later. How horrible is it to constantly remake events....

Although this is one problem, every other experience in terms of adding all my calendars, etc. have been delightful.

I love iCalendar I’ve been using it for years, it’s the only calendar I’ve ever continued using. However, now they are pulling info from my email accounts and placing it on my calendar that isn’t accurate (and I CAN NOT delete it), is so frustrating. If you book and cancel something like a hotel or change a flight... the first canceled booking may end up on your calendar and from my experience I cannot figure out how to get it off. That feature would be nice if I had the option to delete it. The only other complaint would be that after the 4th event of the day you cannot see the rest unless you click on it and that can be misleading... maybe some kind of ... at the bottom would be nice to let the user know that there are more events scheduled for that day.
Everything else I love! It’s super easy to create reoccurring events and move appts when necessary.

I absolutely love iCalendar and have been using it for a very long time. I love the color coding and that I can look at the month and know what I have going on. It’s so convenient.

My only complaint is I need to have times written on each block. For example, when I write “4pm Dr appt” it changes the time to 4pm but it takes that I wrote 4pm. I do not like that. I have to go back into the spot and change it again to say 4pm Dr appt. There has to be a way to change this. I do not like to have to click on each block to see the start time. It wasn’t always like this, it came after an update a few years ago and I really don’t like it. If I title a spot as “4pm dr appt” I want it to stay and say that. I hope this can get fixed. It’s inconvenient.

I order for my calendar to be efficient to me it needsto look a certain way, customized alerts, and work seamlessly across all my devices. I like the fact that even if I have a certain color to a specific calendar, I can still change an item’s color in that calendar, and tasks as well. And speaking of colors, they are not just basic. You can make your own blends with the color pallette. I would recommend this to anyone looking to spruce up their productivity and bring a bang of color into it.

This is my go-to calendar. I can see what is planned for the entire month. With Apple’s monthly calendar I can only see dots for a day with appointments, not the actual appointments themselves. If you have many days scheduled during the month, you don’t need to open each day to see your schedule with this calendar. This calendar not only works better, but is colorful and bright. Thank you, Developers. You have made a very well thought out calendar.

I downloaded pretty much every calendar there is, and this one fits the bill. I use imac shared calendars extensively to instantly get updates on my families planned activities. I also have a work calendar that syncs via Exchange to iCalendar. The thing I like about it is there is a month view where i can see all the events at once with the name of the event instead of just dots or icons.

Better than the built in calendar for sure. Can do reminders and more.

Thanks for making great product! Please keep developing it - it has been fairly stagnant for a couple of years now!!!

I like it and use it for all kinds of reminders. I liked being able to press on the month view and a circle would come with functions. I miss not being able to do that but the calendar has many good features especially color coding.

I like those also but I sometimes write something and it comes on another day. Maybe I do something wrong. I like how it cancels or edits something.

I have used this calendar for many many years. People constantly ask me what I use. The monthly view and the ability to arrange your schedule in such a clear manner are not equaled by any other app I’ve tried. Although some navigation steps have changed over the years, it is still outstanding. The company I work for does not have employee scheduling apps. We make our schedules months in advance. For me it’s a 1 minute activity to set up my calendar to submit a screen shot monthly schedule, others need to fill out calendars and then hoping it’s the same as on their own device. As I like to manage my time iCalendar is a perfect fit. Probably my favorite of any app.

Being able to organize my life with color, being able to read what i have planned for the entire month and from day to day. i love that iCalendar can sync perfectly with my work calendar and stock iphone calendar. i have everyone all in one place now!! i love it and recommend to everyone that has the struggle of too many things happening in multiple different apps and calendars. it’s made my life so much easier for sure!