Calendars: Planner & Organizer Reviews

by Simplykeren

I uploaded all of my tasks to Calendars and purchased the year option for this app as well as the FREAKING 30 DOLLAR CALENDARS5 in hopes that it was better than this one to no avail. I have spent a total of $50 and both apps have decided that they do not like my Outlook account anymore and are asking me to log back in (although all of y Outlook events are already available). Upon attempting to connect back to my Outlook, I am told that OUTLOOK ITSELF is running an outdated version of ITS OWN EXCHANGE APP (?!) and should be contacted to fix their compatibility with Calendars . I am now unable to synchronize my meticulously created and hourly tailored daily schedules to my proper Outlook calendar— thus rendering Calendars useless to me (although the interface is lovely) because it asks me to log into my Outlook account every two seconds and with even more desperation whenever I try to sync. Thanks SO much.

by BlO0op

Let me be clear I’m 21 years old and this is the first time in my life I ever left a review for an app on Calendars Store that’s how trash Calendars is.

If your looking for a calendar just stick with Google this app. Calendars is way too annoying. I’ve had to waste so much time resetting my reminders and schedules because Calendars acts way to intelligent then it needs to be. For example if I’m setting an event that is due in the near future and title it with the word “today”. It sets the event for the current day. If I’m setting a time or date in the title it does the same thing. These minute errors led me to miss some very important meeting and I will NOT be using Calendars again. Not to mention the bugs that come with Calendars. Setting an event in a “weekly view” or “monthly view” you’ll never be sure if Calendars registers it or when you close Calendars the event dies with it. Trust me when I say this the issues don’t seem to be that big of a deal but when you start using Calendars to plan out your day to day life it will add up and it will mess up. The babysitting that comes with Calendars is insane. If your looking to have an all in one events/task manager stick to NOTION using Thomas Franks method.

by Saffrel

This might work very well for many, just not me. I’m not even sure why, I am not niche in my needs. I find where I used to do somethings with ease (reoccurring calendar items) now it has been locked away for paying members. I like to tap on the day I need an appointment to make the date. Instead, if I am not paying attention ( busily trying to record an appointment while being rushed out of the dentist office,) a March 20th appointment becomes a March 1st. Because it makes the user manually scroll through even when they click the exact day they want the appointment. I need more control to see MY dates on the calendar instead of the preset holidays and observances. As I write this, I can’t see my feb 14th zoom meeting because they have 2 different listings for Vday that takes up the place on the visible square. The ability to easily discern that there are more scheduled events in a given day is not there. The month view, the day had special global observances that I didn’t care about and (couldn’t delete), that ranks higher than seeing what I manually typed in. I am actively searching for a better app for my needs, and just based on personal experience, would not recommend Calendars.

by Sir👍

Are used to think that this calendar program was the best one out there. I thought so highly of it that I purchased the full version. It worked great for a while. Then it started duplicating the events every time there was an update, or changing the dates in the future years for recurrent dates. It became quite cumbersome to keep going back and fixing everything every time there was an update. I contacted you about this and you tried to troubleshoot it saying that it wasn’t working right because of the calendar program that comes with the iPad. I did everything that you asked me trying to fix problem. But the problem still occurs. Tonight I thought I would uninstall it completely and then go and reinstall it and start all over again to try and see if that would fix the program. Even though it would be annoying and cumbersome to re-enter all of my dates and events, I thought to try that. Guess what? I can’t reinstall it without paying for it again. This has me even more annoyed. I paid for something that I now cannot access. And even though it didn’t work the way it should I still prefer it to any other calendar program out there. Guess I’m just out of luck. Very unhappy.

by Golight Girl

I’m finding major issues with native tasks apps being developed into black holes of frustrating needles stacks of selection to get to my list or having to deal with clunky interfaces when all i want is a decent tasks list that’s not date dependent. I ended up here after much searching and reading reviews.

While i don’t expect to get everything for free, i know the effort put in, at least let me look at a small sampling/ limited use of the tasks tab. Only a price page comes up. I can’t see the tasks layout at all. Foolish on their part. I will only buy apps i can sample. I have bought way too many that the preview isn’t helpful upon realizing the limited use after purchase. Back to my search.

by AvidListener2345

Pros: syncs with Google calendar, event creation easier, allows color coding and has different views for day, week, month. Easy to quickly jump ahead by day, week, or month.

Cons: interface selecting dates and times is hilariously bad because it arranges dates and times in a table, so you have to scan around a table of 20 something times looking for 12pm vs 12am, as an example, and then you have to select 0, 15, 30, 45 on the bottom for the minutes. (seriously? Where is a simple scroll menu to select times and AM and PM that's on every single other ios app??) secondly, the tasks feature is annoying. The repeat function doesn't work. Also, it needs an option to keep a task visible until it's checked completed, without having to click through the menus and inboxes to get to a task list. You'd think that would be possible by using the repeat function, but it didn't work for me.

Overall this isn't planning app on steroids I wished for, but it'll get the job done.

by Lidia Monroe

Had to stop using it because it doesn’t have an Apple Watch app. That’s something that is critical for me, because I don't want to carry my phone around with me all the time.

The positive: Entering appointments is very fast an intuitive. Good to have it just for that reason alone, even if you actually use another calendar. Tasks are great also, and worth it to use it to keep all your tasks organized.

The negative: The daily page is just silly. What is the point of having the agenda on the left and in a way everything repeating on the right. It would make more sense to have tasks of the day on one side and appointments on another. That is one design decision I just don't get at all. Because I prefer to use a daily page more than the weekly, monthly, etc., I have to give Calendars just 3 stars.

by Masterswagsvill

Edit: it appears Calendars is different from this app 5, which is made by the same people and has the full set of features. I have downloaded that but must acknowledge that this free version is pretty good considering that it costs nothing.

I bought Calendars years ago when it was a paid app, and it had a ton of great features. I much preferred it to the default iPhone calendar app. However, once Calendars became a freemium app, I lost all of the features I originally paid for and now am being promoted to buy things like recurring events which I consider a deal breaker. Can this be fixed, or have you guys screwed over those of us who supported you from the beginning?

by Chiq312

First, this is an amazing calendar app, I use it everyday, multiple times a day. It's a million times better than the default apple app. I trailed the free version and decided to buy the full features, I likes it so much! I love everything about Calendars except the location finder. I like to add locations/addresses to each appointment in the calendar. However, unless the address is already in my contacts, it's very hard to do in Calendars. I add the event in this calendar, then go to the apple default calendar to edit the appointment and search for the location (the only thing I use that app for). Once I add it in apple calendar, it appears on this calendar. Would give it 5 stars if the location finder feature was better!

by JuliaEspinosa

...to let me download it on my work phone. Calendar preferences are uniquely personal; as a busy professional, I demand a lot from my time management software. I need to be able to see the days’ meetings in detail, but also simultaneously in week view. This is something I have long lamented about the woefully subpar iCal app: I have to click on individual days to see the events or sacrifice a more bird’s-eye view.

It’s hard to fit both into one phone screen, but this app manages splendidly. The trick: vertical week-view lets you see the entire week + each day’s events at once. It’s a UI miracle!

I’ve been using Calendars exclusively for years now, and it has withstood the test is time, as well as the transition from thinking I was busy in law school to actually being busy at a law firm. Calendars is free so you should try it and see if it meets your needs. Then, buy the pro subscription (for a measly few dollars) for full blown functionality. There are a million calendar apps out there, but none have made me send protracted emails to IT begging them to let me put it on my work phone. That’s how good it is.

by Kate Gee

I am still not sure almost a decade later why Mac choose to separate out task reminders and the calendar on the desktop. Figuring out when to do the stuff you need to do - and to have it all in one place - seems like the logical efficient approach. Luckily Readle fills this gap really well. I have found Calendars extremely efficient, and impressively reliable - it updates my iOS calendar instantly- and imports reminders that I write by talking to Siri without a problem. I also integrated my trello this app without issue etc. My favorite is how easy it is to set multiple reminders. And the logical way you can write a calendar event. Why Apple can’t get this right is just mind boggling. My biggest disappointment is that they don’t have a version of Calendars for my Mac (as far as I can tell.) It’s not a problem per se., only insofar as I’m spoiled now and really notice all the inefficiency in the old calendar. Ugh. Kudos Readdle, and please let me know if you do make a desktop version - I would happily pay another 15-20 dollars to escape the iOS one!!

by Sydnib90

I suffer from major depressive disorder, so staying motivated can be a struggle for me sometimes. Calendars in particular has changed my life though. I gladly paid the little bit extra to be able to create repetitive events/tasks and it’s really helped me out with daily cleaning, work, school, etc. I’ve come up with a color system that helps me track what I’ve completed and it’s rewarding to see what I’ve done throughout the day. There are so many ways to customize your calendar and I would never switch to a paper planner again. If I could give Calendars 10 stars, I would. I’m very grateful to have found it.

by Discount_Dracula

...to create an amazing app time and time again! I have a standing policy - if it’s a Readdle app, get it! I have all sorts of apps for every category, but their apps always end up taking the number 1 spot. Btw, Spark email blows Outlook out of the water. My school district pushes Outlook, bc we have an MS 360 subscription. That’s what everyone uses. It isn’t required, thankfully, so I use Spark on my iPhone and iPad. I get ppl asking me how I did such and such bc it’s cool and want me to show them how. I tell them, number one - ditch Outlook. The only thing is, I’m not sure we can download it to our school-issued laptops. 🤔 I never thought about it, but I’m about to find out! Take care, everyone!

by Horse N' A Dog

Design with a layout for an alternate method to enter a schedule item's various details

The ability to quickly enter all details of a schedule date entry due to choice selection menus makes creating appointments a breeze. I found the ol' roll-a-dail method to be a tad bit enough cumbersome that I choose not to use the calendar as frequently as I would prefer to have the calendar tool working for me. This calendar encourages me to the calendar tool as the best means on time steady track task and appointment listing set up to push me out the door to be on time for my next accomplishment. Gotta go now. My Calendar alert just went of for me to complete my next $ task.

by Alexisdd92

I love Calendars. I use it to keep track of all of my phone and on-site interviews with candidates. I like to keep my work and personal calendar separate. So my iPhone calendar is my personal one and Calendars is my work one. I have a lot to keep track of esp since I recruit so many people in a short amount of time. It reminds me when I have an appointment and keeps me on track throughout the day - and like I said I can keep it separate from my personal calendar. It still shows up on my calendar, but as a different color. I can also color coordinate my different meetings with Calendars so that at a first glance, I know what type of meeting it is. I love it!

by AmyB8484

I used the Google Calendar app for years, and as soon as I tried Calendars, I immediately switched and upgraded. It saves me so many steps, and I don’t have to do any scrolling. I use Google Calendar for my job so all those taps and scrolls add up, and Calendars cuts the number of taps I have to do literally in half, sometimes more. I wish I’d found it a long time ago.

It’s taking me a little while to get used to the smaller text. I wish that could be a little bigger (I use portrait mode), but then again, if it was, it may not be able to fit as much text on each day before it cuts off, so maybe it needs to be that way. But I still give it 5 stars. Wonderful app, highly recommend.

by Snotmyname

I've just started a new job and have been overwhelmed by the amount of tasks and projects that were assigned to me that are overlapping. I've been in and out of Excel just to plot properly but it still confuses me. Since I use my phone the most I was looking for an app that would show me my schedule all at once and this is the perfect app.

I can see all of my tasks (customized colors conveniently available in free mode) for the month, label it to the right departments and add a small note for more info. Something so simple yet other schedule/planning apps fail to achieve or demand a payment to do.

Once I get my first paycheck (if I am stable by then) I promise to purchase Calendars . For now let us work together until I can afford the full version!

by Pastalover12

I actually have never written a review on itunes before, but I am writing it for the first time for Calendars because I've been LOVING this calendar app and been using it everyday. I have tried using other calendar apps before and this has been by far the best one out of all of them. I love that I can see everything for that month and all the events that I added so it's easier for me to see an overall picture of what I have that month. I love the color coding as well that they have. It's honestly one of the apps I use everyday and that I cannot live without. This has replaced my agenda now. I add everything that is going on in my life on Calendars and it does a very good job keeping accountable of everything I need to remember. Thank you! And I highly recommend it for students especially! I am a college student and it's been very helpful for me.

by BankerDF

I have tried so many different calendar/task apps, I’m almost embarrassed to admit it. Finally, I came across this one and realized I hadn’t tried it. I was surprised as I have Readdle’s other apps and they are all far superior to competing apps.

This is so easy to learn, navigate and simply take charge of your day. I was one of those guys who used to carry a paper Franklin around; and admittedly thought I could never go paperless! After trying so many different apps, this one tops them all. There are so many features and the screen is easy to read from day to week to month. I don’t want to even think about the money I wasted trying all the other apps - so please save yourself money, time and grief by just getting Calendars. Also, I had a question from their support, and I received an answer within 48 hours. Thank you this app and Readdle!

by Zeekool

First I just want to say that Calendars his single-handedly changed my life. I have it always showing on the face of my Apple Watch, as well as have reminders on my phone and iPad.
I have a lot of trouble keeping myself in a routine, and due to that it is very difficult to manage everything I need to do; I often find myself falling short.
I use Calendars to schedule my days a week at a time, with everything from “Shower” to “Eat lunch” to “Meditate” to “Work” to appointments/etc.
The User Interface is unparalleled - it is very easy to quickly read and comprehend the various items on my schedule, they are all color-coded and laid out beautifully in whichever view-setting or device I am using.
Then there is the actual depth and the functionality of Calendars, both of which are in abundance. I can do (almost) anything I want in terms of managing my this app/schedules/items, with a comprehensive “Repeat” algorithm - to just name one example - and an incredible level of integration into my devices’ software.

NOW this brings me to my question:
Is there any way to create multiple, separate this app that do not interact with each other, and that I could switch between easily?
(So for example view Calendar A only, use it 90% of the time, but then have a separate Calendar B that I can occasionally swap into view for a totally different set of blocks/events.)

by Rotnosferatu

Calendars links to your email in order to create and use initially.
I created several events; birthday reminders, bill reminders, etc. No other app has ever linked to my gmail except Calendars and they started inputting sexual spam on my calendar by what is labeled an unauthorized organizer. I unlinked my email and surprisingly it still works. I went into my email settings to find that no other app is linked besides this one. I don’t appreciate the sexual appointments added to my calendar. They all lead to an unknown website. I have screen shots saved on these unknown persons with numbers for names. How do I know it’s from Calendars? No other account or app was shown to be linked to my email. Also, if it was your average business, they’d just email or text me spam instead of creating links on my calendar as an event to click on.

by Reinkejohn4

When i enter the info for a date I am trying to set on the calendar, it automatically sets my time and chooses my date for me overriding what I want it set to... For instance... I missed a family gathering because it was originally planned for dec 16th, I entered "family Christmas gathering"for the description, and set the date for dec 16th, when I clicked done for the entry, it automatically set the date to Christmas day and I did not catch this until the 16 today when it was too late. I cannot attend now because of other issues going on. I told them I was coming and now I cant because your stupid app decides when my event take place regardless of what I entered!!! I paid for Calendars and I am not happy with this. We the paying user should be able to decide dates and times for events we enter, not for you to randomly switch dates and times like this!!! I understand the automation and intent you have with this but is a nuisance and it really messed up my plans.

by AnAveragePotato

Quite good but there needs to be an option to disable automatically set times and dates. And options to choose which sections to show(for example I’d like to only see the weekly and monthly view). Otherwise the task making feature and the weekly view (did I mention its cleaaan and nice to look at?) does wonders for my ADD mind.

About the automatic date/time setting. THERE NEEDS TO BE AN OPTION TO DISABLE IT. Sometimes it’s convenient and useful, and at other times a phrase like Christmas party 12/15 or something will automatically change the date. I have worked around this by using memo but it can have disastrous consequences if someone doesn’t notice the automatic change.

by Anubha Tyagi

Thank you guys for the latest release of Calendars; it’s great to see that the development team looks into the reviews of the customers and correct the performance issues and all glitches! It’s great to see that the missing events in the calendar are back with his latest update finally! I was missing using Calendars because it was so frustrating to have events suddenly vanish out from the this app at random, but now all my events in all of the this app are synced perfectly within the readdle this app app! I am loving using Calendars - and am enjoying all the featured paid version! Totally worth every penny! Thanks for making this app great again! 🙏🏻

by Tinnevl

I rarely write reviews but I had to for this one! I've been using Calendars for about 2 years now and I absolutely live by it. It is the most convenient way to stay organized. I especially LOVE their month overview and the fact that you can read entries in the month view. This is the only calendar app I've ever found that allows me to do that. It makes it extremely convenient to manage my time at a glance. When I'm on the phone and need to schedule a meeting, I just pop open Calendars , can see within seconds when I'm free and can add the meeting info. This is the one app I recommend the most to friends!

by Stephen R Gotteman

A WONDERFUL Calendar App! I recently purchased an iPhone7 and was shocked at how awful was Apple's default calendar with its dots. I then tried Microsoft's calendar app and was just as disappointed as I was with Apple's. I then discovered Calendars through a Google search and immediately felt it would satisfy my needs and installed it with no problems, and am 100% satisfied. I could not ask for anything more. It does everything I want. Based on this positive experience I then purchased the enhanced recurring events capability and am completely satisfied with everything. I can only say good things about this app. Keep up the good work.