Rooster is a beautiful, sleek and simple-to-use calendar for iPhone. It works seamlessly with Apple, Google, Outlook and Yahoo calendars and presents an easy Calendar option for those who value great design and staying on top of everything, effortlessly.
With Rooster, you can
- Manage your calendar and to-do list together
- Enter appointments rapidly with the custom QuickCal Keyboard
- See everything you need to on one screen (no need to tap through for more information)
- Pin your 'someday' tasks
- View your daily headlines with the Summary tool
- Share calendars, invite, set alarms, split calendars, etc.
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Pros
Pro "Executive Summary" toggle view
Don't need to know all the particulars? Toggle them off for an even cleaner list.
Pro So, so easy to add appointments
To add an appointment, you just need to tap them in. No long forms. No interpretation error of natural language. It's truly unique and superior to other calendars.
Pro UI is clean and sleek
It has been designed to show you everything you'd want to about your schedule on one screen. You don't need to tap through for address details, room location or for the title of your meeting. It's clean and easy to read too.
Pro Responsive developer
Responsive, friendly and helpful if you ever need to get in touch.
Pro Works with the main calendar for use on laptop/iPad
You can use iCal on your laptop and Rooster on your phone. The phone version of iCal takes longer to enter events and the UI isn't as streamlined.
Pro Beautifully easy to use
Standout design. This app makes staying simple. Very well thought out. Even fun to use.
Pro Roll over incomplete tasks
Any tasks you don't finish carry forward to the next day.
Pro Recurring events are the easiest to create ever
The keyboard entry makes it so easy to create repeating events.
Pro Pin board is great for floating tasks
Super handy for any tasks that you don't want to put on a date and just want to keep it around to be completed one day.
Pro No unnecessary complexity
Has everything you need, without adding bulk that you'll never use. Gestures and animations are just clean and intuitive
Pro Personal data is kept on the device only
They aren't trying to mine information from personal events and tasks.
Cons
Con Privacy Policy missing in app
It is unclear what they are doing with our data since there is no official policy posted on the website. UPDATED: It is available on their website