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Lightning Calendar
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Free, open source
Lightning Calendar (just as Thunderbird) is completely free and open-source meaning that anyone can use it as well as look through the code or even use the code for their own projects.
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Available only as part of Thunderbird
No standalone version of the calendar app is available. And if you're just interested in Lightning Calendar and not Thunderbird, the app will have additional functionality and interface elements that will get in the way of using the calendar.
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Easily keep track of tasks
Bundled in with the calendar options is a tasks option that makes for an easy way to keep track of tasks in the same location as ones events.
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Does not always clear old events from the display, even when the event has been deleted
When accessing Google Calendar, every check shows that the event does not exist anymore.
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Cross-platform
Wherever Mozilla Thunderbird can be installed, the Lightning calendar can follow: Windows Linux MacOS
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No full CalDAV support
CalDAV support is more hackish than working reliably. E.g. certain fields are not supported, or alarms can lead to duplication of events or changes being reset. As CalDAV support is not truly built-in, and the extension does not have a high quality.
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Requires third-party gmail integration
And it's not supported in 60+. Use the old versions if you want anything to work.
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Not for all the versions
You have to downgrade Thunderbird just because Lightning didn't upgrade to the last beta version.
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Long term availability/ support
Although Thunderbird has an impressive track record and many years of reliable service, its continued existence has been doubtful more than once). For now, all seems good, but it would not be surprising if tomorrow it turns out Thunderbird "has left the building".
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GUI makes you feel like it's 1995, and not in a nostalgic way
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Google Calendar
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Integrates with Google Maps for directions
The app leverages Google Maps when adding location for an event by offering suggestions as well as offers opening Maps to help get directions to an event via shortcut on a reminder notification.
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No vertical scroll
Like iOS and outlook for Android.
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Comes pre-installed on most Android devices
Google Calendar is a free Android calendar app without ads that comes already installed on Android devices that have stock support for Google Services.
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Privacy concerns
Google integrate all their services to connect and mine information on an individual to better profile and target advertising.
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Clean design with 5 different views including an excellent schedule view
Google Calendar has a monochrome base design that's accented with colored-coded events and image banners that separate months in schedule view. The app has 5 different views - schedule, day, 3-day, week and month. Day, 3-day and week views split up the days horizontally and hours vertically. Month view lays out all days in a grid and displays up to 3 events in a day. Schedule view displays an agenda view that allows browsing all events by swiping vertically. Additionally, the way events are displayed in the agenda view is context-aware. For example, adding an event called "gym" will display the event on a background with a dumbbell. All views except for month view can be split horizontally to display a condensed month view at the top that can be navigated by swiping horizontally. Events can be added from any view by clicking the red plus button that's available at the bottom-right corner of the screen.
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Google tasks do not show on Google Calendar
You can create tasks in your desktop Google Calendar but they will not sync nor show up in your android Google Calendar
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Offers creating events from e-mail messages based on content
Google Calendar integrates with e-mail for quickly creating events from e-mails that contain the word "meeting" or dates or times, or any other information about events or plans that it can understand.
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Setting up non-Google calendars requires accessing web client
There is no ability in the Android app to access other calendars. This limits the usefulness for people that use more than one calendar, such as OSX and iOS users.
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Can set on-screen and e-mail reminder notifications
Google calendar allows setting how many reminders are needed with each having the ability to set how long before the event the notification should remind and if it should be done via on-screen or e-mail notification.
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No weather forecast
The Android app version of Google Calendar does not show any weather forcast information, even if it is added as an extra calendar in the web application. Being that weather is tied into Google Now, the absence is surprising.
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Integrates well with other Google services
Google Calendar is part of the Google ecosystem, it integrates with services like Google Now for creating events, Google Maps for directions and Gmail for pulling information about planned flights.
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Setting up CalDAV or iCAL from other sources is not working or not working well
A lot of people share events between different sources: professional, private, family or friends. Not everybody is on Google and of course a lot of corporations.
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Color-coding for events and calendars
The app will color-code different calendars in different colors as well as allow selecting a different color for each event.
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Month view shows limited information about the event
Month view does not show how many events there are in each given day or color-code them in any way, only informs of their existence.
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Straightforward event creation with autocomplete
All views have an option of adding a new event by tapping the plus sign at the lower right corner of the screen. This opens up a form and allows the user to add a location, start/end times, guests, description, color-code as well as choosing if it's an all day event, how often it repeats, how many and what kind of reminders are needed and setting the users availability and privacy settings.
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Does not work well with Apple / iCloud Calendar
Apple and Google calendars have syncing issues, which is annoying if you want to have shared calendars with friends / family.
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Awesome flairs / images view inside the agenda view / event page
Whenever you enter agenda / event title with the keywords (when available), the event will show up interesting flairs whenever the keyword inside the agenda / title you typed matches the flairs that are available inside the system, examples such as haircut, cycling, swimming, coffee, movie etc.
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Some recurrence options not available
If you want to add a recurring event based on quirky (but normal) calendar rules, it's not supported by Google Calendar. For example, if you set up a financial calendar in Google Calendar and an event falls on a weekend or bank holiday, Google Calendar cannot schedule the occurrence properly. Worse yet, if you submit those calendar occurences via VEVENT details, Google Calendar displays different information if you use the mobile calendar vs. the desktop web calendar.
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Allows subscribing to public calendars through web client
Through the Google Calendar's web client, it is possible to subscribe to any public calendar. Google also maintains a list of public calendars for various sports events and holidays in different countries and for different religions.
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Once you create a event on a Calendar, you can't move to a different Calendar
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Supports non-Google calendars (requires accessing web client)
Google Calendar can be integrated with any calendar that support iCalendar format, including Exchange and iCloud, via URL, but it has to be done using the web client.
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Horizontal Scroll
Does not vertically scroll like ios calendars on outlook calendar.
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Lots of third-party widgets
Google Calendar comes with a home screen widget, and there are also many third party widgets developed for this calendar app.
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Slow syncing of external calendars
Google Calendar is known to sync external calendars very slowly, takes hours if not a full day before the updated events are reflected.
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Advanced functionality available through IFTTT
IFTTT offers over 198 channels to plug into the users Google Calendar.
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No natural language input support
The Android app has no natural language input support, while it's available using the web client and in a limited capacity using Google Now.
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Weak default view
Even if month is set as default view, as soon as you touch a day or an event, you have to carefully select twice to get back to month view.
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Time zone is incorrect no matter what's done
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Timezone for Moscow is incorrect
Timezone for Moscow is 1 hour off. This makes the calendar unusable in Russia.
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Morgen.so
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Supports general CalDAV calendars
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Google synchronization
Connects to your Google accounts via OAuth.
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Easy to setup
Connecting to service accounts (such as Exchange) is easy and straightforward.
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Natural language
It supports interaction using natural language (English). For example "Schedule a meeting with John tomorrow at 11".
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One-click installation
First installation and updates are done with only 1 click.
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Supports Exchange calendars
Including Exchange, Outlook.com and Office 365 accounts.
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Free
Totally free and in active development.
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Platforms:
Windows, Mac, Linux,
Publisher:
Morgen AG
Supported Calendars:
Google, Exchange, Office 365, iCloud, CalDAV
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SmartDay
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it's not free
not as pricey as others, but still not free.
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Integrates task-management with the calendar
The app doubles as a task manager and allows dragging and dropping tasks into the calendar on specific days. If a task does not get completed on that day, it automatically gets rescheduled.
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Doesn't integrate
Does not support Google Calendar integration.
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Aims to provide a complete organizational solution
The app includes a way to manage tasks, take notes, set reminders and manage project from within the calendar.
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Support is limited
The app support is confusing and hard to navigate.
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Calendars can be shared
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Lacks natural language input
Natural language input allows creating events in the same way if you had to tell it to a friend. Writing something like "Lunch at 2pm" would add an event called "Lunch" at 2 PM. SmartDay lacks that functionality.
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Rainlendar
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Integration
Your calendar data doesn't need to be stored with your computer. Data can be retrieved from Google, RTM, and even Outlook. (With the pro version removing annoying unregistered marks)
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Can be unstable
The calendar crashes from time to time when entering new data.
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Blends in with the desktop
This calendar stays out of your way, while remaining readily available to tell you what's coming up. The Shadow skin make it look like a wallpaper calendar, but has the benefit of being interactive.
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Customizable
Take control of your calendar by scripting new functionality, take skins already created, or just disable all the fluff. Rainlendar provides a platform to present your data in the way you desire.
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S7en
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Has 5 color variations to choose from
S7en is available in purple, green, black, white, and blue.
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Some setup is requried
Requires installing Wear Faces app, extracting the zip archive in smartphone's pictures folder and selecting the pictures in the app.
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Customizable
Editable with every image editor.
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Chron
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Detailed cyberpunk aesthetic
A Tron-like watchface with neon blues and yellows.
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Not compatible with LG G Watch W100
Connection to the phone gets lost while using this watch face on LG G Watch W100.
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Dimmed mode
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Circular display ready
The developers have confirmed that the watchface is ready for circular displays and promises to adjust it for Moto 360 as needed when they get their hands on the device.
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Shows date
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Planets
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Two themes to choose from
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Initial spin makes it hard tell time with a quick glance
Each time checking the watch all the planets spin wildly before settling into position. It can be distracting and arguably unnecessary.
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Displays the actual current positions of the planets
The watchface collects NASA data and uses it to put planets in their appropriate places.
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Eats up battery life
Eats the battery at about 3 times the rate of the standard watch face.
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Ball O'Clock
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Customizable
Colors can be customized as well as the battery indicator
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Animations
The animations of balls dropping and rolling and the slides rotating makes it fun to watch
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New concept of telling time
The concept of telling time through ball stacking is a new concept for watchfaces that makes it unique
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Pip-Boy M3600
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Limited compatibility
This watch face was developed for Moto 360. It can be used on similar devices, but isn't guaranteed to look good.
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Displays as much information as possible
This watch face uses every part of the screen in order to display time, watch/phone battery life, temperature, weather conditions, and more.
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Optimized for Wear Mini Launcher
The dial on the left of the display is designed to be used for Wear Mini Launcher.
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Ksana Sweep Watch Face
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Well designed
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Needs more updates
Would like to see updates to the style guide and background colors
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Supports Wear 2.0
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Nothing compares
Great number of customizations. Great battery life. Great looks. Great Everything...
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Very customizable
This watch face can be customized to look however you want it to.
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Power-efficient
The power consumption of this watch face is low, which prolongs the battery life of your watch.
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Easy UI
It is very easy to interact, customize, and launch wear OS apps. Intuitive.
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Minimal & Elegant
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Watch colors can be changed based on time
Time, date and branding and background colors can be set to change depending on time of day. Background can be customized independent from rest of the colors.
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Two Dim / Ambient modes - you have to choose
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Highly customizable
Minimal & Elegant ensures that users are able to customize the watch as much as possible. Things that could be customized include AM/PM text, 24h mode, clock color, and periodic color changing.
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Branding can be removed and users can put custom text
Text is fully customizable.
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No limit to color
Backgrounds of any color can be chosen using a color picker.
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WeekCal
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New PRO subscription
Pro subscription needed to get same functionality that existed for previously paid customers.
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Templates
Week Calendar includes templates, which are files containing one or more events that can be duplicated from week to week. With each event, information such as address, time, or duration can be copied as well. This comes in handy for routine events like work, school, or exercise.
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Issues with repeating events
When making templates, multiple repeating events can't be duplicated from within the same file.
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Dropbox attachments
Week Calendar supports dropbox file attachments in collaborative calendars so other people are able to quickly see files relating to an event.
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Action menu
With the action menu, users can use up to 40 kinds of automated actions.
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Easy to move events
Just like with apps on the home screen, events on Week Cal can be moved with a tap and hold gesture.
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Quickly see relevant info
Week Calendar displays a day's events just by tapping the date. The data can be tapped directly from year view.
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Custom color
Best thing is being able to set different colors, if you have multiple events during the day it really helps to set different colors to easily get an overview for school lessons as an example.
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TextExpander support
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Dense week view
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Fantastical 3
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Yearly subscription
Even though you might also use cardhop, subscription based models are unpopular.
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Amazing usabiliy
It has a neat design and gives a great overview on events of a day. Adding and removing events is easy.
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Joining Conferences via context menu or hyperlink in event on calendar
You are late and you have to join a call, you want to be fast.
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Integration of Google Meets when creating events
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Weather Time for Wear
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Weather
Option to add hourly and daily forecasts and pressures
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In app purchases
Need to upgrade to premium to activate watch battery, phone battery status, dynamic background changing with the weather and vibrate functions
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Battery status
Option to display battery status for both watch and phone
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Backgrounds
Background changes with the weather
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Informant
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Price
It’s too expensive.
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Integrates tasks with calendar
Informant supports integration between the user's task list with their calendar.
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Seamless syncing
Informant syncs seamlessly between mobile devices and PCs, so you can create an event or task anytime on your phone and it will appear on whichever computer you are using. One license includes all devices.
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Integrates notes with contacts, tasks and calendar
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Platforms:
iOS (iPad/iPhone), macOS, Android
Price:
$39.99
Publisher:
Fanatic Software
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Batman
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Big time and date
This is a functional watch face. At just a moment's glance you can tell what the time and date are.
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Cool
It's a Batman watchface which is super cool among a certain crowd. Others may not like it, but it's your watch.
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Support both round and square displays
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Simple
The design of the watchface is simple so it isn't distracting, but it's interesting enough (if you like BatMan at least) to make you stand out.
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Batman's chin
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WeatherPro
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Accurate around the world
The accuracy of the prediction is second to none IMO.
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Cluttered UI
There's very little finesse present in the layout of the data, everything is just stuffed into unsightly boxes as tightly as possible. This minimizes scrolling but makes it difficult to parse at a glance.
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Details weather info
Rain probability and estimated quantity by hour, amount of sunshine, temperature felt, etc. Even the radar map for premium subscriptions.
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Various alerts
Alerts for thunderstorm, strong heat, strong wind, etc.
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Beautiful notification widget
In addition to offering customizable data points, the persistent notification is very colorful and elegant, always standing out from normal notifications.
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Calcurse
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Not made for app users
If you come to any professional or console software, expecting it to just behave like your Windows GUI apps, … you’re gonna have a bad time. You will need to know what you want, and actually tell the program so, by configuring it. So that then, it will fit you like a glove instead, of you having to fit into a dumbest common denominator mold. Like all professional software.
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Supports arbitrary backends
E.g. CalDAV. Via its load/save hooks.
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No built-in help
The “help” function only tells you that you can use help on the program’s functions. But not what functions there are! How can you know what to ask for when you don’t know what there is? It’s like a text adventure game or Family Feud all over again.
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Efficient
Uses very few resources, starts in the blink of an eye.
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Keybindings also used by certain graphical terminals
The keybindings of either program have to be changed in that (rare) case.
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Scriptable
You can use it in scripts via its command-line interface, and run scripts from it via hooks. So you can automate everything away, instead of being forced to use a GUI. A powerful feature.
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Fully customizable
Shortcuts, data sources, you name it. As real software should be.
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Simplicity
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Matrix
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Built on an open standard
Matrix is an open standard, defining simple HTTP APIs so that devs can easily write their own clients, bots, bridges or servers. You're not locked into a specific set of implementations.
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Keys cannot be checked automatically
You cannot automatically check keys of your recipients. Only manually.
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Bridges other networks into a single decentralised network
Matrix has bridges to IRC (freenode, moznet, oftc, snoonet etc), Slack, Gitter, Rocket.Chat, XMPP, SMS, SIP and others. The point is to 'matrix' all the different networks out there into one single decentralised network.
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Has an easy to use client called Riot
Riot.im is the easiest way to use Matrix, with great clients for Web, iOS and Android (and Fdroid).
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Does not require a centralized server to establish a connection between two users
Matrix is decentralized, there's no one central point that the information goes through and so no once central point of failure or control.
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Matrix prioritizes direct messaging with people the same as Slack-style groups
Matrix aims to "provide an analogous ecosystem to email - one where you can communicate with pretty much anyone, without caring what app or server they are using" using a neutral identity system.
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Supports different kinds of communication
Matrix is designed to support Instant Messaging, VoIP/WebRTC signalling (voice and video) and Internet of Things communication.
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Has an app store for 3rd party integrations & bots
Riot.im includes an app store with integrations for Github, JIRA, Jenkins, Giphy etc - and anyone can add more via Matrix.
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Offers choice of clients
Which can be found here.
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Maintains full conversation history
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Has an active community behind it
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Can be integrated with existing communication services
Matrix is designed to support Instant Messaging, VoIP/WebRTC signalling and Internet of Things communication and allows cross-communication between those services. Meaning one person could be using IRC and another Slack for IMs, or one person could be using Skype and another Google Hangouts for videoconferencing.
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End-to-end encryption
Matrix features end-to-end encrypted chats which are syncronized accross all your devices. E2E is implemented in the matrix-js-sdk library and Riot.im client.
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Platforms:
Mac/Windows/Linux/Android/Browser/iOS/and more
Price:
FREE
VoIP:
Yes
Open source:
Yes
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