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Pro 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.
Pro Straightforward event creation
To quickly add an event, each view has an option to either click a plus button somewhere on the screen or long-press a date to bring up a form. The long-press form will allow entering only the event name and assume that it's an all day event, while the plus button form allows setting the event...
Pro Clean, good-looking design with improved common views and two great new views that combine month and agenda views
Today Calendar design is based Google's stock Calendar application with modifications to user interface and functionality. In addition to day, week and agenda views that have improved aesthetics and usability features compared to the stock app, there are also two new views that combine agenda...
Con Date on icon removed in redesign
In the older versions of Today Calendar, the icon would have the current days date, sadly this was removed with the redesign of the app.
Con App crashes too often
Though the app is pretty likable, it keeps crashing. It was fine for a time, but about 2-3 months ago, it would just crash without warning. Nowadays, it happens so often that seeking a replacement may be a good probability.
Pro Widget support
Business Calendar offers configurable widgets in many sizes for displaying Days, Weeks, Months or Agenda views on a user's home screen.
Pro Free ad supported version available
Business Calendar comes in a free ad supported version.
Pro Smooth zoomable user interface
Business Calendar has a user interface that supports scrolling and pinch zooming.
Con Poor visual design
The design of the app looks a bit dated, something out of the early 2000's. While this does not impede the usefulness of the application, it still is a sore point when compared to some of the other popular calendar apps available on Android.
Con Widgets don't show week numbers correctly on some devices
Widgets on certain devices have been showing week number incorrectly for more than 2 years. The issue hasn't been addressed and there is no sign that it will be. Examples from S4: Screenshot 1 Screenshot 2
Con Poor support
The developers provide virtually no help with issues.
Pro Very convenient user interaction
Switching from day<->week<->month views by swiping laterally is a powerful feature.
Pro Nice presentation
The three views are very convenient, particularly the week view, which shows the week position inside the month
Pro Good fullscreen widgets for all views
The app has widgets for day, week and month views.
Con Free version is very limiting
Free version of the application does not include common things like the agenda view, actionable notifications or attendee management among many other more advanced features.
Pro Clean interface with beautiful background images
The app displays agenda as a combination of events and to-do list items and uses different background images for each calendar day based on chosen themes.
Pro Can import Facebook birthdays with one tap
As long as Facebook is already set up on the device, Cal integrates with it with a single click to show all birthdays.
Pro Integrates with Any.do for task management
Cal integrates with Any.do to-do list app for task management.
Con Not actively developed any more
Last update was January 2016, and any.do includes a calendar by now.
Con Cal may give your personal and non-personal information to thrid parties
In the privacy-policy of any.do the following is stated: "We may share your Personal Information to third parties (with or without compensation) including potential and actual advertisers, sponsors, our third party service providers and partners. We use commercially reasonable efforts to only...
Con Forces creating an Any.do account
An Any.do account as well as the app has to be used to create tasks, that then will show in the calendar, but cannot be created from the calendar. This can be not only inconvenient but also quite slow.
Pro Google Calendar integration
Syncs easily with Google Calendars.
Pro Highly customizable user interface
Jorte has a very powerful and easily customizable user interface. The user is in control of every available option within the Jorte Calendar, which is designed to resemble and be used like a personal information organizer.
Pro Lots of highly customizable widgets
Jorte Calendar does have a variety of customizable widgets available for use.
Con Disorganized
The amount of customization is great, but the app is all over the place. It's disorganized, very un-friendly to users.
Con Hard to use
It's hard to use and the design looks old.
Con Lacks military time
There's no option for military time.
Pro Provides a lot of information
DigiCal has day, week, week agenda, agenda, month, text month, list and year views. In addition to events and event information, all views include weather information, some views attach other views to it to provide context.
Pro Works with Google Calendar and Exchange
DigiCal allows for Google Calendar integration as well as Exchange, making for an easy to use app for businessmen as well as regular users.
Pro Free, ad-supported version available
There's a free ad-supported version of DigiCal as well as this paid unlock key version that costs $4.95 that removes ads as well as adds more features.
Con Can quickly become crowded
The app tries condensing a lot of information at the expense of readability.
Pro 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....
Pro 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.
Pro 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.
Con 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.
Con Privacy concerns
Google integrate all their services to connect and mine information on an individual to better profile and target advertising.
Con 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
Pro Integrates tasks with calendar
Informant supports integration between the user's task list with their calendar.
Pro 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.
Con Price
It’s too expensive.
Pro Traditional revenue model increases likelihood of personal data privacy and safety
Depending on your point of view, requiring to pay for Fastmail is actually a positive aspect of the service. This way you know the company is at least making some revenue (they have been around since 2010) and you know who the customer is. Pricing is as follows (go here for their on-site pricing in...
Pro Simple email actioning
Like gmail, you can "Pin" emails to the top of your inbox to deal with later with either a checkbox or the keyboard shortcut. Like Gmail you can also both archive and delete emails.
Pro Offers IMAP migration tool
Get your old email out of Gmail easily with their migration tool.
Pro Widgets for changing appearance
CalendarZ has two widgets which can change the background color, opacity, etc. Check this at: https://plus.google.com/104122196952508269918
Pro Show Facebook events
This app can show your Facebook events such as upcoming friends' birthdays or ordinary events.
Pro Very nice UI, UX design
The app interfaces use material design and the widgets provide month, agenda, week view for many kind of user experience.
Pro Great support
CalenGoo's developer is very proactive. He is directly involved in making the app even better and has an incredibly high response rate.
Pro Templates can be created to quickly create new appointments
Templates can also be combined.
Con Overwhelming number of options
Some people love options, others like simplicity. If the latter is your thing, then CalenGoo might feel a little overwhelming.
Pro Integrates with Google Maps for directions
If a location to an event is added, the app will show a map and allow pulling up Google Maps for directions.
Pro Built-in task manager that can integrates with Google Tasks
Wave allows creating local and Google Tasks to-do items that can be synced across devices and color-coded.
Pro Has day and week, month, list and 2 agenda views
The app has day, week, week-agenda, month, month-agenda and list views. Day, 3-day and week views split up the days horizontally and hours vertically. Week agenda splits the screen in 6 equal parts - 5 parts for work days, sixth for weekend. Double-tapping a day will open a list of events for th...
Con Some basic features require signing up
Paid features include the ability to add attachments and travel time to events and see local weather in calendar.
Con Inconsistent design
There's different branding in different places (Still has e-cal branding in some places). Sometimes looking at an event requires tapping twice while most of the time it's once, a horizontal list of items looks differently based on the views it's accessed through, etc.
Pro Responsive Support
Developer provides prompt and understanding support with problems raised/questions asked.
Pro Advanced scheduling options
Every 2 weeks, then edit four weeks in for 'This and following instances' etc., perfect with Google Calendar.
Pro Multiple Flexible Widgets
Allows you to customise the look/feel of the widget, even after it has been created. Show different calendar/task accounts per widget.
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