Jorte vs DigiCal Calendar

Syncs easily with Google Calendars.

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.

Jorte Calendar does have a variety of customizable widgets available for use.

The widget has the actual events listed on the widget in text so that they are readable. Using the full sized month widget gives a very easily readable screen that allows the user to not have to enter the app to see their events.

Jorte has a cloud based service that offers icons and themes for purchase.

An easy way to move and copy every event to another day or moment.

DigiCal has 6 polished widgets, one for each view, available both for homescreen. Each widget has 9 themes (5 free, 4 paid) to choose from and allows some customization.

Google Now integration provides directions and traffic information.

DigiCal supports the 11 Google Calendar colors and 19 additional colors. Using the extra colors allows for the user to easily see different events scheduled on the calendar without having to read the titles of the events.

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.

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.

DigiCal allows for Google Calendar integration as well as Exchange, making for an easy to use app for businessmen as well as regular users.

Notifications can be snoozed and they also provide shortcuts for maps and navigation.

The built-in location map is very handy for looking up a location. You can zoom in and out and pinch to pinpoint a location in the interactive map.

All views and widgets support light and dark themes.

The calendar app allows you to schedule an event with a local and foreign time zone. Ideal for intercontinental flights.

It's easy to adjust the calendar view on screen, so it perfectly matches personal preferences. This refers to both size and looks and feel, because you can adjust colors, transparency, lettertype and lettertype size.

Although the company doesn't have a privacy policy stated on their webpage they are seated in the netherlands which mean they fall under a much stricter privacy protection than companies in the US.
https://www.loc.gov/law/help/online-privacy-law/netherlands.php

DigiCal has the ability to create multiple widgets with each one displaying a chosen calendar. It allows for a widget on screen for work events, another widget for family activities, and a third for favorite sport team's schedules.

Premium calendar subscriptions available for holiday, sports event, TV shows, public company events and lifestyle.

Once a location is provided the application will display a 3 day weather forecast in either imperial or metric units.

A premium weather subscription will expand the forecast to 15 days, add graphs and ability to set multiple weather locations.

Based on the title event keywords such as locations, activities, an illustration or a photograph will show up.

Great interface for managing calendar invitations.

1. Check the weather directly from the navigation drawer
2. Easily switch calendar views
3. Change visibility of your calendars
4. Collapsable calendar acounts