When comparing Simple Calendar vs Annual View, the Slant community recommends Simple Calendar for most people. In the question“What are the best calendar apps for Android?” Simple Calendar is ranked 1st while Annual View is ranked 15th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Supports CalDAV sync
Pro Open source software
Pro No ads
Pro Fast and simple
Pro Custom event type and color
You can add custom event types besides Birthday, Holidays, Anniversary, etc., and set custom colors.
Pro Export to ICS
Can export to ics file which can be imported to other calendar app.
Pro Semester view for displaying 6 months on the same screen
Pro Aligned day number view
This new view aligns months according to days numbers.
Pro Ad-supported, full free version available
A full free version is available now.
Pro Zoom
Users can zoom in on the calendar to get a less noisy view of events.
Pro A comprehensive overview of all events in a given year
The calendar app lays out all events of a given year in a single view with months on x axis and days on y axis. The events can be identified by their color codes and assigned letters.
Cons
Con Noisy UI
With such information density and small scale of each interface element, it can be hard to get a sense of what information is presented.