Can't Stand the Stock Calender!

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Maybe it's me, but I find it extremely hard to work with. I don't need anything to ask me if it's an all day affair or from x time to x time. Just a simple event name, date and reminder. What is your favorite basic/simple calender. "MRI @ 8" (with room for a note if needed) is all I need.
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monicakm said:

Maybe it's me, but I find it extremely hard to work with. I don't need anything to ask me if it's an all day affair or from x time to x time. Just a simple event name, date and reminder. What is your favorite basic/simple calender. "MRI @ 8" (with room for a note if needed) is all I need.
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I prefer calender goo. You can find in on Google play. Easy to use and better layout and readability than stock...... IMO.

 

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Business Calendar is my favorite.

 

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I did a search for "calender goo" on google play and can't find it.

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I prefer calender goo. You can find in on Google play. Easy to use and better layout and readability than stock...... IMO.

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menmyjeep

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monicakm said:

I did a search for "calender goo" on google play and can't find it.

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Sorry, it's actually listed as CalenGoo

 

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Business Calendar is my favorite.

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+1 for Business Calendar!

 

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+1 for Business Calendar.

 

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Yup, Business Calendar!

 

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I had the DINC and used the stock calendar. Don't like the maxx calendar, tried a few and found I like Jorte the best.

 

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I used Business Calendar for a bit but really thought that I'd have to buy the full version if I wanted that app to be useful.

I found Simple Calendar Widget on the market and it's been wonderful!

There's a lot of customization you can do to make things pop out in the calendar. You can control the text size of various things (like date, title, time, etc.) to make sure that it fits your needs as a widget.

I highly recommend trying this one before you buy Business Calendar (because I don't think the free version of BC has enough features).

 

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Smooth calendar is another easy to use one, free on the market.

 

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+1 on business calendar...worth every cent

 

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+1 on business calendar...worth every cent

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Agreed. I got it as the Amazon FAOTH, so the zero cents were definitely worth it.

 

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Anyone have a feel for what differences there are between the free and paid versions?

 

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Anyone have a feel for what differences there are between the free and paid versions?

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For Business Calendar, you have to pay for the full version to get the following:

* drag&drop mode in the multi-day view to move and copy events
* option to link a contact to an event
* configurable font sizes for the app and the widgets
* option to select individual calendars for each widget
* own Business Calendar reminders
* 11 different widget design themes
* option to create templates for events
* import/export function for calendar files in the popular iCalendar format (.ics, .ical)

Several of those features are free with the aforementioned Simple Calendar Widget.

 

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Thanks unccman. Think I'll go ahead and spend the five bucks. Much appreciated.

 

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Jorte is free, syncs with your Google calendar, looks and works great! Been using it for years.

 

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Love business calendar....It's the best replacement for the old HTC calendar that I loved.

 

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breynolds007 said:

Jorte is free, syncs with your Google calendar, looks and works great! Been using it for years.

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Another Jorte fan here, though if the goal is a -simple- Calendar app, I'm not sure I'd recommend it. I like Jorte a lot, but I think it's more of a power calendar app.

 

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aCalendar.....my favorite....opens to my week view, swipe left goes to month view or swipe right and goes to day view, scroll down or up on view and shows previous or next, very easy to navigate plus birthday updates are nice with pictures.... tried many of the others and this one is just so much simplier for my needs... used to use smooth calendar but had some problems with the ics update so I switched, like this one better...has either small widget or 4x4 ....

 

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I also like aCalendar. I bought Business Calendar when it was on sale and also tried out others including aCalendar and ended up using that one. Seemed pretty similar to Business Calendar to me and it is free.

 

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Like a few others in this thread, I really like Jorte.

 

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monicakm

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Thanks for all the suggestions. I guess my needs are just too simple to bother making an app LOL. I thought I found what I was looking for in Smooth Calendar but it has to work off of another calendar app. But, the look is what I'm going for. I don't need all this "all day" "end time" "location", multi-colored days and 100 other features. I know it's not out there because I've searched and searched but I guess to appeal to as many people as possible, the app has to have more features. I'll look at aCalendar.

 

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I have also been unimpressed with the stock calendar on ICS. Giving Jorte a try and liking it so far.

 

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I've tried all the calendars suggested in this thread. They're all good, but I'm liking aCalendar the best so far. I like how it swipes right for a week view and left for a day view. Pretty nice.

 

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