Calendar apps remind you about your schedule so that you can manage your personal and working life together. We all want that our calendar should be accessible with one tap and Apple’s pre-installed calendar might do the trick but there are also plenty of other options for your iPhone which you can try. So this article will focus on the best calendar apps for iPhone which are worth trying as they will help you manage your schedule easily.
·      Apple Calendar
This is a pre-installed calendar app on your iPhone which has all simple views, ease of use, and the design which Apple is known for. You have to click on month or year in the top left corner to zoom out from day to month to year. And there is an option to click on today in the bottom left corner to return to today and it is very easy to use. This app is not designed to be pretty but it is designed to be seamless on iPhone and obviously, it is the perfect base calendar app with all the no-nonsense features which you need. It automatically syncs with maps to offer you intelligent alerts to take your travel time and current traffic into account and it will notify you when it is time to leave. It also syncs with other calendars like Google and Outlook so that you can bring your home and work life together. Additionally, you can share any of your iCloud calendars by clicking calendars and the information icon next to the one you want to share and then tap on add person and enter their email. This app is completely free of cost for your iPhone.
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·      24me
24me is a simple design and has a defaulting to a streamlined agenda view of your schedule. You can create a new event by tapping the blue plus in the bottom corner and a new event will open and you can start typing the title and all of the details expand for editing. What makes 24me different from other apps is the combination of calendars, tasks, and notes all in one app. Instead of hopping back and forth, you can click to switch and view your upcoming task for today, tomorrow, and the upcoming week and later. The premium version of this app makes it easy to create tasks directly from your email as you just have to forward the email to task@twentyfour.me and the task will appear in your app. Another feature is the automatic conference call-in which makes it stand out. By this feature instead of copying or writing your conference call numbers and access codes, you can click on 24me calls and it will log you in automatically and as long as your conferencing call information will be included in the event details and it will be useful for you.
·      Awesome Calendar
The awesome calendar has a pretty simple basic design and function so that you can switch between a handful of view options which include day, week, and agenda by tapping the eye icon at the bottom of the screen. You can sync it with Apple’s native calendar which makes it easy for you to initially switch. This app supports natural language events which is a feature that dramatically cuts down the time and effort it takes to create new events. You just have to tap the plus icon and make your event and it will translate your text into title, date, time, and other event details and click save when you are done. It has one of the most unique features, the Filofax view. It boasts one of the higher price tags of the apps but its old Filofax might be worth using this app.
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·      Fantastical 2
Fantastical 2 is one of the best apps which has an attractive, intuitive design and robust features which users need. The standard agenda view of this app is clean and succinct and the color bars along the top will help you visualize multi-day and overlapping events and know how busy the day you have in a glance. The colors show which calendar an event belongs to as blue events are on our calendar and green are on our work calendar. You can also pull down from the top to view the entire month and tap Settings in the top left to enable Siri integration and you can also create shortcuts for the app. It has a perfect natural language creation for example if you type anything the app will show you how your words fall into the event details below so you do not have to double-check the details. Overall it is one of only a handful of calendar apps with widgets for your iPhone.
·      Calendar 5
The calendar 5 app is one of the people’s favorite no-fuss calendars. You won’t find bells, whistles, or extensive visual customization here but it will do your job by its stand-out features. The list view features make it easy to get a sense of your upcoming schedule and unlike many other calendar apps, it does not hide away the details inside the event as you can view location, web conferencing, and other event details without extra steps of opening the event. The natural language capability of this app makes it one of the best apps. For example, if you have written ‘Meet Brian at Lincoln Tavern Monday at 8 am -10’ then it will automatically fill in the date, time, location, and contact info without any extra clicks and add in easy integration with Siri so this app is a leader for iPhone.
·      Google Calendar
If you use the Google calendar Web App, it will be the perfect iPhone app as the calendar integrates seamlessly with the entire suite of Google products. It automatically adds events like flight reservations or out-of-office settings from your Gmail into your calendar and when you start typing a location, the app will offer you suggestions from Google maps. It also has a multi-colored plus in the bottom right so that you can choose to create a new office, goal, reminder, or any other event. With the help of this app, you can invite guests, add web conferencing details or attach files from Google Drive right in the event creation screen. One of the best features of Google Calendar is its event illustrations as it uses info from the event details to come up with a vision for the event like an image of food for events that include dinner. Undoubtedly, it offers various other options which suit your needs and this will be the perfect app for your iPhone.
·      Microsoft Outlook Calendar
Microsoft Outlook is geared toward Windows users but its calendar app is more helpful for iPhone calendars. The design of the app offers several view options and at the top of your screen tap the second item from the right to switch views. For using this Outlook calendar you require a Microsoft Office 365 subscription due to which it is the most expensive app on our list but if your company already uses the outlook email then it will be the best calendar option to bring email, schedule, and contacts together at one place and it will be worth it to download this. You can also sync it to other calendars you may use with Outlook so it will be easy to centralize your work and personal schedule in one app and it is automatically shared with those across your company too. One of the best features of this app is during event creation you can toggle to enable Skype call and this app will automatically and instantly generate a unique Skype link for your event.
·      Pod
The pod is another iPhone calendar that has a simple design and it is easy to use in functionality. It is quick to set up and sync your other calendars to Pod and its most features work as you expect. The best thing about this app is its relationship management feature as it connects you both with your phone and email contact. So whenever you create an event you can easily connect a contact to the event without inviting or notifying them. It offers for each contact the relationship management capability to the next level so that it quickly reminds you of past and upcoming events with the contact. In a single tap, it will reflect your contact name and all your events with them. It also enables you to hide events when you don’t need them and this makes it easier to manage a hectic schedule without getting overwhelmed.
The final words
Your calendar should work according to you which means you should choose one of the calendars which feel easy to use. All of these apps mentioned above are among the best apps which offer basic features and intuitive interfaces. So you can choose either one of them which you feel is the best or you can try each of them to get a better experience. However, most people pick Google Calendar because of the images it adds. In last, I hope this article is sufficient enough to clarify the information about Best Calendar Apps for iPhone.
