PocketLife Calendar

What reviewers actually said

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1. [R4] 5/5 · US Best calendar I’ve seen: Easy to use, colorful, customizable, compatible with other calendars.
2. [R7] 5/5 · US Love! Highly recommended: I’ve had these app a few years I love it This app helps me tremendously keep track of everything especially able to change the color of events. Best calendar ever
3. [R13] 5/5 · US Great Calendar App: Great App - I’ve used this app for 6 years on iPhone and iPad and love it. Color coding repetitive activities and using text searches are easy to filter out historical appointments. Sure would be nice to filter by color!!!!
4. [R24] 5/5 · US BEST calendar app out there by far!: Love this app! Color coded for each family member. Syncs to my Mac. Have renewed subscription for a couple years now. Still running perfectly. I've recommended it to many friends. All loving it! Syncs to my husband's app so we are always up to date with the crazy family schedule.
5. [R19] 5/5 · US Keeps me organized: This is the first calendar I’ve used consistently . . . and I’ve recommended it to others!
6. [R22] 5/5 · US Limited color tabs: I use this calendar app for nearly everything and have found it to be very user-friendly and easy to navigate. One of its most useful features is the ability to customize which day of the week the calendar starts on, allowing for a more personalized experience. There are a few areas where I believe the app could be improved. First, it does not currently offer the ability to pe
7. [R25] 5/5 · US I live by it!!: I have used it for years now. I did not like the calendar that came with the iPhone. I have no idea if that has improved, but I replaced it with this and have never had the first problem with it.
8. [R30] 5/5 · US My go to for the family: Been using it for 7 years. Works to keep everyone informed. Can be adjusted by all members as needed.
9. [R779] 3/5 · AU Great app!: This app has been really useful! I love the colours and that i can share calendars with my family so they know what is going on too!
10. [R26] 1/5 · US Best datebook/calendar app!: With this app I can color code my different events with ease. The events in my calendar are also visible, not just a fit like in the iPhone app. It also streamlines with my MacBook calendar so I don't have to do it twice.
11. [R47] 5/5 · US Love it!: So much better than Apple calendar with those “dots” for events. You can see your events.
12. [R664] 3/5 · AU Like the month view: The month view is better than Apple’s calendar. It looses 2 stars due to its annoying smarts that take random words out of my calendar entry to populate the location. I don’t know how to stop this. I have to rewrite the calendar entry each time. Overall, it still does what I want though.
13. [R10] 1/5 · US What is going on: I’ve been using and paying for this app for years then all of a sudden all my schedules have been deleted. Idk how to fix this.
14. [R11] 1/5 · US Everything deletes: Deleting this garbage. This the is second time that my calendar has been wiped clean on its own. My whole month was filled and now it’s emptied and nothing happened to make that happen.
15. [R15] 1/5 · US Still not fixed: I have text you several times about losing info from 2020-2024. Yet I still have all info from 2015-2023 I have done what you say and I still don’t have it fixed 😡
16. [R48] 3/5 · US Loved till recently: The was the best calendar until recently. I have lost all my info three times. First time was able to restore from iCloud but the last 2 times it didn't restore. Another issue is the colors, I color code everything and every few days when I open the app all events are the same color, RED! So frustrating. I hope they get it fixed.
17. [R72] 1/5 · US Poor support: I’ve recently had problems with this app. After support initially responded with suggestions for a fix (which didn’t correct the problem) they ignored my attempts for further help by not responding to any of my additional request for help. We are unable to share our calendars. I’ve already paid for their calendar for the year 2025 and I’ve absolutely no use for it. My wife and I are
18. [R73] 1/5 · US Bummed: Got this to be separate from my Apple calendar and it synced everything. Literally NOT want I wanted and said NO! I’d update something and it never showed in this one, it showed in my Apple calendar. So bummed… $5 in the 🚽…
19. [R78] 1/5 · US This app was amazing: I have used this app for many years. It was awesome in the past being able to sync calendar with my husband. This year issues with syncing and now having to pay extra for alarms with events. I’m very disappointed and now need to find another app to transfer everything on to.
20. [R108] 2/5 · US Full access?: I have MyBestLife Calender and wanted Pocket Life to keep track of quick dinners on it so the family can look at Monday and see Fried Chicken, Tuesday Tacos, Wednesday Pizza etc. In order to even add events to this calendar I have to allow full access which migrates all the data on other calendars over to this one, totally defeating the purpose of the intended use. Is there a way I
21. [R40] 3/5 · US I went back to iOS calendar …: I’ve used PocketLife Calendar for more than 10 years, but have decided to go back to the free Apple iOS calendar. I asked many years ago about a lifetime subscription for a one-time rate, y’all replied that it was being considered. As this subscription option has never materialized I have decided to stop using PocketLife Calendar. Wishing you continued success w
22. [R56] 4/5 · US Nice app, but getting expensive: I’ve used the app since it was $1.99 , but now at $6.99 it’s time to find a new one
23. [R144] 1/5 · US Used to love this: I’ve had this app for years and the price used to be a lifetime price - but now they charge yearly. It used to be $2.99 then it’s been $4.99 for years. NOW it’s trying to charge $6.99/year for the SAME EXACT features! Very sad it’s gone up so drastically for no change at all. I’m finishing out this year - since it’s paid for - and switching to Google calendar.
24. [R156] 1/5 · US Don’t buy.: I was given a false impression that it was not subscription based. I purchased it, thinking it was a one time purchase but after a few months of using it, they limited my access and want me to pay for its use as a subscription every year. Total cheats.
25. [R23] 3/5 · US Auto-screwups: For some reason, the program takes names and numbers off the main line and randomly puts them in the second line. Very frustrating.
26. [R33] 5/5 · US Update: YES! This calendar IS the best and easiest to use. I have tried MANY!! 😊 UPDATE-- alerts won't work. Can't contact support?
27. [R92] 2/5 · US Too many glitches: You pay $10.88 a year and there are too many glitches! It needs to be updated ASAP! I have too many appointments to go to another app but when my year is up I’m gone!!!
28. [R51] 1/5 · US YEAYARIGHT: Need more support How do I get training Need phone help
29. [R60] 1/5 · US Information lost: I have had this calendar for many years and have liked it. But, in the last 3 months, all my inputted information on the calendar has been deleted 3 different times and I have to re-enter it. There is no customer support to find out why or how to get my information back.
30. [R62] 1/5 · US Everything was erased: I’ve always loved this calendar but yesterday I woke up and it was completely erased!! I uninstalled and reinstalled it and only the stuff from my Apple calendar reappeared- EVERYTHING I’ve entered on my PocketLife calendar (I’ve been using it for a year) is missing so now I’m freaking out. I had a lot on there and have no idea how to get it back. There’s also no customer se
31. [R28] 1/5 · US Settings are NOT USER FRIENDLY: When there is an update, it’s not always for the better. There used to be a QUICK EDIT where you just tapped on the event itself (after tapping on event on the date on the Calender) but now you actually have to tap the tiny little EDIT button, an EXTRA STEP! Also the is nothing clear in the settings on how to customize your calendar and how to make changes it’s abso
32. [R41] 1/5 · US Impossible demands: Tired of trying to keep up with app language and demands for account maintenance. Goodbye.
33. [R43] 1/5 · US Difficulty: Had to change a few things and having difficulty with the repeat portion
34. [R93] 3/5 · US New upgrade: Too many steps to add something to the calendar. The blue arrive is in 2 different places at different times of adding and it is easy to X out info you’ve added.
35. [R67] 1/5 · US Required sync: I really dislike that you have to sync this calendar with your phones calendar
36. [R86] 1/5 · US Need access to all my calendars. Don’t think so !: Just want a calendar not a spyware
37. [R8] 3/5 · US Nice Calendar but: When I put in USA holidays s bunch of moslem holidays filled my calendar blocking my events. Sorry but to me USA Holidays are events like July 4th not Al etc
38. [R9] 1/5 · US Hit by Scam: As soon as my calendar was linked, I was hit by a scam.
39. [R14] 1/5 · US Scam Alerts: I’ve been using PocketLife for years and have loved it but this year I keep getting scam alerts that fill in on every day for months and I have to go back to their origin and delete them . Annoying.
40. [R97] 3/5 · US Porn: I’ve loved this calendar up until now. I use the free version because that’s all I’ve needed, so I have ads. In the last few months I’ve noticed some of my ads include naked women. I have a family and sometimes my kids use my phone. Totally not ok.
41. [R2] 5/5 · US Diana: I love this calendar but maybe in future you could add a drop down box for notes on each day. That would be so helpful for those of us with a bad memory.
42. [R3] 3/5 · US Good but has limitations: Like the colors. Don’t understand why you can’t add dates beyond a year if the recurrent items go beyond a year?? And, I can’t change colors when using iPad to create, only phone?? And it loses previous years schedule
43. [R443] 3/5 · GB Good but with issues: This would be an excellent app if only it would show the same appointments on both my iPhone and iPad. Doesn’t share across as you would expect it to. Ok if you just use it on one device or you don’t mind double booking yourself when things don’t get shared across.
44. [R540] 3/5 · CA Used to be good: Me and my family used to use this app quite regularly but now we’ve been forced to let it fall out of our daily use because it hasn’t been reliable… My integrated calendars from work no longer update in the app. I’ve tried removing them and reinstalling them to no avail. It’s really unfortunate they tinkered so much with something that was working so well.
45. [R370] 3/5 · GB Price increases yearly ☹️: I love this app, have used it for years and have recommended it to all my friends and family who use it as much as I do. However, for me, it’s time to find something else. I don’t mind a nominal increase every year but £3.99 this year is too much to ask. I wonder if the Developer will give me that long, impersonal speech they give everyone who criticises the price?
46. [R58] 1/5 · US Just erased my whole year!: I put my whole schedule on the app and it erased everything. It’s happened once before and somehow got it back but this time nothing is coming back. So annoyed!!!!!
47. [R138] 1/5 · US PocketLife still not working correctly: App still doesn’t show the right time zone and still doesn’t put the appointment time in correctly. I put in say 9am and calendar sets it as 7am. Will be looking for a different calendar app. Plus customer service was no help!