Google Calendar

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R1] 4/5 · US Better than most: This app is intuitive and easy to use and compatible with everything. The main thing I dislike is that the app icon doesn’t display the actual date. That’s annoying and seems like it should be an obvious update.
2. [R3] 3/5 · US T Brown: Excellent as usual not difficult to figure out and in our fast paced lives, anything that simplifies and makes things organized
3. [R48] 4/5 · US Very useful but not perfect: Google Calendar is one of the most useful apps on my iPhone because it’s fast enough, reliable, and works well across devices. I like that it makes my schedule easy to see at a glance, and shared calendars are much better here than in a lot of other calendar apps. It’s especially good if you already use Gmail or other Google services. The reason I’m not giving it 5 sta
4. [R35] 5/5 · US Google calendar: Is great!! It’s has been very helpful, keeps me organized, I’ve been using it for years , thank you
5. [R12] 4/5 · US Changed the Icon: I really like this calendar. It’s quite useful and it allows the family to share things between people. However, they change the icon and it is now much harder to find in the sea of other icons. Please change it back.
6. [R28] 5/5 · US Can’t leave without it!: Perfect for my organized life. I check it 200 times a day.
7. [R53] 5/5 · GB Superb: Head and shoulders above Apple Calendar and Fantastical. Colour tagging entries shows up beautifully, not just a coloured dot. Event illustrations were irritating but these can be removed in settings. Tasks fully integrated with Calendar. Minuses? Can only search for entries in the last 2 years; I have to open Fantastical to go back further. Can scroll down through the days showing all ent
8. [R101] 5/5 · GB Very good: Much better than the Crapple Callander app
9. [R106] 3/5 · GB Better than iOS Calendar app: Like this app over iOS Calendar app but it would be nice if the app icon could display the current day & date.
10. [R89] 5/5 · GB Good but….: I like this app, it simple and quick. Good for organising loads of things at once. The problem? I prefer Apple. But this app (sorry Apple) is better than Apples version. I recommend 👍🏼
11. [R5] 1/5 · US No option to display the correct date as an icon?: I’ve been a Google Calendar user for years, but recently the app icon on my iPhone has been stuck showing “31” every day instead of the current date. Today is June 2, yet the small app icon on my Home Screen still shows 31. The same incorrect icon even appears in the App Store. I’ve updated the app, updated iOS, restarted my phone, reinstalled th
12. [R8] 4/5 · US Great but needs 1 improvement: Love it but PLEASE make it so the number on the app widget changes to whatever the date is that day. It’s always on 31, I wish it could update daily
13. [R20] 3/5 · US Icon Change: Why does the icon show the number 31, instead of the current date? Even Apple gets that right.
14. [R14] 1/5 · US Reminders don’t work: I rely on a digital calendar to give me reminders. I don’t have many appointments, but they are important to me as I cannot afford to pay no show fees. Three time now over several months I have missed an appointment because I forgot about it and did not receive a notification when I explicitly set 3 different reminder times. Google Calendar has cost me $160 I don’t have.
15. [R61] 1/5 · GB Notifications unreliable: iPhone SE 2020 iOS 16,17,18, and any and all Gcalendar v24, v25. Gcal notifications only appear reliably on lock screen when Gcal is synced with Acal. Cannot use Gcal independently of Acal. Gcal is Not compatible with iOS.
16. [R65] 4/5 · GB Task notification won’t pop: I use google calendar tasks a lot and I have noticed when the Focus is set to “Sleep” I don’t seem to be able to have notifications when a task is due. I already set up google notifications to be Time Sensitive but it does not seem to work anyway. Use case. a Task is due to be done at 23:00, IOS focus is Sleep from 22:00. Google Calendar is set as Time Sensitive No not
17. [R79] 1/5 · GB Notifications don’t work: I am deleting this app for something else. I have missed numerous recent appointments due to the notifications not showing. This is totally unacceptable when this is something people rely on especially as I pay for this service.
18. [R25] 2/5 · US Massive Glitch please fix and I will adjust my rating: About 80% of the time I go into add the location on the iPhone version of this app the entire platform freezes. This is after I already spent a few minutes putting in other details. I then I have to kill the app in order for it to let me try to put the location in again and then sometimes it works the second time sometimes it freezes again. PL
19. [R26] 3/5 · US Location Glitch: Every time I try to put in the location for an event when I’m inputing something into my calendar, it glitches and deletes the entire event. I’m able to edit the location after I make the event, but it’s incredibly annoying to not be able to put the location in when I’m originally inputting the event into my calendar.
20. [R38] 1/5 · US Freezes adding location: Across updates this app will occasionally totally freeze and become unresponsive when trying to enter a location for an event, requiring the user to quit out of the app, lose all details of the event they’ve already entered, and start over from scratch
21. [R39] 1/5 · US Update needed for location: When adding location to a calendar event, my phone freezes and the app stops working. Then, I must restart the app. This happens when creating a new event, then adding a location to it. If I modify an existing event to add a location, the app does not crash. Please fix this, as this has been the case for 5+ months now at least.
22. [R6] 1/5 · US Unnecessary change: The new icon does not fit the google brand. It screams ai and I do not like it
23. [R10] 1/5 · US logo change it back: my friend doesn't like your new logo
24. [R13] 1/5 · US Please revert to previous icon: New icon is soulless and bland, feels like a cheap app made by amateur
25. [R17] 1/5 · US Native Keep Reminders to Calendar Tasks kills functionality: The legacy Widget allowed for way more visibility on all events over a three day plus period - surprised that the team would remove this in favor of the modern format that lists just 2 events. The giant “+” button in the lower right is intrusive, and not necessary as I can add an event with a drag and drop on any day. Would be nice to h
26. [R27] 3/5 · US Monthly widget: Please, please please my life would be so much easier if you would just create a widget that lets me see my entire month not just the day upcoming.
27. [R32] 2/5 · US Need bigger iOS Widget: The calendar is great, but I heavily depend on the iPhone widget to not miss appointments. The problem is that the Google Calendar widget is too small. It needs to offer a longer version (like iCal widget)
28. [R34] 4/5 · US Great Calendar App, Could Be Better: The app itself is great. But I could learn from the iOS 26 calendar app when it comes to less clicks to delete an event, etc. Also, giving more widget options would be nice. The default iOS 26 widget shows more events than just what’s next day, which is nice.
29. [R7] 2/5 · US Garbage: Does not link properly with iphone calendar. Cannot add repeating dates (i.e. MTW for 4 weeks) without manually duplicating.
30. [R40] 1/5 · US Poor iOS implementation: Does not sync well with iOS calendar and use is very broken on iPhone
31. [R59] 1/5 · GB Does not sync with itself: While it works like any other version it’s recently stopped syncing with itself, meaning any changes made that weren’t done on iPad do not show up, making it a hassle to use and honestly not worth it.
32. [R73] 3/5 · GB Mixed success: I have tried in various ways without success but o make it sink in realtime with my iPhone calendar and my family Google calendar. It is really confusing and unintuitive. I either get Google not showing on iPhone OR double entries. Have deleted and reinstalled - I don’t have an IT dept at home to figure it out ! I have resigned myself to using both calendars together but it’s reall
33. [R21] 2/5 · US Schedule View Still Missing: Previous complaint and response indicates you must be new here. I’m aware the last view is the default view. YOU must not realize that you used to be able to toggle between month view and schedule view. That feature is no longer available. It defaults to month and day view. But thanks for the reply. It wasn’t helpful. Also, the new icon is terrible. It removes any indi
34. [R54] 2/5 · GB Switching from Month to Schedule: Used to be able to click on an event when in month view and it would helpfully take you to Schedule view. Now it takes you to day view which means all events are tiny and difficult to click on. If like me all your events are of ALL DAY type, this is a massive step backward and you are left with 90pct of your screen showing time slots you cannot use. I suggest a se
35. [R63] 1/5 · GB Change it back!!: This app used to be great, when you would click on a day in the month it would come up with a schedule view, now it’s coming up with a timeline of the day and it’s really difficult to see all your events in the day. Please change it back!!!
36. [R160] 3/5 · GB No watch extensio: The absence of a watch extension is a dealbreaker for me. I'd give it 5 stars otherwise.
37. [R192] 3/5 · GB Needs Smart Watch Compatibility: Love the app but when will it be able to link to smart watch? There stats to be no way of linking Apple Watch to the Google Calendar app. Also, a year view would be useful. Fix those and it’s 5 stars!
38. [R198] 3/5 · GB Apple Watch Needed: To take this seriously, it needs Apple Watch support.
39. [R29] 4/5 · US Need more color options: One of the organization tips is to use color, but with only about 12 colors, your options are limited. I have always used color in my calendar and one thing I dislike about Google Calendar is the fact you are limited to the colors they choose. You aren’t given the option to choose shades of those colors or other colors at all.
40. [R36] 4/5 · US Minor suggestions: I really have enjoyed my experience with the Google Calendar ever since I switched from the previous calendar I was using. My only minor suggestions (and they could come across as nitpicking) is more color choices for the events and maybe changing the app icon to reflect the actual date it is instead of just always having the 31st on it (if there is a way to do this, then please
41. [R56] 5/5 · GB Excellent: Would like to have more colour tag options on my phone. Only a limited amount but more on iPad version. Also to be able to label those colour tags would be useful also. Otherwise fab, don’t know why I didn’t use sooner!
42. [R77] 4/5 · GB Best Calendar app: Best calendar app but it would be even better if you could rename the colour tabs because it’s hard to organise when you can’t remember what the colour “blueberry” stands for!
43. [R24] 1/5 · US NO ICS IMPORT ABILITY: WHY THE HECK IS THERE NO ABILITY WHATSOEVER TO IMPORT ICS FILES? I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO IMPORT HUNDREDS OF ICS FILES OTHERWISE! THIS IS SO INCREDIBLY 1986! GET BETTER, GOOGLE!!!! FREAKING TRASH APP!
44. [R49] 5/5 · US Please allow pictures to be added: Please google!!! Allow pictures to be added to Google Calendar events with your next update.
45. [R80] 5/5 · GB Really good: Been using it for years and its great. My only suggestion Is i would like to be able to attach files to events. Eg dr’s appointment: it would help if i could attach the letter with the full details of the appointment.
46. [R104] 3/5 · GB Can you make it access camera / photos on iPhone ?: This would help tremendously improve usefulness. For example I’m setting up an event in the calendar I can screenshot the info for the event that was emailed, add a menu / map / agenda I took a picture of, add a picture or a poster or just add a pic of something related to the calendar item. A doctors appointment letter! Anything. Then allow the
47. [R37] 2/5 · US Glitching!!!: I really like using this calendar, but i’ve been running into a frequent issue. Occasionally, when I add an event, it ends up disappearing, like it was never saved. This becomes a big problem when I’m relying on it for important things. For example, I added an interview to my calendar a week in advance. It showed up at first, but when I checked two days before, it was completely gone
48. [R4] 3/5 · US Still 20th century leaning: Under “What’s New,” the only thing showing for the last several updates is “Now on Apple Watch .” Considering the shortcomings, it’s pretty poor that coders can’t come up with anything else. The multi-year integration with iPhone Notification Center that erases all prior popup notifications whenever the app is opened has been particularly disappointing.
49. [R31] 1/5 · US Give Actual Release Notes: You can't say "now on your Apple Watch!" for 6 months
50. [R46] 1/5 · US “Now on your Apple Watch!” for 6 mos??: Yep. One star review for that. Don’t be evil, and don’t be stupid.