Google Calendar vs Google Tasks

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. [R3] Google Calendar 3/5 · US Give Me All The Colors: I love google calendar but I wish I had all the color options that are available when picking the default calendar color for when I am picking my event colors. They are so much prettier and give more variety for the various types of events with a shared calendar. Please let me do this
2. [R6] Google Calendar 3/5 · US More widgets: Missing a full size schedule widget and calendar widget (similar to minicals design if possible for the calendar widget) in my opinion
3. [R8] Google Calendar 5/5 · US New color coding colors are awesome!!!!: I’ve always felt like I didn’t have enough options to choose from but these colors are so nice. Lowkey writing a review just for this. An additional recommendation is to have the ability to sync canvas with Google tasks or have canvas assignments disappear on the calendar once you’ve completed them. “It’s stressful seeing it and not being sure if you comp
4. [R13] Google Calendar 1/5 · US need every weekday option on mobile: really need the option to repeat a calendar item every weekday on the mobile app not just on desktop
5. [R5] Google Calendar 4/5 · US Just needs one tweak: I wish the app icon would show the date, instead of constantly saying 31.
6. [R9] Google Calendar 3/5 · US Live date gone: Love the app, but don’t like the update where today’s date is no longer part of the app icon.
7. [R14] Google Calendar 4/5 · US Please make the app button change date: The app works well on my phone, but it’s really frustrating that the logo doesn’t change on the app like the Apple calendar. It would be nice to see the actual date on my screen. Please change this 🙏🙏🙏
8. [R16] Google Calendar 2/5 · US App Icon: Please change the app icon to something other than a static number. I have to use this app for work and having the native apple calendar app displaying the correct date next to this app on my Home Screen makes this app look like a joke. Easy fix for a proper design decision.
9. [R7] Google Calendar 1/5 · US No Dark Mode Toggle: Dark/Light mode cannot be set, and is only based on the system theme. The 3-way Dark/Light/System theme toggle had been an app standard since 2020. If you advertise 'dark mode' as a feature of this app, then just give us a setting for it.
10. [R19] Google Calendar 1/5 · US Practically useless: I use the calendar regularly on my desktop. It takes WAY too long for any changes I make to reflect on the app. By long, I’m not talking a minute or two. I mean whole days pass by without the changes reflecting on the app. It’s insane and wholly unacceptable.
11. [R25] Google Calendar 1/5 · US Cannot enter locations: I used to have the infrequent problem of only being able to enter the first letter of the location of my events, but then the app froze and the only thing to unfreeze it was to force close the app and lose my draft of a calendar entry. But I didn’t think much of it because it happened once in a blue moon. Now since this latest update I can no longer put a location on any of
12. [R36] Google Calendar 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.
13. [R10] Google Calendar 1/5 · US Terrible: This is the worst calendar app on the market. I would rather pay for one than use this for free.
14. [R29] Google Calendar 4/5 · US Great App: I love that I have not had anything issues using this app. I made the switch from Apple to Google Calendar for that exact reason. Only improvement that I would appreciate is if the icon would show the day & date that it is.
15. [R50] Google Calendar 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.
16. [R65] Google Tasks 5/5 · US Getting organized: Great App, allows you to tick of tasks and especially for really busy people who get distracted. I find in retirement I am probably more busy than when I worked a full time job. It adds focus to your day and allows ability to track tasks
17. [R41] Google Calendar 4/5 · US Good overall: I use the app on my iPhone and find it works pretty good overall. It’s intuitive and syncs easily which makes it really convenient. 1 thing I wish for: that the app image had the actual date on it (instead of always saying 31). I also have a persistent bug where the app freezes when I try to type a location for an event. I have to close and reopen the app and recreate the event to ge
18. [R43] Google Calendar 2/5 · US “Location” Field on an event causes app crash a lot: Please fix this it’s been like this for months
19. [R54] Google Calendar 3/5 · US Location glitch that won’t go away: When entering a new calendar invite on iPhone, I must enter all details except location first, save it, then edit to add location otherwise the event freezes and a restart of the app is required. It’s been happening for about 12 months. Today, I went back to an event I booked earlier this morning to add location. It froze. Needed to close and restart app. This i
20. [R67] Google Tasks 1/5 · US Zero for release notes: Bug fixes an improvements, what the hell does that mean? Just try putting something reasonable in here just one sentence that says what you're changing. It's not that hard.
21. [R1] Google Calendar 1/5 · US Color Update Broke Colors: The update for the desktop app broke colors. There is no consistency between the colors in the iOS app and the desktop version of calendar. Furthermore, custom colors that are available on desktop are not on the app. This update ruined the organization of my calendar.
22. [R28] Google Calendar 1/5 · US Bring back the classic Google Calendar feel!: 1. Bring back the original app icon. The new icon feels out of place and doesn’t fit as well with Google’s overall design language and branding. 2. Add more event color customization options. This has been requested by many users. 3. Make the app icon reflect the current day. It would make the app more functional and visually useful at a glance.
23. [R51] Google Calendar 3/5 · US Need more colors: Can we please get an update adding more colors for the events? It’s been the same colors on there for what seems like a over decade.
24. [R69] Google Tasks 3/5 · US No search function: The application would be much more useful if there was the ability to search within the app. The only way to search is to do it in the Google calendar application. If you lose the search capability in Google calendar (which is a known problem that I have not been able to fix), both Google Calendar and Google Tasks lose a major function that I depend upon. I am looking for oth
25. [R73] Google Tasks 1/5 · US Missing a search function: The Google Tasks mobile app for iPhone does not currently have a built-in search feature for finding specific tasks. To locate items, you must manually scroll through your lists. My lists are long and this is a PITA. Google, please add this simple feature ASAP!
26. [R81] Google Tasks 3/5 · US Generally good and def helps me keep track of things i need to do (with caveats): Generally good and helps me keep track of things i need to do with a simple interface ! Three things would make it sooo much better- 1) Ability to Search for a task in Google Tasks, 2) Ability to see an aggregate list of tasks in addition to by category (all by sorted by due date for example), 3) More reliable
27. [R92] Google Tasks 5/5 · US Đề xuất bổ sung tính năng tìm kiếm (Search): Tôi rất hài lòng với ứng dụng vì giao diện đơn giản và dễ sử dụng. Tuy nhiên, hiện tại ứng dụng đang thiếu một tính năng rất quan trọng là tìm kiếm (search). Khi số lượng công việc tăng lên (ví dụ 200+ task), việc tìm lại một công việc cụ thể trở nên rất khó khăn và mất nhiều thời gian. Trong khi đó, các ứng dụng tương tự như “Lời nhắc” trên iPhone đã
28. [R75] Google Tasks 3/5 · US It's ok: Give the ability to share
29. [R76] Google Tasks 1/5 · US Needs to be able to share tasks with other accounts.: I like that this is integrated with Google suite but unlike calendars and docs etc ya see is are only for you. No shared home grocery lists no project management in your team. This could be so much better instead it’s just irritating.
30. [R83] Google Tasks 4/5 · US Sharing: Great app. Want to share task as or with others or “family”
31. [R96] Google Tasks 3/5 · US Calendar integration is great, but missing table stakes features: The only reason I use this is its integration with Google calendar. But the lack of multi-sort and deadline dates on the app hold it back. Custom sortable fields and sharing tasks with other google users would make it elite level. I'd pay for that.