Google Calendar vs Calendars

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. [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
3. [R66] Calendars 3/5 · US Don’t bother if looking for free: Can’t even have weekly events repeat without buying Pro. Thanks but no thanks.
4. [R70] Calendars 2/5 · US Free version does not allow recurring events: Looking for free basic cal but lack of ability to make events recurring makes this an incomplete calendar. Other functions seemed great.
5. [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
6. [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.
7. [R93] Calendars 3/5 · US Nice app when it works: I’ve been using Calendars/Readdle for maybe four years now? Primarily was using it on my iPhone, but began using it on my MacBook and liked the integration across the two devices. The past several months, it feels like the desktop version has not been updated or has been more glitchy than normal. I am not able to drag the window around, and it seems like it’s crashing my co
8. [R108] Calendars 3/5 · US Works most of the time: I’ve been using this app for a while and it’s definitely caused me some headaches but I haven’t found a layout I like better for seeing all my appointments in one space and being to read them. This app has a rough time syncing between other calendars like your Google and Apple calendar. Beware! I’ve missed some appointments because of this.
9. [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.
10. [R46] Google Calendar 1/5 · US No longer worth having on iPad.: Need to reopen event fo sync to occur, for any changes made in the app to occur.
11. [R61] Calendars 1/5 · US Disappointed: Had this app for an about two years have lost all of my important dates twice! Look for a better and more reliable app!
12. [R109] Calendars 1/5 · US Deleted all my events: I opened up my calendar and all of my plans were set, everything was beautifully organized, i added in a few more dates, it was all working fine. The next day? Everything was wiped. There was literally nothing, not even birthdays, and since its connected to my apple calendar, everything got wiped there too! Don't recommend this app.
13. [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.
14. [R17] Google Calendar 5/5 · US Google calendar get organized: Easily plan & schedule
15. [R100] Calendars 2/5 · US Disappointed: I’m disappointed that Calendars now requires you to upgrade AKA pay, just to have things like family birthdays , repeated yearly, onto your calendar . It used to be free and seems like such a standard , that it still should be
16. [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
17. [R74] Calendars 5/5 · US Best calendar app!: Not only is the app itself easy to use and fully functional, if there’s ever an issue, their support team is top notch.
18. [R107] Calendars 5/5 · US Best Calendar app ever: I have used this app for several years now. I especially like the fact that I can look at the month and see the beginning text of each scheduled event of the month, so that I can see what event I have planned without digging into the individual date. It synchs perfectly with the Apple calendar so tapping on a date and time in my email creates the event in Calendars automat