BusyCal: Calendar & Tasks 4+

To Do. Planner. Schedule

Busy Apps FZE

    • $14.99

Description

BusyCal is a powerful, flexible calendar app for managing busy schedules, events and tasks.

BusyCal's unique features include natural language input, customizable calendar views, an integrated to do list, meeting scheduling, travel time, maps integration, tags, alarms, search, weather, moons, birthdays, anniversaries, graphics and more.

BusyCal provides reliable support for iCloud, Google Calendar, Google Tasks, Exchange / Microsoft Outlook, Office 365, Todoist and other CalDAV servers, enabling you to sync and share calendars with other Mac and iOS devices running BusyCal or the built-in Calendar app.

BusyCal for iOS is a full-featured mobile companion to BusyCal for macOS, the leading calendar solution for macOS that thousands of users have trusted and depended on for years.

CALENDAR VIEWS

• Display your calendar by Month, Week, Day or List.
• Pinch and zoom to control the number of weeks shown per month, and days shown per week.
• Customize the calendar appearance including calendar colors, weather, moons, birthdays, anniversaries, event times, week numbers and more.

CALENDAR SETS

• Manage different, named collections of calendars
• Quickly switch between different Calendar Sets
• Assign different default calendars to different sets
• Create new sets based on existing collections

PASSWORD PROTECTION

• Enhanced privacy with the option to lock all your calendar sets or just the ones you choose

WIDGETS

So. Many. Widgets
• Upcoming
• Event List & Calendar
• Calendar & Heatmap
• Today's Date
• Next two days
• This week
• Next two weeks

EVENTS

• Create events manually or automatically using natural language.
• Choose from a wide range of attributes to display when viewing or editing events including travel time, time zones, attendees, contacts, tags, maps, last edit time, and more.
• Add tags to events to track projects and important events.

TASKS

• Tasks are displayed directly in the calendar and carry-forward until completed.
• Tasks can be undated, or scheduled to occur on a specific date or time.
• Tasks can be scheduled to repeat daily, weekly, monthly, etc.
• Tasks can be sorted and filtered by date, priority, calendar or title.

JOURNALS

• Journal entries you create are displayed directly in the calendar as all-day events
• Journal can be scheduled to repeat daily, weekly, monthly, etc.

TRAVEL TIME, LOCATIONS & MAPS

• Supports Location Services for adding locations to events.
• Supports both Apple Maps and Google Maps for driving directions.
• Travel time allows you to block out time to travel to an appointment.
• Alarms can warn you in advance of travel time when it's time to leave.

PERSONALIZATION

• Display Birthdays and Anniversaries, including birthday age and anniversary number.
• Display a live 10-day weather forecast.
• Display phases of the moon.
• Display graphics created in BusyCal for macOS.

SYNC & SHARE CALENDARS

• Sync and share calendars with iCloud, Google Calendar, Exchange, Outlook, Office 365, Fruux, Yahoo, Kerio, Zimbra, Oracle, OwnCloud, Confluence, macOS Server, SabreDAV and other CalDAV servers.
• Sync with other Mac and iOS devices running BusyCal or the built-in Calendar app.

MORE

• Dark Mode
• Receive Inbox notifications of meetings and changes to events on shared calendars.
• Search your calendar for past and future events and tasks.
• Set default settings for events, tasks and alarms.

What’s New

Version 4.6.2

· Fixed a sync issue with Todoist where bogus carriage return \r characters in notes copied from Microsoft To Do would trip the server
· Fixes bug where the keyboard would cover the notes during editing at times
· Ongoing stability and performance improvements

We push updates routinely to fine-tune existing features, enhancing the app's performance and overall responsiveness for a better user experience.

Recently:

· [NEW] Directly sync with Apple Calendar in read-only mode. Ideal for users with restricted third-party access to work accounts. New account option under Settings > Accounts > Add Account > Apple Calendar
· [NEW] Event times can be turned on to always show in month view on iPhones in portrait mode
· [NEW] Toolbar with month name and calendar-set switcher is now visible in Landscape on the iPhone
· [NEW] New setting added: You can now align Mont View to start of month
· [NEW] "Extra Small" Text size added
· [NEW] Locations can now configured to open in "City Mapper"
· [NEW] URL handler for automating launching of the app or creating new events
· [NEW] New setting added: You can now align Week View to the "Start of Week" setting by turning off "Align Week View to Current Date".
· [NEW] Text size for List view can now be configured in settings
· [NEW] Text size for Tasks can now be configured in settings
· [NEW] "Work Days" shortcut when setting up recurring events

Ratings and Reviews

4.6 out of 5
254 Ratings

254 Ratings

biologyoracle ,

Desktop calendar feel on iPhone

BusyCal, more than other calendar apps, lets me feel like I can see at a glance, what’s coming up in the next days and weeks. I really like month view and how tapping on a date expands it to see details - while still staying in month view. It’s clever. It has a ‘big desk calendar’ feel - even on a small screen. Nothing is hidden or out of sight - which gives me confidence that I am not missing something. (especially great if you have a very irregular schedule). Entering dates has become easier recently in BusyCal, too - though I still prefer entering events in another calendar app (which I use just for that purpose). But when I want to see what’s on for a particular date nothing beats month view in BusyCal. I also really like how graphics pasted into BusyCal on Mac show up in BusyCal on iOS - and they are not just a limited selection of clip art - you can put any graphics in. When I’m consulting at a company on a date, for example, I put their company logo on the date as a ‘sticker’ which makes it easy to see an important event at a glance when scrolling through the calendar.

Developer Response ,

iPhone X support has been added to v3.3.2, coming in a day or so. We'd appreciate an updated review.

Sabharwalvabi29 ,

Great app just add the option to display alternative calendar

The app has been working quite well for me bought the subscription to unlock all the features just wanted to ask you to add alternative calendar cause mac has it already can add it to ios all as well rest i have one word for this app excellent

Dymmas ,

Behind functionally…

Update to initial review:

The developers have obviously been hard at work over the last few months, as the updates that have come through are really useful. Some real thought is going into making workflows easier without just copying functionality from the built-in iOS apps (long press of the today icon to bring up a date selector is brilliant, as is the long press to bring up an event type selector and drag for time period).

Great work guys - keep it coming!

Initial review:

I started to write this review over a year ago - that BusyCal for iOS feels quite antiquated in terms of functionality and when compared with other modern calendar apps’ interfaces. Over a year later and no update to bring the app at the very least in line with other apps regarding features and functionality. It is slipping further behind. I adore the desktop app and am frustrated with the iOS version in comparison. Can we at least have the ability to create an event by long pressing a time in the calendar? Keyboard shortcuts for navigating / functionality / switching views? Long pressing the Home Screen icon to quickly add an event / task? Command T to go to Today for heaven’s sake!

App Privacy

The developer, Busy Apps FZE, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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