Comments on: Meet the guys behind the iPhone’s best calendar app

By: Jim.Wilson, Boca Raton, FL

Jim.Wilson, Boca Raton, FL — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 03:08:51 +0000

It’s VERY interesting when small development teams are building better core iPhone and iPad software than Apple may have. (Of course beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.) One of those enterprises is Flexibits, a two-man team that has built the best basic iPhone calendaring app for the iPhone…

I am personally using this CALENDAR APP for about 5 weeks and love it… its my go to place for booking appointments and reminders, where I use the calendar app for reminders too… The App also syncs to Apple’s Calendars and both Apps on my iPad; regardless as to which Calendar App one decided to use to book the appointment. Great Job.

These folks, and many others like them, and the environment that Apple has created with their APP Store is what makes the iPhone and iPad really stand out as a serious productivity tools…

I have just 2 suggestions:
a. have a settings choice so that ALL DAY is not the default setting, and default all details.
b. have the initial defalt time, the time of day, am/pm the time of the of booking, rather than midnight.

Great Job…

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:23:21 +0000

It doesn’t allow custom schedules like second Saturday Or third Thursday I ended up Getting a refund

By: Danox

Danox — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:04:48 +0000

The user interface is very clean, and the price $3.99 is right, I’m downloading it right now. The price is a very fair price, but I don’t think they will get that price to work on Android, however good luck with their multi-platform dreams.

By: saoir

saoir — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:32:35 +0000

I tried Fantastical and moved back to Saisuke after two weeks. A far superior Calendar app imho.

By: Capcardiac

Capcardiac — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:10:55 +0000

And don’t forget to Skype with Ian on 1/17 at noon……

By: Nhick

Nhick — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:54:52 +0000

Love it actually, keep it coming guys..

By: motionblurred

motionblurred — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:33:12 +0000

I forgot to add that this is an excellent story beyond my criticism. I wish there were more stories about developers and the apps we use.

By: motionblurred

motionblurred — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:29:54 +0000

This article is very odd. In the first paragraph of your story, you complain about how third party apps are better than Apple’s own apps yet the explanation is in the last section of the story by Sutherland.

Besides Maps, Google’s iOS app are designed to work perfectly with Google services which, no doubt, is why you prefer them more. The Chrome app isn’t even using iOS’ Nitro engine. The reason why some say Chrome is better is because they better advantage of using Chrome on the desktop.

For the most part, first party apps are there to cater to the novice user. This doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement in Apple’s own apps but competing with your developers is not necessarily the way to create a healthy ecosystem.