With busy lives & little time to organize schedules, most people benefit by employing a calendar app to effect better time management. However, with the proliferation of these types of apps on the market, it’s difficult to decide which app best suits your needs. So, we’ve taken a look at a few to give you an overview of the functionality, availability & ease of use of some popular calendar apps.
Jorte
Offering a host of features not usually found in calendar apps such as a news feed, weather report & top charting songs for the day, Jorte has over 3 million downloads on IOS alone, & has a rating of 4.5. The app is very easy to set up & allows you to import events & reminders from several 3rd party sources. To save your settings, you’ll need to sign up with your Facebook account, but the app’s inbuilt logon system makes this a breeze.
Personalization options such as selecting a favorite font & background color, make the app attractive to your personal sense of style, while the sensible layout & navigation features, make the app extremely easy to use. Instantly import various calendars for your specific needs, such as holidays for your country, friends’ & family members’ birthdays & much more.
The screen is split into a left interface to show your appointments & an editing section on the right, which means that you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to use it. Other functions, such as adding additional calendars, are clearly laid out on the base of the app’s screen & are simple to understand.
All these features make Jorte a favorite.
Agenda
Availability:- Web|IOS|Android
More of an overall task-manager than a calendar. Agenda, nevertheless, offers an easy to use calendar, which is packed with additional functionality. Sign up with your Google account or your email to unleash the app’s powerful management facilities & start organizing your life, even on the run.
Agenda integrates note-taking, task-building & event planning, with helpful functions, such as ‘floating task’ management, which doesn’t conform to date-slotting. You can even plan a trip using the app, & add reminders for buying tickets, planning location visits by adding maps, & uploading images to mark events.
The app offers an easy to use intuitive interface, which isn’t difficult to understand & personalize. You can import events & important dates from 3rd party sources, & share listings with friends & family, which makes it effortless to include reminders for group events.
Timeblocks
Quick, convenient planning is what Timeblocks is all about. The app’s motto is that it is a digital ‘Paper Planner’ & just as easy to use as if it were.
See your schedule at a glance, easily edit events & add new tasks, all on one screen. Simple navigation means that you can set up your calendar in no time. Also, import tasks & events from 3rd party calendars such as Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple.
Add task-defining stickers to listings to remind yourself of various important tasks. Timeblocks offers a todo list, & an integrated notebook, so you can jot down additional information, which you can attach to listings. Overall, very intuitive & easy to manage, with one login account.
Armed with these facts, you should be able to find a calendar app to suit your needs, & act as an alternative to Google Calendar, which is usually peoples’ 1st choice.
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