Best Calendar apps?
Hey!
I am trying to switch away from my Samsung Calendar (not because of Samsung as much as because I can practically only synch it with the Google Calendar).
Any recommendations?
I am working now with Tuta Calendar, but it lacks some features. For example, I cannot customize the time of the reminder (there are only five options to choose from). Also, it is not too easy to copy the events, which makes putting the same things manually every week sluggish.
Or maybe somebody knows how to tweak Samsung calendar to accept calendar synch with an open-source protocol?
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I would go with open source apps.
The already mentioned Fossify Calendar is a nice choice.
Otherwise, I can recommend Etar Calendar. It might not be the "flashiest" app, but I find the feature set pretty good and on-par with most calendar applications.
Flashy is the enemy of decent. Etar is great, it is simple and just works.
Etar is awesome
Etar Gang
I'm trying out Etar, looks great (picking which calendars to sync or not is a bit slow, but that is a one-time job ¯\(ツ)/¯)
Calendar by Fossify
If I may add my opinion: I come from Google Calendar, and in my opinion Fossify Calendar is not perfect. But I've tried a few, I switched back and forth multiple times, but in the end Fossify is imho the most polished and simple calendar available. I don't know Samsung Calendar, but if it's as good as Google Calendar I'd say you might miss it a bit initially, but stay strong and you will learn to appreciate the simplicity.
I used both Google and Samsung Calendar before, the Samsung one was much smoother and intuitive. With CalDAV it is easy to switch between services, I'm trying out Etar now but can always switch back or to sth else.
I might be wrong but I believe it is more or less Tutas “fault”. They do not provide any commonly used protocols as they are not guaranteed encrypted. It’s the exact reason I have decided to use Mailbox over Tuta even if it’s a sensible decision from Tutas part.
https://tuta.com/en/support/howto#imap
EDIT: Assuming you have Tuta, as I believe their Apps only work with an Account from them.
I understand that this is a feauture. I guess depends on usability-privacy tradeoff. If their app was easier to use, I would probably have stuck with it.
Personally I use Fossify (org.fossify.calendar) for android and Thunderbird for desktop.
I moved from outlook, and in doing so I found the CalDAV protocol (part of WebDAV) is a standard used by a lot of open source calendars. I went with Infomaniak as the calendar cloud storage which was recommended from another buyEU post, they mention both Samsung and Google sync here.
Yes, CalDav is the thing, thank you!
Also, Thunderbird solves my next issue with an app for desktop sync, thanks!
I've used proton and it's calendar for years, recommend
I use "DAVx" to sync my nextcloud-calendar to/from my samsung-phone.
If your provider uses the caldav-protocol, that might work for you
Thanks! I got it set up now (⌐■_■)
fossify for sure, onecalender works too but its less polished