Ive taken at least a dozen calendar apps for a test drive.
Reasons QuickCal has the other beat:
- Clearer and cleaner UI, for example the which-calendar color indicators are thin, bright vertical strips instead of small but space-hogging buttons, making it much easier to tell at a glance which events belong to which calendar
- Dates without items still appear in the list view
- Times take up minimal space while still be very clear
- Fonts are lighter but much easier to read, and show much more when event titles are long
- Swipe to delete events
- Repeating event indicator
- And of course the natural-language event creation
Things QuickCal still needs to work on:
- Splash screen on opening the app WAY too often, way too slow to open when you do get the splash screen
- Too few option for Default Reminder (I like a 2-hour reminder, and this is the only calendar app that doesnt have it as a default)
Things I would love to see:
- Being able to customize reminders instead of being forced to use a handful of pre-determined defaults (I need 2 weeks and 2 days, for example)
- Being able to customize repeat frequency (I often need every 6 months, every 3 months, and every 2 months)
Yes, those two things would make QuickCal slightly less quick, but if they were added, Id never need to touch another Calendar app again.
100 Watt Walrus about QuickCal - The natural language calendar for iOS