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Artful Agenda - Plan in Style!
Artful LLC · 4,742 ratings · ★ 4.0
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Top complaints - extracted from 47 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"free"
13 negative reviews mention this · 28% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Yeah, but it's not FREE!🤨" - Maya Moore
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"trial"
10 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Sadly didnt like the app & struggled to cancel my trial as the instructions isnt very accured." - Renata
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"subscription"
10 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "right off the bat you have an annual subscription, but the deal breaker is it only connects w/ Google, Apple, or Microsoft accounts. If you're not using those you're SOL. Kinda sux bc the app looked useful. But it's 2026 & those companies a…" - PK Fat
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"calendar"
7 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "right off the bat you have an annual subscription, but the deal breaker is it only connects w/ Google, Apple, or Microsoft accounts. If you're not using those you're SOL. Kinda sux bc the app looked useful. But it's 2026 & those companies a…" - PK Fat
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"money"
6 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "this app is the worst it doesn't sync and they charge a lot of money and with all of the other options today I'm not going to deal with this nonsense" - Bonnie T.
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"free trial"
6 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "You can't check out features before you agree to sign up and give card info. So, no clue if it's good or not, because they don't let you look at it before you buy it. you can sign up for a free trial and subscription. but can't see what you…" - Amy Lambert-Knoll
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"year"
6 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Lied about free trial. I signed up for the 2 week free trial and it charged me for the year immediately." - Heather Carpenter
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"without"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "can't use the app without paying. I'm sure as hell not paying for a simple calendar app." - Cynthia Johnson
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"card"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I'm not giving you my card info just to test it. Yeah ok, how stupid do you think we are?" - DJ Norman
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"anything"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Doesn't't do anything great. Stick with Google calendar." - Deborah Tache
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"sign"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "You can't check out features before you agree to sign up and give card info. So, no clue if it's good or not, because they don't let you look at it before you buy it. you can sign up for a free trial and subscription. but can't see what you…" - Amy Lambert-Knoll
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"charged"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Lied about free trial. I signed up for the 2 week free trial and it charged me for the year immediately." - Heather Carpenter
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to damn much for people like me on fixed income
Sadly didnt like the app & struggled to cancel my trial as the instructions isnt very accured.
right off the bat you have an annual subscription, but the deal breaker is it only connects w/ Google, Apple, or Microsoft accounts. If you're not using those you're SOL. Kinda sux bc the app looked useful. But it's 2026 & those companies are just data mining for adverts or so walled-garden that I won't use them. Maybe one day this app will sync w/ the local calendar on my phone.
don't know what this is
can't use the app without paying. I'm sure as hell not paying for a simple calendar app.
this app is the worst it doesn't sync and they charge a lot of money and with all of the other options today I'm not going to deal with this nonsense
I'm not giving you my card info just to test it. Yeah ok, how stupid do you think we are?
it was a nice app but I didn't use it, I canceled the subscription but it still took the $42 out of my bank account. not happy what so ever.
Retracking... was not reminded that my subscription was coming due... thankfully I kept up my Google Calendar. Also, indicated $39.99 USD to renew, went to renew, then $59.99 USD to renew. I'm returning to Google Calendar for free and it interacts with other calenders. Previous post: Love, love this agenda! I have tried many digital agendas and this is the one I'm staying with!
I have to say I truly don't care about it being universal across platforms. any app that doesn't allow you to even test the app without entering my card info is nothing but red flags for me. there are a lot of other apps that do just this and have great functions. way to enter a market and piss ooff the audience unless they are willing to drop money just to LOOK at the app.
You can't check out features before you agree to sign up and give card info. So, no clue if it's good or not, because they don't let you look at it before you buy it. you can sign up for a free trial and subscription. but can't see what you're signing up for before you do. To the app developers- you should allow a tour of your product.
I downloaded the app, and immediately decided to delete it when I saw "try free for two weeks". If I wanted to pay for a day planner, I'd get one from the dollar store. Just show me an ad like everyone else. *insert eye roll here*
Lied about free trial. I signed up for the 2 week free trial and it charged me for the year immediately.
Can't use without $ I wanted to see how it works, if it has reminders, templates.... you can't even see the app, you just have to pay, honestly 0⭐
Look, I see the vision, however, the subscription is already expensive enough and to tack on an extra 10$ for "premium" is just an insult really. Also, thanks for the "free trial" in which you automatically charged my card. Still waiting for someone to fix this.
have to pay before doing anything!!!!!
i open the app and it wants me to sign in/register. Ok. after I do that it says I need a subscription. why would you make me pay for this when I don't even know if your app works. I don't even get the chance to see your app before you want my money. DO NOT USE UNLESS YOU Have $40 TO BURN
can't even try anything without paying and I was only given 1 payment option which is 39.99 plus tax for a year.
Can't try even 1 feature without actual $$ timed sign-up. Honey, if the app's so precious to you we can't see ANY of it, YOU enjoy it. I'm out.
Tried to do the 2 week trial. It said I wouldn't be charged until my trial was over. But they immediately tried to take $40. I not paying that much up front for something I can't see or use first.
will not save any events no matter the device I use. I have not bought a membership and am doing the trial
ZERO STARS.. BEWARE !!I tried to get the 2 week free trial but it would not work after repeated tries I decided to pay for the year & cross my fingers that I actually liked the app only to be even more disappointed when after paying 40 dollars I still didn't get the free or paid for app. I've emailed & wrote to tech support via the app with no replies ! DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME, DATA, OR MONEY !! SCAMM
makes it impossible to cancel. paid for 4 years before I finally got a hold of someone who would cancel my auto renew subscription. do not sign up with a cc
Had for one day, did not like it and cancelled it and was then charged for the year.
never really used the app, didn't signed up for a free yearly trial, received no message or anything else, then all the sudden they've been trying to hit my account for $43 over & over again for the past 4 days or give or take, friend sent me funds for emergency & hadn't told me before hand & they snatched the money I needed to to cover critical medicine. There's no way to ask for a refund or anything I can find it's against regulations not to notify prior to submit recurring trans esp 12months
pay to use a calendar app?
I'm so over Subscriptions. We are almost at the point of needing a subscription to breathe! Make the app a one time purchase please!
as soon as I joined it asked for a premium and I couldnt get out of it
Tell me in the description that you have to pay to use the App.
I refuse to pay for a calendar app
you have to pay to use it. no thanks!
The ads led me to believe the app was free. After you sign in and go through all of the permissions, the first thing it does is ask you to pay for membership. I don't think I've uninstalled something faster. Be up front about the cost!
wont register, log in, give you my info, or agree to anything until i understand that I want your product. buh bye. you just list a potential customer. waste of a minute installing just to uninstall.
dumb that its only free for 2 weeks. just make it a paid app instead of tricking people into thinking its free
Tries to get you into a 40$ subscription before letting you see any features. Cringe.
Who wants to pay $40 a year for an agenda that you have irl already? not me :)
they force you to do a free trial before you can even open the app, I'm not putting my card on your app just to find out it's lame and then forget about cancelling it, nice try.
Paid almost $40 for nothing!! Won't work! Can't add appointments, I paid $2 for cover for nothing too. waste of money. Chronic illnesses and need calendar for appointments.
You first say its rs 3.3 per month then continue with your 3k+ rs per year? you should really keep per month option open too!
Yeah, but it's not FREE!🤨
Doesn't't do anything great. Stick with Google calendar.
pay to play ....
Good for people that need an agenda that don't have access to one
I would give this 5 stars if it didn't crash every time I open it on my tablet.
Visualually, the app looked interesting and, in my opinion, very nice to the eyes. Bite, I unfortunately wasn't able to open it app or use it in any sort of way as I can see from now scanning through all the options and settings that there may be no possible way to use this app. Unless you subscribe, thank you anyway. It's too bad this app can't be used free in any way. Sadly, I was really hoping and looking forward to using this app to be honest..
There is something profoundly sad that a simple agenda app is subscription only. My period tracker has more free features. If nothing in the app is free, just charge for the download. And no, I'm not going to use the "free trial" if I can't even choose to use some of the features for free after the trail. I'll just find an app from devs that understand users don't need a new subscription for every. SINGLE. APP.
how do I cancel before I'm charged
Sentiment summary
75%
Positive (4-5★)
5%
Neutral (3★)
21%
Negative (1-2★)