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Calendars: Schedule Planner
Readdle Technologies Limited · 120,080 ratings · ★ 4.7
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Top complaints - extracted from 32 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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"calendar"
15 negative reviews mention this · 47% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Free version does not allow recurring events. Looking for free basic cal but lack of ability to make events recurring makes this an incomplete calendar. Other functions seemed great." - 4giggity
2
"events"
10 negative reviews mention this · 31% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Free version does not allow recurring events. Looking for free basic cal but lack of ability to make events recurring makes this an incomplete calendar. Other functions seemed great." - 4giggity
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"features"
6 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Very Sneaky! Features taken away and locked behind a monthly subscription. I was using this app for a long time on its basic level. Now, after the last “update”, they took several simple features away and locked behind a monthly subscription. Editing colors, multiple alarms for events and reminders have been strip…" - Mrgl Brmft
4
"every"
6 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I liked it better before Google bought it.. I loved this app until Google bought it. Now I get appts scheduled on my calendar for two-3 weeks of one single appointment. Then I have to send a response to whoever is advertising, that I’m not going. These are spam email senders whom I h…" - rutahill
5
"subscription"
5 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Very Sneaky! Features taken away and locked behind a monthly subscription. I was using this app for a long time on its basic level. Now, after the last “update”, they took several simple features away and locked behind a monthly subscription. Editing colors, multiple alarms for events and reminders have been strip…" - Mrgl Brmft
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"been"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Very Sneaky! Features taken away and locked behind a monthly subscription. I was using this app for a long time on its basic level. Now, after the last “update”, they took several simple features away and locked behind a monthly subscription. Editing colors, multiple alarms for events and reminders have been strip…" - Mrgl Brmft
7
"able"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Very Sneaky! Features taken away and locked behind a monthly subscription. I was using this app for a long time on its basic level. Now, after the last “update”, they took several simple features away and locked behind a monthly subscription. Editing colors, multiple alarms for events and reminders have been strip…" - Mrgl Brmft
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"phone"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Dates are not showing in a widget view. The dates are not showing any more when the app is set a a widget on my phone. It’s just a blank white box." - Hannaneh Ghavanloughajar
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"something"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Spam spam spam. When I bought the older version of this app a long time ago I was happy to have something that worked well and software I owned. Since then all they do is spam you to download their other apps. F off" - Tenno666
10
"loved"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I liked it better before Google bought it.. I loved this app until Google bought it. Now I get appts scheduled on my calendar for two-3 weeks of one single appointment. Then I have to send a response to whoever is advertising, that I’m not going. These are spam email senders whom I h…" - rutahill
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"until"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I liked it better before Google bought it.. I loved this app until Google bought it. Now I get appts scheduled on my calendar for two-3 weeks of one single appointment. Then I have to send a response to whoever is advertising, that I’m not going. These are spam email senders whom I h…" - rutahill
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"single"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I liked it better before Google bought it.. I loved this app until Google bought it. Now I get appts scheduled on my calendar for two-3 weeks of one single appointment. Then I have to send a response to whoever is advertising, that I’m not going. These are spam email senders whom I h…" - rutahill
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Very Sneaky! Features taken away and locked behind a monthly subscription
I was using this app for a long time on its basic level. Now, after the last “update”, they took several simple features away and locked behind a monthly subscription. Editing colors, multiple alarms for events and reminders have been stripped naked.
That’s a hard NO for me. That’s like car manufacturers would suddenly charge you money for your 5 year old car to be able to open the door.
I’ll delete this app now. It’s useless for me now.
That’s a hard NO for me. That’s like car manufacturers would suddenly charge you money for your 5 year old car to be able to open the door.
I’ll delete this app now. It’s useless for me now.
Dates are not showing in a widget view
The dates are not showing any more when the app is set a a widget on my phone. It’s just a blank white box.
Spam spam spam
When I bought the older version of this app a long time ago I was happy to have something that worked well and software I owned. Since then all they do is spam you to download their other apps. F off
APP features misleading
It appears that to use the features shown in preview one must agree to upsales. Disappointing.
Islamic holidays are not US holidays
The app has all Islamic holidays preloaded as US holidays, cannot be removed.
Charged after canceling
Even though I canceled subscription and deleted the app I was still charged. Why?! Not cool!!
Total garbage
Don’t waste your money. Absolutly no control of the 900 unheard of holidays. No way to map out a week without entering every single day one at a time
Blocking things behind a paywall that should not be
There are some basic features that are blocked behind a paywall that should not be.
Feature 1. Being able to set multiple notifications separated to keep you reminded about what you need to do. Say you have an appointment at 6 pm and you want a reminder 1 hour from it, 30 minutes from it, and 15 minutes from it. You have to choose one of them or get a different app to do it.
Feature 2. Having reoccurring events. If you have a meeting every week at 4:00 that you need to put on your calendar you would need to use a separate app or pay to do this. Then if you want to edit it you once again have to use a separate app to get it done.
It’s very greedy in my opinion and you should not use this app. What also sucks is that this is an app suggested by another one that was discontinued that had these features for free. Get literally any other calendar app because this one sucks.
Feature 1. Being able to set multiple notifications separated to keep you reminded about what you need to do. Say you have an appointment at 6 pm and you want a reminder 1 hour from it, 30 minutes from it, and 15 minutes from it. You have to choose one of them or get a different app to do it.
Feature 2. Having reoccurring events. If you have a meeting every week at 4:00 that you need to put on your calendar you would need to use a separate app or pay to do this. Then if you want to edit it you once again have to use a separate app to get it done.
It’s very greedy in my opinion and you should not use this app. What also sucks is that this is an app suggested by another one that was discontinued that had these features for free. Get literally any other calendar app because this one sucks.
Deleted all my events
I opened up my calendar and all of my plans were set, everything was beautifully organized, i added in a few more dates, it was all working fine. The next day? Everything was wiped. There was literally nothing, not even birthdays, and since its connected to my apple calendar, everything got wiped there too! Don't recommend this app.
Scam
Was charged $20.80. I did not purchase this I signed up for the seven day trial. He told me I would be charged at the end of the trial.
Lost info
I lost every entry on my IPhone calendar 5 days ago
Harassment
I’ve been a user of this app for years and have the lifetime access. After a new update I am consistently harassed to “upgrade” even though I have lifetime pro access. It will block features from me until I close the app and reopen it. I’m worried that either myself or my wife is going to accidentally hit subscribe and end up paying for an app we paid for life years ago. People who supported you early on should not be harassed by your ads. Very frustrating.
Used to love it
Was my first go calendar, until recently. All the drag and drop features disappeared. You can’t double click on calendar events and have them open in month view. Just a big loss of features. If it gained them back, I’d keep the subscription. Used to be worth it. Apple Calendar is just as bad.
Lots of spam
I had loved this app until 2 mos ago.. I got tons of spam alerts that went directly into my calendar day, not text message, not email, but This calendar app, 8-10 spam messages a day. I finally had to transfer all of my events to calendar that comes with the iPhone. Very sad to have to delete this app, especially after just paying for another year recently, but now, No spam alerts.
money-blind company
money-blind company
Regret of any past payment for this xhit
After paid again and again you can’t even set up repeat event . Go to heil
Can’t cancel trail subscription!
Literally it will not let me cancel the subscription so my card can get charged.
Really annoying and the app makes it impossible to get it cancelled.
Really annoying and the app makes it impossible to get it cancelled.
Frustrated
I can’t do multiple reminders or repeats anymore!!!!!
Bummer.
Bought this app yearssss ago. Now they charge a huge annual fee to continue to use the features you’ve already been using. Finding a new calendar app now.
new update makes recurring events require subscription
new update makes recurring events require subscription, deleting and getting something else. i can vibe code a calendar app myself if i want lol
Bad service
Someone was able to get in and my calendar and now I have a reminder every single day for the next forever how long about a bill I don’t owe and I can’t erase it
It’s a sad good bye
Beware of this 3rd party apt!! I loved this app for the past four years. BUT something has happened!!After a recent daylight saving time change on my phone, it triggered every event saved to iCloud to disappear and is UNRETRIEVABLE! I’m lost and frustrated having to start over.
SO upset.
I have used this app for about a decade and loved it. This morning I woke up and my entire calendar - past, present, future - is GONE. All of my important appointments, events, work deadlines, birthdays, etc. I restarted/updated my phone, followed the IT support instructions several times, tried WiFi and cellular data to refresh the app, and it’s still completely blank. Beyond frustrating.
Free version does not allow recurring events
Looking for free basic cal but lack of ability to make events recurring makes this an incomplete calendar. Other functions seemed great.
User interface
It’s hard to navigate between weeks and I’ve noticed some of my events I’ve made have just disappeared without a trace.
Decreasing options increasing cost.
Used to be a good app.
I liked it better before Google bought it.
I loved this app until Google bought it. Now I get appts scheduled on my calendar for two-3 weeks of one single appointment. Then I have to send a response to whoever is advertising, that I’m not going. These are spam email senders whom I have never had any contact with and would block if they had ever sent anything to my email. Somehow they can still set appointments on this calendar, which never happened before Google bought it. It’s ridiculous and irritating! ! Today there were three of them, Plus a one day appointment from some spammer which I had to go into my email and block the sender to cancel the appointment that Google/the developer allow access.
I would not get this app, as a new customer, if I knew this could happen. The reason I keep it is because it the record of appointments and notes that I’ve made on specific situation that I want records of historically - Much like I would a regular calendar. I used to use Franklin Planner, when I was still working and before some life altering medical events that forced me to stop working at 60. I became accustomed to keeping track of everything in my life in my calendar. Google said it has to be someone I’ve had contact with, but I guarantee that is not the case. Nobody should be able to access my calendar! Aside from that, and now charging me for the moon calendar - which was included in the original parchase, it’s a really good calendar. Im irritated that they want to charge extra if I want the moon phases.
I think it’s a dirty business to sell you something and then change what that something is.
I would not get this app, as a new customer, if I knew this could happen. The reason I keep it is because it the record of appointments and notes that I’ve made on specific situation that I want records of historically - Much like I would a regular calendar. I used to use Franklin Planner, when I was still working and before some life altering medical events that forced me to stop working at 60. I became accustomed to keeping track of everything in my life in my calendar. Google said it has to be someone I’ve had contact with, but I guarantee that is not the case. Nobody should be able to access my calendar! Aside from that, and now charging me for the moon calendar - which was included in the original parchase, it’s a really good calendar. Im irritated that they want to charge extra if I want the moon phases.
I think it’s a dirty business to sell you something and then change what that something is.
Disappointed
I’m disappointed that Calendars now requires you to upgrade AKA pay, just to have things like family birthdays , repeated yearly, onto your calendar . It used to be free and seems like such a standard , that it still should be
Calendars don’t sync.
I cannot figure out why the app looks one way on my iPad and a completely different way on my iPhone. As of now, I can see a full list of tasks that I created on my iPad but when I open the app on the iPhone, there’s no tab for tasks. I had and paid for calendar 5 but then had to switch to this one because the first one was no longer gonna be supported. Can somebody please help before I lose my mind
Everything keeps getting wiped.
I really like this app so i ended up buying the premium, ever since then there have been a couple times where i open up the app and literally every event or task or anything is deleted. I have a bad memory which is why i yknow use a calendar, i cant keep re entering every single event including every one of my friends and familys birthdays.
What happened??
The latest updates have made this app practically unusable. It’s so tedious to navigate now, and ridiculously buggy - the worst being a daily app freeze often requiring a hard reboot of my phone just to restore usage.
Erasing
It erased everything on my calendar out of nowhere. Super frustrating.
Sentiment summary
94%
Positive (4-5★)
3%
Neutral (3★)
3%
Negative (1-2★)