Calalarm Calendar 4+

For ADHD’ers it’s a must

I have ADHD. I can snooze a reminder, and completely forget about it within 30 seconds. So this app is a lifesaver for me as it keeps nagging me. The only thing I don’t like about the app, is that it seems to duplicate the reminders: it seems to keep the 15 or minute reminder that I set when I created the appointment but then also seems to create a duplicate 15 minute reminder on top of it, so I have to stop the nag twice every time it goes off. I’m sure that that is user error, but it’s not intuitive – at least not to me – how to stop it doing that. But the reason I’m only giving it four stars, is that every time they release a new version, I have to pay for it again. I really wish they would allow me to pay just once, and carry it to the new version. It kind of feels like I’m being nickeled and dimed. That said, if you have ADHD like me, I don’t know of a better app.

Developer Response ,

Hi, Thank you for your feedback. Could be you are getting a duplicate from the default iOS Calendar (with which Calalarm syncs). Please check the alerts from the iOS Calendar that you can disable as following:
iOS Settings app > Calendar > Default Alert Times > Events.
And yes you have to pay for V3. We have supported and updated Calalarm V2 for free since 2014 till early 2023. The new V3 app is built from scratch and is a new purchase.

Indispensable

Whenever Apple has an iOS update, they mess up app notifications. That’s when I realize that I depend on CalAlarm, its snoozes, alerts, and “move” function. (I’ve used this app since I switched to an iPhone and found that its calendar stunk.) Recently, I tried other calendar apps, to see if they improved—other calendar apps were interesting, prettier, or more popular. CalAlarm is still reliable, provides a diversity of alerts, provides customizable alerts, and you can see the appointments. Druthers: 1) Would like to see integration of tasks into CalAlarm; 2) better visibility of the “today“ date on the monthly display; and 3) new alerts; 4) the ability to make an appointment by touching a future date (currently, it defaults to the current date when making a new appointment). Make sure your iPhone is updated to prevent possible alert problems. If there’s a problem and you contact support, they will provide the solution. Thank you, Devart

Best calendar app but V3 continues to be buggy

I love Calalarm, but like other reviewers have indicated, this new V3 version is buggy. New updates seem to fix some problems while introducing more bugs. The current 1.5.2 version has two persistent bugs that I’ve contacted the developer about and have not received a response on.

1. When creating a new event, the calendar view often shows the next month on save but with the current month in the title. For instance, if I create an event for February 1 and save it, the monthly calendar will jump to all of the March dates, but the title at the top will still say February. This bug is intermittent.

2. When creating a new event and selecting “none” as the reminder, the reminder reverts back to either 10 minutes before the event or when creating an all day event, it adds two reminders for the day before and the day of the event. You have to save the event then go back in to remove the reminder and save again. It’s annoying. This bug is consistent.

With that said, I still prefer this app to any of the other available iOS calendars. The alarm nag feature is especially indispensable. I just wish the current version wasn’t so buggy. V2 was flawless.