Tasks+Cal+Sync App Reviews

Another update and again no significant inprovements to the todo portion. But Ive found another, task pro! Now it just comes down to who fixed their bugs, for task pro its one bug, first!

I dont know about this applicaton it good & it not good but it is kind of a keeper

Great concept and I love one stop shop for tasks and calendar. Request calendar alarm, one step add task input (not another step to add title), recurring task ability, show tasks with due date on calendar view(maybe just number of tasks for each day in the weekly or monthly view and the actual tasks on the daily view) and easy swipe task delete with confirmation. These additions=Six Star Application!!!

Although the idea appears to be great, ToDo+ requires the user to have calendar information on very specific types of servers. If not, the user is then forced to go through multiple steps including purchasing yet more apps, signing up for additional on-line services, and setting up a multi-phase effort to sync even the calendar. For me, the point of apps like ToDo+ is to make my life simpler, not buy into a test of my intelligence and patience. Worse still, if the problem were simply in the setup I guess that Id bear with it since the app looks so neat. But even if you are able to get it to work once (which I did), the thought of doing all those steps on a regular basis -- just to make sure that my calendar was up to date -- was far more of a commitment than I was prepared to make. Of course, Ive already purchased ToDo+. (It would have been helpful if a free version had been available as with so many of the other apps.) My only hope now is that the developers will understand that a great engineering idea must be matched with ease of use, that the challenge is to make the app transparent to the user, and that its time to go beyond the engineering if they ever hope to sell the app to more than a few tech pioneers. Perhaps in Version 2.0 ...?

Slow response on the touch screen while doing the configuration was aggravating, but the app works. I am able to sync my calendar, tasks, and contacts with our Oracle server.

This single app saves me more time than any other. The previous inability to sync the iCal client with my universitys Oracle calendar was driving me nuts. This interface aolved all that. If it just talked to iCal or MobileMe it would be perfect.

I looked at almost every calendar app available and purchased some before I found this one. The ability to color-code /group appointments is particularly valuable. Having a great todo list on the same app makes this app practically perfect. If Apple would allow audible alarms....

I was very happy to gain the ability to easily use and sync my iPhone with the Oracle Corporate Time Server at work. However, I carelessly synced everything including contacts (which I dont even know how to use on Corporate Time). Later, when I synced my contacts with Address Book on my Mac, I discovered that I had lost half of my stored phone numbers. It was a major effort to restore them. I still dont really understand what happened, but the problem can be avoided by turning off the syncing of contacts with this App. Beware!

At first I was quite happy with the program. However, Ive encountered a lot of problems trying to sync this program with my Oracle university calendar. I constantly get the 503 error message. What makes me a little sad about the error message is that I have reached out to the company to get some guidance but they do not respond to my E-mails inquiries.

This app is almost perfect (considering that Apple does not allow 3rd party cal access). In my opinion this app needs 2 things: Ability to turn off views that one does not need (f.e. I dont use ToDos and I dont need that view) and an addition of Weekly view configurable to view with or without Weekends. If these 2 things would be added Id change my review to 6 stars :)

I tried quite a number of others before trying this one, now I use it every day. Its todo with calendar function really makes it a great app, and the ability to subgroup is a nice bonus.

Just like the title, I like this app for syncing my oracle cal to my ipod touch. I have had no problems 2-way syncing that way. My only wish is that it could also sync with Google Calendar. Please make this happen!

I have used this program since a few months after release. Seemed good, but then After the last update it started to switch my appointments to one hour earlier, across the board! Dont know if this has something to do with DST, but it is dangerous in a profession where being on time is critical! This has been reported to manufacturer! Please fix!!

I have been using Todo+Cal+Sync (TCS) for two months. In my opinion this is the best calendar application around. Here are the reasons why. 1. Fantastic sync ; 2. Ability to color code tasks and appointments; 3. Ability to email a set of tasks; 4. Search of appointments and tasks option (added in the latest release). At this point I rate TCS higher than Pocket Informant, which is also a very good calendar application, and definitely higher than Apple Calendar. The sync uses an open code protocol, which is supported by Outlook, via a third party application: Winfonie (yes, it costs more money, but it is worth it). It is also supported by Oracle, but, as far as I know, not by Google Calendar. I consider the ability to email a chosen set of tasks an essential backup feature, which I could not find in any other calendar. TCS has only one calendar, but the color coding allows "multi calendar" functionality. Altogether this is a great application.

Theyve put a lot of effort in helping you with the complicated (not their fault) process, and after a week and exhausting my Google resources, it works. BUT, I cannot find a user manual (for using it), so its been trial and error (and Google) again. The interface is really cluttered, and icons have no descriptions, and some dont seem to do anything (but perhaps theyre contextual and Im just not in the right context -- but I dont know what context to be in because there is no description of how to use them, or what they mean). It would lovely if they had a user manual available. Even if it were just a link from within the app. All told, I would not recommend this app, and I would not use it —except that its the only one Ive found that works with my organizations horribly outdated Oracle calendar system. If you can, save your $15 for something better.

Only reason I use this was b/c work IT people put on my phone. Ive had for over a year and was so-so at best. BUT, this latest update now only allows you to see 1 week at a time instead of the month view. Totally stinks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UPDATE.....I am now UPGRADING this review to 4 stars b/c their response to complaints is extremely fast and with good results. I was WRONG about my early post and the view options. You can view in day, week and MONTH option. It was me who couldnt figure out how, but their support people e-mailed me the solution w/in 2 hours of my e-mail complaint. Bottom line...it works as described and syncs with oracle.

Great idea and good app. I like the fact that you can sync between iPhones without a server. Color coding, multiple tags for todos, and integration with the calendar is great. Major problem is the fact that it crashes all the time (often 3-4 tries to input cal entry).

Dear Sir, I purchased this App by mistake. I like to cancel the download and return of my payment. Please let me know how to do it. Thank you

I normally use free apps... or apps for a dollar or so. But I run my business from my own eGroupware server, and my iPhone does more for me than my old laptop used to. So a syncml based solution is essential. Not only does this app sync my calendar events, todos, contacts, categories and groups to perfection, but the interface is a vast improvement over the built-in iPhone calendar app. Once I realized I needed to enable syncml privileges for my eGroupware account, and append the username with "@default", synchronization occurred without a hitch. I also modified the calendar "Date Range Limit" settings to sync *all* my calendar events, and not just the most recent few months. Kudos to the developers -- this app will boost my productivity 200%! Bravo, folks...

I have used this on my iPod touch and now on my iPhone: probably 3 yrs altogether. I love that it works with my company calendar: oracle. I love that it gives alerts and the variety of views that I can use. It was an easy install and I got 4 other iPhone users at my job to purchase it too (youre welcome). Now all I need is an iPad version. Pretty please?