Informant 5 Calendar

Well, it finally happened. I've been using informant 5 for years, but I can no longer justify the inflated cost. It’s never been the very attractive calendar, but having my tasks, events and notes all in one app was the feature I needed to keep me organized, and I got use to it. But going from the free version, to paying for a “one time” payment for the premium features (which I did back in the day), to the $.99 a month, to $1.99 a month, to $6.99 a quarter, to now $9.99 a quarter?!? I’m out! Canceled my subscription and tried out TimePage, which is the by far the best looking calendar I have ever downloaded. Similar from a functional level as well, so I went ahead and paid for annual subscription, which I might add is considerably cheaper than informant.

What’s the point in even having a widget I can look at to see my upcoming appointments if it doesn’t update? Only if I open the app will it update the widget, but then I don’t need the widget, do I! I have relied on (Pocket) Informant since the PDA days and things have gone way downhill. I want to use it as my main calendar tool as I love the agenda view, but it has to do the basic things right. This issue with widgets has been reported at least since early last year, and ignored. Sad, as there’s so much potential.

This is the best calendar app. One feature it has that almost no other app has is that you can set multiple notifications for an event, not one or two.

I’m a productivity app connoisseur and this has consistently been my favorite and go-to for years.

I have just cancelled my trial subscription. In addition to features not working seamlessly with other programs or not working at all, there are issues with response time.

I don’t write reviews. But I’ve been using Informant since 2011, when it was called Pocket Informant. I always say that if something happened to this app, I would simply cease to exist. It is the most important app on my phone. It contains my life. Every event and task. If the owners even consider end of life, I would try to buy it and run it myself. I simply couldn’t live without it.

Been using this calendar for years and helps me keep everything straight. love the free version, but I’m thinking of upgrading since I love it so much.

Weather doesn’t load anymore. Please fix!!

I purchased pocket informant on July 31, 2010 for $5.99 on the Apple Store. I still have the receipt. What I purchased is not a subscription but an ownership of the app for life. Since then the developer has ceased to offer this product on the Apple Store and replaced it with a new subscription based product. I have no problem with this. I have no expectation of getting any revisions or new products for free. What I do have a problem with is when I downloaded the new product to demo it it crippled my old product I had purchased so I can no longer use it and there is no process to restore it. This is very unethical and probably illegal. I complained to Apple Media and Software Department and they agreed with me. Despite numerous attempts to reach out to the company using their support page and by messenger they have not responded.

Had to drop this app. Hated to do it but it just stopped syncing and dropped all of my other calendars.