Informant 5 Calendar

Not a clean look

Kun saisi vielä kokonaan suomeksikin käännettynä. Kari Keski-Opas

So when are we going to get the event templates like in version 4.x where one could preset several alarms? I can’t even remember how long ago I was promised this essential feature was going to be restored. If I have to adjust the single 15 minute alarm and enter multiple new alarms for each and every new event entry I make, like when I enter a month’s movie theatre program into my agenda, I’m never going to get done with it. Starting time is often the same and the same movie is shown on several days, so I just made duplicates altering the date and starting time as needed. All alarms would be there automatically. It was quick and productive to do so. One standard alarm, at 15 or whatever minutes in advance, just doesn’t cut it. Also the terminology has been changed which also muddled a perfectly working method of templates for event entry. How long do we have to wait until previous functionality is restored?

If I was allowed to have only one third party app on my smartphone, this would be it. Without any hesitation. All the features and functions you could possibly imagine and then some. Some of my favourites are contact list integration, full project management, time zone management and rich possibilies for tagging and filtering, syncing to desktop. Responsive support team is also very impressive. The only con is the sheer richness of the app which can make it somewhat overwhelming for the newcomer. But there will be huge gratification later if you invest some effort to learn the ropes at start. Kalle, Helsinki

This is a very good app, well thought out, helpful & convenient. Thank you.

I would not mind paying a one time fee. But I am not going to pay an annual fee for a calendar.

Update 7/19/24 Another year of poor at best updates. Watch app remains horrible compared to other PIM watch app. Can only see 7 days of your calendar, unable to complete tasks on watch. Any change on the iOS app requires a new watch synch. Nothing substantial in iOS app. Wait sorry I forgot apparently it’s important to fade upcoming task, that has been implemented. Informant has gotten away from previous wishlist that subscribers use to have access to give ideas for improvements. Update 7/16/23 First let me say that this review has absolutely nothing to do with money or cost of subscription. Informant answers all reviews citing cost issues, that is not the case here. We still do not have a functioning watch app which has become more important to me than a lot of the other updates they have provided. Support tells me recently that engineers are still working on it even though ads state a working watch app. Support also informed me that they may have to scrap watch app as other have done. I have been told by support for years that it’s in the works , it works , it doesn’t work and so on. In that end I am tired of using an app that does not give me the ability to use my products as they were designed. Informant is a great program that has not kept up with the advances in technology. Pocket informant can’t get an Apple Watch App to work in over 4 years, but we now have the ability to search 30 years of data instead of 15. Who had the idea that would be the best use of programmers time? How many people really need to search 30 years. Consider that the iPhone is only okay 15 years old why is that an important update? People including myself have been asking for a decent watch app only to have it pushed to the side. Was told in July2018 it’s being updated. Has not been touched in over 4 years. I am a user from long before 5.0. Subscriber without complaint but leaving when subscription is complete. Fantastical May cost a little more, however all their synch and watch work without any issues. Went to do latest update, excited to see a default view setting. Was unable to find how to set it. Contacted support and this is the reply: Thank you for contacting support. Please accept our apologies. Our engineers erroneously included that detail but that default feature wasn't planned to be part of that release. They have pushed another update to Apple now to version 5.59 that will include that option and we should be able to see the roll-out start very soon. I would sugg

Even with time left on subscription, have moved on. Poor customer service No improvements Buggy Issued not addressed Ever since Alex sold it has been down hill.

This started out, over a decade ago, as the BEST calendar app. Then it was sold and it seems like development has slowed considerably and bugs have increased. Now, when it opens, it doesnt ‘highlight view’ me more than the day it opens on, so I can’t look at my schedule for other days. It started to do this a while ago, and I would just close and reopen the app. That usually fixed it. But, now, it does it all the time and also, completely blacks out future days past like a month, so no future-planning, either. Gah! It still is the most full-featured and good-looking calendar and tasks app I can find, I JUST WISH IT WORKED!! If it works for you, awesome! You’ll have a fantastic app for all your scheduling needs!

I’ve been using this app for 10+ years but recently it doesn’t synchronize well with my calendars or save changes for display. Reached out to customer chat and after 3 weeks they never responded and just closed out the issue when I kept inquiring on a solution. Gonna go find another app to use now and will not be resubscribing in the future due to the poor customer service.