5 Best Calendar Apps For Your Android Phone

With all the fun things we can do on our phones today (playing games, watching movies, listening to music, taking photos – the works), let’s not forget the more serious functions. Your phone is a great organizational and planning tool – provided, you have the right apps. And if you believe that “failing to plan is planning to fail”, you will love our selection of calendar apps for your Android phone.

Cal

Cal brings a powerful artistic component to the simple task of managing your calendar. Featuring a number of drawn background themes, it allows you to fully customize your calendar app with colourful images, that hopefully will not distract you from why you opened the calendar in the first place. The application takes a minimalistic approach when it comes to features – and you many not find too many additional capabilities to play around with, but all the basic calendar actions are there, letting you stay on top of your schedule and get important notification. Created by the same developer as Any.Do task list, the two apps will sync perfectly and if you are already using one of them – you should consider pairing them up.

Business Calendar

If all your planning and scheduling revolves around your job, you may need a calendar with more specialized features. The application offers a more extensive set, including the ability to add a task manager app, various widget designs and the option to create templates for events. You can switch between day and month views for short and long-term planning, as well as view separate event lists. So if you do quite a bit of planning, meet lots of people and have numerous places to attend – you will love the application and all its functionality.

Cozi Family Calendar

If you have a big family, you surely know how much time is spent planning, scheduling and organizing everything in your life: school pick-ups, doctor’s appointments, car pools, play dates, etc. It’s not fun, but it is necessary. So if you are getting tired if pinning colour-coded schedule sheets onto your fridge – you may want to switch to an electronic version, namely, Cozi Family Calendar. All the featured of the app are meant to cater to families: from creating schedules and to-do lists to the ability to share them with family members. Additionally, you can sync all the information with Cozi’s online server and get access to it at any time from your desktop or mobile

Jorte Calendar And Organize

If you are on the market for something brighter and even a bit too much graphically – Jorte will present your everyday schedules in a rather flamboyant format, making even the most uneventful day seem filled with colours. So if you would like to feel like Liberacci, at least for a day, Jorte will offer you lots of background themes to make that happen. The app comes with its own in-app store, where you can get stocked up on customized backgrounds and icons. All of that said, Jorte keeps to tradition when it comes to calendar functions and you can rely on it for all your scheduling needs.

Sunrise

Sunrise is an easy choice when you are looking for a comprehensive yet simple calendar. The interface is clear, the app itself easy to navigate and syncs with a number of other applications, like Facebook, Trello and Evernote. Featured in TechCrunch, The Verge and Fast company, it’s been highly praised for its user-friendly design and functionality. Sunrise is 100% free, which makes the app even more popular with users and an easy option to try out.

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