# iCal Reviews **Vendor:** Apple **Category:** [Calendar Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/calendar-software) **Average Rating:** 4.1/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 196 ## About iCal iCal is Apple's personal calendar application designed to help users efficiently manage their schedules, appointments, and tasks. It offers multiple calendar views—daily, weekly, and monthly—allowing users to oversee their activities at a glance. With iCal, users can create and manage multiple calendars within a single unified window, making it easy to identify schedule conflicts and available time slots. The application supports online calendar sharing through a .Mac account, enabling collaboration with colleagues, family, and friends. Additionally, users can subscribe to other calendars to stay updated on work schedules, family events, and more. iCal also integrates with iSync, allowing synchronization with Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones, PalmOS devices, and iPods, ensuring access to the most current calendars on the go. Key Features: - Multiple Calendar Management: Create and manage multiple calendars within a single interface to easily identify schedule conflicts and free time. - Online Calendar Sharing: Share calendars over the Internet using a .Mac account, facilitating collaboration with colleagues, family, and friends. - Calendar Subscription: Subscribe to other calendars to keep track of work schedules, family events, and more. - Integration with iSync: Synchronize calendars with Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones, PalmOS devices, and iPods for on-the-go access. - To-Do List Management: Organize and track activities with built-in to-do list management. - Event Notifications: Receive notifications of upcoming events on screen, via email, or through text messaging to a mobile phone or pager. Primary Value: iCal simplifies personal and professional scheduling by providing a centralized platform to manage multiple calendars, share them online, and synchronize with various devices. It addresses the need for efficient time management and collaboration, ensuring users stay organized and connected across different platforms and devices. ## iCal Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users value the **seamless syncing** of iCal across all Apple devices for a cohesive experience. (1 reviews) - Users appreciate the **ease of use** of iCal, finding event management and daily scheduling extremely straightforward. (1 reviews) - Users love the **easy event creation** in iCal, finding it enhances their daily scheduling efficiency. (1 reviews) - Users love the **seamless syncing** of iCal across all Apple devices, enhancing their scheduling experience. (1 reviews) - Users love the **clean interface** of iCal, which simplifies event creation and daily management. (1 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users often face **calendar issues** with iCal, as settings don't save and default calendars change unexpectedly. (1 reviews) - Users experience frustrating **email issues** with iCal, as it randomly adds calendars without consent and struggles with settings. (1 reviews) - Users find that **integration issues** hinder the syncing and customization capabilities of iCal, affecting their overall experience. (1 reviews) - Users find the **limited customization** options of iCal to be a significant drawback in their experience. (1 reviews) ## iCal Reviews ### 1. Highly Efficient and User-Friendly Tool **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 07, 2025 **What do you like best about iCal?** The clean interface and easy event creation make managing my day super simple **What do you dislike about iCal?** It works well overall, but syncing and customization could be improved **What problems is iCal solving and how is that benefiting you?** iCal keeps all my events in one place and syncs perfectly across my devices. It helps me stay organized and never miss an important reminder ### 2. iCal you cal **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gary K. | Executive Producer, Writer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 25, 2025 **What do you like best about iCal?** iCal Seamlessly syncs with all apple devices **What do you dislike about iCal?** The settings don't want to take. iCal seems to decide which default calendar it wants and sometime it seems to add calendars from emails without user input **What problems is iCal solving and how is that benefiting you?** I can invite people to meetings. Schedule appointments and schedule reminders ### 3. Simple and easy **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Erika F. | Lyricist, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 09, 2024 **What do you like best about iCal?** I love how iCal talks to Apple Maps; whenever you add to your calendar and add a location, calendar and maps automatically sync up. You can see your next destination on the map within the Calendar app. I love this, because I don't have to separately open Maps and plug in my destinations, because Calendar does it for me! **What do you dislike about iCal?** Personally, there aren't too many downsides; it's simple and sleek. When I open the app on my phone, the appointments, destinations and notes are all laid out. I can see everything I had planned. I'd say the only downside is that you are you're supposed to put a start time and end time; I really do not like how the end time shifts when you change the start time. (I.e. If I have an appointment from 2pm-3pm and I change the start time to 2:15, iCal automatically shifts the end time to 3:15, which is not correct.) I wish they would just stay stagnant! It's so weird, I do not know how to fix it. Maybe in system settings? **What problems is iCal solving and how is that benefiting you?** I work part time in property management as a tour guide, so I have a lot of appointments/houses I need to be at every hour. All of these places are all over LA: the valley, central LA, and East LA. iCal benefits me when I work this job because I can just input all of my appointments in iCal. When I work the job day of, I can open iCal and I see my day laid out; I can see my appointments, addresses, and notes in one go. I can tap on each individual appointment and see maps on that page, and all I have to do is click on the map and it will automatically open Apple Maps for me. I love how the two apps talk to each other! It makes my job so much easier. ### 4. My favorite calendar tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Julie B. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 15, 2023 **What do you like best about iCal?** It is simple to use and has a really great user interface - simple, clean, clear and easy on the eyes! Does everything I need including manage my personal, family and work calendars. I'd be lost without it. The widgets on my other apple devices are also great to get a quick snap shot. **What do you dislike about iCal?** No downsides at all I aboslutely lve it and its the only calendar I've used in 15 years! **What problems is iCal solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's super easy to subscribe to my work calendar, import my families google calendar, keep track of my appointments and also my time blocking all in one simple, easy to use place. Having all my different calendars in the one app is super helpful and it syncs immediately across all my devices so I always know whats happening. ### 5. iCal - Apple's great calendar **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brett L. | Marketing Director (Volunteer), Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 09, 2024 **What do you like best about iCal?** It natively interacts with my Mac when needing to save appointments from emails or messages. The notifications on my Mac with options to interact without opening the app also is a great feature. **What do you dislike about iCal?** It is not simple to subscribe to external calendars but it is possible **What problems is iCal solving and how is that benefiting you?** I work with multiple clients who share their diaries with me and I can see appointments with different colours all on the same view so easy to see my day and which customers I will be working with. ### 6. A very good barebones calendar **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Iyer A. | Business Development Specialist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 12, 2023 **What do you like best about iCal?** It is free, easy to use, lightweight, and can be integrated with the mail app. Apple offers customer support on all products, but I haven't had any issues. It's easily implemented into life / your computer as well if you own multiple products. I do see daily frequency use. **What do you dislike about iCal?** It gets cluttered easily, and it cannot easily send invites. It's good for being free though. But for business I would reccomend something more robust. **What problems is iCal solving and how is that benefiting you?** It allows me to put all my meetings, appts, and holidays in one area. ### 7. Easy and convenient **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lindy M. | Product Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 09, 2024 **What do you like best about iCal?** I love that I am able to connect it to all of my devices. It's easy to create meetings and see them on not only my devices but also other calendars that I have synced to it. I use it everyday and wouldn't change a thing. **What do you dislike about iCal?** Not much, sometimes it defaults to one of my profiles that I wasn't intending to use **What problems is iCal solving and how is that benefiting you?** Connecting across multiple platforms and devices for different meetings ### 8. Calendar's Help! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tia'Tateyna B. | Production Coordinator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 07, 2024 **What do you like best about iCal?** One thing I like about iCal is its seamless integration across Apple devices. I have an Iphone and MacBook Air... and the ability to automatically sync meetings and reminders wherever I am has allowed me to stay organized and prompt on my daily tasks. **What do you dislike about iCal?** One thing I dislike about iCal is, if I were to switch devices to a windows or android I'd have limited collaboration capabilites. **What problems is iCal solving and how is that benefiting you?** iCal solves the problem of managing schedules and events for me. This benefits me because iCal is user friendly and enhances my productivity. ### 9. Simple yet powerful **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Volodymyr S. | Chief Marketing Officer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 20, 2023 **What do you like best about iCal?** I know it might look very simple at first, but it's actually a great substitute and an all-in-one calendar for all your needs. It can integrate with literally any calendar there is and the best part it works seamlessly across devices. **What do you dislike about iCal?** Might be a bit too simple, but that's Apple's philosophy I guess. **What problems is iCal solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps me keep a perfect track of my day, week and month. All invites, meetings and conferences, all there. ### 10. Best Calendar **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Georgia L. | O, Consulting, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 12, 2023 **What do you like best about iCal?** Easy to use, easy to integrate and thanks to iCloud it connects across my devices, multiple calendars and features. LOVE IT. I use it every day. **What do you dislike about iCal?** Nothing. I really like using iCal across all my Apple devices **What problems is iCal solving and how is that benefiting you?** Keeping my multiple client and personal calendar both separate but also together in one place. Easy to see at a glance what is on for the day. Works across all my Apple Devices. ## iCal Discussions - [What is iCal used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-ical-used-for) - 1 comment - [Is iCal free?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-ical-free) - 1 comment - [View iCal pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/ical/reviews/ical-review-3518842?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-22+23%3A59%3A45+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=c5bfc957-0cbb-4341-956e-777efc024cae&secure%5Btoken%5D=8c2dcb310fe7e428b10943aa3c16c4da0faf2bdffb6f8b2cc9b55008a3b80cb1&format=llm_user) ## iCal Features **Calendar View** - Multi-Calendar View - Customizable Viewing **Shared Calendar** - Calendar Collaboration - Multiple Calendar Management **Accessibility** - Screen Reader Compatibility - Keyboard Shortcuts **Integration** - Sync Multiple Calendars - Import Events - Software Integrations **Notifications** - Customized Calendar Notifications - Location-Based Alerts **Generative AI** - AI Text-to-Image - AI Text-to-Speech - AI Image-to-Text **Agentic AI - Calendar** - Cross-system Integration ## Top iCal Alternatives - [Microsoft Outlook](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-outlook/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (3,382 reviews) - [Calendly](https://www.g2.com/products/calendly/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (2,551 reviews) - [Google Workspace](https://www.g2.com/products/google-workspace/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (45,506 reviews)