# iXalendar - Simple Calendar — user reviews

> 96 indexed App Store user reviews of iXalendar by Jinwon Lee, rated 3.06/5 from 16 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ixalendar-simple-calendar/id489781006/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ixalendar-simple-calendar/id489781006.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 2 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 2

## What do users think of iXalendar?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Simple and nice design
- 👍 Minimalist and space-saving
- 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly
- 👍 Customizable color coding
- 👍 Full calendar view widget
- 👍 Quick event adding feature
- 👍 Good for organizing schedules
- 👍 Efficient and functional
- 👍 Good for basic calendar needs
- 👍 Practical monthly view
- 👍 Works well for RVers
- 👍 Syncs with other calendars
- 👍 Good customer service

**Cons**

- 🐛 Crashing issues
- 🐛 Data loss and erasure
- 🐛 Inability to edit events
- 🐛 App not opening
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
- 🐛 Confusing navigation
- 🐛 Ads are annoying
- 🐛 Font size too small
- 🐛 Recurring event issues
- 🐛 Not compatible with newer iOS
- 🐛 Malware concerns
- 🐛 Requires connection to iOS calendar
- 🐛 Unwanted reminders
- 🐛 Event not showing after adding

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Grey line through text when typing
- App crashes when editing schedule
- App crashes when clicking on calendar items
- Cannot open calendar events on iOS 16
- Days are a day behind
- Month for November 2020 is behind by one day
- App crashes on content modification and deletes data
- Events added but not showing on calendar
- Lost a year's worth of appointments
- Events disappear after creation
- Date not set error
- Widget shows incorrect notification count
- Calendar resets and loses information
- Cannot create events independently
- Event resets to a different time
- All day events displayed incorrectly
- Notification badge does not clear
- App crashes on open
- Deleting a single repeating event deletes all
- App does not work on iPhone 5
- Event writing fails and deletes
- Monthly functionality for day of week incorrect
- Ads clutter the agenda
- App freezes
- Last update had bugs (events disappear/reappear)
- Today mark is a day ahead
- Cannot change calendar colors properly
- Crashes on iOS 6 after update
- Bug with birthdays showing day before
- Purchase for ad-free not recognized after re-install

**Most requested features**

- Add events in different colors
- Add emojis to events
- Delete certain holidays
- Option to not be reminded of certain birthdays
- Weekly view
- Landscape view
- Sharing date option
- Ability to scroll up and down for months
- Improve widget interaction (direct to day view)
- Ability to add invitees directly
- Clear notification badge
- Dark mode
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Make font larger
- Fix recurring event deletion issue

## Newest reviews (18 of 96)

### 3/5 — Simple and nice

*2024-01-31*

I really like this app however after the last update there’s now an issue after you tap “add event quickly”. There’s a grey line through the text as you type which makes it really hard to see what you’re typing.

### 3/5 — I cant edit the schedule

*2022-12-07, version 1.10.4*

every time i try to edit the plans i made, it turns off itself. i have no clue and cant edit what i already made. not every plans but there are some i cant control. please fix it

### 2/5 — Used to be good

*2022-11-30, version 1.10.4*

I used to love this app, but now it keeps crashing every time I click on an item in my calendar. I can’t do anything. If I want to click and delete something, it crashes. Please fix this or I’ll have to find another app

### 3/5 — Messed up days

*2020-11-18*

My days are messed up and have been the past month. It’s a day behind. The date is right but the day is wrong. So Tuesday November 17th 2020 shows up on the calendar as Monday November 17th 2020

### 2/5 — Glitch

*2020-11-03*

Why is month for November 2020 behind by one day?

### 3/5 — 수정 이후 튕김. 그리고 내역 삭제되요

*2020-08-17, version 1.9.36*

어플이 깔끔하고 사용하기 편한 구조라
예전부터 잘 사용하고 있습니다
그런데 어느순간부터 
내용 수정시 어플이 튕긴 후
기존내역까지 삭제되어 
다시 새롭게 등록해야 합니다
추후 업뎃 시 보안 부탁드립니다

### 3/5 — Nice app

*2019-04-09*

It’s very nice but would like to add events in different colors of my choosing & would like to be able to put an emoji in the events as well. 5 stars if that would happen

### 3/5 — Delete Certain Holidays

*2019-03-09*

Overall calendar is good, but I wish there was a way to delete some holidays that mean nothing to me. Also don’t want to be reminded about certain birthdays (like deceased people).

### 3/5 — Perfect but...

*2018-11-15*

I love this app cause its design is minimal and doesn’t take up too much space but lately I’ve been experiencing some major issues as it doesn’t save events and crashes very often. I’ve updated everything to the last version but it just doesn’t work.

### 3/5 — Program not retaining calendars!

*2018-07-16*

Love the program, but I’ve suddenly lost a years worth of appointments in several calendars (personal, work, etc). I certainly didn’t delete them, but there just gone. I’ve recreated them and those disappeared too! Help!

### 4/5 — Love the concept

*2018-01-26*

The widget works smoothly, however you need to work more on the app!
When you press on a day in the widget, it’s better to open it directly with day view not monthly view.
Keep working and thank you 👍

### 3/5 — Can’t add invitees - good for schedule viewing

*2017-12-08, version 1.9.21*

👍 This a small footprint, intuitive app. 
👎 I can’t add invitees on a new meeting so need to change it.

### 4/5 — IXalendar

*2017-08-17*

I love your app but you need to fix the bugs on it . I am up to 13 my red icon that shows on the app when you have something new. I click on the app but it won't clear the icon.

### 3/5 — Calendar Resets

*2017-07-27, version 1.9.20*

I've lost data a few times already. Entire calendars get randomly erased. Decided not to go through with it again and downloaded another calendar app.

### 4/5 — Great but needs a few tweaks

*2016-11-30, version 1.9.17*

I love this app! Best calendar hands down, but for some reason it keep resetting and I'm losing all my information.. 

Please fix!

### 3/5 — Like it

*2016-03-09, version 1.9.14*

I was looking for a calendar with a monthly view and large font. Love the calendar, very practical. However, the widget shows I have 9 notifications and I am not sure why that number is there

### 4/5 — Straight forward, no nonsense

*2016-02-26, version 1.9.14*

I like the event add window overlaying the calendar and the fact that events aren't treated as todo lists or schedules etc

### 4/5 — Review

*2014-09-18, version 1.9.3*

Pretty easy to use, and it allows me to add events like when I work or activities for school quickly.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Not compatible with ios16

*2022-10-01, version 1.10.4*

Can not open calendar events on ios16

### 1/5 — Bad

*2021-03-10*

This calendar has a lot undesired malware do not get it

### 1/5 — Glitch with App

*2019-01-15, version 1.9.29*

Will add an event and it will tell me it’s added but doesn’t show on the calendar. Please fix.

### 1/5 — Rubbish

*2018-02-11, version 1.9.21*

When I would fill out all the the dates it wouldn’t work and Merlot saying date not set

### 1/5 — Terrible app

*2016-09-06, version 1.9.14*

I downloaded this app to have a calendar that's separate from the one that's already in my phone. It wouldn't let me create any events unless I connected it to my main calendar app. What's the point in making a separate app if I can't even use it independently. Couldn't do the one thing I downloaded it for.

### 1/5 — Yikes wow

*2016-07-08, version 1.9.14*

This app is trash, to be honest. The navigation and layout is confusing, blocky, difficult-to-use. It's not clean at all and it clutters the display. The previews in the App Store aren't what the actual interface looks like. Find a better calendar app.

### 1/5 — Crashes

*2015-02-04, version 1.9.7*

Crashes on ios6 after latest update. Will not open.

### 1/5 — Lost all data on iXalendar

*2014-05-26, version 1.9.2*

Just lost all the info for my calendar with this app without knowing how - don't know if any way to retrieve - would not recommend if there is no restore or backup functions

### 1/5 — F

*2013-11-15, version 1.8.7*

Did not work. Never imported schedule from other calendar.

### 1/5 — Open calendar app first?

*2013-06-20, version 1.8.3*

Really? Does not work unless it can connect to your iOS calendar.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Awesome features, have been using it for years.

*2019-09-05*

This has been the only calendar I have been able to find that allows for a full calendar view widget that can been seen when swiped while locked or unlocked *on an iPhone*. I love being able to swipe over and see my full calendar without having to unlock my phone. 

It allows for custom calendars that I find helpful for custom color coding tasks or event types (my work schedule is one color and spans over my work days and other even types are separate colors). I set up my calendar types a few years ago and still use same process to this day. If I could’ve 100% developed my own app (which I can’t), it would have pretty much all the same features as this.

I have no issues with it erroring out or locking up, sometimes it takes a bit for the calendar to sync/update if you’ve added events to your gmail calendar from the web vs on your phone/in the app, but I still love it. To more easily set my calendars to specific colors I found it helpful to initially set it up from a web browser on a computer. LOVE IT, and I use it every day.

### 5/5 — Excellent app!

*2017-04-09, version 1.9.18*

I was looking for a calendar app to use as a widget, since I don't typically use the calendars on my phone except to check days of the month. I wanted one that would fit nicely in compact mode with my weather and banking widget, but could expand to fill the space of the other two so I could see the full month. 

This one surprised me not only with how well it fit that usecase, but also how customizable it turned out to be. I could knock it slightly for a barebones design, but the UI is highly usable & works like a charm, and that's what I care about more in a utility app that I don't expect to visit very often. 

All-in-all, if you came here because you have a similar goal to mine, I highly recommend downloading this app. Thank you for such a well-designed product!

[EDIT 4/9/2017] Wow thanks for the update to view the current week in compact mode! That was the last feature I was hoping for from the app - thank you so much for adding it!

### 5/5 — Nice and Simple

*2016-08-19, version 1.9.14*

Like the description says, this adds some basic features that are lacking on the stock iOS calendar, without being overly bloated with features like other calendar apps. 5*

### 5/5 — Update

*2015-11-26*

Below is what I wrote three days ago. they fixed the bug! Fast response and great product! Keep up the good work! 

"I have used this app for years and loved it. But the recent update changed the color of my calendar labels to all black. Please fix the bug. Appreciate all the work done so far though"

### 5/5 — Great App

*2015-07-31, version 1.9.11*

This is the most intuitive calendar I have found .. The best thing is you can touch the day and add a quick note/event/task.. Without all the tedious business of choosing times duration location etc etc.. I've looked at many apps and for simple efficiency this is the best .

### 5/5 — Simple

*2014-02-18, version 1.9.0*

Just what I was looking for!

### 5/5 — Ixcalendar

*2014-01-27, version 1.8.9*

Works great for me!  Easy to use and understand.

### 5/5 — I like it

*2013-11-07, version 1.8.7*

It keeps my work schedule organize since I am an independent contractor :)

### 5/5 — LOVE IT!!!

*2013-10-15*

LOVE IT!!!  Completely replaced the crappy "new and improved" version from the update! Easy to use and events are displayed on main calendar screen for easy reference.

### 5/5 — Exactly what I was looking for

*2013-08-29, version 1.8.4*

Thank you very much for designing such a simple yet extremely practical calendar design. I love the " add event quickly " feature, it's very useful. I would highly recommend this calendar, it's excellent.

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