Love this program

I migrated from a Compaq iPAQ 2200 series to an iPOD Touch as a PDA and handheld computer. The calendar and a PPC program called Calendar + allowed me to do complex repeats (e.g. 3rd Thursday of each month). When I got to the iPODs calendar and found that I couldnt do that I was really disappointed. Enter Calendar Tools. It does everything I could do on the iPAQ.

The author(s) say that this is an add-on to the native calendar app. Im glad of this; I find the views in the native app better than the views in Calendar Tools. Just my taste there. I also like that I can switch back and forth between them for certain kinds of tasks and know that my data will be accessable in both.

Beyond the possibility of complex recurrences, there is another function that I love in Calendar Tools: I can look up appointments alphabetically. If I know that I shceduled a meeting with John Smith but cant remember the date, I can look up "John Smith meeting." That was something I couldnt do before.

The most confusing thing I found was in setting up a complex recurrence: when the event is initially set, you are given the choice of somekind of simple recurrence or no recurrence. You need to choose somekind of simple recurrence, finish the event and then choose that event, tap on the box on the upper right of the main screen screen and edit the recurrence to a custom recurrence. It took me about 15 minutes to figure that one out.

That being said, the learning curve isnt that steep and the functionality is worth it. I heartily reccomend this app.

Br David about Calendar Tools