Team review
" The minimal calendar widget. "
The application has not yet detailed description, however the team assigned the note of 9 / 10. This note is based on the following criteria: Quality, Usefulness, Ease of Use, Privacy Concerns of user data (depending on the permissions required)..
The app is compatible from version 2.1 of Android. Any supperior OS version will support it.
Its weight is very light, less than a megabyte is sufficient to store and operate.
Its number of downloads in the Android Market (Google Play) makes it an extremely popular application and rightly so. More than a million users are using it on mobile or on touch pad.
User reviews
40 users have given their review on Simple Calendar Widget.
One of the best, but suffers from high CPU usage with One Plus One by anonym Like the title says, I have a problem of Simple Calendar Widget using about 40% worth of CPU load at all times, even when I have an application open and the widget itself is not visible. Please fix this and I will gladly rate you 5 stars. 3/5
I would pay for the old ad-free version by anonym I'm not sure if it's the new integration with themer or they were trying something fancy, but the borders don't scale when resizing the height. The edges overlap into the adjacent rows above and below the widget. 1/5
Lots of features, still looks trim by anonym The flexibility of what you can customize within the given templates is great and provides just the look I wanted on my home tab I wanted to support the Pro version, but it's oddly incompatible with add-on templates and has no 5x2 widget. 5/5
Nice but kitkat tab 4 T531 error by anonym When i try to config the wiget i get the next error: Unfortunately, Simple Calendar Wiget has stopped. Fix it please.... 4/5
Yes & No... by anonym Have this on my s4 and it works great. However, I cannot get it to work on my venue 8 droid tablet. Every time I try to get into the settings, through icon or widget, it force close/crashes. 3/5
Annoying by anonym It makes my nova prime launcher laggy. And when I remove this widget from my home screen, it fixes the problem. I don't know what is the problem of this app, this should be good, and I thought of that too, but after a short while, my launcher became too laggy! 1/5
Settings crashes, despite supposed fix by anonym Getting a force close when trying to get to settings since the last update. Happens on three different devices. 1/5
Just what I needed by anonym Users...please check-out the Holo skin. I got a new phone with the default sucky calendar widget. I wanted the nice widget that came pre-installed on my old phone. I found this great app, but the default skin is too large to be useful on a phone which made me almost pass up this app. Fortunately I reviewed the screen shots and download the Holo skin. Thanks for the scene shots and helpful video. 5/5
Ads by anonym Now they broke the day of week and month color. Stuck on black on black ffs..................... Instead of improving the horrible customization interface, they just added ads. Not updating. 1/5
Good but crashes on opening settings on Sony Tablet Z by anonym I have been using this on my phones, Samsung Galaxy S3 & S4 without problem. But on my new Tablet Z which I just purchased, the widget works, I chose Large, but on tapping the right side of the widget to customise the widget, the app will crash. I notice that the release notes says the bug that causes the app to crash on tablets when accessing the settings has been fixed. But that's not the case for my Tablet Z. Unless what I downloaded off the Google Play Store isn't the latest version of this app. It's by far the most versatile and effective calendar widget as it allows extensive changes to the colour, font size, placement and number of events displayed with many possibilities ads to how it should appear on your tablet or phone. 4/5
Designers were too focused on style over substance by anonym This app is very pretty, but that's it. It doesn't do what its supposed to do, its not a proper calendar. Yes its very customizable, yes its very minimalist and simple. But its behavior is terrible. It would be nice if the designers put some actual thought into how a calendar is supposed to behave, rather than just making something that looks nice. Get it only if you want something pretty, not if you want an actual calendar. 1/5
am or AM, pm or PM, noon or 12:00 by anonym I was wondering why the widget displays time as follows (and as show in the images used in the store). 11am -1:30PM & noon - 1pm. So why the lowercase and then upper case PM for times that are not :00? Also why noon? Why not 12pm? Can an option be put in to display times as follows (using the above examples) 11:00AM - 1:30PM & 12:00PM - 1:00PM 5/5
Don't like the new widget size. by anonym Previous version allows the widget to be edge to edge (left & right). Or at least, please make it available in setting option. Changed phone to Galaxy Note. How to get the widget fullscreen? The widget could not get to fullscreen. What is the problem. Changed phone to LG Optimus G. The SCW free 4x3 could not load. 1/5
Still a little buggy.. by anonym Edit: the bug about widget not refreshing is mostly fixed after the update, but now the option "tap on empty area to open calendar app" does not work anymore... Original: Amazing widget. I feedbacked on the disappearing text bug and they took action so quickly. Almost perfect in all aspects for me. 4/5
Crashes by anonym Any time I try to edit the settings, the app crashes. I use this on my phone, and it works great, but the crashing thing makes it useless on the tablet. 1/5
Crashes on Note Pro 12.2 by anonym This app is great on my Note 3 but on my Note Pro, it constantly stops working/crashes when I try to go into the settings. Very dissapointing. 2/5
I really love the simplicity and flexibility of this app by anonym and the widgets it can create. It's simple, well done and does what it's supposed to do. That said, I haven't seen it improved or any new features added in a long time so I can only assume it's no longer being actively developed. Which is too bad bacause there's a lot that could be done with it. Edge-to-edge margins would be nice and so would more options for task sources. In other words it's a great app but it should keep going and keep getting better. Alas it probably does not make enough money to support it's own development thus it kind of is what it is, which is the case w/so many good apps. 4/5
Simple, but needs better instructions by anonym This app is simple, but its option are complex and lack good instructions. I wanted to use Simple Calendar Widget to not only display my Android's stock calendar events, but also tasks. Why this app can't just get my Android's stock tasks is beyond me.. it makes you use either Dato GTasks or Astrid. I went with GTasks, as it was quite simple. I'm not very happy to need to download a redundant app when my Android already comes with a task manager. Then again, Simple Calendar is also redundant.. I got it simply because I greatly dislike the stock Android calendar's widget skins. I had a lot of issues with getting Tasks and Events to show together, regardless of what options I selected. What the app doesn't tell you is that you need to select the Medium or Large widget to see more than 1 event at a time, regardless of the options you select. You can manually resize the larger widgets and they will scroll.. but nothing tells you this. The "How to Use" is too simple, and better instructions with examples need to be IN-APP where they are easy to find. I still use this app until I can find something better that doesn't require extra apps be downloaded. 2/5
Clean, Customizable, Transparent! by anonym *Excellent Customization Support *Transparency Option For Home Screen Widget Is Much Appreciated 5/5
Almost perfect. by anonym Absolutely beautiful and super-customisable. Except for that stupid empty day area I can't seem to be able to remove - it doesn't make sense for me, I like the date displayed inside the events and don't need to see it twice. Please please please fix this! It makes the widget ugly and extremely misaligned when used with transparent background. Not sure if that or the lack of Any.do among taks sources bothers me more. With these two things it'd be a 5 star app for me. 4/5
Great but seems to eat RAM by anonym Used this for years on various devices. However it seems to require alot of ram on my s4 4/5
Excellent but 1 major drawback by anonym I've loved this widget for a while now. Clean format w/ great flexibility. Recently upgraded to a Nexus 5 & now simple calendar is draining my battery more heavily than anything else on the phone. Very disappointed, as I love everything else about it. 3/5
Can go with that minimalist look, by anonym Lacks some more design options that could make the app widget appear better. There is no text align option, which would be nice to add. 4/5
A request.... by anonym This comment is for the developers: Please add an option where the event comes off the calendar, when that time has passed, I was all ready to buy the app when I realised it doesn't do that...I'm sure many other users feel the same about this, also it crashes randomly on my Xperia Z1, everything else about it I love, especially how much you can customise the colours, font sizes, etc., so well done there. 3/5
Great app to track calendar events and to-dos by anonym Highly customizable. Good integration with calendar and gtasks. Easy to use. 4 stars cuz integration with gtasks is broken with lollipop update. 4/5
Loved this calendar before supposed 'fixes! by anonym Attractive, fluid app which can no longer be customized without crashing soon as settings open. Still not working after update! Loved this widget so much! Cannot read without glasses, can't resize fonts. Tried reinstalling, no help. Android v4.1.1 (worked before) Undo bad code, it's no improvement, you've ruined this app. Never mind, moved on to Event Flow Widget. Much nicer than this old tired abandonware... developer cares more about ad revenue than users. :( 1/5
Still crashes on tablets when accessing settings by anonym I'm using a Samsung Note 10.1 2014, Android 4.3 ... trying to go into settings still crashes the program. It works great on my galaxy s4 with android 4.4.2 ... but the tablet version can't be customized, and the customization is what makes this program worth using. 1/5
Problem after update by anonym Previously when the Google Calendar App was started by clicking on the date it would open to the last setting (I pref week view), now it always opens to agenda view. Is there a new setting i'm missing? 4/5
Perfect by anonym Just set this up in 5 minutes. Customized the layout, font and size. removed elements I don't need to make room on my screen. Only thing I could not find is how to customize margins. Even without that, Its quite simply - perfect and everything I need. 5/5
Works for me by anonym ...Update: App suddenly keeps crashing when I click on, "settings" while trying change the skin. Please fix this and I will put my rating back to 5 stars.. 3/5
Not-so-perfect now by anonym Since updating to KitKat, the widget has been constantly crashing. Then I have to remove the widget and add it again and when I do this, I lose all the settings and have to reinstitute those. It is all very time-consuming. Will give 5 stars again when this gets resolved. 3/5
Great... but still crashes. by anonym Best calendar design app I've see. However, still crashes with Motorola Xoom / Android 4.1.2. Fix please? I want my customization back! 4/5
Can't remove "day" area by anonym Great app, but only if you want to keep the Date Box on the left side of the widget. You can disable the display for it, but it still leaves that area empty, a lot of that area, around 20% of it. So you just see a blank wide unused column in the widget, which is just a waste. Looks bad and is definitely a usable area. 3/5
simple and effective but unreliable by anonym On Android 4.2+ the widget seems to update the events very slow, which is annoying because the time for the widget to be up to date is unpredictable. Otherwise very customizable, slick and clear! 3/5
Formatting sucks by anonym Great app! Love that it even let's me choose the calendar tapping to defaults too. I can get away from Google calendar and use something better like acalendar! However the formatting of the widget corrupts EVERY TIME! Good thing is its worth it...Bad thing is it looks horrible. 3/5
Perfect by anonym Sometimes the font is small and will seem cluttered if there is a lot there ( a divider would be nice). Otherwise perfect. Samsung Galaxy S3 5/5
Best calendar available by anonym For those who love to organize this is a must. This calendar allows for custom widget sizes and customizable displays. I HIGHLY recommend using this with Gtasks for a convenient to-do widget checklist that syncs with google. Absolutely worth trying. 5/5
4x1 Widget Gone? by anonym Great app, incredibly customizable, and very easy to use. Just one little thing: the 4x1 widget option that I used to use is gone. Now, I use the 4x2 widget and adjust to 4x1. I hope that doesn't mess with it. :P 4/5
Can't install since upgrade to Lollipop 5.0 by anonym I love this widget and have used it for years. Had to do a hard reset of my Samsung Galaxy S5 after upgrading to Lollipop 5.0 and since then I can't install this app. It looks like it downloads most of but not all the way, but then tries to install and I get an error message. "Unable to install due to unknown error "-505" Please fix this, as I love your product and haven't found anything else that works the way I want it to. 3/5
Battery Drain & No Development Support by anonym Major drawback! Isolated the widget to being the biggest culprit for battery drain. Attempt to email the developer asking for a way to change the sync frequency met with no reply. Otherwise, was a good widget. 1/5
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