FAQ

Please first check the complete list of frequently asked questions below.

If you can't find the answer to your problem or need further help please Contact Us.

How to Share Your Calendar

Types Of Calendar Sharing.

There are generally two options when it comes to sharing your calendar with other people.

The first is to set up a Continuous Always Up-To-Date sharing. This means the person you have shared with will always see your most up-to-date calendar and it will be updated automatically with any changes you make. You can decide whether to allow them to edit the shared calendar or set it as read-only, where they can view it but not change anything.

The second option is a One-Time sharing. This is useful if you only want to show someone your schedule for a specific day, week, or month without sharing your entire calendar with them permanently. Please be aware however, that a calendar shared One-Time will not be updated automatically with any future changes you make.

It is always possible to do a One-Time share of any account type of calendar using AirDrop or Email.
AirDrop can only be used when the other person's device, you want to share with is nearby.
You can however always share by Email by sending an .ics file of your calendar data. These types of files are a universally standard way of sharing calendar events. The other person can then open the attached .ics file and import the events into their calendar.

How you set up a Continuous Always Up-To-Date calendar share is different depending on what type of account you are using for your calendars.

The easiest is if you use iCloud account calendars, these can always be set up to be Continuously shared directly on your device through the native Apple 'Calendar' app.

If you use another type of account such as Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook then it is not posssible to set these calendars to be continuously shared directly on your iOS device.
This is not just a limitation of our app, it is also the case for the native Apple 'Calendar' app and indeed any other iOS app.

You can however set up these other types of accounts to share their calendars Continuously through their websites.

Please see below for details on how you do this for each specific account type.

How To Share iCloud Calendars.

iCloud account calendars are the easiest to set up for Continuous Always Up-To-Date sharing. Since it can be done directly on your device through the native Apple 'Calendar' app.

You can choose to share a calendar with one or more people. Those you invite receive an invitation to join the calendar.

To set up the sharing first open up the native Apple 'Calendar' app:

1) Tap the Calendars Button to display the list of all your available calendars.

2) Tap the small round 'i' Info button next to the iCloud calendar you want to share.

3) Tap Add Person, then enter a name or email address, or tap the Add button to browse your Contacts.

4) Tap Add.

You can also get more infomation about setting up sharing through our app's 'Main Menu' > 'Share' page.

How To Share 'On My iPhone/iPad' Calendars.

These are local calendars just stored on this one device.

It is not possible to set up these calendars for Continuous Always Up-To-Date calendar sharing with other people.

It is possible to do a One-Time share of these calendars using AirDrop or Email.

If you want to set up a Continuous share, then you will first need to convert these calendar to be associated with your iCloud account and then set up the sharing.

To associate these calendars with your iCloud account you need to go to the main 'Settings' app on your device. Then go to 'Apps'>'Calendar'>'Accounts'. Then switch on the 'Calendars' option for your iCloud account. These 'On My iPhone/iPad' calendars will then be merged into your iCloud account.

How To Share Google/Gmail Calendars.

Google unfortunately does not allow iOS apps to directly set up Continuous Always Up-To-Date calendar sharing (Indeed there is even no possibility of doing this in the actual iOS Google Calendar app).

You therefore need to set up the sharing of your calendar via the Google Calendar Settings desktop website.

Please see below for links to the Google Help site explaining how to do this and also a link to the Google Calendar desktop website.

The general steps are:

1) Open Desktop Google Calendar in a browser.

2) Click on the My Calendars section on the left to see the list of calendars.

3) Hover over the calendar you want to share, click More and choose Settings and sharing.

4) In the Share with specific people section, click Add people.

5) Enter the name or email address of the person you want to share with.

6) Click Permissions and choose one of the options from the list. You can decide how other people see your calendar and if they can edit events.

7) Click Send to share your calendar.

You can get more information here:
Google Help Center

You can access the Google Calendar desktop website where you can set up the sharing here:
Google Calendar Website

How To Share Outlook Calendars.

Outlook unfortunately does not allow iOS apps to directly set up Continuous Always Up-To-Date calendar sharing.

You therefore need to set up the sharing of your calendar via the Outlook Calendar desktop website.

Please see below for links to the Outlook Support site explaining how to do this and also a link to the Outlook Calendar desktop website.

The general steps are:

1) Log into Outlook.com on a computer browser.

2) At the bottom of the page, select the Calendar icon to go to your Calendars.

3) At the top of the page, select Share, and choose the calendar you want to share.

4) Enter the name or email address of the person with whom you want to share your calendar.

5) Choose how you want this person to use your calendar: read-only or allowed to edit your calendar.

6) Select Share.

You can get more information here:
Share your calendar in Outlook

You can access the Outlook.com Calendar on a desktop website where you can set up the sharing here:
Outlook Calendar Website

How To Share Yahoo! Calendars.

Yahoo! unfortunately does not allow iOS apps to directly set up Continuous Always Up-To-Date calendar sharing.

You therefore need to set up the sharing of your calendar via the Yahoo! Calendar desktop website.

Please see below for links to the Yahoo! Support site explaining how to do this and also a link to the Yahoo! Calendar desktop website.

The general steps are:

1) Log into Yahoo.com on a computer browser.

2) Click the Calendar icon in Yahoo Mail.

3) Click the Expand Calendar icon.

4) Under My Calendars mouse over a calendar and click the More options icon.

5) Click Share.

6) Select Invite people by email.

7) Enter the email address and level of access you'd like others to have and then click Save.

You can get more information here:
Share your calendar in Yahoo

You can access the Yahoo Calendar on a desktop website where you can set up the sharing here:
Yahoo Calendar Website

How to Start Using iCloud Calendars.

If you want to set up a Continuous Always Up-To-Date calendar sharing with other people, it is easiest if you use iCloud account calendars. Since these can always be set up to be Continuously shared directly on your device through the native Apple 'Calendar' app.
If you use another type of account such as Gmail, Yahoo!, Outlook then it is not posssible to set these calendars to be continuously shared directly on your iOS device.
This is not just a limitation of our app, it is also the case for the native Apple 'Calendar' app and indeed any other iOS app.
You can however, set up these other types of accounts to share their calendars Continuously on their actual websites.
Please see the specific account type help above.

You may decide that you would simply like to start using iCloud for your calendars.

You can do this as follows:

1) First open up the main 'Settings' app on your device.

2) If you are using iOS 18 or later you then need to go to the 'Apps'>'Calendar' section and then 'Accounts'.

3) Go into the 'iCloud' account and switch the 'Calendars' option ON. You will now have iCloud account calendars enabled on your device.

4) Open our app and tap on the Calendars Icon Button in the top center of our app's main display. You are displayed a list of all your available calendars. There will be a section with the title 'iCLOUD'. You can now easily create new iCloud calendars by tapping the 'Edit' in the top left of that screen. Set up Continuous Sharing with other people through the native Apple 'Calendar' app as explained above.

5) Optionally you may want to go to our app's 'Main Menu' > 'Settings' > 'Events' and set the 'Default Calendar' for newly created events to be one of these iCloud calendars.

Syncing Issues

Events Not Displayed?

Our app will never delete your calendars or events by itself.

They will either not be currently selected to be displayed in the app or for some reason been unsynced from your device and they will need to be synced back on again from the external account they belong to.

Sometimes after an Apple iOS system update it can take a little while for calendars, reminders, notes and other data, to be synced back onto your device again if it has been temporarily removed by the system during the updating process.

During an iOS update the system may temporaryily remove data, that it knows it can sync back on again later, to make enough memory to succesfully complete the required update.

It is often just a case of making sure the device has a good data connection and waiting a short while.

Follow the Steps below to get your calendars and events displaying again.

If after following the steps below you still require further assistance then please Contact Us.

Step (1): Check if your calendars have just been hidden.

First try simply creating a new event on any date.

Do your other events also reappear?

Now check that your calendars are actually marked for display in the app:

1) Tap on the Calendars icon button in the top centre of the screen. This displays the list of available calendars.
2) Then Tap on all the calendars so they are all unticked.
3) Now Tap on all the calendars again so they are ticked to be displayed in the app.
4) Press Done.

Still not showing?

Step (2): Check if your calendars are currently synced on to the device.

Are your calendars viewable using the default native Apple 'Calendar' app?

Open up the default native 'Calendar' app (the Home Screen icon with today’s date displayed on it).

Then tap that apps calendars button to display the list of available calendars.

Do a single finger downwards pull gesture to refresh the list of calendars.

Are there any error messages? Usually saying to sign into one of the accounts again.

If your events are not displaying in the native Apple 'Calendar' app either, then that is why they are also not showing in our app.
The calendar data is not curently synced from your account onto your device.
By default our app saves events to your iCloud account, unless you are syncing with another provider such as Google, Yahoo, Outlook, etc.

Step (3): Check your actual accounts.

Next try opening the Apple systems 'Settings' app (this is the Home Screen grey cog Icon ) then select 'Apps' > 'Calendar' > 'Accounts'.

Are there any warning messages about any of the accounts listed?

For privacy reasons please understand that our app does not hold a separate copy of your data.
All your calendars are connected to an account.
By default this is your iCloud account, but you may have also set up other types of accounts like GMail, Outlook, Yahoo, AOL, etc.

Each account you have set up will be listed and you can see which ones have their Calendar syncing switched on.

All these synced calendars will then be available to be displayed by all the calendar apps you have installed on your device.
If none of your accounts say Calendar you don’t have any calendars syncing to your device. In that case you will see calendars in your calendar app that have the section heading “On My iPhone/iPad”, these are basic locally stored calendars that are just saved on this one device and not synced to any external account (If you were to damage or lose your device you would lose these calendars. So try to always have at least your iCloud account switched on to store your calendars in).

Our app and also the default native Apple 'Calendar' app has no direct calendars, they are apps for displaying calendars that have been synced on to your device.
Understand that calendars don’t back up. They sync to accounts.
If you deleted an account or it is disabled, the calendar events synced from it will disappear from your device.

Check if the data is still available, but just not synced onto your device.

To verify if your events still are available you can check your account provider website directly on a tablet or desktop computer.
iCloud Calendar Website
Google Calendar Website
Outlook Calendar Website
Yahoo Calendar Website

Step (4): Reset the account calendar syncing.

If you locate your calendars in an extrernal account in Step (3), but they are not syncing succesfully to your device, then reset the syncing as follows:

1) Go to System ‘Settings’ app on your device
2) Go to ‘Apps’ > ‘Calendar’ then ‘Accounts’ section
3) Select the account which is not synchronized properly.
4) Reset / Re-sync the calendar data by toggling the Calendar switch setting OFF and then ON again.
5) Then restart your device.

General

Names, Locations or Times are moved from new event Titles?

When you type into the Quick Add field the app tries intelligently to detect a Title, Location/Name, Start and End Time for the new event.

An icon to the Left of the color bar, will appear whenever a location/name has been detected.

If you do not want that text transferred into the location field of the event then you can tap on that icon and the text will be toggled back into the event’s title.

There is also a preference option to turn Quick Add Auto detection off at the bottom.
You can tap the default setting at the bottom to change the default behaviour.

There is also a preference option to turn Quick Add Auto detection off in the Settings:
Go to the app's "Main Menu" > "Settings" > "Event” screen.
You will see the "Quick Add - Time Detection" and the "Quick Add - Location Detection".

With this off the location/name will still be detected, but it will not be automatically put into the location field of the event. If you do want it moved, you can still tap the small icon that appears to the right of the event bar.

We continue to improve the Quick Add intelligence with each new update.

You may also find the following useful to know:
If you Double Tap the “+” you go straight to creating a new event skipping the Quick Add screen.
If you do not type anything into the Quick Add text field and just tap Add, you create a new event and can type directly into it’s title.

Old Historical Events are being removed?

This is a general iOS setting.

Open the main systems "Settings" app on your device (it is the Home screen icon with the grey cogs).
Then select 'Apps'>'Calendar'
Set 'Sync' to 'All Events'.

Historical events will now not be automatically unsynced and removed from your device.

PLEASE NOTE (YAHOO! ACCOUNT CALENDAR SYNCING LIMITS):
Yahoo account calendars have fixed syncing limits of 6 months historical and 1 year into the future.
No events outside of that range will be synced onto your device.
Your Yahoo account historical or future events may not be currently synced on to your device, but they are still in your Yahoo account and can be accessed through the Yahoo Calendar website.
Future events further than 1 year into the future will be synced onto your device as time goes on.
If you want more historical or future events displayed on your device, we would recommend using other accounts types for your calendars, such as iCloud, Google, Outlook, etc. to avoid these Yahoo syncing limitations.

Future Events are being removed?

This is probably because you are using a Yahoo account for your calendars.

Yahoo account calendars have fixed syncing limits of 6 months historical and 1 year into the future.
No events outside of that range will be synced onto your device.
Your Yahoo account historical or future events may not be currently synced on to your device, but they are still in your Yahoo account and can be accessed through the Yahoo Calendar website.
Future events further than 1 year into the future will be synced onto your device as time goes on.
If you want more historical or future events displayed on your device, we would recommend using other accounts types for your calendars, such as iCloud, Google, Outlook, etc. to avoid these Yahoo syncing limitations.

What type of account for Calendars?

When you press the calendars icon button in the top centre of our app's display, you are displayed a list of all your available calendars.

This is where you can scroll down that list and tick the calendars that you want displayed in the app.

You manage the accounts set up on your device and sync their calendars onto your device, in the main "Settings" app (this is the iPhone's Home screen icon of the grey cogs).

Then go to the “Apps” > “Calendar” > “Accounts” section.

For each account you have set up on your device and enabled its calendars to sync, there will be a section of corresponding calendars displayed in our app’s list of available calendars.

The header of the section of calendars will tell you which account they are for.

PLEASE NOTE:
To set the default calendar to use when creating new events go to the app's "Main Menu">"Settings">"Event">"Default Calendar".

My events are not displayed and it says calendar "Full Access" is required?

The latest Apple iOS has changed the way apps can safely acccess your calendars.

First open up the main "Settings" app on your device.

Then select "Privacy & Security" > "Calendars".

Make sure our app has been given "Full Access" to your calendars.

How do I set a Custom Alert for my event?

There has been a change in the latest app update.

When editing the event you will see a new Action Bar containing the attach “Photo” camera icon, the event’s "Color Bar" and the "Custom Alert" bell icon.

Tap the bell icon and you can set up to two Custom Alerts for each event (in addition to the two allowed standard event alerts).

There are a range of different alert sounds to choose from and an alert can be set for any required time prior to the event's start.

PLEASE NOTE:
If you select the custom alert to have a Default Alert Sound the alert will be attached to your event as one of the two allowed standard alerts, if two standard alerts have not already been set.

How to remove Holidays.

You can choose which calendars you want to have displayed in our app.
In our app select the Calendars icon button in the top centre of the screen.
Then scroll down and tick/untick the selection of calendars you want to display.
Any calendars you do not want displayed in our app simply leave unticked.

If you want to completely unsubscribe to a subscription calendar then either:
1) In the main systems "Settings" app go to “Apps">"Calendar">"Calendar Accounts“. Then select the “Subscribed Calendars” section and delete the account.
2) Use the native default Apple 'Calendar' app on your device and bring up its list of available calendars. Then tap the small round "i" icon next to the calendar you want to remove.

You can hide individual holiday calendar events (rather than the all or nothing displaying of subscriptions calendars).
Select the individual holiday event you want to hide and delete it.

My Events are not displayed on my new iPhone/iPad?

Basically what you need to do is set up the same accounts you are using for your calendars on your new iPhone.

What type of account is your calendar associated with?
When you press the Calendars icon button in the top centre of the apps main screen, you are displayed a list of all your available calendars and you can tick them to be displayed.
The title of the section that a calendar's name appears beneath, tells you which of your accounts that calendar is associated with.

If you go to the main "Settings" app then "Apps">"Calendar">“Calendar Accounts“ your accounts set up the device will be listed.
You need to also make sure that the "Calendars" syncing option is switched on for the account.

Once the same account has been set up your new iPhone as you had set up on your old iPhone, you can then display the list of all available calendars in our app and tick the ones you want displayed.

Spam Advert events appearing in calendar

These spam events are not coming from our app or indeed are anything we have direct control over.
If you open up the native Apple Calendar app you will see the same events displayed.

These events will have been emailed to you (if you look in the Mail app you can probably locate the corresponding spam email), the Apple Siri is "helpfully" automatically adding these to your calendar.

In our app tap the calendar icon button in the top center of the screen. This displays you your list of avaialble calendars.

Scroll down and make sure "Siri Suggestions" is NOT TICKED to be displayed.

If you google “iPhone Calendar Spam” you will see it is a general issue that Apple are currently having to deal with.

We really apologise for this issue and any frustration caused. But unfortunately it is outside of our apps control and we also have to wait for Apple to update their battle with the spammers.

What type of account are my calendars associated with?

To easily tell what type of account your calendars are associated with press the Calendars Icon button in the top centre of our apps main screen, you are then displayed a list of all your available calendars. The title of the section that a calendar's name appears beneath, tells you which of your accounts that calendar is associated with.

You can manage your accounts by opening the main "Settings" app and then selecting the "Apps">"Calendar" then "Accounts".
All the accounts you have set up on your device are listed at the top.

You can go into each of the listed accounts and turn the Calendars option switch on/off to control if the calendars associated with that account are actually synced onto the device.

Any calendars set up on the device will be accessible from with in our app.

Old Yahoo calendar events are not displayed?

This is a general iOS setting.

Open the main systems "Settings" app on your device, it is the Home screen icon with the grey cogs, then under the 'Calendars' section set 'Sync' to 'All Events'.

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If you are using Yahoo account calendars then you may want to take a look at the Sync Limits section at the Yahoo help website:

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN5730.html

It states that with Yahoo it is only possible to syne 6 month back and 1 year into the future.

To easily tell what type of account your calendars are associated with press the "Calendars" button in the top centre of our apps main screen, you are then displayed a list of all your available calendars. The title of the section that a calendar's name appears beneath, tells you which of your accounts that calendar is associated with.

In-App Purchase not working?

First check in the main "Settings" app "Restrictions" section that in-app purchases have not been disabled on the device.

Next try to reboot your iPhone. Do not worry you will not lose any of your data.

Press down the on/off button on the top of the iPhone for a couple of seconds.
You can then swipe to turn the iPhone completely off. Then press and hold the on/off button again to turn it on.

Also make sure you have a fast data connection, preferably wifi.

Then try purchasing again.

Don't worry assuming you are using the same Apple ID, it will never charge you twice for the same product. Apple framework we work with won't allow it.

Also check to make sure that everything is ok with your actual Apple account. Your payment method is still valid etc.

Why do I need to pay for next years calendar?

The AppStore has thousands of dead apps. These apps no longer have any support available or active updates to improve them or add new user requested features. By paying a small fee for each years calendar this app will continue to develop and improve. Incorporating user feedback, adding requested features and staying compatible with Apples continuously developing software and hardware.

The sales model that was decided upon for all our calendar apps was that they should be free to download, so that users can try them before they have to pay anything. But the free versions have a number of restrictions and includes adverts. You can then purchase the Upgrade to the full version that will remove these restrictions and adverts.

When a user first downloads the app they get the current years calendar included with the app, and if they download it after January of a year they will also get the next year as well for free. So a new user will get two years use of the app with their initial purchase. Then for subsequent years there will be a small charge for each years calendar. This charge makes it feasible for us to continue to develop the app and release updates to keep it working on the latest versions of Apples iOS software and also to provide support for users.

We feel the cost structure is good value for a reliable app that will be kept up to date with Apples evolving software and hardware in the future.

You are always displayed the cost in your local currency before you confirm that you want to purchase.

Why this sales model?

We are always interested to hear views on the sales model we have decided to go with for our apps.

There is really no such thing as unlimited future use of an app, it is not something that is really ever going to happen. Apple continue to bring out new versions of their iOS software and new hardware.

An app like a game for example, the user is only going to use for a relatively short period of time and so these changes are not really a concern. But our goal is for our apps to still be being used daily by our users, five, ten, twenty years from now.

We appreciate that some app users have become accustomed to paying a one off small price for an app. But this has also led to there being a lot of dead apps on the AppStore with no support and no updates being made for them to keep them up to date.

We strongly believe that the sales model is sustainable long term. Which can only be beneficial to users of our app.

Restore Full Version?

If you are having problems not being able to restore previous purchases, then you may need to go through the in-app purchase of the full version upgrade again. Assuming you are using the same Apple ID as you used previously, then you will not be charged again.

I purchased the Full Version on one device but my other devices are still running the lite version?

Purchases should be transfered automatically between all your devices. But if this has not happened then you may need to go through the in-app purchase again. Assuming you are using the same Apple ID as on the other device, you will not be charged twice for the same product.

Please Note:
All our in-app purchases and subscriptions are avaialble for Apple Family Sharing.
So you can also share purchases with everyone set up in your family group.

Red Badge with number on app icon?

The red badge number is todays date, week number or number of reminders due.

You can turn it off from the "Main Menu" -> "Display Options" -> General section "Badge Icon".

This way of displaying the date on the icon is currently the only way possible for third party apps, since Apple do not currently allow the dynamic setting of app icons on the Home screen, like the native Calendar app does.

You also need to allow our app to badge your icon in the main “Settings” app “Notifications” section.

Please Note:
Rather than having the normal app icon on your Home screen you can instead have one of our Widgets.
You can then have today's date displayed as well as easily seeing your upcoming events.

Do a long press on the app icon to easily switch to displaying a widget instead.

Today's date not updating on Home screen badge?

If you turn your device off overnight, then the date may not be updated at midnight. This is a limitation of the Apple framework this app runs in and we have no control over this behaviour.

If this is not the reason then you may want to try turning simply going to our "Main Menu" > "Display Options" > "Badge Icon" and turning badging off and then on again.

Custom Alerts I have set do not go off?

You need to enable notifications for our app from your main "Settings" App "Notification" section on your device.

Set "Alert Style" to "Alerts" and switch "Sounds" and "View in Lock Screen" to ON.

The default native Calendar app that came with your device also needs to be enabled in the "Notification Centre".

Holiday/Sports subscription calendar not displaying?

Press the Calendars Icon button in the top center of our apps display. This displays the list of all your available calendars. Scroll down the list and make sure those calendars you want displayed are ticked.

Why is there a charge for Holiday & Sports fixtures calendars?

SchedJoules Premium Calendars provide high quality, accurate, reliable data that is simply not freely available. Our users have reported that calendars published by other providers are poorly set up and not very well maintained, which meant our users could not rely on their content.

We therefore teamed up with SchedJoules to provide an easy way for our users to get reliable subscription calendars set up in our app.

Not all my Gmail calendars are displayed?

You need to set your Google account Sync Settings. Go to www.google.com/calendar/iphoneselect and set up which calendars you want synced with your iPhone. By default only the default Google calendar is set to sync.

How To…

How do I sync my calendars between my devices using iCloud?

The easiest way to automatically sync your calendars between devices will be to set up the same iCloud account on all your devices.

This is done using the main "Settings" app "iCloud" section.

Once the iCloud account is set up on a device, also make sure that "Calendars" option switch is turned ON.

Your iCloud account calendars containing all your events will then be displayed on all your devices.

All changes you make will be synced automatically between your devices.

How do I set up my Google/Outlook account calendars?

First you need to set up your account on your device.

You do this using the main systems "Settings" app "Apps">"Calendars" then "Accounts" Then select "Add Account…". Select the type of account and enter the required infomation to set it up.

Then you need to ensure that the "Calendars" option for the account is set to ON.

Then any calendars associated with this account will be synced onto this device and then automatically they will appear in our app.

Now in our app press the Calendars Icon button in the top centre of the display. This brings up the list of all your available calendars and you can then simply tick the calndars to be displayed with in the app.

How do I hide a calendar I do not want displayed?

You can choose which calendars you want to have displayed in the app.

Select the Calendar Icon button in the top centre of the screen. Then scroll down and tick/untick the selection of calendars you want to display.

How do I remove a subscribed Holiday/Sports calendar?

The easiest way to do this is to use the native Apple "Calendar" app on the device.

Tap the calendar button at the bottom of that app's main screen.
This displays you the list of all available calendars.
Tap the small round "i" icon next to the calendar title.
This brings up the calendar's editing view and you can Unsubscribe.

How can I add Holidays & Sports fixtures to my calendar?

We have teamed up with SchedJoules to provide users with easy access to a range of Holiday, Sport, Financial and Weather calendars.

From the app's "Main Menu" screen select "Store">"Calendar Store". You can subscribe to a range of included national and religious calendars.

How do I display the little icons?

All Emoji Icon apps are compatible with this app. You can add the Emoji keyboard from the main Settings app -> General -> Keyboard -> Keyboards.

Then whenever the keyboard is displayed you press the little globe icon button to the left of the space button to switch keyboards.

How can I quickly remove multiple events?

If you want to remove all the events from one particular calendar you can delete the whole calendar and then set up a new calendar.

If you do not want to actually delete the whole calendar or the events you want to remove are from more than one calendar, then the quickest way to delete multiple events is from the List View.

Select the "Edit" button at the top of the screen next to the event search field. You can now select all the events that you want to mark for deletion. You can quickly add or remove all events on a particular day by pressing the required day title.

Note that you can not mark for deletion events from come from read-only calendars.

A small round red tick icon will appear on the left of the screen next to all selected events.

If the event is recurring, only the specific occurrences marked will be deleted, not all future occurrences of the event.

Once you have selected all the events you want to remove just press the red waste bin delete button at the top of the screen. All the events will be permanently removed.

How do I create a new calendar?

Press the Calendars Icon button in the top centre of the main screen.

Then press the "Edit">"Add Calendar" button in the top left of that screen.

How do I delete a calendar?

How do I rename a calendar?

How do I change a calendar's default color?

Press the Calendars Icon button selection button in the top centre of the screen. Then press the "Edit" in the top left of the screen and then select the calendar you want to edit.

You can rename the calendar, change it's default color or delete it.

Please note that GMail calendar colors need to be set directly on the Google site. You can not set them directly on the device.

How do I search for a specific event?

Display the List Style View and then select the search field at the top.
Type the text that you want to search for.

You can search for text in event Titles, Notes or all event fields.

The search is carried out for your currently displayed calendars.
Change the calendars to search using the Calendar Icon button at the top center of the screen.

The search by default is for 3 years historical and 1 year into the future.
Change the currently selected date to increase the search date range.

How do I use event Templates?

Event Templates are events that you regularly add to your calendar.

You can create a new event template from the "Main Menu" > "Templates" section or by creating a template from an existing event by selecting the event, displaying its details and then pressing the "...">"Template" button.

How do I add a new event?

The simplest way to add an event is to select the required day the event occurs on and then press the "+" button at the top right of the screen.

To quickly add a new event leave "New Event" selected in the left picker wheel and in the right picker wheel select the duration of the event. If you select a duration less than a full day, a second picker will appear from the bottom of the screen to select the start time for the event. Don't worry if the exact duration you require is not displayed, you can adjust the event details after it has been created.

To add a previously created event Template simply select "Template" in the left picker wheel and in the right picker wheel select the required template.
Then select all the dates that you want to add an occurrence of this event to from the view that appears from the bottom of the screen.
To select one particular day of the week for the whole month, just touch the weekday name at the top.
You can move forwards and backwards through the months by pressing the arrow buttons displayed at the top of the screen. Press "+" at the top of the screen and you will be prompted as to which calendar you want to add the events.

If you are currently viewing the Day or Week Views you can also add a new event by doing a long press on the view. A new event button will appear with a "+" on it. You can drag the button around screen and adjust its duration using the handles. Then to add a new event with the displayed start and end times simply press the button.

You can also quickly jump to adding a new event by double tapping the "+" button.

How do I Cut, Copy, Delete an event?

On the List & Month Views do a Sideways Swipe Gesture with your finger over the event name.
Select the required option from the list of options that appears

On the Day & Week Views do a Long Press on the event button.
The event button will begin to wobble to indicate that it is now in edit mode.
Select the required option from the menu that appears.

How do I Paste an event?

If you have previously Copied an event to the paste board, using either Copy or Cut, you can now Paste this event into any day on you calendar.

From the Month View do a long press on the calendar date button that you want to add the event.
The add new event view will then appear.
Scroll down the first picker wheel to select "Paste".

On the Day & Week Views do a long press on the view.
A green button with a "+" will appear, above this there will also be a menu with a Paste option.

How do I set the beginning of the week?

You can set any day of the week to be the start of the week. Select the "Main Menu" > "Settings" > "Display" screen.
Then select "Start of Week".

Please Note:
There are two "Start of Week" settings, one for the Week View and one for the Month View.
There is also an override for the Week View where you can have the current day of the week always displayed first.

Tips & Shortcuts

Quickly Switch Calendar Group.

If you do a Long Press on the Calendars Icon button in the top center of the screen, a selection button displaying your four preset calendar groups will appear. Select the group you want to switch to.

Quickly jump to any date.

If you do a Long Press on the "Today" button it will bring up the date selection screen.

Quickly add a new default duration event.

If you do a double tap on the "+" button in the top right of the screen you will quickly skip straight to adding a new event on the currently selected date.

Quickly switch between the Month View display styles?

Rather than pressing the small layout style icon button that is to the right of the month name, if you do vertical swipe gestures with your finger on the Month View instead, you can quickly switch between the Detailed and Stacked Month View display styles.
You can also continue to do vertical swipe gestures to "Focus In" to display less weeks and display more of your events.

Quickly change the week whilst in Day View.

Rather than having to swipe through a day at a time, you can do the swipe gesture on the Day View header at the top to quickly jump forward or backwards a whole week at a time.

Quickly Save a Picture of your month calendar.

Double tap gesture on the Month View name title (i.e. January) to save a picture of your current Month View to your Photos app.

ShiftLife Questions

How do I create my Shift Templates?

Select the "Shifts" tab at the bottom of the screen and create all the different types of shifts that you may be rostered to work.

Give each one a unique name and set all the required general shift details.

How do I create my Shift Pattern?

Select the "Patterns" tab at the bottom of the screen and create the pattern of how you work your different shifts.

You can set the pattern to any number of days in length.

When you are adding this pattern to one of your actual calendars latter you will be able to specify if this pattern should be added just once or set to repeated into the future.

Can I set more than one Shift Template on any individual day in my Shift Pattern?

You can currently only set one Shift Template for any individual day in a Shift Pattern.

If you are unlucky enough to have to work two shifts on a given day (i.e. one in the morning and then another one in the evening) you will need to add the second shift template individually to your calendar and not add it as part of the Pattern.

How do I show a day off on my Pattern?

Simply not setting a Shift Template for any day in the Pattern is considered a day off.

How do I set up my Shift Pattern in my actual calendar?

Select the "+" button in the top right of the main calendar screen. From here you can actually schedule things to one of your calendars. You need to make your selection of what you want to schedule from the picker wheel.

Select "Pattern" in the first picker wheel and the Pattern's name you want to add in the second.

Then select the first date that the Pattern should start on. The subsequent dates corresponding with the length of the Pattern will also be selected automatically. Then press the "Add" button in the top right of the screen.

You will then be prompted to select which of your underlying calendars you want to add the shifts to and also whether you want to add the pattern just once or add & repeat it into the future.

How do I add individual events my calendar?

Select the "+" button in the top right of the main calendar screen. The add event screen is displayed and from here you can actually schedule things to one of your calendars. You need to make the selection of what you want to schedule from the picker wheel.

You can add a normal event (i.e. a meeting or doctors appointment etc.), a pre-made template of a normal event (i.e. an event you regularly need to add to your calendar), an individual occurrence of a Shift, a whole Pattern of Shifts, an On-Call or Standby Block, a Sick day, Holiday or Training day.

How do I add Overtime or other details to a Shift?

After you have added an actual occurrence of a shift to one of your calendars, you can then go and set the details of this specific shift. You can add any overtime you did on that day or bonus pay you received, your boss's name, colleagues name's or any other details specific to just this occurrence of the shift.

How do I remove an old Shift Pattern and start again?

To remove all future Shifts select the date in your calendar that your Shift Pattern changes.

Then select the Shift that is in your calendar for that day and select it to open its details screen. Then choose to delete it.

When you delete a shift that belongs to a pattern, you will be prompted as to whether you want to delete all the shifts that also belong to that pattern.

Please note that it is best to keep a separate calendar that just has your shifts on it, and add other type of events to another calendar that can also be set to be displayed in the app. This gives you better flexibility in case you want to delete all your shifts at some point in the future, where you could simply just delete the whole calendar.

You can delete a whole calendar by first displaying the Calendar Chooser screen. This is displayed by pressing the Calendars Icon button in the top centre of the screen.

Then press the "Edit" button in the top left of the screen. Then you can rename, change colour, or delete a calendar.

To create a brand new empty calendar to just add your shifts to press the "Edit" in the top left of the screen and select "Add Calendar".

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