iCal for windows?

April 10, 2009 2:48 PM

Offline Calendar application for Windows that is not Sunbird?

I find myself without the internet far more often than without my computer, so I would prefer keeping something as vital to my peace of mind as my calendar offline. I've experimented with Mozilla Sunbird, but it's got a bunch of little quirks and flaws that bug me, and I'd like to see what else is out there.

I would essentially like to replicate the features of Sunbird, but perhaps in the form of a more smooth and polished interface. If Google Calendar were available as a standalone desktop application (and perhaps it is, and I'm just not aware of it), I'd be all over that. So far, I use Sunbird to list classes, wildly fluctuating meetings, as well as micromanage and plan out my study schedule - it's as much a to-do list as an events calendar.

So is there a Windows calendar application out there that does what iCal does better than Sunbird?

posted by Phire to computers & internet (7 comments total)

I should probably also specify that I don't use any form of e-mail client (Outlook, Thunderbird, etc), so standalone would be key.
posted by Phire at 2:54 PM on April 10

Google calendar can be run offline. Go to the Google Calendar page and click "Offline" at the top right.
posted by zerokey at 2:54 PM on April 10

It's a read-only version that doesn't allow editing, as far as I understand it.

I've found Calgoo, but I'm not sure if it's a standalone calendar with the feature of syncing to GCal etc., or if it just won't run if you don't have a GCal account...
posted by Phire at 2:59 PM on April 10

Huh..just tested it. You are absolutely correct. Sorry about that.
posted by zerokey at 3:04 PM on April 10

Maybe a lot more minimal than what you're looking for, but I'm a big fan of Rainlendar
posted by Syntoad at 3:14 PM on April 10

Have you looked at MonoCalendar. It's pretty much iCal for windows.
posted by bigmusic at 3:16 PM on April 10

I always have internet and use Google Calendar, but I got Active Desktop Calendar for my mom and she's happy with it. (Not sure if it's the exactly what you're looking for and it's $24.90 US.)
posted by various at 3:21 PM on April 10