What Windows11 or Web Calendar app do I want for my desktop computer?

February 15, 2024 11:41 AM

I've had it with Outlook's calendar. Luckily I'm self-employed so I get to pick the software I use. If you've tried one/some, which should I try? Criteria below the fold.

Criteria:

1. Nice clean, visually uncluttered, minimalistic "this week" view. Ideally, it would look just like Apple's Calendar. I particularly like just being able to click and start typing on the calendar, without having to open/save a dialog box.

2. Ability to click a zoom link saved somewhere in the event.

3. Must sync with iCloud calendar. I just have one calendar.

4. Ability to do basic meeting scheduling (including recurring meetings).

5. Efficient in terms of clicks. I'll navigate it by mouse, but I don't want to have to do 89 clicks to input an appointment.

Things I don't need:

- Task management, Todolist, etc.
- Meeting invites, fancy scheduling features
- Collaboration, Teams, Zoom integration

I just need a nice basic calendar app that looks and feels nice and allows me to click zoom links. I've looked at Windows Calendar (too clunky) and iCloud.com calendar (fine but can't click zoom links).

There seem to be a bunch out there but I figured maybe somebody else has already found a good one one?

posted by bluesky78987 to Technology (2 answers total)

Have you tried Google calendar? It seems to fit your needs. You can see a simple View by week (or day or month), and you can click on Zoom links. Not sure about syncing with iCalendar. I don't understand why you need another calendar app if you use iCloud, but I don't use iCloud, so... I've been using Google calendar for years and love it.
posted by j810c at 5:09 PM on February 15 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Thanks j810c. I'm on a windows computer - no iCalendar available. Need a calendar app to sync with icloud to actually display the appointments.
posted by bluesky78987 at 8:10 AM on February 16