Shared Family Calendar: FamCal

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1. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Terrible. I liked the agenda and other views of the calendar. I’ve used another shared calendar for years, but thought I’d give this a try. I signed up and added a doctor appointment for Tuesday, June 2. I logged into the browser version on my desktop and there it was, confidently showing on Wednesday, June 3. I canceled immediately. After getting screenshots of course.

2. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   Malfunctioning. Pop up prompt to subscribe for premium would not stop after adding multiple events, even after restarting app multiple times and logging out and back in.

3. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   Practically useless if you’re not paying for a subscription. If you don’t sign up for the paid version, it will constantly pop up a window asking you to subscribe. Also, if you want to put something on the calendar more than 7 days in advance it will not let you. You have to subscribe for that “feature”.

4. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   Horrible. I’d give it 0 stars if I could. You can’t even create events in the app unless you want to pay for it.

5. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   Must pay to use. You have to pay for the premium subscription in order to put anything on a calendar more than 1 week out. Not useful at all. No thanks…. I’ll pass

6. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   Waste of time. Why should I pay for a calendar? You can’t even use it without paying, not worth it at all

7. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   Great for a week. Then it isn’t free anymore. My sister recommended this app because she’s used it for a while and said it never had her pay for anything. I had it for a week and now it won’t let me do anything without paying for it. I read multiple reviews that have said the same thing.

8. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   No good.. This calendar was great until I put in a few dates then it wanted to make me pay for it. Now I cannot do anything. Deleting the app.

9. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Complain. Hard to join family

10. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Still Waiting. Still waiting for a computer based version that integrates with the mobile version.

11. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Needs color options. It’s ok…. I wish the events could be labeled by color not by who made the event kinda like Apple calendar. Apple calendar does different colors for a category you want (paydays are green, bills are pink). If this is a premium only option i would get the premium but im not sure and dont want to waste money on a subscription that doesn’t even let us do what we want.

12. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Great other than pop up constantly asking me to upgrade to paid version.. I don’t want the paid option yet every time I use the app after adding 1-2 things to the calendar or the to do list it constantly has a pop us asking me to upgrade to paid version. It’s really annoying and time consuming. I just want to be able to type my grocery list without interruption every 5 seconds. I fully understand there is a paid version and I don’t want it.

13. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Too confusing in my opinion. I think if it was simple and easy to use It will work much better.

14. ★★★★★crashes, freezes and errors

    Not updating. Not working

15. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    One person user only. Cannot add anybody else in my family to use it. They can’t get access to it.

16. ★★★★★mixed experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Does not update when changes are made.. Does not update when changes are made to already scheduled events.

17. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Annoying. It’s fine for a shared calendar but I am never going to get premium no matter how much you beg so stop having it pop up every two goddamn seconds.

18. ★★★★★mixed experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Great app. I love how simple and easy to use this app is. My favorite features of it is the color coding and the month view. I also like that the app quickly suggests the location based on the address that I start to type in when I enter the events. UPDATE: The color coding only feature that I loved is missing now! There is only one little marking in the left side of each event, and it would be visually so much better if every event has a full color from side to side, just like it was before and shows in the Apple Store app description.

19. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Changes are annoying. I have used this app since 2018 and many of the changes through the years have been great. However… the last big refund where the HOME button was put at the bottom center is the most annoying thing ever on an iPhone. When I close/swipe up the app, it automatically triggers the home button since that’s where it is located. I don’t want home. I want my calendar. This an annoying extra step issue that is a daily annoyance - multiple times a day. Please, developers, realize iPhones involve swiping up from the bottom!

20. ★★★★★mixed experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    FAMCAL FAMILY. Love it ....we always know who goes where and when!

21. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Great but…. I don’t like that I have to pay to use it. Specially when is a weekly payment, not even monthly. I would do that but $16 a month is not worth it when there’s other shared calendars out there that are free!

22. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Pretty good. Works good most of the time.

23. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Its really helpful. It’s really helpful to my family because we always have some going on

24. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Not for families with kids. My husband and I use this app to keep track of my teacher school year obligations, college homework, family events and personal appointments. We like the tasks tab because we can see what we need to do and not ask each other if the day is busy. Overall this has been game changer for our marriage!

25. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Good. I like it it is great for me and my family with when I am wonder what everyone had I can now see

26. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    It’s awesome. Great calendar to keep the family updated. Very nice

27. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Family Business. We’re able to keep organized together.

28. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Family calendar. Great app for scheduling activities among family so all can see

29. ★★★★★overall positive experience· unspecific

    Keeps Family Informed.. You’ll like the connection with this calendar. Everyone in your list can add events which you can be notified of. Still learning so I’m sure there’s more I’ve missed.

30. ★★★★★clear and easy workflow

    Meeting Expectations. App delivers. Easy to use. I am struggling to add it to other devices but overall a help in organizing my personnel life.