Business Calendar 2 vs CalenGoo

Business Calendar 2

• Android users who want more views and widgets than a stock calendar app
• Keeping events and Google Tasks or Microsoft To Do lists in one app
• People who enter the same kinds of events often and want templates

CalenGoo

• Google Calendar users who want more views and settings than Google's own apps
• People who want to pay once per platform and avoid a subscription
• Anyone who wants calendar, tasks, contacts and email in one desktop window

Business Calendar 2

• Android only, including Chromebooks and Wear OS watches; no iOS, desktop or web app is listed.
• Templates, drag and drop, multi-selection, weather, attachments, print to PDF and the 22 app themes need the Pro upgrade.
• Appgenix's site gives no Pro price; Google Play shows in-app purchases of $1.49 to $8.99 per item with no billing period.
• The free version contains ads, according to its Google Play listing.

CalenGoo

• The iOS, Android and desktop versions are different apps and each is bought separately.
• There is no free version. Android has a 72-hour trial and the desktop download can be tried first, but no iOS trial is listed.
• The desktop app costs $49.99 on the Microsoft Store; the site gives no price for the in-app purchase in its own downloads, and says Linux support depends on the distribution.
• Online booking is a separate product: the Booking System is free up to 20 booking hours a month and about $10 a month after that.

Business Calendar 2

Six main views

Month, week, day, agenda, year and tasks views. The week view stretches from 1 to 14 days with a swipe, and the year view marks busy days with a heat map.

Seven home screen widgets

Month, week, day, agenda, tasks, icon and Day Pro widgets, with 14 widget themes and more than 50 customization options.

Tasks next to events

A dedicated tasks view keeps lists locally or syncs them with Google Tasks. Pro adds priorities, subtasks, repeating tasks and Microsoft To Do sync.

Calendar sync

Uses Android's built-in calendar sync for Google and Exchange, and recent versions add Microsoft and CalDAV accounts. Advanced Outlook sync with categories is Pro.

Templates and voice input

Events and tasks can be spoken in English, German, French or Japanese. Pro users can save templates that include reminders, repetition rules and attendees.

Drag and drop and multi-selection

With Pro, events are moved, copied or deleted by drag and drop, and one action such as move, copy or recolor can be applied to several events at once.

CalenGoo

Direct sync with Google and others

Syncs with Google Calendar, including all past and future events, and with iCloud, CalDAV servers such as Nextcloud, Exchange and the device's own calendars, depending on the platform.

Configurable views

Day, week, month, agenda and year views plus a landscape day view and a search view. The month view zooms and scrolls, and nearly every part of the display can be adjusted.

Tasks in the calendar

Google Tasks lists sync and appear on their due dates, with sub-tasks and recurring tasks. Small task lists can also be saved inside an event, such as a shopping list.

Templates and floating events

Events can be created from one template or several combined. Floating events move to the current day until they are completed, and drag and drop moves, copies or deletes entries.

Reminders, contacts and attachments

Up to five reminders per event by SMS, email or pop-up. Contacts can be linked to events, and files and Evernote notes attached.

Desktop app with movable panes

The desktop version arranges calendar, tasks, contacts, templates and email in panes you can drag around. It includes an email client for Gmail, IMAP and Exchange and a free-text quick add.

Business Calendar 2

• Free$0

  Month, week, day, agenda, year and task views, widgets, up to 5 reminders per event, voice input and Google Tasks sync, with ads.

• Pro$1.49 - $8.99

  per in-app item on Google Play; billing basis not shown

  Adds templates, drag and drop, multi-selection, weather, attachments, print to PDF, 22 themes, and subtasks and repeating tasks.

CalenGoo

• CalenGoo for Android$5.99

  one-time purchase on Google Play

  Installs on every Android phone and tablet linked to the same Google account, with free updates. Also free with a Play Pass subscription.

• CalenGoo for iOS$6.99

  one-time purchase on the App Store

  One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch on the same Apple account. No in-app purchases are listed.

• CalenGoo for Desktop$49.99

  one-time purchase on the Microsoft Store

  The Windows app with calendar, tasks, contacts and email. macOS and Linux builds are downloaded from the site and bought inside the app.

Business Calendar 2

• Other savings

  Included with Google Play Pass

  The Google Play listing says Play Pass subscribers get the app free of ads and in-app purchases as part of that subscription.

CalenGoo

• Other savings

  Android app included with Google Play Pass

  The Google Play listing for CalenGoo says the app is free with a Play Pass subscription.