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New version 1.5.88

2021-06-13T09:41:56+02:00

Tasks in events can be displayed/edited over multiple lines ("Settings > Display and Use > Edit view > Advanced > Tasks in events > Multiline").
Added a configuration option for the "Google Meet" row in the edit screen ("Settings > Display and Use > Edit view > Advanced > Allow creation of Google Meet links").
Added a switch for the landscape day view to make weekends smaller and/or the current day larger.
Added an optional small month view to the portrait week view ("Settings > Display and Use > Week view > Layout").
Added a long press menu to the agenda view.
Added a new sort order "Sort (priority reverse, due date)" for tasks in calendar views.
Bug fixes and other improvements

New version 1.5.85

2020-10-09T09:51:39+02:00

CalenGoo now supports the new iOS 14 widgets. There is a small widget that shows the current and next event. And there is a medium and large widget that shows an agenda view of your events similar to the old "Today Widget".

New version 1.5.81

2020-02-09T10:27:11+01:00

This version fixes a few bugs regarding the dark mode, the Dutch translation and the new contacts API.

New version 1.5.79

2019-10-29T08:35:12+01:00

Bug fix for the Today Widget on iOS 13.2

New version 1.5.78

2019-10-18T08:34:47+02:00

Bug fixes for iOS 13

New version 1.5.77

2019-10-15T08:34:33+02:00

Bug fixes for iOS 13

New version 1.5.76

2019-10-13T08:34:19+02:00

Bug fixes for iOS 13

New version 1.5.75

2019-10-04T08:34:01+02:00

Bug fixes for iOS 13

New version 1.5.74

2019-09-27T12:43:06+02:00

This version fixes a few colors on iOS 13 and a crash when changing the time zone.

New version 1.5.73

2019-09-24T12:41:49+02:00

This version contains a few additional bug fixes for iOS 12 and iOS 13.

New version 1.5.72

2019-09-21T12:36:00+02:00

This version contains several bug fixes for iOS 13 and a few small improvements e.g. to unsubscribe Google calendars via a swipe gesture and to change the background color of days in the week view.

New version 1.5.71

2019-08-11T11:54:07+02:00

A new compact agenda view and a workaround for a bug in Google Tasks have been added.

New version 1.5.68

2018-12-11T10:12:08+01:00

If default reminders are added to your events and you have wondered where they are coming from you can now use the screen "Settings > Reminders > Show all default reminders" to see an overview of CalenGoo’s calendar reminders, CalenGoo’s default reminders for new events and Google’s default reminders for new events (but only if you have entered your Google account under "Settings > Accounts" in CalenGoo and only for timed events, not for all-day events due to technical restrictions).

New version 1.5.67

2018-11-26T11:54:06+01:00

CalenGoo will now create (Siri) shortcuts for creating a new event in a certain calendar, creating a task in a certain task list and creating an event from a template. You can either use them using the "Shortcuts" app or they will appear automatically in the home screen’s search screen if you often do the same actions at the same time.

Additionally WatchOS 5’s new "Infograph" watch faces are now supported.

New version 1.5.64

2018-06-19T11:15:25+02:00

A new design option for the agenda view has been added. You can turn it on under "Settings > Display and Use > Agenda view > Expert > Flexible rows size" and "Faster flexible rows" and "Colored bars design". The left image shows the normal agenda view, the right image shows the new "Colored bars design":

Additionally you can see in both screenshots another new feature where all-day events that span multiple days can display the number of the event and the duration (e.g. (1/8)). You can turn it on under "Settings > Display and Use > Agenda view > Expert > Show e.g. (2/5) for multi day events".

New version 1.5.63

2018-02-28T10:22:39+01:00

Recently the Google Calendar website has changed. It uses new colors now. To use the same colors in CalenGoo you can turn "Settings > Design > New Google Calendar colors" on. Additionally the search view can now display the location and description of events (It can be configured under "Settings > Display and Use > Search view > Expert > New row design") and a new (still experimental) way to repeat reminders has been added ("Settings > Reminders > Repeat with remote push (experimental)").

New version 1.5.62

2017-12-22T11:51:00+01:00

A few bugs have been fixed.

New version 1.5.61

2017-12-06T12:54:54+01:00

The special screen of the iPhone X is now supported, HTML in descriptions (which Google Calendar now supports) is correctly displayed in the calendar views and the detail view and some new iOS 11 design elements were used in some places.

The rollout will still run for several days, i.e. if you cannot download the new version yet you will have to wait a few days.

New version 1.5.60

2017-10-30T10:47:55+01:00

A few bugs have been fixed in this version.

New version 1.5.59

2017-10-20T08:57:25+02:00

This version only fixes a bug in the Today Widget that caused the "Show more/Show less" button to not work correctly.

New version 1.5.58

2017-10-17T14:47:53+02:00

The Today Widget can now display changes in iOS calendars and iOS reminders immediately, it is not necessary to start CalenGoo. The tasks can all be displayed in a single sorted list and adding own icons is now easier. And this new version now contains an Italian translation that can be turned on under "Settings > Display and Use > Expert/Maintenance > All > Use custom language > Italian". If everything works fine it will be turned on by default for Italian users.

New version 1.5.57

2017-03-28T12:40:16+02:00

A crash that could occur in the month view has been fixed and the search view now displayed in each header how many results were found.

New version 1.5.56

2017-03-20T08:57:22+01:00

Templates can now be saved into and loaded from the iCloud and you can enter short names for calendars in the calendar selection bar.

New version 1.5.55

2017-01-11T11:42:09+01:00

Usually reminders are entered relative to the start of the event, e.g. "0 minutes" before the event starts. However to be reminded at a specific time you can tap the new blue icon now that switches between entering a relative time and a fixed time:

New version 1.5.54

2016-11-18T11:05:17+01:00

A few users had problems with CalenGoo starting slower since iOS 10. This problem should be fixed now with this update. Additionally new sort options for all-day events and iOS reminders and a few other display and usage options have been added.

New version 1.5.53

2016-10-18T10:48:50+02:00

A few bugs have been fixed and an option has been added to show all available calendars with checkboxes in the edit view when saving an event into multiple calendars:

This option can be found under "Settings > Display and Use > Edit view > Expert > Show multiple calendars in edit view".

New version 1.5.52

2016-10-11T08:21:33+02:00

Another bug regarding reminders under iOS 10 has been fixed and additionally there is now an option to show all priority 1 tasks on the current day, to sort all-day events by their creation date and the time zone selection when editing an event has been improved with a history list that shows recently used time zones.

New version 1.5.51

2016-09-27T11:22:50+02:00

This version fixes a WatchOS 3 related bug and the watch app can now display the notes of tasks.

New version 1.5.50

2016-09-20T23:40:12+02:00

The new version 1.5.50, that fixes several iOS 10 related problems, has been released now!

iOS 10

2016-09-19T20:05:28+02:00

There are several bugs in iOS 10 that can cause crashes and other problems under certain circumstances in CalenGoo. A new version of CalenGoo has been sent past Wednesday to Apple but hasn’t been released by Apple yet. It seems that due to the release of iOS 10 reviews of apps currently take much longer than it was usual in the past months. I hope that they will release it soon. If you have any problems and need help just send an email or write into the support group. Please see here: Support

However most users are probably not affected by these problems. It depends on how many notifications CalenGoo creates, because the bug is in iOS’ notifications system. And e.g. turning "Settings > Number on app icon > Number on app icon" off can probably reduce or fix the crashes because then less notifications are created.

New version 1.5.48

2016-09-04T14:54:09+02:00

CalenGoo has now a function to display the travel time of an event in the detail view and the day view:

Under "Settings > Display and Use > Day view > Expert > Show travel time" you can configure several things:

E.g. you can configure if the day view should display the travel time only for events on the current day or on all days ("Time range") and you can configure if the travel time should be computed from your current position or from the location of the previous event. If the travel time is very short, e.g. only a few minutes, the bar in the day view will get very small and the text will be hard to read. If you would like to be able to read the travel time (e.g. "5 hours 30 minutes" in the example above) also for such short travel times, you can turn "Display short travel times larger" on. However by default you can see when you have to start driving to the event (when the red line that displays the current time touches the event) and when turning this option on, the red line will touch the event too early for such short travel times.

New version 1.5.47

2016-02-21T07:34:32+01:00

This version fixes a few bugs especially on iPads and it adds a search field at the top of each screen under "Settings > Display and Use". Using the search field you can search/filter the settings for those containing a certain keyword.

New version 1.5.46

2016-02-01T15:34:17+01:00

This update adds support for the native resolution of the iPad Pro and the support for Slide Over and Split Screen to use CalenGoo in a sidebar while another app is running. Additionally CalenGoo has now a function to undelete events that works similarly to Google’s new "trash" function.

New version 1.5.45

2015-11-20T11:08:57+01:00

This update now supports the Apple Watch with WatchOS 2.0 and newer. It contains several "complications" which allow displaying the next upcoming event on the watch face. Additionally it can display an agenda view with the upcoming events of the next few days. WatchOS 2’s "Time Travel" function is also supported.

The location editor now has a search button at the top that allows you to switch between the normal location editor and a new location search view. When using the location search view, CalenGoo will search for matching contacts and nearby locations to choose an address from.

Also 3D touch functions have been added that can be used on iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus devices to create a new task or a new event by pressing the icon a little more:

New version 1.5.44

2015-10-03T20:20:33+02:00

This version adds iCloud support to create backups and share attachments between devices.

New version 1.5.43

2015-09-07T20:12:41+02:00

CalenGoo can now display Google Calendar attachments and it supports to assign labels to your tasks.

New version 1.5.42

2015-04-09T12:18:16+02:00

This version contains some additional configuration options for the Today Widget (to hide all-day and free events).

New version 1.5.41

2015-03-29T12:55:56+02:00

A Today Widget has been added, you can now sync with Evernote, you can specify Keywords to apply certain actions to your events and you can use Custom Fields to enter business data into your events.

New version 1.5.40

2015-02-01T21:07:05+01:00

This version fixes two bugs: CalenGoo now works under iOS 5.1.1 again (the previous version accidentally required iOS 6, i.e. iOS6, 7 and 8 were not affected by this problem) and the "Day start time" and "Day end time" settings in the day view work correctly again.

New version 1.5.39

2015-01-29T10:34:00+01:00

Multiple events can now be imported from ICS attachments, the detail view allows to refresh a single event and when sending an event by email an ICS file can be attached.

A today widget is planned and will be added with the next update, 1.5.41.

If you are still using the old iOS 5, then please don’t install this version, because it isn’t compatible with iOS 5. Instead wait for version 1.5.40, which will be compatible with iOS 5 again and will probably be released soon.

New version 1.5.38

2014-11-13T13:18:10+01:00

The date chooser has a new option "month" to choose a date from a month view. Additionally a few bugs were fixed regarding the syncing of tasks and for syncing certain holiday and birthday calendars.

New version 1.5.37

2014-11-04T12:28:48+01:00

Version 1.5.37 has been released. It fixes a few bugs and the "Export settings" function can now also export the calendar colors and visibility settings.

Google Calendar default reminders will now be ignored, i.e. if you create events without reminders, they will be saved without reminders, even if there are default reminders configured in Google Calendar. If you would like Google Calendar to automatically add your default reminders to such events, just turn "Settings", "Reminders", "Use Google’s default reminders" on.

New version 1.5.36

2014-10-28T23:13:30+01:00

Version 1.5.36 has been released and fixes the problems mentioned below. Additionally it is now possible to use individual background colors for configurable time ranges in the day view. Please see Background colors for further information.

It will also ask you to switch to using the OAuth2 authentication method if you didn’t use it yet. It is more secure and usually also faster than the old methods. You can find further information under Convert to OAuth2.

The new OAuth2 sync method uses the default reminders that you have configured on the Google Calendar website when you save an event without reminders. This behavior will be changed with version 1.5.37 but currently you have to remove your default reminders in Google Calendar to be able to save events without reminders. Just open http://calendar.google.com on your computer, sign in, click the gear icon in the upper right corner and then "Settings", "Calendars". For each calendar you can configure default reminders. So click on "Reminders and notifications" for the calendar whose default reminders you would like to remove:

Then click on "remove" to remove the default reminders and click Save. Afterward sync CalenGoo to let it know that the default reminders have been removed.

New version 1.5.35

2014-10-20T11:32:52+02:00

A new version has been released today. It introduces a new login screen and a new account management. CalenGoo can now also sync with multiple Google Tasks accounts. The larger screens of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are now also fully supported.

A bug was discovered in this version that affects only iPads and occurs only if "Settings", "Tasks", "[+] for tasks/events" is turned on: When tapping the "+" button a window appears to choose between "New event" and "New task". However tapping one of the options doesn’t do anything. As a workaround please turn "[+] for tasks/events" off and use the "+" button to create events and the tasks view to create tasks until the next update is released probably in about 2-3 weeks.

A second bug was discovered which affects iOS 7 devices but is easy to fix: After the first start the "Settings" and "+" buttons cannot be used. To fix it just tap "Jump to" or "Search" or open the all-day events list in the day view once. Afterward it should work correctly again.

CalenGoo works under iOS 8

2014-09-23T09:37:14+02:00

CalenGoo works fine under iOS 8. The only remaining minor problem (which will be fixed with version 1.5.35) is, that a title, location or description can currently only be edited in portrait orientation on iPhones and iPod touch devices. In landscape orientation the input area is black. It will be fixed soon with the next update. But that’s the only problem, everything else works fine, also in landscape orientation.

1.5.34 released

2014-09-17T23:01:19+02:00

Apple has released the new version 1.5.34 a few hours ago after testing it for about four hours. It should work correctly under iOS 8. If it is not urgent I would recommend to wait 1-2 days before installing iOS 8, I will post further results here.

Several users reported that it fixed the problems they had with version 1.5.33 under iOS 8. And after version 1.5.34 became available for download no further users reported any problems. So it seems to work fine now.

Update: Over 24 hours after the release of iOS 8 no one reported serious problems with version 1.5.34 under iOS 8. The only problem that was reported is that on iPhones the title/location/description edit screen does not work in landscape orientation. It works fine in portrait orientation but in landscape orientation it displays a black area instead of the text input area. This will be fixed with version 1.5.35. Everything else seems to work fine so far. I will send this information also via the mailing list in a few hours.

iOS 8

2014-09-16T09:17:06+02:00

Version 1.5.33 is unfortunately not fully compatible with iOS 8 and unfortunately the compatible version 1.5.34 has been rejected by Apple today. So please don’t install iOS 8 until version 1.5.34 has been released if you would like to use CalenGoo or try the workaround below. CalenGoo crashes under iOS 8 when the horizontally scrollable month view is opened and cannot be started any more afterward (because then it tries to open the month view again). I will try to get version 1.5.34 released as soon as possible, however it usually takes about a week for Apple to review an update.

When version 1.5.34 is released it will be reported here.

Because this problem only occurs when the horizontally scrollable month view is displayed, all users who use the vertically scrollable month view are not affected by this problem. On the iPad the vertically scrollable month view is used by default, so most iPad users won’t be affected.

Workaround: It seems to be possible to prevent CalenGoo from crashing by turning "Settings", "Display and Use", "Month view", "Vertical scrolling" on. The vertically scrollable month view isn’t affected by the problem, only the horizontally scrollable month view crashes. Additionally you can set "Settings", "Display and Use", "General", "View after startup" to "Day view" or anything else except "Month view", so that if CalenGoo crashes due to the month view it starts with a different view next time you start it so that it doesn’t crash again.

If you have already installed iOS 8 and opened the horizontally scrollable month view so that CalenGoo cannot be opened any more, then you can only fix it by uninstalling and reinstalling CalenGoo (or by waiting for the update).

New version 1.5.33

2014-08-21T00:42:28+02:00

Version 1.5.33 has been released, which fixes the problems mentioned below. I.e. the sync should work fine even if "Upload before download" is turned on and no new duplicates should appear. If you already have duplicates, please just execute "Reset calendars" once as mentioned below to fix the problem.

New features are:

Tasks in events can be reordered in the edit view.
Completed 'Tasks in events' can be hidden in the detail view.

Sync problems (Sync stops)

2014-08-15T13:26:50+02:00

If the sync stops immediately, during the sync of the first calendar, then turn "Settings", "Display and Use", "General", "Advanced", "Upload before download" off. Afterward restart CalenGoo using the task manager or reboot your iPhone/iPad to stop the running sync. Then it should sync correctly again.

It will be fixed with the next update probably in about a week, but when "Upload before download" is turned off, the sync should already work correctly again.

The "Upload before download" option usually has only an effect if you saved events while being offline. Then they will be uploaded with the next sync before other changes will be downloaded. However by default changes are uploaded immediately after saving an event so normally there are no changes to upload during a sync and thus "Upload before download" makes no difference.

Sync problems (Duplicates)

2014-08-15T10:00:20+02:00

In Google Calendar each event has an identifier. This identifier is used to see which events are the same. E.g. when Google Calendar reports that there was a change in event "A" CalenGoo checks if it already knows event "A" and then either modifies the existing event "A" or creates a new event if it didn’t know event "A" yet.

Unfortunately Google slightly changed the IDs of all events about three days ago. Since then when CalenGoo downloaded a changed event from Google Calendar it couldn’t recognize that it was a changed event. Instead it thought it would be a new event because it didn’t know that ID yet. This results in a duplicate of that event being displayed in CalenGoo (but not in Google Calendar). With the next update CalenGoo will handle this situation correctly and will know which IDs (old and new) are the same. The update has already been uploaded to Apple and will probably be released in a few days.

However there is a way how you can fix the problem immediately: You just have to let CalenGoo download all events again so that it knows the new IDs. To do this there are two options:

Tap "Settings", "Reset calendars" in CalenGoo to erase all events and calendars in CalenGoo and re-download everything from Google Calendar during the next sync.
If only a single calendar is affected by this problem, you can tap on "Settings", "Debug Tools", "Calendars", "the affected calendar", "Re-download" and sync afterward. This way all events of that calendar will be erased from CalenGoo’s database and re-downloaded during the next sync.
Switch to syncing via OAuth2 (see below).

However before trying one of these solutions you have to ensure that all your events are in Google Calendar ( http://calendar.google.com ) because both solutions will delete all events from CalenGoo’s database and then they will redownload everything from Google Calendar. It is also a good idea to download a backup of your Google Calendar from time to time. Just open http://calendar.google.com on your computer, sign in, click on the gear icon in the upper right corner and then on "Settings", "Calendars", "Export calendars".

This problem affects only users who synced via email/password or AuthSub. It didn’t affect users syncing via "OAuth2".

Switch to syncing via OAuth2

Just follow these steps to switch to syncing via OAuth2.

Ensure that *all* your events and tasks are in Google Calendar ( http://calendar.google.com ). If necessary enter any missing events, tasks or changes manually in Google Calendar. You can see which events haven't been uploaded yet under "Settings", "Debug Tools", "Changes to upload".
Tap "Settings", "Login screen" in CalenGoo. Then tap the gear icon in the lower right corner and choose "OAuth2 Login". Follow the instructions and wait for the sync to finish. It will erase all events and tasks in CalenGoo and re-download everything from Google.
It might be necessary to tap "Settings", "Debug Tools", "Reset Tasks" if you synced tasks before. And please ensure that "Settings", "Tasks", "Use login credentials" is turned on if you sync tasks.

When syncing this way, it will use the "new" Google Calendar colors for your calendars and events. If you would like to change the color of a calendar just tap the blue button behind the calendar's name under "Settings", "Visibility/Download" in CalenGoo.