Hey!

I am trying to switch away from my Samsung Calendar (not because of Samsung as much as because I can practically only synch it with the Google Calendar).

Any recommendations?

I am working now with Tuta Calendar, but it lacks some features. For example, I cannot customize the time of the reminder (there are only five options to choose from). Also, it is not too easy to copy the events, which makes putting the same things manually every week sluggish.

Or maybe somebody knows how to tweak Samsung calendar to accept calendar synch with an open-source protocol?

  • MaxMalRichtig@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    15·
    8 days ago

    I would go with open source apps.

    The already mentioned Fossify Calendar is a nice choice.

    Otherwise, I can recommend Etar Calendar. It might not be the “flashiest” app, but I find the feature set pretty good and on-par with most calendar applications.

    • bruce965@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5·
      8 days ago

      If I may add my opinion: I come from Google Calendar, and in my opinion Fossify Calendar is not perfect. But I’ve tried a few, I switched back and forth multiple times, but in the end Fossify is imho the most polished and simple calendar available. I don’t know Samsung Calendar, but if it’s as good as Google Calendar I’d say you might miss it a bit initially, but stay strong and you will learn to appreciate the simplicity.

      • Szewek@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
        2·
        8 days ago

        I used both Google and Samsung Calendar before, the Samsung one was much smoother and intuitive. With CalDAV it is easy to switch between services, I’m trying out Etar now but can always switch back or to sth else.

  • Vogi@piefed.socialEnglish
    9·
    8 days ago

    I might be wrong but I believe it is more or less Tutas “fault”. They do not provide any commonly used protocols as they are not guaranteed encrypted. It’s the exact reason I have decided to use Mailbox over Tuta even if it’s a sensible decision from Tutas part.

    https://tuta.com/en/support/howto#imap

    EDIT: Assuming you have Tuta, as I believe their Apps only work with an Account from them.

    • Szewek@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      1·
      8 days ago

      I understand that this is a feauture. I guess depends on usability-privacy tradeoff. If their app was easier to use, I would probably have stuck with it.

  • Asinus@feddit.orgEnglish
    4·
    8 days ago

    Or maybe somebody knows how to tweak Samsung calendar to accept calendar synch with an open-source protocol?

    I use “DAVx” to sync my nextcloud-calendar to/from my samsung-phone.

    If your provider uses the caldav-protocol, that might work for you

  • doopen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    8 days ago

    Personally I use Fossify (org.fossify.calendar) for android and Thunderbird for desktop.

    I moved from outlook, and in doing so I found the CalDAV protocol (part of WebDAV) is a standard used by a lot of open source calendars. I went with Infomaniak as the calendar cloud storage which was recommended from another buyEU post, they mention both Samsung and Google sync here.