Apple iCloud Calendar (iCal) vs. Year Glance

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
iCal
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
The Apple iCloud Calendar (formerly iCal), is the calendar tool associated to Apple's productivity product suite.N/A
Year Glance
Score 9.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Year Glance is a high-level visualization tool that integrates with Google and Microsoft calendars to provide a comprehensive overview of annual schedules. It addresses the limitations of standard monthly calendar layouts by allowing users to see an entire year’s flow at once, facilitating better long-term decision-making, event coordination, and resource management. Unified Multi-Calendar Integration The platform allows users to connect and synchronize up to 50 individual sub…
$8
per month per user
Pricing
Apple iCloud Calendar (iCal)Year Glance
Editions & Modules
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Plan Me (no sharing)
$80
per year per user
Plan Everyone Premium (static sharing)
$150
per year per user
Dynamic 1000
$800
per year per user
Dynamic 5000
$2,500
per year per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
iCalYear Glance
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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User Ratings
Apple iCloud Calendar (iCal)Year Glance
Likelihood to Recommend
5.4
(13 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
5.9
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Apple iCloud Calendar (iCal)Year Glance
Likelihood to Recommend
Apple
Especially if they use apple devices, I would recommend this over other cloud based calendars for its tight integration with apple devices. You can generally add events by simply highlighting the relevant information and adding to the calendar. Or Apple mail will often automatically detect an event and give to the option to add it to your iCal with a single click of a button.
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Pros
Apple
  • Perfectly syncs between all devices
  • It allows me to set multiple reminders before a meeting
  • When I add an address it automatically links to Apple Maps so I can see where i am going and also how long it will take me. I can easiy click on the link and it will start navigation for me, pretty cool
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Cons
Apple
  • I would love it to have more visualizations and not just the classic one in a common calendar and that it could be customized
  • You have the possibility to have a face-to-face call by sharing a link that, in my opinion, could be improved by creating groups of only contacts and limiting access to the meeting.
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Usability
Apple
I am sure there is something that could be improved - if I had any suggestion it would be that users are able to integrate their calendar with others that do not have an iPhone to be able to make it more usable to everyone.
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Alternatives Considered
Apple
For our Mac and IOS users, the use of the native iOS calendar and the cloud associated with it was an obvious choice for us, especially with the distribution of Apple products to our teams out in the field. For android users, it is easy to access the same services using the web-based client, and iCal allows various account types to be added to calendar invites. The iCal application allows the addition of 3rd party email and calendar accounts allow to be seamlessly integrated. All of the calendar accounts can be overlayed along with the native iCloud accounts. Google Calendar by comparison struggled to do all of these things as well, preferring their google Meet as the conference software and preferring Gmail accounts over all other types.
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Return on Investment
Apple
  • Apple iCloud Calendar (iCal) has caused me to miss meetings because it didn't sync up properly with my Microsoft Exchange/Outlook calendar
  • Apple iCloud Calendar (iCal) has caused me frustration because it will often show duplicate events that aren't duplicated in my Microsoft Exchange/Outlook calendar.
  • Apple iCloud Calendar (iCal) has caused my headaches and wasted my time by causing me to have to manually re-sync my Apple iCloud Calendar (iCal) calendar with my Microsoft Exchange/Outlook calendar. Apple iCloud Calendar (iCal) offers no easy way to do this automatically.
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ScreenShots

Year Glance Screenshots

Screenshot of a Year Glance empty calendarScreenshot of the year monthly viewScreenshot of a year vertical viewScreenshot of a year horizontal viewScreenshot of where to share a calendar to viewers with a link or embed codeScreenshot of some of the themes that can be used to customise the calendar