Calroo - Family Organizer 4+

Good But Not Quite There

This is almost exactly what I was looking for except for a few preferences that seem basic but are unavailable. I emailed the company but never heard back..... I enjoy the basic set up of the app without it being “too much”. It’s clean and easy to look at. Entering events is easy. Although I wish I could copy an event to repeat it when I need it. (The only options are daily, weekly, etc) I also wish I could reorder the events to my own preference but it orders it from the latest end time to the earliest. I’ll definitely continue to use this app for now since I’ve not found anything else comparable quite yet. I do wish their customer service would connect back so I knew if they are continuing develop/advance this app or not.

Almost perfect

LOVE this app and the fact that it can be shared privately with the family to keep everyone connected and on schedule. Everyone can see the same family calendar, task lists, shopping lists and whatever other lists your family may need. The only improvement that I could recommend to get 5 stars would be that the notifications and messages would pop up on the phone so we could see them. Notifications are pretty useless when you have to go look for them.

Good start but really buggy

Looking for a Cozi replacement, something that does Calendaring REALLY well. Calroo looks promising but there are some weird polish bugs that concern me as far as their dedication is concerned. For example, I accidentally swiped backwards after the initial registration was complete and was taken back to the register screen where I had to log back in and miss out on the walkthrough.

Another example was trying to add someone without granting access to my contacts. I wanted to add my wife but couldnt press the invite button when manually typing my email address. I shouldn't have to share my entire contact list to invite family members.

As far as the calendar feature, I really love entering an event. Its simple and fast. I like the concept of ownership, too. Adding family members one by one was a pain, though. I wish I can select multiples without the family chooser being closed. Also, there seems to only be an agenda view - with three kids, I need to have a week view so I know what is coming. Either that or let me subscribe to the calendars via iCal.

A clean looking app but a lot of work before I switch from Cozi.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for your feedback. We're very dedicated to our app - even though it's completely free and ad-free for you to use (unlike Cozi). As you can see from our updates record, we push regular updates, and take customer feedback very seriously. To address your specific comments: 1) We'll look into how we can put users back into the onboarding flow if they accidentally got out of it. 2) You can most definitely add people manually, via email - the contacts integration is there for your convenience, it's not mandatory. Please contact us via support@calroo.com and we'll help you out. 3) We'll add your calendaring-related suggestions to our roadmap - thanks for your feedback!