Frequently Asked Questions

Appoint has five views you can switch between from the side menu: Day, Week, Month, List, and Statistics. Swipe left and right to navigate between days, weeks, or months. Tap the "today" button in the toolbar to jump back to the current day.

When creating or editing an event, just type a time, duration, or day reference into the title field. Appoint understands expressions like:

Times: "3pm", "15:00", "9-12pm", "14:00-16:00"

Durations: "30min", "1.5h", "2 hours"

Days: "tomorrow", "Monday", "next Friday", "Feb 14"

A preview appears below the title showing what Appoint parsed. Tap it to apply. The time or date words are then removed from the title automatically.

As you type an event title, Appoint suggests completions based on your event history, contacts, and a custom dictionary. Accepting a suggestion can fill in not just the title but also the location, duration, and notes from previous events with the same name.

You can configure which sources to use in Settings > Suggestions — toggle history, contacts, day names, or dictionary suggestions on or off. You can also add your own words to the custom dictionary.

In the day view, long-press an event for about half a second until you feel a haptic tap. Then drag it up or down to change its time. The event snaps to the grid as you move it. Release to save.

In the week view, long-press and drag an event to reschedule it to a different time or day.

In the month view, long-press an event in the list below the grid, then drag it onto a different day to move or copy it.

Go to Settings > Theme. You can pick any of the built-in themes, or tap the + button to create your own. The theme editor lets you adjust the main color, background color, and font color with live preview.

To share a theme, tap the share button on any custom theme. This generates a link that others can tap to install your theme instantly. You can also assign separate themes for light and dark mode.

Yes. Go to Settings > Week View and switch between a full seven-day week and a five-day work week. You can also choose which day the week starts on — any day of the week is supported.

When you tap a location on an event, Appoint can open directions in your preferred navigation app. Supported apps include Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze, Here WeGo, Sygic, OsmAnd, Organic Maps, CoMaps, TomTom, and Citymapper.

Appoint automatically detects which apps are installed on your device. Choose your preferred one in Settings > Navigation.

Appoint needs access to your contacts to show contact information and suggestions. Go to Settings > Appoint > Contacts and make sure access is enabled.

This is entirely optional — the app works fine without contact access.

Yes. Appoint offers two widgets: What's Next (small, shows your next upcoming event) and Today's Events (medium, shows all events for today). Both respect your chosen color theme. Tap an event in the widget to open it directly in the app.

Appoint supports URL schemes you can use in Shortcuts, automations, or other apps:

appointcal://day, appointcal://week, appointcal://month, appointcal://list — switch to a specific view.

appointcal://create — create a new event.

appointcal://search?query=text — search events. Add &fields=title,location,notes to search specific fields.

When events are neatly aligned in a single row, there are no conflicts. As soon as event times overlap, the mini event blocks split onto multiple lines so you can see the conflict at a glance.

Each bar represents an event, scaled horizontally to 24 hours. The left edge is the start of the day and the right edge is the end — so you can see at a glance when your events are scheduled and how long they last.

This is likely your default alert setting in iOS. Go to Settings > Calendar > Default Alert and set it to "None" if you don't want automatic alerts on new events.

If you sync via Google Calendar, there may also be a default reminder configured there. Check your settings at calendar.google.com.

Appoint also has its own default alarm setting — check Settings > Default Alarm inside the app.

Check how far back iOS syncs your events: Settings > Calendar > Sync.

Make sure there is no active search filter. Clear any text in the search field and tap outside to dismiss it.

Verify that Appoint has calendar access: Settings > Appoint > Calendars.

Appoint does not collect, transmit, or store any of your data on external servers. There are no analytics, tracking, or advertising frameworks in the app. All calendar events, contacts, and suggestions stay on your device. Calendar syncing is handled entirely by iOS through services you configure yourself (iCloud, Google, etc.).

Read our full Privacy Policy for more details.