Comparison of best free calendar apps
Free, widely used and with an extensive set of features, the calendars from Google, Microsoft and Apple make planning your events ever so easy. So does Tuta. The encrypted email and calendar service also makes sure that no one can spy on your business meetings and personal events. For the first time, you can host your calendar online and be sure that no one but yourself can see your doctor's appointments or any other sensitive data in your calendar.
What makes a good calendar app?
Apart from security and privacy, which to our understanding is a basic necessity, the most important need that a calendar has to fulfill is to help people get organized. Being able to schedule appointments (also with others), to add repeating events, to receive notifications about important events, and to look up birthdays are some of the most important features people need from calendar apps.
Before comparing calendar apps, we narrowed down the ones we wanted to include in this comparison to the mostly used calendars: Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, iCloud / Apple Calendar and Tuta Calendar. For the comparison, we focused on the following: A calendar app must be easy to use, well and functionally designed, enable users to send out invites and to share entire calendars. The calendar should also be available on all devices including browsers, desktops, smartphones and tablets so that you can keep track of upcoming events wherever you are.
SECURITY | Tuta Calendar | Google Calendar | Microsoft Outlook | iCloud / Apple |
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Automatic end-to-end encryption of all data | - | - | - | |
Automatic end-to-end encryption of reminders | - | - | - | |
Zero-knowledge calendar | - | - | - | |
No-log policy | - | - | - | |
GDPR-compliant | - | - | - | |
Servers in Europe | - | - | - |
BUSINESS FEATURES | Tuta Calendar | Google Calendar | Microsoft Outlook | iCloud / Apple |
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Access on any device | ||||
Monthly, weekly & daily view | ||||
Recurring events | ||||
Invites via iCal | ||||
Import / export of calendars | ||||
Support for multiple calendars | ||||
Support for sharing calendars | ||||
CalDav support | - | |||
Display birthdays from address book | Planned | |||
Search within calendars |
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Secure
Tuta automatically encrypts all your data end-to-end with post-quantum cryptography which makes it the safest email provider.
Green
We take our responsibility seriously and only use renewable energy to power your emails, calendars, and contacts.
Alternative free calendar app
Tuta is the best free calendar alternative if you want to quit Google, Microsoft, and Apple and get rid of their extensive tracking of users. Tuta takes care of your data with automatic encryption and protects your privacy. We are committed to build the best calendar app while making sure that your business meetings and your personal events stay private at all times. Calendars contain some of the most sensitive data about our lives. It is time to protect this data.