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Key Details of Efficient Calendar Free

  • Arrange and track your appointments and events with cross-platform scheduler, planner, and reminder.
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  • There have been 9 updates
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Editors’ Review

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Efficient Calendar Free is an attractive scheduling application that lets users to keep track of events, appointments, holidays, and more. If you're looking for a stand-alone calendar that's not integrated with your e-mail or other online activities, Efficient Calendar Free is a great option.

The program's interface is sleek and highly reminiscent of more recent versions of Microsoft Outlook. In fact, we'd be hard pressed to identify any ways that Efficient Calendar Free differs significantly from the calendar functions of Outlook, aside from the fact that it doesn't appear that this program can be used interactively by multiple users (no inviting other users to meetings). 

We liked that users can choose from eight different color schemes, allowing a bit of interface customization. The navigation pane can also be customized to show only the buttons that the user specifies. The built-in Help file is thorough and well written.

Efficient Calendar Free does all of the usual things you'd expect from a calendar and scheduler. Users can schedule reminders, set tasks and mark their progress, and make entries in both daily and monthly calendars. We like that Efficient Calendar Free lets you import holidays from several different English-speaking countries. You can even customize which holidays are imported. 

The app’s layout emphasizes simplicity, with a left-side navigation pane that categorizes views such as Today, Calendar, Events, Tasks, Search, and Recycle Bin. This organization helps users easily locate specific functionalities and keeps the interface clutter-free, ideal for individuals looking for a minimalist yet effective planner.

The Today view is particularly useful, displaying a concise summary of upcoming events and tasks on the right side of the screen. This layout allows users to get a quick overview of their schedule at a glance, making it convenient to see daily priorities. For task management, the app provides a separate pane that shows tasks alongside due dates, which is handy for users managing both appointments and to-dos. Users can also create recurring tasks and events, a feature that’s essential for keeping track of regular commitments, such as weekly meetings or monthly bill payments.

In the Event and Task creation windows, users can set detailed parameters, including start and end dates, priority levels, and labels. The Event window allows customization, such as setting reminders for a specific time before the event starts, ensuring that users have sufficient notice. The app also includes a text box for comments, enabling users to add notes or additional details about each event. For tasks, there’s an option to set a “% Complete” value, which can help users track their progress on longer-term projects or segmented tasks. This progress tracking can be motivating for users who want to monitor productivity.

The Search feature is another highlight, offering advanced filters to find specific tasks or events based on criteria such as date range, keywords, or priority. This functionality is valuable for users with extensive schedules, as it saves time by providing quick access to specific items without manually scrolling through the calendar.

In terms of customization, the Calendar view supports different display formats, including day, week, work week, and month, allowing users to choose the most suitable format for their needs. The interface also includes options for compressing weekends, a useful feature for users who want to focus on weekdays only. Additionally, users can toggle the visibility of completed tasks, which is beneficial for keeping the workspace tidy without losing track of past tasks.

Bottom Line

Overall, there's nothing really spectacular about this scheduler, but it's attractive and intuitive, and we didn't find anything about it that rubbed us the wrong way.

We recommend this program to all users.

What’s new in version 5.60.0.556

Version 5.60.0556: 1. (Network version) added: Users can set to only remind some team members for public tasks. 2. Enhancement: Users can also choose to alert at a specific time for the Tasks with no start date and due date. 3. Enhancement: Optimized the editing interface of Event. 4. Enhancement: Optimized the editing interface of Task. 5. (Network version) Fixed: The SYSDBA may not have full privileges. 6. Fixed: Error may come when Importing predefined holidays. 7. Other improvements are made and bugs are fixed.



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Release
Latest update
Version
5.60.0.556
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows XP
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 10
Additional Requirements
None
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181,307
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Developer’s Description

Arrange and track your appointments and events with cross-platform scheduler, planner, and reminder.
Efficient Calendar Free is a professional, cross-platform and easy-to-use scheduler, planner and reminder.

You can sync data across PCs and mobile phones. It saves your time by allowing international holidays and major holidays of some countries to be imported directly. Multiple calendar views, such as Day, Week, Month and Year views as well as list view are available so you can better arrange and track your appointments and events. Events and tasks can be managed by grouping and differentiated by colors, so you can manage schedules in the most visual ways. The "First Thing First" principle is followed and you can set importance and priorities for events and tasks. By setting subtasks at any level, you can better organize and manage the to-do list. All appointments, meetings, events and tasks can be reminded in time as you configured, and you will never miss any important event. An important feature is the comments of events and tasks can be edited in the same way as Microsoft Word does.

Besides, the software also provides various other unique features, such as adding attachments, Recycle Bin, displaying entry list in card view, etc. The interface of the software looks fashionable and cute. It has 10 interface styles of different tones of color for you to choose from. Begin to use Efficient Calendar now to help you manage time, save time and finally, control time, and you can go along a highly efficient, happy and successful road.


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