Pocket Informant

• Free to download
• In-app purchases

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

4.5 6042 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5Long time user!

   It’s a joy making appointments with this calendar! I like color coding my appointments according to type of appt (ie doctor, counsel, beauty, etc) and whose appt ( my husbands are all one color that I don’t use for any of mine so I don’t confuse his with mine, and so we don’t have conflicting appts if we need to together to a doctors appointment, which we do frequently. I also have a separate calendar for him if I just want to look at my appointments I can turn off his calendar to see only my appts. Also using emoji’s occasionally like the syringe for Dr appts just for fun. I also really really like being able to see the writing on the calendar day instead of a dot as in the Apple calendar, where you have to select a day to see what the dot is there for. All you see are dots. You have to select every dot to find a specific appt. I like using the month view and I can see and read all my appts in the month view when I open Pocket Informant. That is what sold me on informant in the beginning. I was a palm user, so I’ve been using it awhile! There are so many features on this calendar I have barely plumbed the depths. It is worth the cost, it’s probably worth more than it costs, but please don’t raise the price! :)

   Txtrekker · 31 Jul 2026

2. 2/5Customer Service has gone down

   I have been using this product since the days of the Palm Pilot. I look forward to each new version, and rely on it heavily for my day to day organization. When issues arise, I always got great customer service, with prompt and knowledgeable responses. It was clear at the time, the customer service agent knew all about the product. Recently I reached out to customer service about a task due date issue. Like a previous review, the response has gone now over the course of two weeks with several days going by before hearing anything. In addition, by the response, it is clear the individual does not know the product nor what I’m talking about. They sent me a link for basic information that I already well know about it, and has nothing to do with the question I’m asking. The latest is they asked for Screenshots, which has very little Bering on the question at hand. They also answer in the middle of the night and use poor English in their statements. I am quite convinced that Alex has outsourced his customer service and this is a shame. I thought this was an American based company, with excellent support for a product that I have been supporting for decades…..please come back Alex and take over this great product….. then I’ll be happy to give 5 stars…

   ManyPlatformUser · 31 Jul 2026

3. 4/5Almost a 5 Star!

   I completely concur with the ‘WalrusTexas’ review: I also chose Pocket Informant when I switched from Palm to iPhone because there wasn’t a calendar app out there that could manage all the repeating event/task iterations I need for my 8 life-areas with enough color choices to help visually distinguish them quickly. I’ve been recommending this app highly for years (yes, since Palm bit the dust) and assuring them that the relatively high cost was worth EVERY cent they’d pay for it! However, I too find the roller dial to select appt times cumbersome because the right thumb (my preference in use) tends to hit the ‘most bites’ section when I’m trying to reach over it to pick the hour section. This feature still needs some work. I’ve submitted a suggestion that might solve 90-95% of this problem. Add a button or place to choose “__:00” or “__:30” for the minutes with one tap. 95% of the time appts or tasks are scheduled or rescheduled on the hour or half hour, so this would greatly expedite entries, as I often overshoot the :00 or :30 when I’m using the roller bar 10-20x per day! Thank you in advance for your consideration. Keep up the great work! LOVE this app‼️

   Shopfischer · 31 Jul 2026

4. 3/5Still needs a lot of work

   I used Pocket informant in 2013 but became frustrated with the inability to prioritize tasks. Finally went back to paper planning due to lack of customizability. I decided to give digital planning another try, and being familiar with pocket informant tried it first. While the app is visually pleasing, and much easier to use, still unable to prioritize tasks. It would be super easy to drag and drop, especially since this is available in the project view. The tasks actually laid up and seem like they’re going to move, but then don’t stay re-ordered. Very frustrating. The notes section needs a lot of work. Unfortunately I’m going to have to continue to use Notability for this functionality. There’s no Apple Pencil support which is a big drawback. One nice thing is the ability to customize to GTD or Franklin Covey. However neither of these systems is conducive to putting in tasks quickly, which is why you need to be able to manually re-order tasks on the go. I’ve had to contact support twice, the first time I never got an answer, the second time their response was less than awesome since it was essentially sorry no but hey go re-posted on this website and give the engineers some ideas. If this were a free app that would be an acceptable response but I paid for a year subscription so I think maybe you could just forward my email on and save me the trip.

   Vickystreehouse · 31 Jul 2026

5. 1/5Love and hate

   I’ve been using informant for years and I love the layout and most other features, however I’m getting frustrated enough there I am sadly looking for a different calendar app. My frustration mostly comes from constant sync issues. I payed the subscription price for informant sync and it absolutely does not sync between my devices no matter what I do. It also does not automatically update my subscription calendars and doesn’t update them manually either on the new app. On the old app I would unsubscribe and subscribe again whenever issues arose (not ideal, but I really wanted to keep using the app), but on the new app attempt to subscribe give me a statement that apple requires secure server use starting with HTTPS (which it does!!!!!!!!!) And the app completely just doesn’t recognize it. I also (on the new app) was not able to sign into my informant sync account that I payed for (it just tells me user not found - and I know my account info was correct), so I can’t use any of the ‘payed’ features (which by now are all the features). I am extremely disappointed. I used to love this app and it has become unusable for me. I am constantly worried that it’s not going to sync correctly and I’ll miss something important and I feel cheated after I payed for informant sync and can’t use that either. I can’t use a calendar app I can’t trust regardless of how much I love the layout.

   MostlyHarmlessMD · 31 Jul 2026

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