Helpful Calendar Apps for Your New Semester

 It is the New Year, which means it is time to get organized.  Calendar Apps on your smart phone can be a great organizational tool to keep your schedule handy and updated.  There are many apps to choose from, but these are some of the best apps on the market listed for all types of phones.  Make sure to share this article with your friends and family that want to get organized for their work or school in the new year.

My personal assistant (aka my smartphone) keeps me informed and organized. But while the calendar utility that comes standard is functional, I've discovered there is a myriad of more versatile and powerful calendar apps well beyond any phone's stock app. With so many to choose from, I've narrowed it down to some of the best for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone 8.
iOS

Left: Week Calendar - Right: 2do: Tasks

Week Calendar
If you're the type to see your calendar through the weeks more than anything than I highly advise Week Cal. It's a colorful, concise and simple interface that makes it easy to see what the week has in store for you. Events can be color coded based on criteria that you set which results in a more real experience that you won't have to spend too much time on. Week Cal supports iCloud, Google, Outlook and Exchange calendars. $2 2do: Tasks
When you need your calendar to be more than just a list of events, 2do: Tasks is also a versatile taskmaster. This app is designed like a personal planner that not only allows you to add events to your calendar but integrates your impending tasks to it as well so deadlines can't possibly sneak up on you. If you have an iPad this app is a two for one syncing seamlessly across devices. $10 - Also available for Android
Runner Up: Fantastical
Quick mention for Fantastical, a quirky calendar app that creates events based on a small blurb. For example Lunch, Saturday at 2pm with Susan creates an event for the nearest Saturday for 2pm with the person and reason in the title. It's a clever little app that I find worth a mention. $4
Android

Left: Jorte - Right: Business Calendar

Jorte
A great app for a great price, Jorte is a personal calendar that can look any way you want and accepts your events with as much detail as you could possibly want. Jorte caters more to the individual and doesn't look as daunting or sterile as common calendar apps usually do. It's quirky, fun and advisable for people who just want to organise their lives. Can't go wrong for that price either. Free Business Calendar
For the professional Android user, Business Calendar is a good choice. I personally love the grandeur widget that displays either a daily, weekly or monthly calendar on a home screen page, making it always accessible. Other than the standard event management features what does Business Calendar offer? More frequent events can be added with ease, events can be dragged and dropped and the multiple themes make this an app that pays for itself rather quickly. $5
Windows Phone

Left: Calendar[+] - Right: Beautiful Calendar

Calendar[+]
Calendar[+] is THE calendar app for your Windows Phone. It's versatile, fast, easy to add events, has room for multiple accounts and is well rounded. Events can be pinned to the home screen as a constant reminder or filter certain appointments off the calendar. Best of all, it doesn't cost a penny. 

Free Beautiful Calendar
For a more robust all in one calendar, Beautiful Calendar offers event creation and management as well as notes and taskmaster functionality. When it comes to the calendar it certainly lives up to the name with a nice, simple color scheme including special ones for birthdays, anniversaries and holidays. Another worthwhile option in Windows Phone growing app marketplace. Free

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