Event Book 2.0
Device: iOS iPhone
Category: Productivity
Price: Free, Version: 1.1 -> 2.0 (iTunes)
Description:*** Featured in "New & Noteworthy" in the Productivity section on February 28th, 2013 ***Event Book combines traditional calendar events with maps, weather, and location to create a unique calendar experience that keeps you on top of your schedule. Maps integration allows you to see where you need to head to next. Weather integration allows you to see the weather at any point of the day to plan ahead. A quick add feature allows you to spend less time on your phone scheduling your events and more time engaging with your friends, family, and coworkers. Event Book also introduces the Day Book, Week Book, Month Book, and List Book so you can see your events in a multitude of scopes based on your preference. Designed and developed by 18 year old student, Abhinay Ashutosh (abhinayashutosh.com, @abhinayashutosh)Designer. Developer. Entrepreneur. Full list of features:~~ Day Book and Weather~~+ Quickly see how many events you have today, the current weather, all day events, what's going on right now, what's next, and what you've already done today.+ Short list view allows you to quickly see your day's events at a glance.+ Long list view allows you to see your events with more detail than ever before, including location, alarms, attendees, and more, all without ever leaving the main screen.+ Timeline view allows you to see your day's events visually rather than listed out. Easily see when you are free and when you're busy at a glance.~~Week Book~~+ Week flipbook allows you to quickly see your week's events. Simply flip through weeks like you would a book. + Short and long list views~~Month Book~~+ Traditional calendar month view with new layout so you can see more events than on any other calendar app.+ Easily and quickly check out events you have each day.~~List Book~~+ Easily scroll through your events one year in the future and in the past.+ Easy date indicator moves along with the scroller so you always know where you are even when scrolling through many, many events and days.+ Short and long list views~~QUICK ADD~~+ Quickly add an event on-the-go with only the essential information. + Use advanced event addition to add more event details. ~~Event Details and Maps~~+ Redesigned event detail view allows you to quickly see full timings, event details, notes, calendar, and more in a beautiful and simple view. Event details are more accessible and easier than ever before! + Location preview to show you where you need to go. Get directions with a click!+ See birthday contact's information.+ Easily access iOS Calendar's default view.
What's New
I'm pleased to announce the release of Event Book 2.0, which introduces a whole slew of new features that help you more easily manage your schedule. Event Book 2.0 brings the following new major features:* Edge-to-edge design *Event Book's beautifully re-imagined design takes advantage of every pixel on your phone. Everything from the smallest icons to the app's font has been updated to make your favorite calendar even better. See more events in less space, navigate between your favorite views with just a touch, and check out your events with the most important information up front.* Themes *As popularly requested, you can now see your calendars in completely new ways with themes! Introducing 3 brand new themes, Neue Light, Neue Dark, and Event Book 1.0's classic theme. New themes to come in future updates. * Location Book *Location Book allows you to visually save and retrieve your favorite locations for events. Never type out a long address again!* Updated, smoother Day, Week, Month, and List Books *With the new themed edge-to-edge design, all your favorite views have been updated and optimized. You can now swipe between days, weeks, months, and even years to quickly navigate to your event.* Apple Maps + Google Maps *New integration between Event Book and Apple and Google Maps allows you to view your event's location in-app and get directions from your favorite maps service. I hope you enjoy Event Book 2.0 and happy scheduling! - Abhinay Ashutosh (www.abhinayashutosh.com, @abhinayashutosh)*** Other improvements, enhancements, and features **** Added *+ Event Book app icon+ Brand new introduction to Event Book with a basic tour of the entire app's features and views+ Beautiful, brand new full tour of the entire app+ Top sliding navigation for all views, easily get to any view with a click+ New Day, Week, Month, List, Location and Settings Book icons+ New birthdays category in Day Book's events separation fields+ Ability to click and edit events in Week Book+ Ability to double click on a day in Week Book to create an event on that day+ Ability to scroll through months like a list+ Ability to see single dot or multiple dots on the calendar+ Ability to swipe between days horizontally+ Lazy loading for List Book+ Ability to see the range of dates that are being displayed in List Book + Ability to rate and share Event Book in-app + Ability to email an issue or contact right from the settings menu+ New "About Event Book" screen with floating icon + New "About" screen with contact capabilities+ Ability to choose between Apple or Google Maps for directions+ In-app event location previews via Apple Maps+ Swipe-back feature to go back to previous screen without having to click the "back" button+ Added 3 new themes, more coming soon!* Improved ** Loading time for all views, especially calendar view* Ability to dial phone numbers from the event details notes and location sections* Ability to see the organizer in event details* Ability to navigate between days in Day Book with swiping* Day Book's timeline visual distribution of events* Swiping performance for Week Book* Navigation for Month Book with sliding and swiping* Ability to see when you are on the current day* Maps loading in event details* Weather fetching services* Layout for Day Book and List Book short and long views and all event details* Fixed *- Timezones in some countries- Being unable to remove alarms from already created events- Opening to a specific view- Temperature not updating after choosing default unit
Event Book