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Calalarm adds a notification with a sound of your choice to all existing calendar alerts. It syncs with the iOS Calendar database so it sets alarms for all calendar apps that use this database. Calalarm sets local notifications, which means you can switch to another app or lock your screen and still get alerted.

• Supercal uses the iOS editor and Event Details (similar to what the iOS calendar uses), Calalarm uses its own dedicated editor and Event Details.
• Calalarm can Snooze, Nag and set multiple alerts.
• Calalarm contains an Overdue list.
• Calalarm comes with sounds and can set Notifications and sounds by Calendar.
• Calalarm contains a Watch OS app.
• Supercal supports travel time.
• Supercal can easily add, view and save attachments.

They remain as they are. Both Calalarm and Supercal are built on top of the iOS calendar database and show all its stored events, including event details such as alerts and notes. When you were previously using the built-in calendar app your entries will now also appear in Calalarm and Supercal. Note: You will need to activate Calalarm so that it can set its alarms.

Delete the old app from your device. Install the new app, and all your Events and their alerts, notes, etc. (Calendar data) will now appear in the new Calalarm / Supercal app.

You may want to customise your Calalarm / Supercal Settings. Both are all new apps and we do not store your old Settings due to our privacy policy.
Enable "Month view classic" to show greyed out dates of previous and upcoming months.

In Calalarm Settings you can now choose how the app opens when tapping a notification.
And whether you want the Nag to stop when clearing the notification.

read more about snoozing notifications

Both the built-in Calendar, Calalarm or Supercal access the same database that stores all your events from the various calendars. Even iCloud syncs this database with calendars on your Mac/PC. When you edit events or alerts in one calendar app it will reflect these changes in all calendar apps.

• If you share calendars, Calalarm / Supercal also needs access to your Contacts.
• To edit and save events with invitees.
• To show age information of Contacts' Birthdays.
• You can directly phone, email, sms, message and edit details of Contacts that appear as Birthday or invites/attendees when you grant Calalarm / Supercal access to Contacts.

Grant (Full) Access to your Contacts via the privacy settings: System Settings > Privacy & Security > Contacts > Calalarm / Supercal.

Calalarm / Supercal follow the system Time Zone settings (iOS Settings > General > Date & Time) to display its dates and time. Events have their own Time Zone that you can edit. So if your device Date & Time are set to Amsterdam and you want to schedule an event in Los Angeles time, when adding /editing an event choose that Time Zone. Both Time Zones will then be displayed in the event details.

The Floating Time Zone event will always happen at the same time regardless of the Time Zone it is in (you may need to restart the app after changing the Time Zone of your device).

Time Zone Override

You can override the system Time Zone setting so you can display Calalarm / Supercal in the time zone of your choice.

1. In Calalarm Settings / Supercal Settings tap Time Zone Override.
2. Enable Time Zone Override.
3. Tap Time Zone, search for a location (like Amsterdam, for example), then tap the location.

Note: Time Zone Override only changes the time zone shown in the Calalarm / Supercal app.

Tap the date in the top navigation bar.

In the toolbar tap on the view button again. For example 7 to toggle the week and agenda view.

1. Follow Google's setup instructions.
2. Go to Calalarm / Supercal > Calendars (button bottom left) > tap on the checkboxes of the Calendars you want to see.
3. When you start Calalarm / Supercal it will automatically sync these calendars.
4. When you make changes in Calalarm / Supercal it will update your Google calendar but this can take some time.

Note: Some accounts may need password verification to sync with iOS. Please check the iOS Settings > Apps > Calendar > Calendar Accounts, if your Google accounts are active and the passwords have not expired.

Calalarm / Supercal will trigger the sync with Google, Exchange, etc. when it is brought to the foreground.

Note: Some accounts may need password verification to sync with iOS. Please check in the iOS Settings > Apps > Calendar > Calendar Accounts, if your Google, Exchange, etc accounts are active and the passwords have not expired.

For each alert of an event with Nag you will receive a notification that will repeat every minute/hour until dismissed. The Nag follows the default value you choose in the Calalarm Settings. You can override this default per event by choosing another Nag option for that particular event. Calalarm will remember the override even if you change the default.

Stop a nagging notification

• Tap on the notification. Or choose "Stop Nag", "Snooze" or "Snooze & Move" from the notification menu. If you snooze this alert it will nag again when it fires.
• Go to Overdue > tap "Stop Nag" or snooze the alert.
• Change the start time or alerts of the event.

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When you Snooze a notification, the notification will be repeated after the Snooze interval. The Snooze interval has a default value that you can set In Calalarm settings (Snooze > enter a value). Or you can use the "Snooze & Move" screen, where you can set the interval you require at that moment.

Snoozed events are displayed in "Overdue" (tap the Z in the bottom Toolbar), where you can change or cancel a Snooze.

Note: each event can contain only one Snooze.

Cancel a Snooze

• Go to Overdue > tap the Z button to bring up the Snooze & Move screen > tap Off.

Note: Changing the start time or alerts of an event, will cancel its Snooze.

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Nag and Snooze do not sync between iOS devices.

Tap a notification. This will open the app stop the Nag of this alert.
By default Calalarm will open the Snooze & Move screen. You can change this in Calalarm settings.

Touch and hold the notification to bring up the menu:

• Stop Nag: Stops the Nag.
• Snooze: Snoozes with the default value and stops the Nag.
• Snooze & Move: brings up the Snooze & Move screen where you can choose a custom value, stops the Nag.

Clearing the Notification does not stop its Nag. You can change this in Calalarm settings.

Snoozed alerts will nag again after snoozing.

Unfortunately at the moment Apple does not give this possibility to third party apps. You can easily set multiple (nagging) alerts though.

Calalarm can only set sounds and notifications according to the latest changes of the database automatically when it runs in the foreground. To ensure your Calalarm alarms/notifications are set in time just start Calalarm after editing events in other apps or devices.

NOTE: Calalarm will trigger the sync with iCloud, Google, Exchange, etc. when it is brought to the foreground from the background.

• Press one of the side buttons or Home button, put in Silent mode or unlock to stop the sound.
• Clear the Notification, swipe it to the left.
• Touch and hold the notification and tap "Stop Nag".

• Stop: stops the Nag.
• Snooze: snoozes with the default snooze value chosen on the iPhone Calalarm settings and stops the Nag.
• Snooze & Move: brings up Snooze and Move screen and stops the Nag.
• Dismiss: closes the alert box but does NOT stop its Nag, unless in Calalarm settings "Clearing stops the Nag" is enabled".

In Calalarm Settings tap Sounds > turn on switch “By Calendar” > choose a Calendar > pick the Sound of your choice or disable Notifications.

Please grant Calalarm / Supercal access to your Calendars via the Privacy settings:

1. In the "Calalarm" pop-up tap Allow Full Access
2. In the Calalarm or Supercal app tap the Calendars button (bottom left) and ensure your calendars are enabled.

or

1. In iOS Settings tap Privacy & Security.
2. Tap Calendars.
3. Choose Calalarm or Supercal and select Full Access.
4. In the Calalarm or Supercal app tap the Calendars button (bottom left) and ensure your calendars are enabled.

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Some accounts may need password verification to sync with iOS. Please check in the iOS Settings > Apps > Calendar > Calendar Accounts, if your Google, Exchange, etc accounts are active and the passwords have not expired.

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Older versions of Calalarm and Supercal sold between 2014 - early 2023 function till iOS 17. Don’t worry about your calendar data, none are lost, all events are saved to the calendar database and are visible in the iOS Calendar and both current apps.
CalAlarm is end of life (A instead of a), last version 6.27.
SuperCal is end of life (C instead of c), last version 5.44.

Current App
App icon bottom-right squares are blue instead of green.

Calalarm Calendar (Calalarm 3, scroll down in Calalarm Settings to check the name)

Supercal Calendar (Supercal 3, scroll down in Supercal Settings to check the name)

Go to iOS Settings > scroll down to Apps > Calendar > Sync > set your preferences.

• You cannot edit events that belong to a subscribed calendar, you are an invitee or shared calendar where you have no rights.
• If Calalarm does not have access to Contacts, it will not be able to edit and save events with invitees.
• This message may appear after updating to iOS 18.4 when trying to save changes to existing repeating events (created before the update). This is an iOS 18.4 issue. Currently the easiest solution is to duplicate or create the event again and delete future occurrences of the old one.

Go to iOS Settings > scroll down to Apps > Calalarm > Notifications
In Notifications enable: Allow Notifications, Time Sensitive Notificatiosn, Lock Sreen, Notification Centre, Banners, Sounds.

Avoid confusion by disabling Notifications by the iOS Calendar.

Still NOT working, then please check:

• Your sound settings with the volume buttons at the side of your phone. Be sure the phone is not in silent mode (the button above the volume buttons at the side).
• Is Calalarm included in the Focus you are using.
• Is a Focus that does not include Calalarm turned Off. If On you'll see a its icon in the status bar (for example a moon for "Do Not Disturb").
• Notifications are turned off. In Calalarm Settings a red button with "Enable Notifications in iOS Settings” will be visible.
• Notifications are muted. In Lock Screen or Notification Center swipe left and tap Options.
• Are your Calendars visible? Alarms of hidden calendars will not fire.
• Does the application you sync with have the same Time Zone as your device.
• Check your Time Zone Override settings in Calalarm.
• Is the alert set within 31 days before the event.
• Always open Calalarm after syncing with your desktop computer (wifi included) or after creating / editing events in other apps or devices.
• Don’t quit Calalarm (swiping it all the way up out of screen) immediately after editing, so that it can finish its syncing operations in the background.
• Read on Apple's website how iOS notifications are handled.

• Calalarm / Supercal follow the alert settings of the events in the Calendar database. Thus it also shows the Default alert set by the iOS Calendar. Could be the built in iOS Calendar is setting alerts, please check: Settings App > Apps > Calendar > Default Alert times > Events.
  Avoid confusion by setting the iOS Calendar Default Alert times to "None".
• Your Calalarm alerts can be overriden when it syncs with another 3rd party like Google calendars. Same for MicroSoft, Yahoo, and others. Please check your settings for these calendars.
• Make sure the application you sync with has the same Time Zone as your iPhone.
• Check your Time Zone Override settings in Calalarm.
• If you have you have multiple alerts firing at the same time you need to snooze or stop their nag individually from Lock screen, Notification centre or Overdue list.

Calalarm / Supercal follow the alert settings of the events in the Calendar database. Thus it also shows the Default alert set by the iOS Calendar. iOS does not sync these alerts over devices. You can check your iOS Calendar settings here: Settings App > Apps > Calendar > Default Alert times > Events.
Avoid confusion by setting the iOS Calendar Default Alert times to "None".

• Changing the start time or alerts of an event, will cancel its Snooze.
• Calalarm needs to finish its syncing operations in the background so please don’t quit the app (swiping it all the way up out of screen) immediately after setting Snoozes in the app.

Please contact us at calsupport@devart.nl

In order to help you we will need the following information:
- iOS version and device type (iPad or iPhone).
- Calalarm or Supercal version found in the app’s settings when scrolling down.

Please describe the steps you take in detail, and illustrate them with screenshots or a screen recording. So that we can reproduce these steps and find out what’s causing your issue.