# Google Calendar 27 Hacker News commenters recommended Google Calendar and 35 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 10 of 13 months. **Verdict:** Syncs across devices and fits into the Google suite with a familiar interface. Common caveat: spam invites and a clunky search view. ## Why people recommend it - Integrates with Gmail and Google suite (5 comments): "People who aren't programmers use Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Stripe Invoicing, etc for those various use-cases." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46583881)) "without the rest of the GSuite (Maps, Gmail, Chrome, Calendar, Translate) it was dead in the water" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46589435)) "It's the integration of both that makes Google (and, I guess, Nextcloud) useful" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45866825)) - Syncs across devices, responsive (3 comments): "Syncs across devices. Notifications. Share with Family & Work." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46237579)) "In my opinion Google Calendar, even on iOS, is much better." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49784887)) "it's also a lot more responsive than nextcloud web" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45800751)) - No new interface to learn (2 comments): "That's a plus because people don't have to learn a new design" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49313527)) "No new interface to learn. Just calendar events." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46855492)) - Event descriptions hold agendas and notes (2 comments): "make a calendar event and write the content I want in its description field" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46192378)) "It's a great spot to place an agenda, meeting notes, action items, etc." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46115228)) ## What people warn about - Spam and unwanted invites (3 comments): "some apps still add events to the (apparently default) Google calendar even after I disabled Google Calendar app" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47204911)) "the massive number of google calendar invites I've been getting as payment/billing notifications lately" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47789615)) "my two biggest sources of daily spam are Google Calendar Notifications and Random Firebase Accounts" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47678347)) - Clunky search and drag-and-drop (3 comments): "the search view will not show the latest calendar entries unless you manually scroll to the bottom and hold the scroll view there" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49479680)) "Go to calendar app with account 2, switch to desktop mode so I can actually click on the meeting invite" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46848762)) "the built-in calendar (Google calendar) doesn't support drag and drop for adjusting event times." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47203500)) - Trust concerns over Google data (2 comments): "The downside (significant IMO) is that "unknown senders" is based on Google Address Book + Other Contacts" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46707627)) "I think the bigger issue there is that you're trusting Google with your health data." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49478696)) - Limited API and timezone handling (2 comments): "Google Calendar doesn't seem to provide a nice API where you can just say "give me the events for these days"" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47114527)) "google calendar by default translates them into the current (GPS-based) timezone" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45901861)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Apple Calendar](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-calendar.md): 18 recommend - [Remind](https://hackerapproved.com/p/remind.md): 7 recommend - [Proton Calendar](https://hackerapproved.com/p/proton-calendar.md): 5 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://workspace.google.com/intl/en-US/products/calendar/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Google Calendar", https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-calendar/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).