# Proton Calendar

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Proton Calendar and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a basic calendar good enough for family sharing that works with other providers, though critics say it does not integrate with other apps.

## Why people recommend it

- Good enough for family sharing (1 comments): "Calender is basic indeed, but good enough for a family sharing a calendar." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47532596))
- Part of the Proton suite (2 comments): "features like Proton Calendar and VPN make sense" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50303536)) "Proton ticks a few of those boxes for me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47487931))
- Works with other providers (1 comments): "it deals well with all other providers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46605465))

## What people warn about

- Calendar sharing limited, weak on iOS (2 comments): "they do not allow for proper calendar exposure other than a fully public link" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47487934)) "read/write calendar sharing on Proton Calendar to finally work on iOS" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48041715))
- Basic features; rebuild announced (2 comments): "It also sort of sucks, and in 2024 (year 5) they announced they're rebuilding it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50310880)) "Calender is basic indeed, but good enough for a family sharing a calendar." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47532596))
- Weak phone search and integration (2 comments): "their calendar doesn't integrate with anything (by design)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47493360)) "I just need to be able to search my calendar on my phone" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48055805))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Google Calendar](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-calendar.md): 27 recommend
- [Apple Calendar](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-calendar.md): 18 recommend
- [Remind](https://hackerapproved.com/p/remind.md): 7 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://proton.me/calendar)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Proton Calendar", https://hackerapproved.com/p/proton-calendar/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).