# Recommend good personal scheduling software (free or cheap?)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-good-personal-scheduling-software-free-or-cheap/796772>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 20, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-good-personal-scheduling-software-free-or-cheap/796772 "2017-09-20T00:05:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-good-personal-scheduling-software-free-or-cheap/796772/1 "2017-09-20T00:05:03Z")

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I’ve been using the scheduler that comes with MS Outlook, but I’d like something that gives a “pop-up” alert at a (customizeable) time ahead of an event. Something easy to use, just for personal stuff, birthdays, doctor visits, etc. Preferably free, but cheap (under $30) is good. Something user-friendly, to help me organize my life.

Any faves?

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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-good-personal-scheduling-software-free-or-cheap/796772/2 "2017-09-20T00:13:30Z")

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You might look at something like Google Calendar:

> **[Shareable Online Calendar and Scheduling - Google Calendar](https://workspace.google.com/products/calendar/?hl=en-US)**
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> Use Google Calendar to share meetings and schedule appointments, for managing what matters in your business and personal life, with Google Workspace.

> **[Google Calendar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Calendar)**
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> Google Calendar is a time-management and scheduling calendar service developed by Google. It became available in beta release April 13, 2006, and in general release in July 2009, on the web and as mobile apps for the Android and iOS platforms.
> Google Calendar allows users to create and edit events. Reminders can be enabled for events, with options available for type and time. Event locations can also be added, and other users can be invited to events. Users can enable or disable the visibilit...

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**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-good-personal-scheduling-software-free-or-cheap/796772/3 "2017-09-20T01:23:37Z")

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I’ll give 'er a try. I hadn’t actually thought of web-based products, because I’m old-fashioned enough to think of “programs” as things that reside on my computer. Well, times have changed! I’ll try to keep up! Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-good-personal-scheduling-software-free-or-cheap/796772/4 "2017-09-20T01:25:41Z")

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Wow! That’s almost creepy! I opened Google Calendar, and it knew my birthday, and had events posted by people I know! My existence is more public than I had realized!