Support

Simple Schedule

Email ArosemenaApps@gmail.com. Telling me which iPhone and which iOS version you are on usually saves a round trip.

Common questions

How do I publish to a Google calendar?

Add your Google account to your iPhone first: Settings → Apps → Calendar → Calendar Accounts → Add Account → Google, with Calendars turned on. Then, in Simple Schedule, choose that calendar under Settings → Publish To. Your iPhone syncs the events to Google on its own.

How do I get "Time to Leave" alerts?

Those alerts come from Apple's Calendar app, based on traffic, and Simple Schedule sets your events up for them:

  1. In the template (or a single day), type the location and pick it from the suggestions. A red pin appears in the field when the location is on the map. A location typed without picking a suggestion is saved as plain text and can't be used for Time to Leave.
  2. On your iPhone, turn on Settings → Apps → Calendar → Default Alert Times → Time to Leave.
  3. Choose the template's Alert: None (Time to Leave only) if you only want the leave-now alert, or a fixed time if you want both.

Publish or update the month, and Calendar handles the rest.

What is the "SimpleSchedule" link on my events?

It's how Simple Schedule recognizes the events it created, so it can update them instead of making duplicates. Tap Open on it to jump to that day in Simple Schedule. Please leave it in place.

Can one day be different from its template?

Yes. Touch and hold the day. Under This Day you can change its times, location, and notes, or slide it earlier or later, and the template and other days stay as they are. Tap Update Calendar to publish the change.

Will publishing again create duplicate events?

No. Each scheduled day is tied to exactly one calendar event. Publishing again updates that event, erasing a day removes it, and days that haven't changed are left alone.

Why does Simple Schedule need Full Access to Calendar?

iOS's "Add Events Only" option lets an app add events but never read, change or remove them. Simple Schedule needs more than that to show what's already on your calendar, to keep the events it publishes up to date, and to let you edit or delete events from the day view. It never changes your other events unless you edit them yourself.

How do I see my work schedule (or another calendar) in the month?

Settings → Show in Month, then pick the calendars. Their events appear as small dots on each day. Touch and hold a day, or choose the View tool, to see the events, and tap one to edit or delete it.

I edited a published event in the Calendar app. What happens?

Simple Schedule doesn't copy changes back from Calendar. The event keeps your edit until you change that day in Simple Schedule and tap Update Calendar, which rewrites it to match the app. If you delete a published event in Calendar, the next update puts it back, because the day is still on your schedule. Erase the day in Simple Schedule to remove it for good.

I changed a template's times. Why didn't my scheduled days change?

Each scheduled day keeps the times it had when you placed it, so editing a template never silently rewrites your history. When you save the change, Simple Schedule asks whether to update upcoming days as well. Past days are never changed.

I turned Calendar access off. Can I still use the app?

Yes. Your schedule stays in the app, and the ••• menu on the Schedule tab can export a month as an .ics file. To publish again, allow Full Access in Settings → Apps → Simple Schedule → Calendars.