Using Evernote as a calendar?

[Juggy 13]

Hi all, I'm looking for a way I can store upcoming important appointments.

 

I thought a calendar app would be ideal for this, but then I thought it'd be great if I could use Evernote as a calendar as Evernote runs on all my devices. I was thinking of buying 'Evernote Premium', but I won't buy this if I can't use Evernote as a calendar.

 

Thanks!

[Metrodon 2,188]

Evernote isn't a calendar.

 

You could use reminders as a kind of pseudo calendar but it seems like more effort than just using a normal calendar.

[grberk 26]

You could always use Sunrise Calendar on the web or smartphone. Evernote reminders will sync up with it and you can see them on your calendar. It's a two-way sync, so you can add them in either place and they will show up.

[Juggy 13]

Thanks, grberk! Are there any other apps like Sunrise Calendar that I could use?

[ScottLougheed 1,316]

I use a standard calendar application (iCloud for personal, Exchange for work). If any event in my calendar needs extensive additional notes or has files associated with it, or it is a meeting that I will require meeting notes for, I create a note in Evernote, copy the note link (I use Classic note link - hold opt- while right-clicking on a note to get "classic" note links) and I paste that in the URL of the calendar event. That way, when I check my calendar or I receive an alert for that event, I just click on the note link and it takes me to my Evernote note (which may contain, depending on the event, paperwork to be submitted; a blank note for meeting notes; a meeting agenda; a presentation; and so on).

 

I do the same with my to-do list application. Any list item that has some additional information or resources associated with it, I store those in Evernote and use the note link in my to-do list app. 

[phils 220]

If you're on Windows as your desktop platform, you can check out our TuskTools Calendar.  It has its own calendar interface on Windows, plus integrates with Google Calendar for all other platforms - and Outlook integration is currently in testing for release shortly.

[charboyd 272]

The Evernote App Center has a couple options for third party calendar apps: http://appcenter.evernote.com/search/9f416703d427d2f59348c4a6a54ea5d9

[DutchPete 247]

Scott Bradley, a.k.a Evernote Scott, has set up instructions on YouTube to create your own calendar system in Evernote free of charge. You can search for it on his YouTube site http://www.youtube.com/user/EvernoteScott.