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iPad Calendar - To Do List?

I am looking to buy an iPad. I am planning to primarily use the calendar functionality. When I went to check out the app I could not find the "To Do List" functionality that I currently use in iCal.

Am I missing something? Will this feature be available? Is their another app that will do the same thing?

Also, does anyone know if the drag and drop of iCal will eventually be part of iPad calendar?

iMac, Macbook Pro

Posted on Jun 6, 2010 9:21 AM

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Posted on Jun 6, 2010 9:41 AM

Im not sure if there is a To Do feature built into the calender but there is very good app for it which i will find for you if you want to see it. I think its around six dollars but not sure.
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Jan 3, 2011 12:25 PM in response to Dudensing

I continue to be amazed at Apple's inability to merge a sync'able to-do list into their Personal Information Management suite. A to-do list has been part of Outlook, Palm, Blackberry and you name it - some of these since the 1990's!

That said, I've had good success with the iPhone app "BusyToDo" (from BusyMac, the same folks who make BusySync and BusyCal.

In fact, Apple's To Do's are frequently messed up by the faulty MobileMe sync'ing of To-Do events when iCal and Apple's Mail program combine forces (who thought up having To-Do's buried in amongst email inboxes?) - corrupted and disappearing entries, due dates sync'ing backwards, etc - once I enabled BusyToDo, as long as I make my changes to the list from within that, it continues to sync seamelessly.

Jun 30, 2011 8:09 PM in response to Dudensing

It's crazy, but the people we thought were so smart (apple) can't seem to get a to do list on their own calendar app for iPad or iPhone. I have both and this seemingly simple thing is not available. Of course, you can pay someone else $5 or $20 and get it to work. Half the reason I bought an iPad was to replace my Franklin Planner of 20 years, but I have to deal with multiple apps to get what I want and it's still not really how I want it to be. Come on Apple, what can be so hard about this???

May 28, 2014 9:15 AM in response to Dudensing

Here is a simple workaround: Use the"alarm clock" on your reminder lists. Tap the alarm clock, to give you a scheduled activity list which you can prioritize by exclamation points: 3 for A, 2 for B, 1 for C. or how you wish to prioritize them. You can schedule a time and date as well, so you will receive a reminder at the appointed time. It is as close as you will get to a Franklin planner using Apple's calendar, reminder list, and contacts.


An alternative is the app Opus Domini. It is just like the Franklin planner in a digital format, works on my Ipad and phone. There is a free version and a paid version. My only issue is the screen is really cramped on the iphone version.

iPad Calendar - To Do List?

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