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May 7, 2008

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The Search for a Free Spanning Sync: Part…eh, who’s keeping count?

Posted May. 7, ’08, 3:34 PM PT by Aaron Freedman
Category | Software
calgooconnect4b74f74-1.jpgFor more than a year now, I’ve been on the hunt for a free alternative to Spanning Sync, the paid application for bi-directional syncing between Google Calendar and iCal. Recently, a new alternative to Spanning Sync has entered the fray, one that is actually a branch-off of a previous app I wrote about – Calgoo.

This new app is called Calgoo Connect. As its name suggests, Calgoo Connect is made by the same people that make Calgoo, a desktop calendar app that can sync with Google Calendar and 30 Boxes. The difference between Calgoo Connect and its older sibling is that Calgoo Connect is not a standalone calendar app but instead a service for bi-directional syncing between iCal and Micorosft Outlook and Google Calendar, 30 Boxes, and Calgoo Hub, Calgoo’s own online calendar sharing service.

While this may seem like the perfect app for iCal-gCal syncing, especially if you have a Windows machine with an Outlook calender, there is one major downside – price. Calgoo Connect will run you $30/year, $5 more than what Spanning Sync costs. Of course, those extra five bucks get you more calendar services for syncing, but for someone who wants simple, two-way syncing between iCal and Google Calendar, Calgoo Connect just won’t cut it. But, if Calgoo could release a free, “lite” version of their Connect app, it may be just the program I’m looking for.

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