We have had a host of apps for our day-to-day activities (read: Calendar Apps); but we still prefer to use our good old pre-installed application for its simplicity and utility. Well good news for iPhone users, here is another app for y’all! And they are calling it “Peek”. It has entered the market and is trying to show the others what a calendar app should and could look like.
How it works is that it can automatically pull events from your existing calendar, all the while letting you add more items too. It’s got swipes and pulls, with little clicks and subtle sounds (these can be turned off) providing feedback for your actions. A long-hold on a specific day lets you add an event, including start time, duration, reminder interval and location.
What I found the most scintillating was that you can opt to have the calendar display no events if you like, but then to reveal each day’s schedule you simply tap the box and the events unfurl as if by magic. So there is none of that crowded calendar in a busy month. Everything is neat and tide.
It is also capable of revealing the location of the event by a simple swipe to the right.
This piece of brilliance doesn’t open or close- it unfurls and generally dazzles us simple folk.
Over and above the Clear-esque look-and-feel, Peek follows a basic design mantra – keep it simple. This won’t necessarily appeal to uber-busy folk who demand automation. Peek is all about giving you access to your schedule at a glance.
“Apps like Clear proved that simple tools that don’t try to do too much can sometimes be more useful,” explains Amid Moradganjeh, one of the developers behind Peek. “This is mainly the case for the group of people that are not necessarily that busy, and therefore, don’t need an app that thinks for them. We designed Peek for this group of people that simply need to manage time on the go without being overloaded by unnecessary information and features. Peek is not meant to be the primary calendar for power users.”
Peek is available to download from the App Store now, costing $1.99 or your local currency equivalent.
