Clear Run
Your calendars, in one readable place
Connect the Google calendars you actually use, give each one a name and a colour, and see the whole day in one place. Work and home, side by side, told apart at a glance.
A day in Clear Run. Every calendar keeps its own colour.
What it does
- Today, both ways a plain list of what is on, or the day drawn to scale so you can see its shape
- The week and the month flip through either, tap any day to open it
- Every calendar at once work, home, and anything shared with you, each in its own colour
- Where the gaps are find free time across all your calendars and copy it into an email
- Add straight to Google pick which calendar, set the times, and it lands in the real thing
Six colours to choose from
- Bubblegum
- Marigold
- Brown Sugar
- Malachite
- Lagoon
- Denim
Getting going
Make an account
An email and a password, at least eight characters. You may get an email asking you to confirm the address.
Connect a Google account
Go to Calendars and tap Connect. Google shows a warning that the app has not been verified. That is expected, see below. Tap Advanced, then continue.
Pick your calendars
Everything that account can see is listed, including calendars other people have shared with you. Tick the ones you want, give each a name you would actually say out loud, and choose a colour. Connect more accounts if your calendars are spread across a few.
Put it on your home screen
On Android: tap the three dots, then Install app. On iPhone: tap Share, then Add to Home Screen. It then opens like any other app rather than a browser tab.
Questions people ask
Google says the app has not been verified. Is something wrong?
No. That warning appears for any app that has not been through Google's formal review, which is a lengthy process aimed at commercial software and not worth it for a handful of people. Tap Advanced, then the link to continue. It only appears once per account.
What can this app actually do to my calendar?
Read your calendars and events, and add or change events. That second one is what the plus button uses, and it only ever touches calendars you have chosen. It cannot read your mail, your files or your contacts, and it never sees anything in your Google account beyond your calendars and your email address.
Can anyone else see my calendar?
No. Calendars are private to the account that connected them, and that separation is enforced by the database itself rather than only by the app, so it holds even if something in the app goes wrong.
Does it keep a copy of my events?
No. It asks Google for your events each time you open a screen and shows them to you. It does not store your appointments, who you are meeting or where. What it does keep is which calendars you picked, what you called them, and the key that lets it ask Google on your behalf.
How safe is it?
Everything travels encrypted, passwords are hashed and never visible to anyone, and the key to your calendar is held somewhere the app itself cannot read. It is not encrypted end to end though, so anyone with administrative access to the hosting could in principle reach the database, as with any normal app. If that is not a trade you want to make, do not connect your calendar.
How do I stop?
Disconnect the account inside the app and its key and calendars are deleted straight away. You can also withdraw access from your Google account settings without asking anybody. Ask and the whole account goes, in full.
Who runs this?
Ange Grayndler, on her own, for herself and a few other people. It is free, there is no support desk, and nobody is on call if it breaks. Google is still the real calendar; this is a nicer window onto it, and anything added here is added to Google, so nothing is lost if this disappears.
Worth knowing
This is a private tool, not a product. There is no support desk and no promise that it will always be up. It reads and writes your Google calendar and nothing else, it is not encrypted end to end, and your calendars are only ever visible to you.