TapCal v1.2

Widgets, Calendar Sets, Subscriptions, and Major Performance Improvements

This update focuses on new ways to organise your calendars, better widgets and views, and a lot of polish that makes Tapcal feel more complete and dependable day to day.

Some changes unlock entirely new ways of using the app. Others quietly remove friction you’d only notice if they were missing.

Here’s everything that landed in v1.2.

✨ New Ways to Organise Your Calendar

🧩 Calendar Sets

Calendar Sets let you create curated groups of calendars and switch between them instantly.

Perfect for separating different parts of your life, for example:

• Work

• Personal

• Sports fixtures

• Anything you want

Each set can have its own icon, which is shown directly on the calendar view so you always know which context you’re in at a glance.

📅 Calendar Subscriptions

You can now add calendar subscriptions and keep external calendars automatically up to date inside Tapcal.

This is ideal for shared calendars, public schedules, or any calendar that updates regularly.

🧩 Widgets & Views

🗓 Week Widget

The week widget is finally here.

See your upcoming week directly on your home screen when a full month is too much context. It gives you a focused planning view without needing to open the app.

🧭 Clearer Widget Layout Settings

The widget layout settings page has been redesigned.

It’s now clearer, easier to understand, and includes previews for both the month and the new week widget, so you know exactly what you’re configuring.

⚡ Everyday Improvements

🧹 Cleaner “Add New Event” Experience

The add new event screen has been refreshed to be cleaner and easier to use.

Improvements include:

• A clearer overall layout

• Improved location search

• Long-pressing a location now shows options to:

  • Navigate

  • Open in Apple Maps or Google Maps

  • Copy the location

  • Share the location

Creating and editing events now feels faster and more deliberate.

♻️ Recently Deleted Events

Accidentally deleting an event is frustrating.

Tapcal now includes a recovery page for recently deleted events, giving you a simple safety net when managing your calendar.

⏰ Time-Sensitive Notifications

Time-sensitive notifications can now break through Focus modes if the alert is less than one hour away.

Important events don’t get missed just because a Focus mode is enabled.

🎨 Visual & Readability Tweaks

Several small changes that make the calendar clearer to scan:

• New Lora font option

• Optional bold event titles on the calendar

• Better use of space on empty days with additional contextual text

🔗 Open Event URLs

If an event includes a URL, you can now open it directly in Safari.

If the link points to an app you have installed, Safari will usually hand it off automatically.

Tapcal now alerts you if you’re about to save an event to a calendar that’s currently hidden.

This avoids confusion when events appear to “disappear” simply because the calendar isn’t visible.

🔔 Improved Custom Alerts

The custom alerts page has been redesigned with better layout and clearer control, especially for events that need precise timing.

🚀 Performance Improvements

The main calendar refresh logic has been rewritten again.

This improves:

• Month switching

• Performance with large calendars

• Overall responsiveness across the app

You probably won’t notice it explicitly, which is exactly the point.

🐞 Bug Fixes & Polish

This update also includes a long list of fixes and refinements:

• Notification alerts now include the day and location

  • For example: “Today at 18:00” or “20th at 18:00” instead of vague wording

• Events can no longer be created without a title

• The event bar that shows +1 for each extra event on the day after its full has the correct size

• Current day and selected highlights no longer clip when grid lines are enabled

• Fixed highlight flicker on event cards when opening context menus

• The month now rolls over automatically when the date changes

• Font weights across the calendar view have been corrected

These changes don’t shout, but they add up to a smoother, more reliable experience.

A More Complete Tapcal

This update is about making Tapcal feel solid in every corner.

More ways to view your time.

More control over how calendars are organised.

Better performance.

Fewer sharp edges.

As always, feedback directly shapes where Tapcal goes next.