Charles' review expresses alot of frustration so I'm mystified why this version of Organizer works so well for me.

I'm using MobileMe to Sync between my calendars computers, but any changes I make to iCal or SOHO Organizer are made almost instantaneously between the two programs on the same machine. The only Sync bug I found so far is that calendar color changes made in Organizer do not Sync to iCal, though it's fine in the other direction. Data syncs fine in both directions. I decided to switch over to SOHO Organizer from iCal after using iCal for about 2 years. Prior to that I used Chronos' Personal Organizer (v4) for over 5 years. Chronos gave me alot of grief with poor syncing with my old Palm PDA's but eventually they worked out the bugs.

So, why did I switch from iCal now? My reasons may seem trivial but when you rely on a scheduling program to map your work life sometimes even small improvements are actually huge. First, SOHO Organizer has a LIST VIEW!! How basic is this, folks?? Come on, Apple...you even have a list view on the iPhone / iPod Touch Calendar! I can find past events so much more easily in a list view, and find that old data that I need to make a quick decision for an upcoming event. Another seemingly insignificant but ESSENTIAL feature in protecting your important event data: CONFIRM DELETE! Organizer asks you "Are you sure..." after you hit the delete key. iCal? Not a peep. Even dragging an event in Organizer at least provides a visual indicator that you're making an important action: it brings up a big clock icon at the curser to show you that you're dragging an event and thus making a scheduling change. iCal, on the other hand, gives you NO visual feedback so accidently dragging an event to another day or time is dangerously too easy in iCal. [This very mishap nearly cost me a job and many hundreds of dollars: I got a call from one of my clients asking me "Where the hell are you" ...I showed up very late and embarrassed. Sure enough, I had accidently grabbed onto their scheduled event in iCal's Day View and moved it ever so slightly to an hour later than planned].

I'm not reviewing all the features this program offers over other calendar apps but these are my reasons to switch. My upgrade price from their old version 4 was $50 and well worth it to me. Frankly, Chronos' $100 price is going to scare away most users in the market for a good calendar alternative to iCal, which even with these faults is a darn good calendar app for most people. Reduce the price to a flat $50 for everyone and sales would probably quadruple. Regardless, highly recommended.