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Seeking calendar app that shows event description

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vertigoelectric

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I am looking for a calendar app (not widget) that can display an event description on the main view (month or week). The descriptions are short so space isn't really an issue. I've tried several calendar apps so far and they all show just the event title. I don't even need it to show the title. I only need it to show the event description.

There are a few threads on this forum already asking this question, but they are years old.
 
Calengoo could work for you.

I usually type everything into the title which is fully displayed in the various views. Whether you can read it all is subject to font size, the amount typed and the time length of the appointment. If you want you can type further note in the description which is not displayed in the calendar view. However if you click the event, everything is displayed.
 
Business Calendar 2 shows descriptions in the Agenda view (which is my main one), and locations in day/week views.

Funpig's solution of typing the description in the title would work with any calendar app. I doubt any will show more than the titles in the month view - even titles get cramped on a phone (I've not tried any with a tablet, so don't know whether there are any apps which display more information when on a larger screen).
 
Thanks for the replies.

The data is coming from another app that I use to track my work hours. The app syncs my logged entries to the calendar. It sets the job title as the calendar's event title and the specific entry description as the event description. I can't change the job title for each entry. I can only set a different description for each entry. Therefore, the only way for me to determine which logged hours go to which specific task is by looking at the description. My goal is to find a way to be able to quickly look at the calendar and see which tasks I worked on without having to navigate into each entry through numerous taps.

I will check out Calengoo and Business Calendar 2. I'll report back to see if these do in fact solve this issue.

For what it's worth, there's more then enough room (at least on week view) to display the small amount of information I need to see at a glance... it's a shame most calendars do not allow this as an option.

UPDATE: I just noticed that Calengoo is $5.99 so I'm unable to try that right now. I'll try Business Calendar 2 since it is free.
 
Just saw your edit about Calengoo but it will do exactly what you want.

I changed settings and added an event with description and it shows in week view.

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I've set up Calengoo and so far I do like it. It does what I want. I appreciate the help and recommendation.

Now, if only I could have it hide the title and *only* show the description in week view... but I think that might be too much to ask.
 
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