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Boomer Cal is a year-at-a-glance calendar for iPhone and iPad. It reads your Apple Calendar events and displays them in a big, clear grid—twelve months on one screen. Think of it as the digital version of the paper wall calendar you used to flip through in the kitchen. No cloud accounts, no sign-ups, no squinting.

Yes, and it shines there. Boomer Cal is fully optimized for iPad—the larger canvas turns the year view into something you'd genuinely want to hang on a wall. Landscape mode on iPad is the ultimate experience: all twelve months, edge to edge, perfectly readable. Portrait works beautifully too.

Fully. Boomer Cal supports Light, Dark, and System (automatic) appearance. By default it follows your iPhone or iPad's system setting—so if you switch your device to Dark Mode at night, Boomer Cal switches with it. If you prefer to lock it to one look regardless of system settings, head to Settings → Appearance inside the app and choose your preference.

Yes. Open the Calendars screen (gear icon → Calendars), tap the color dot next to any editable calendar, and pick a new color with the full-spectrum color picker. The year view updates immediately so you can see the result right away. The change is saved directly in Apple Calendar, so every other app on your device sees it too.

Subscribed or read-only calendars (like public holiday feeds) can't be recolored—that's an Apple system restriction, not something we control.

Pins are saved calendar combinations. Create a Pin called "Family" with your birthday and family calendars, and another called "Work" with meeting and project calendars. Tap a Pin to instantly filter your year view to just those calendars. Tap again to see everything. Like fridge magnets, but digital.

Long-press a pin (touch and hold) to select only that pin—everything else is deselected in one go, so you can jump straight to a single saved view without toggling the others off first.

A Calendar is the actual source of your events (iCloud, Google via Apple Calendar, Exchange, subscriptions, and more). A Pin is a saved view that combines one or more calendars for quick switching. Pins never duplicate or move your events—they only filter what you see.

Yes. Open Calendars, tap New Calendar, enter a name, and save. The new calendar appears immediately and can be used in Pins right away.

Usually one of three reasons: no write permission, the selected source is read-only, or calendar access was denied in iOS settings. If needed, enable access in Settings → Privacy & Security → Calendars and try again.

Holiday calendars are listed separately and can be turned on or off anytime. They stay independent from your regular calendars, so you can keep your view focused—or include holidays when you want them.

Yes. Tap the year in the header to jump back to the current timeframe. In month view, Boomer Cal brings today's date into focus so you don't have to scroll from the top.

Boomer Cal reads from Apple Calendar on your device. If you've already set up iCloud, Google, Exchange, or any CalDAV account in your iPhone or iPad settings, those calendars show up automatically. We don't sync anything ourselves—Apple handles that part, and it does it well.

Completely. Boomer Cal never sends your events anywhere. There's no server, no analytics, no account, and no tracking. Your calendar data stays on your device, period. Like grandma's secret recipe—it's not leaving the kitchen.

Yes. Tap any day and hit the "+" button to create a new event. You can also edit or delete existing events directly in Boomer Cal. Changes are saved to Apple Calendar, so they'll show up everywhere.

Boomer Cal needs permission to read (and optionally write) your Apple Calendar so it can display your events. Without it, you'd just be staring at a grid of empty boxes—which, while calming, isn't very useful. The permission stays on your device and can be revoked anytime in Settings.

It's the main event. Rotate your iPhone or iPad sideways and you get the full twelve-month wall-calendar view. Big, calm, gloriously readable. It's basically the reason this app exists. Portrait works too, of course—but landscape is the show-stopper.

Boomer Cal is a one-time purchase—no subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no ads. You pay once and it's yours forever. Like a real calendar, except it doesn't expire in December.

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