Calendar-Aware Reminders - Schedule Around Your Life

When you sign up at textallora.com, you can connect your Google Calendar or Apple Calendar from your account page. For Google, you sign in with your Google account and grant allora read access. For Apple, you use an app-specific password. allora only reads your schedule to check for conflicts - it never modifies your existing events without your permission. The connection takes about thirty seconds and you only need to do it once. You can disconnect at any time from the same account page.

When you set a reminder that overlaps with a calendar event, allora tells you about the conflict and suggests an alternative time. For example, if you ask for a 3pm reminder but have a meeting from 2:30 to 3:30, allora might suggest 3:45 PM instead. You can accept the suggestion, keep the original time, or reply with a different time entirely. allora never silently moves your reminder - it always tells you what it found on your calendar and lets you decide. This way you stay in control while avoiding scheduling collisions.

Yes. allora supports Google Calendar through standard OAuth sign-in and Apple Calendar through iCloud with an app-specific password. You can connect one or both. If you have multiple Google accounts, you can connect each one separately. allora checks all connected calendars when looking for conflicts, so you get a complete picture of your availability. The setup process is slightly different for each - Google uses a familiar sign-in flow while Apple requires generating an app-specific password from your Apple ID settings. Both take under a minute to complete.

Yes, if you grant write access. When you connect Google Calendar, you can choose read-only or read-write permissions. With write access, allora can add events for reminders and tasks directly to your calendar. This means your allora reminders show up alongside your other calendar events. You can also ask allora to create a calendar event by text - just say what it is and when. If you prefer allora to only read your calendar and never write to it, the read-only option works perfectly for conflict detection without any changes to your schedule.

allora uses standard OAuth for Google Calendar, which means allora never sees your Google password. For Apple Calendar, your app-specific password is encrypted and stored securely. allora only accesses the time and title of your events to check for scheduling conflicts - it does not read event descriptions, attendee lists, or attachment content. Your calendar data is never shared with third parties or used for advertising. You can revoke access at any time from your allora account page or directly from your Google or Apple account settings.

Yes. You can connect multiple Google Calendar accounts and an Apple Calendar account to the same allora profile. This is useful if you have separate calendars for work and personal life. allora checks all connected calendars when evaluating conflicts, so it sees your full schedule. You can also enable or disable specific sub-calendars within each account - for example, you might want allora to check your work calendar and personal calendar but ignore the holidays calendar. Managing these settings takes a few taps on your account page.

You can disconnect any calendar from your allora account page at textallora.com. Click the disconnect button next to the calendar you want to remove. allora immediately stops accessing that calendar and deletes the cached event data. Your existing reminders continue to work - they just will not check that calendar for conflicts anymore. You can also revoke access from your Google Account settings or Apple ID settings independently. If you reconnect later, allora syncs your calendar fresh. Disconnecting does not affect any tasks, reminders, or other data you have stored in allora.

allora works perfectly without any calendar connected. Calendar sync is an optional feature that adds conflict detection - it is not required for reminders, tasks, lists, or any other feature. Without a calendar, allora sets reminders at whatever time you request and uses smart defaults when you do not specify a time. Many users start without calendar sync and add it later. If you decide to connect a calendar down the road, allora immediately starts checking your schedule for new reminders. Nothing changes about how you text allora - the calendar runs quietly in the background.