This new version offers user interface and neat animations. But, the most important addition is iCloud calendar support. Now, Google Calendar as well as iOS calendar users will be able to switch to Sunrise. Launched in February, Sunrise attracted more than 250,000 users in the span of a few months. According to CEO Pierre Valade, most of Sunrise’s users like the app because of its design. The feed of events is a very simple way to get a clear view of what is coming next in the user’s calendar.
While the orange color is much more subtle in the interface, the app remains very familiar to existing users. Most iPhone users probably already use the default calendar app, Fantastical, Calendar 5 or another app. But all of these apps rely on the default calendar APIs. Sunrise syncs everything to its servers and use the iCloud API, allowing the startup to offer more to do with events.
