Synchronization of Calendars, Contacts, etc.

Sure, many things can be synced with Google. But not everything. And not everybody wants this. Luckily, there are alternatives:

Sync with specific web sites

Sync with Facebook

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Sync.ME - Caller ID, Spam Call Blocker & Contacts (4.2@222,623) Ǥ 30 Privacy Warning (uploads your entire contact list to their servers)
Contacts+ (4@202,619) Ǥ 30 Intro & Video 7/2013; Dialer & Kontaktverwaltung incl. Facebook-Sync
UberSync (4@17,762) 13 LastUpdate: 2016-05-25
Calendar Sync for Facebook (1.7@9,247) Ǥ 14 LastUpdate: 2017-07-15

Sync with Xing

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XING – Your jobs and careers network (4@47,491) Ǥ 26 Vorstellung 9/2013

Sync with LinkedIn

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LinkedIn: Jobs, Business News & Social Networking (4.3@1,638,096) Ǥ 23
Droidin (3.9@2,525) 16 LastUpdate: 2013-03-20

Sync Bookmarks

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Xmarks for Premium Customers (3.9@2,186) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-12 / Xmarks for Dolphin *Premium (3.8@1,305) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-10-30 Dolphin: 14-day-trial; then yearly subscription fee
GBookmark (3.7@1,043) 8 / GBookmark.Donate (4.7@71; ~EUR 1.50) 8

Various data-cloud-synchronizers

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EteSync - Secure Data Sync (4.8@74) 16 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; Video Intro 3/2019; End-To-End encrypted sync
Sync Contacts Cloud (4.3@2,343) Ǥ 12 LastUpdate: 2018-06-28 / iCalendar Sync Cloud (4.3@3,412) Ǥ 12 LastUpdate: 2018-07-08
Team Calendar Sync (4.1@301; ~EUR 7.50) Ǥ 19 Exchange calendars
Infomaniak Sync (Workspace) (4.1@62) 14 GitLab; sync contacts and calendars with Infomaniak's WorkSpace
Address Book & Contacts Sync (3.9@3,007) Ǥ 18 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
CardDAV-Sync free (3.7@2,168) 13 LastUpdate: 2017-06-24 / SmoothSync for Cloud Contacts (2.3@1,010; ~EUR 3.50) 13 LastUpdate: 2013-11-04 Kurzvorstellung 10/2013
Mokobi Sync (3.5@44) 19 LastUpdate: 2017-07-07 contacts and calendar, multi-platform
Synchronize Cloud Contacts (3.1@2,776) Ǥ 16
fruux (3@224) 15 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-06-01 Dienst-Vorstellung 4/2014; Wikipedia DE | EN; contacts, calendars & todo multi-platform
SmoothSync for Cloud Calendar (2.9@2,319; ~EUR 2.50) 13 LastUpdate: 2014-12-05 Kurzvorstellung 10/2013
Daniel´s Plaxo Sync (2.4@76; ~EUR 1.25) 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-10-30
luckyDAV: Kalender und Kontakte synchronisieren (0@0) 12 $Contains no known trackers \o/$

Sync without web sites

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DAVx⁵ – CalDAV/CardDAV Client (4.6@2,356; ~EUR 4.00) 14 / Managed DAVx⁵ – CalDAV/CardDAV for Organizations (3.7@11) 14 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Vorstellung 12/2013; Test 4/2014; Kurzvorstellung 12/2015; Video-Howto 2/2018 | 4/2019; Contacts and Calendar sync, e.g. with ownCloud
MyPhoneExplorer Client (4.4@40,030) Ǥ 36 Video Review 8/2017; Video Demo 12/2015; Vorstellung 3/2014; Video Walk-Through 7/2017 (DE) | 8/2017 (DE); Wikipedia; Anleitung; requires Windows client; complete remote management
ContactSync trial (4.3@58) Ǥ 24 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / ContactSync - CardDAV and more (4.8@161; ~EUR 3.50) Ǥ 21 Kurzvorstellung 10/2013
CalendarSync - trial (4.2@153) Ǥ 20 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / CalendarSync - CalDAV and more (4.7@347; ~EUR 9.00) Ǥ 18
GeneralSync: sync contacts & calendars via W/LAN (4.2@31) 18 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Thunderbird; PC component required; account on their website required for download
SyncML Client (Contacts only) (4.2@12; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 20 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Synthesis SyncML Client STD (3.3@40; ~EUR 16.00) Ǥ 23 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Synthesis SyncML Client PRO (3.9@28; ~EUR 38.25) Ǥ 26
BirdieSync for Thunderbird (3.8@315) 20 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
CardDAV-Sync free (3.7@2,168) 13 LastUpdate: 2017-06-24 / SmoothSync for Cloud Contacts (2.3@1,010; ~EUR 3.50) 13 LastUpdate: 2013-11-04 Kurzvorstellung 10/2013
Memotoo sync (3.4@152) 19 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-03-27 iCalendar, CalDAV, SyncML, vCard, CardDAV, WebDAV, Zimbra, ActiveSync, Microsoft Exchange, and more
Caldav Sync Free Beta (3.2@1,482) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-12-02
LDAP-Sync NT (3.1@8) 12 Github
CalDAV-Sync (2.8@3,358; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 14 LastUpdate: 2017-06-27
DecSync CC (0@0) 11 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; sync between Android devices

Want to sync with your own resources? Maybe with apps you already use on your computer, or even setup an own sync server? For those cases, following products might be worth a look:

Baïkal: CalDAV + CardDAV lightweight server
egroupware
funambol server
horde
Howto: CalDav/CardDav mit Sabre
MyPhoneExplorer: Windows only, with its specific Android App
obexcode
ownCloud – also see: Android without Google 2: ownCloud
syncevolution
syncgw
Zarafa + epush

Further Readings:

Android mit eigener Cloud synchronisieren (2/2017)
Android without Google 2: ownCloud (8/2014)
Google-Kalender mit Outlook synchronisieren (8/2013 – 3/2019)

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