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

2022-09-19

Sync.ME: Caller ID & Contacts (4@233,183) Ǥ 31 6 Privacy Warning (uploads your entire contact list to their servers)
UberSync Facebook Contact Sync (4@17,762) 13 5 LastUpdate: 2016-05-25
Contacts+ (3.1@209,738) Ǥ 32 4 Dialer & Kontaktverwaltung incl. Facebook-Sync

Sync with Xing

2022-09-22

XING - Your career companion (3.7@50,854) Ǥ 29 6

Sync with LinkedIn

2022-09-19

LinkedIn: Jobs & Business News (3.9@2,494,886) Ǥ 28 7

Sync Bookmarks

2022-09-19

GBookmark (4@1,094) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Xmarks for Dolphin *Premium (3.8@1,305) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-10-30 Dolphin: 14-day-trial; then yearly subscription fee

Various data-cloud-synchronizers

2022-09-22

EteSync - Secure Data Sync (4.3@180) 16 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Video Intro 3/2019; End-To-End encrypted sync
Address Book & Contacts Sync (3.8@3,035) Ǥ 18 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-07-05
fruux (3.4@241) 15 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-06-01 Wikipedia DE | EN; contacts, calendars & todo multi-platform
Synchronize Cloud Contacts (2.9@2,956) Ǥ 17 4
SmoothSync for Cloud Calendar (2.7@2,384; ~EUR 2.50) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-12-05
Infomaniak Sync (Workspace) (2@92) 18 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; sync contacts and calendars with Infomaniak's WorkSpace

Sync without web sites

2022-09-19

iCal Import/Export CalDAV (4.8@2,024; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 19 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
SyncML Client (Contacts only) (4.6@5; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 20 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Synthesis SyncML Client STD (3.7@41; ~EUR 16.00) Ǥ 22 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Synthesis SyncML Client PRO (3.4@29; ~EUR 38.25) Ǥ 25 1
DAVx⁵ – CalDAV CardDAV WebDAV (4.5@3,131; ~EUR 5.00) 18 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Managed DAVx⁵ – CalDAV/CardDAV (3.5@26) 19 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video-Howto 2/2018 | 4/2019; Anleitung 2/2021; Anleitung für Posteo | Mailbox.org; Contacts and Calendar sync, e.g. with ownCloud/Nextcloud
CalendarSync - trial (4.5@255) Ǥ 24 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / CalendarSync - CalDAV and more (4.7@405; ~EUR 9.00) Ǥ 22 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
MyPhoneExplorer Client (4.4@42,360) Ǥ 40 2 Video Review 8/2017; Video Walk-Through 7/2017 (DE) | 8/2017 (DE); Wikipedia; Anleitung; requires Windows client; complete remote management
GeneralSync: sync contacts & c (4.3@42) 19 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Thunderbird; PC component required; account on their website required for download
ContactSync trial (4.2@76) Ǥ 25 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / ContactSync - CardDAV and more (4.8@184; ~EUR 3.50) Ǥ 23 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
BirdieSync for Thunderbird (4.1@325) 20 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-12-29
LDAP Sync (3@22) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-07-25 Github
CalDAV Sync Adapter (2.7@1,558) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-12-02
CalDAV-Sync (2.5@3,507; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-27
DecSync CC (0@0; ~EUR 5.00) 17 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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 / Nextcloud
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)

2022-09-26

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