The Real Gaps in Notion Calendar: What it doesn't do for you

Notion Calendar offers a sleek, centralized view of your Google and Apple events alongside your Notion database pages. It's excellent for getting a quick overview. However, many users quickly discover that when it comes to managing those events, especially between your Notion databases and external calendars, Notion Calendar falls significantly short.

Below, we'll cover exactly what you can and can't do in Notion Calendar, why those gaps matter, and how Nodario steps in to bridge them.

TL;DR

What Notion Calendar actually gives you

✔️ Event aggregation
See pages from any Notion database that include a Date property alongside your Google or Apple events.

✔️ Centralized calendar event editing
Create or edit Google/Apple events right inside the Notion Calendar app.

What Notion Calendar Can't Do

✖️ Your Google/Apple events don't automatically update your Notion database
You can see and even edit your Google or Apple events within the Notion Calendar app. However, if you add a new event in your Google Calendar or change its details, that update won't automatically appear in your connected Notion database. Likewise, changes you make to a Notion database entry won't magically reflect in your external calendars. This means you can't truly manage the same event seamlessly across both Notion and your preferred external calendar.

✖️ No native recurring events for Notion database pages
While Notion Calendar displays recurring events from your Google or Apple calendars, Notion itself doesn't offer a native way to create recurring entries directly within your databases (like a weekly check-in or daily reminder). You're left with manual duplication or complex workarounds, which are major time-sucks.

✖️ Platform Limitations
Desktop, iPhone, and Android are covered, but no native iPad app yet. If you're like us and love managing on a tablet, you are limited again.

Why those gaps matter for your workflow

• Context switching kills focus when you toggle between Notion Calendar, Notion and a separate calendar client.
• Manual copy-pasting of events is error-prone and adds busywork
• Without a single source of truth (e.g. your Notion database), team members miss updates
• Lack of recurring database pages means that Notion is actually quite limited for true planning

How Nodario bridges the gap

Nodario (formerly NotionExtensions.com) was built for seamless Notion sync with Google and Apple calendar.

🔄 Seamless, automatic updates between Notion & your calendars
Nodario eliminates the manual busywork. Changes made to a Notion database page automatically appear in your Google/Apple calendar, and updates from your Google/Apple calendar reflect in your Notion database.

🗺️ Field mapping flexibility
Map any Notion property to the corresponding calendar field (title, description, date...).

📅 Recurring events in your notion database
Nodario ensures your recurring events from Google or Apple Calendar seamlessly appear and stay updated within your Notion database, so you don't have to manually create them again.

📱 Get an overview in your favourite app
Do you like to see your calendar events in the native Apple calendar ipad app? Great. Nodario will make sure that all your Notion events are there when you check it out.

💆 No-Code setup
No need for coding or complex formulas. Connect your Google, Apple and Notion accounts in minutes. Pick a database, pick a calendar, map your fields, and you're synced!

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Ready to fill in the missing pieces in your Notion calendar workflow?
Get started with Nodario today and get true Notion sync with both Google and Apple calendars.