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November 8, 2013

Fruux – Cross-Platform Synchronization

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The address book and calendar you spent hours creating and then saved on your desktop computer might be really helpful when you’re sitting at home, but what happens when you need to access that information from work or when you’re sitting in a coffee shop? If your contact information is locked up inside a desktop computer, you’re out of luck.

Fruux offers a solution for anyone who is looking for ways to open up their calendars, contact books, and tasks lists. The web application is accessible from anywhere, on any device, and the calendars that you can create are completely shareable with friends and family. Sign up for a free account and start syncing the apps you already use on a regular basis. Fruux works with virtually any device and app that supports the open standards CardDAV and CalDAV. Fruux offers a streamlined way for you to update and edit the data that you use every day, like dates on the calendar or addresses in your contact book.

When you use fruux, you can work together on schedules and to-do list with the people you’ve selected. You can create a group address book that you share with your family and build a collective calendar to share with the parents in your child’s playgroup. You can even publish semi-private information, like work schedules, while remaining totally in control of the way that information is distributed. Fruux is an excellent tool for people who are looking for smarter ways to keep their data unified across multiple devices and platforms.

Practical Uses:

  • Create a group contact list for other moms in your playgroup
  • Access your personal calendar from your smartphone
  • Publish your softball team’s practice schedule online
  • Make sure your work to-do list gets backed up in the cloud

Insider Tips:

  • Developers can integrate their apps with fruux using the API
  • The fruux API requires HTTP Basic authentication
  • Fruux works with any device that supports the open standards CardDAV and CalDAV
  • SSL encryption and constant backups come standard with every pricing plan

What we liked:

  • Once an entry is edited, it automatically updates across multiple devices
  • Companies can use fruux to manage tasks and deadlines
  • Fruux offers step-by-step setup instructions for users with many different devices
  • Users retain ownership of their own content

What we didn’t like:

  • Users with the Basic plan can only share content on up to two devices

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Company Info:

  • Launched: 2010
  • Privately Held
  • Headquarters: Münster, Germany
  • Founded by: Martin Kanuit, Dominik Tobschall, and Armin Hackmann
  • Web site: https://fruux.com

Costs:

  • Basic plan is free
  • Pro plan is € 4 per month
  • Team plan is € 20 per month

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