AkrutoSync: CyanogenMod + Moto G, Outlook 2007 + Windows 7 6

I tried to post to http://www.akruto.com/sync-outlook-calendar-with-android-phones-and-tablets/#comment-6231, but it seems like it hasn't accepted new postings for a while. I will also contact the vendor, but I was really looking for anecdotes, preferrably by mere end users like myself, not affiliated with the company.

Our apps tend to be fine on stock systems. And most Cyano roms. You are asking for more than a moonshot here as how many tablets and how many versions of Cyano are there now? Configuration tends to dog most folk.

It has a trial version so you can test it out before you buy.
Bob

I realize that the multiple items in the subject line of the original post greatly narrows the population of potential respondents, but I hope that I also conveyed the fact that I'm interested in respondents that don't necessarily meet all the the items. I mean, if someone indicates that it works with CyanogenMod at all, that's still significant information to me, though not as much as if it's the same version, on the same smartphone and laptop environment.

As for trial versions, for various reasions, I've already conceded to myself that I won't be able to give an app a sufficiently thorough test within the trial period. My plan is to commit to a solution, suck up whatever time costs are associated with it, be it due to configuration issues or other causes. If it doesn't work out, recover and move on to the next candidate.

Some of the problems I've read with other solutions is that it seems to work for some time, then corrupted data is noticed some time down the road. This makes it challenging to identify an ideal working solution within a short trial period, especially if I don't use the phone alot and don't have time to focus a good chunk of time to testing. It also means that the impact of corruption great, since it will have happened for some time before I notice. I won't know how far to go back in history to roll back my Address Book (assuming that I diligently make regular backups, which I won't), and it also means I lose any new info since the backup.

This makes it all the more important to make the initial decision as optimally as possible, even though the assessment contains uncertainties and unknowns. It will certainly be a decision made with far from perfect information. I appreciate the anecdote you provded regarding cyanogenmod.

Frankly, Android is the new Windows. I've lost count of how many apps and tablet/phones that I've had to boot, head over to the manage apps control to stop and clear the app cache. Imagine your day to day user.

I see my Nexus 7 just updated to Lollipop and what a fine mess that is now. It looks pretty but I'll not duplicate the web on what I agree looks to be a few steps back.

So no, I doubt anyone can predict how well this app will stand up over time. We are not talking about a PC so storage is a problem. For example I can not sync my workplace Outlook with any of today's tablets fully.
Bob

Agreed, it's not possible to predict. I'm actually using people's anecdotes (the few I've had) as a rough personal gut-feel forecast of the likelihood of difficulties. The more history a respondent has, the more I trust it as a basis for gut feel forecasting, though of course, past performance is no guarantee of future performance (as the saying goes). The more similar the respondent's system, the better the basis for my gut feel forecasting. You can see that I've put a lot of provisos that limit the confidence that can be had in specific responses, but that's just the reality of the situation (it doesn't mean that responses are not useful).

I'm going to pharaphrase your 1st 2 paragraphs, and I hope you can let me know whether I got the gist of it.

Para#1: Android is like the new Windows back in the heydays of Windows, before they focused on stability. So it was the wild west of 3rd party tools, many with questionable robustness. Hence the need reboot apps regularly ??

Para#2: Lollipop is not stable, but looks pretty ??

I don't find myself rebooting. I find myself having to "clear cache." Google Android Clear Cache to see too many discussions about that. Come on, this is a billion dollars company. Oh, wait, that doesn't mean they would get this spot on.

Remember that most of the lollipop complaints are on the web. Here on my Nexus 7 they shrank the unlock, it's almost blends into the default wallpaper and the notification pollutes that lock screen. Feels like someone is ignoring all the books on UI.
Bob

I think I see.

They don't house-clean their cache.

And Lollipop sacrifices usability for prettiness.

*Sigh*. Seems to be the trend. Like Entropy.

Thanks.