I'm using DateBk4 v-4.1a,pF. This was a beta available previously. It has color icons. In fact, it uses the SAME color icons format as ActionNames, so let's drop the icons subject because it's a literal tie.

I found ActionNames more visually appealing. I particularly like the coloring of every other line in the datebook section.

I chose to purchase DateBk4 because it has a lot more features. The particular feature that made the difference is the ability to choose which appointment and to-do categories you want displayed.

In my case, I have a ReplayTV. ReplayTV lacks a "schedule" feature, to show you when programs are scheduled in a "calendar" format. I use DateBk4 for that. However, I don't want to see my programs during normal use, so I just de-select that category normally, and only bring it up when I'm scheduling all my movies at the start of each month (I know, I'm a TV-geek). It's effectively the same as having multiple datebook databases and choosing to display one or many at a time.

My recomendation is: try them both. It's a little messy to have both loaded at the same time (alarms will go off simultaneously, their encoded info in the notes fields shows up, etc), but it's the best way to decide which one best fits your needs.

Adiascar.