IOS Calendar Continuous Alert/Reminder until acknowledge?

Hey all, I've been trying to figure out how to get a more robust calendar app on iOS. The default app is just weak and crippled. Is there any 3rd party apps that will allow the appointment to continue to ring/buzz every X minutes until I acknowledge it? I have found apps that can allow me to sync with my Google Calendar (must-have for me...), but I have yet to find one that can repeatedly alert me until I actually view the appoint.
I've been using the iPhone for the past 2 weeks. I came from the Android ecosystem. I'll admit, as sleek and as user-friendly iOS is... there are certainly things that Android is way better at... Yes there are 3rd party solution at times, but more often than not, it'll cost ya. With Android, there are almost always free alternatives. But like people say to me... you gotta pay to play.
Please advise!
Thanks!

Hi, the only one I've come across is fortunately a great app, designed well with tons of common sense functionality lacking in the pathetic iOS calendar. Unfortunately it is $3, of the 200 apps I own, only 3 of them aren't free, and the $3 is more than worth it since it is critical functionality as well as a great app design.
It is called CalAlarm (Calendar Alarm) by DevArt in the app store. It supports syncing with multiple calendars, like from Google, Exchange, Outlook, 'internet' calendars like US holidays - actually the synching is through the iOS iCalendar, but then in CalAlarm you can exclude specific calendars if desired.
In addition to true repeat alarm until acknowledged (Every minute - developers say Apple iOS prevents user defined like repeat every 5 minutes), the alarms have Snoozes once you acknowledge that include snoozes of 1-3-5-10-15-20-30-45-60-90 minutes and 2h-3h-4h hours not to mention user custom snoozes like whatever you want, any minutes from 1-15 then 5 minutes increments out to hours and days for the snooze, for instance 12 minutes or 1 day 3 hours and 25 minutes snooze just to illustrate functionality, if you mind works that way...
Alert settings prior to event time are similar and can be customized as described for Snoozes, and you can set alarms for as many as 10 alarms prior to event (Although I believe I saw that Exchange for instance has its own limit of 2 possibly, so limitations may come from type of calendar syncing with) - like 1 day, 12 hours, 6 hours, 45min, 30min, 15 min, custom 12 minutes, 5 minutes, time of event. Yes, all separate from the Snooze function while acknowledging the alarm.
Check it out in the app store and their web site. Don't work for them, don't know them, blah blah blah. Enjoy!

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