The calendar app that set the bar for the category — natural-language event entry, a beautiful week view, and every calendar account in one place.
Fantastical is a calendar and task client that makes scheduling feel quick. Type "Lunch with Sam Thursday at noon" and it parses the date, time, title, and invitees as you go. Underneath that is a genuinely well-built calendar: fluid week and month views, a combined events-and-tasks list, and support for iCloud, Google, Exchange, and Todoist side by side.
Why it makes the list
Flexibits has won an Apple Design Award for Fantastical, and it shows in the polish — the way the mini-month animates, the openable event parser, the proposal and scheduling tools that would feel at home in a much more expensive product. It is the app most people mean when they say a calendar can be nice to use.
Standout features
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Natural-language parsing for events, reminders, and tasks
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Openings — share your availability and let people book a slot
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Calendar sets that switch your visible calendars by context or location
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Weather, time zones, and interesting calendars built in
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Full task support with Reminders and Todoist integration
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Menu-bar mini window for a glance at what is next
Pricing
The core app is free. Flexibits Premium (subscription) unlocks the parser's full power, Openings, calendar sets, and cross-device features, and also covers Cardhop.
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