Fantastical
About Fantastical
Fantastical is a calendar app that allows individuals and teams to manage their schedule from anywhere. The Fantastical app is available for Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch, which allows users to view their upcoming events and meetings whilst on-the-go. As well as calendar management, Fantastical offers other features such as task lists, weather updates, availability insights, time zone support, and more.
In order to aid with collaboration, Fantastical allows users to indicate their availability when invited to events and event planners can check invitee availability before proposing several possible time slots. Users can also create event and task templates for frequently used cases and customize the templates when needed.
Fantastical integrates with various conference call apps including Zoom, WebEx, Microsoft Teams, GoToMeeting, and more in order to provide direct call links within the calendar view. It also integrates with third party calendar tools such as Microsoft Exchange, Outlook, and iCalendar in order to synchronize multiple calendar accounts.
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- Industry: Writing & Editing
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Easy To Use Calendar Application
Reviewed on 29/06/2023
Again, Fantastical has a good user interface, many calendar features, easy to use and good...
Again, Fantastical has a good user interface, many calendar features, easy to use and good integration.
Pros
Fantastical is very easy to use. It has a pleasant user interface with flexible views. Adding events is easy and it has smart text ability. It integrates with multiple apps like Things, Mem, Airmail and others.
Cons
I don't use Task Management as there are other apps that provide more features. Integration with Google calendar should be easier.
- Industry: Professional Training & Coaching
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for Free Trial
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Fantastic Calendar = Fantastical
Reviewed on 01/07/2022
I don't know another calendar app that is packed with functionality while being well designed. New...
I don't know another calendar app that is packed with functionality while being well designed. New features are continually added. Apart from the natural language entry for appointments there are very well designed views (monthly, weekly and daily and the brand new quarterly views are available) and basic necessities (sync with calendar providers such as MS Outlook, Exchange, iCloud, Google Calendar etc.) there are lots of advanced features. You can let clients make appointments to your calendar ("Openings"), similar to calendly. Just send your client a link and let them chose a time that fits them and where you are available. You set up "Meeting Templates" according to your use case, e.g. I have a 1 hour Coaching session. You can send out "Meeting Proposals" similar to doodle. Colleagues reply to a poll what time works best for them. All proposed times are blocked on your calendar, until the meeting is finalized, making sure you don't double book. If the appointment has a link (e..g for Zoom or MS Teams etc.) joining the meeting is just one click away...
Pros
I like that Fantastical is very well designed and easy to use, while giving you tons of features. I used to use 3 or 4 different services to accomplish what I can do with one app now.
Cons
I am generally not a fan of the subscription model, but on the other hand 40$/year don't break the bank. So I decided to live with it. The free version is great, but lacks some of the features of the paid version.
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Fantastical is just designed so much better. There are tons of small things and having functions that used to be scattered and cobbled together in various apps are now in one well designed, easy to use package.- Industry: Fine Art
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Unobtrusive but user-friendly
Reviewed on 16/08/2024
The calendar is unobtrusive and easy to make or see entries. I can easily see the time zones and...
The calendar is unobtrusive and easy to make or see entries. I can easily see the time zones and select which calendar sets I want to appear. The customer support is prompt and works with you until the issue is resolved.
Pros
I like the pop-up calendar in the menu bar, enabling me to quickly see my month at a glance as well as what's going on this week. It is easy to see and change the time zones. I can make entries using more natural language.
Cons
Some of the nicer features require a subscription. I had purchased a license earlier on, but lost the pro features when they went to a subscription model.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Great features and design
Reviewed on 20/06/2021
My overall experience with the software has been very positive. It certainly makes managing my...
My overall experience with the software has been very positive. It certainly makes managing my calendar much easier, but I'm not happy with the shift to a subscription model.
Pros
- Scheduling tasks with natural language is by far my favorite feature of Fanstastical. I love to be able to say "Meeting with John next Wednesday at 10:am for lunch" and Fanstastical is able to parse it into a meaningful calendar event, add the location, invite people, etc.
- It has a very decent search tool, making it very easy to find future and past events.
- I also love that I get weather information right in the calendar.
Cons
- The recent changes in price structure made the software less appealing. I bought the software a while back, but then they've switched to a subscription plan, which means that the software I've paid for is now "free" for basic usage. I would find hard to justify paying a monthly fee just to enjoy a few enhancements to calendar apps that are already good enough.
- Industry: Higher Education Software
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Fantastical - a great alternative to Outlook
Reviewed on 15/09/2023
Really happy with the software. It is my go-to calendaring program.
Really happy with the software. It is my go-to calendaring program.
Pros
Very easy to use. Perfect integration with Microsoft Exchange/Outlook. All sync, calendar viewing, Zoom integration functions work well. Ability to copy/paste a calendar item saves a suprising amount of time compared to re-creating three or four instances of an identical or similar event for which a repeating meeting is not appropriate.
Cons
When modifying an existing calendar item/meeting, there needs to be a “Do you wish to save changes?” dialogue box. It’s too easy to inadvertently modify a meeting and push the mistake to all attendees.
Fantastical FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Fantastical.Q. What type of pricing plans does Fantastical offer?
Fantastical offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: €5.49/month
- Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Fantastical offers a free plan for basic features, as well as a premium plan. Premium plan pricing varies depending on the number of users as follows: Individual: €5.49/month when billed annually (or €3.67/month when billed annually) Family: €8.99/month for 5 users when billed monthly (or €5.83/month when billed annually.
Q. Who are the typical users of Fantastical?
Fantastical has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500
Q. What languages does Fantastical support?
Fantastical supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Fantastical support mobile devices?
Fantastical supports the following devices:
iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Fantastical integrate with?
Fantastical integrates with the following applications:
BigBlueButton, BlueJeans Meetings, GoTo Meeting, Google Meet, Highfive, Lifesize, Lofty, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams, RingCentral Meetings, Todoist, Webex Suite, Whereby, Zoom Workplace, iCloud
Q. What level of support does Fantastical offer?
Fantastical offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk
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