Fantastical

RATING:

4.8

(19)

About Fantastical

Fantastical is a calendar and tasks application designed for iPhones, iPads and Macs, which help businesses plan events, coordinate invitees, view contact availability, schedule frequent events and more. Key features include home screen widgets, notifications, multiple time zone scheduling, customizable templates and Apple Watch support. Teams using Fantastical can group different task lists and calendars together via calendar sets, which can be activated based on a specific time or location. The platform enables managers to add tasks alongside calendar events and receive notifications about overdue tasks. Additionally, templates can be customized to create new events or text instantly, allowing employees to schedule frequently occurring tasks. Fantastical of...

Fantastical Pricing

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.

Starting price: 

€5.49 per month

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Available

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Fantastical Reviews

Overall Rating

4.8

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

5

Most Helpful Reviews for Fantastical

1 - 5 of 19 Reviews

Jim

Information Services, 2 - 10 employees

Used unspecified

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

Reviewed November 2023

Fantastical Is A Complete Scheduling Solution.

User Profile

Abe

Verified reviewer

Writing and Editing, 1 employee

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed June 2023

Easy To Use Calendar Application

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.

Reason for choosing Fantastical

Monday.com

Reasons for switching to Fantastical

Apple calendar doesn't offer enough features.

David R

Professional Training & Coaching, 1 employee

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed July 2022

Fantastic Calendar = Fantastical

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.

Reason for choosing Fantastical

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.

Anonymous

501-1,000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed June 2021

Great features and design

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.

Reasons for switching to Fantastical

More features.

Michael

Higher Education, 10,000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed September 2023

Fantastical - a great alternative to Outlook

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.

Reasons for switching to Fantastical

Fantastical is *much* more user friendly, better UI and functionality.