Fantastical
About Fantastical
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
Most Helpful Reviews for Fantastical
1 - 5 of 19 Reviews
Jim
Information Services, 2 - 10 employees
Used unspecified
OVERALL RATING:
5
Reviewed November 2023
Fantastical Is A Complete Scheduling Solution.
Abe
Verified reviewer
Writing and Editing, 1 employee
Used daily for more than 2 years
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.
PROSFantastical 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.
CONSI 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
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...
PROSI 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.
CONSI 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
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
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.
PROSVery 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.
CONSWhen 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.