Create a proposal with multiple times and the invitees will be asked to choose what times work for them. Meeting Scheduling Made Easier: Fantastical now includes meeting proposals, which makes it easy to ask people what dates or times work for them. The new Fantastical introduces a game-changing new feature for proposing scheduled meetings, and it doesn’t even require the person you’re scheduling with to use Fantastical. In reality, I can schedule a call or meetup almost any time, but people like to have a narrow set of choices. My workday is usually pretty flexible so I’m notorious for proposing multiple meeting times to best accommodate someone else. Should we meet at 2 p.m., 4 p.m., or 6 p.m.? Powered by SchedJoules, Fantastical’s interesting calendars make it easier than ever to add events relevant to you. Add these calendars to Fantastical with one tap or click to stay on top of what’s happening. Interesting Calendars: Fantastical includes a comprehensive collection of calendars for holidays, sports, TV, and much more. The new Fantastical can also subscribe to popular TV show schedules and more so your calendar has dates you care about. As a space enthusiast, I’m also in love with the astronomical event calendars. My old New Orleans Saints calendar broke before my favorite team lost their shot at a Super Bowl victory, but the new Interesting Calendars feature includes a properly supported replacement. You can also subscribe to public calendars to keep track of important dates that aren’t unique to you, and the new Fantastical delivers the perfect solution. Personal events like doctor appointments, run training plans, and your next business meeting all belong on the calendar. The utility of a calendar only goes so far without populating it with important dates. The MinuteCast® also integrates with Fantastical’s time to leave notifications, so you’ll never forget to take your umbrella with you. AccuWeather’s MinuteCast® shows a minute-by-minute forecast of when it will start or stop raining or snowing. You can also see the expected temperature in the details of your upcoming events based on the event location. Personally, this helps with knowing if my Sunday long run will be outdoors or on the treadmill.įantastical brings advanced AccuWeather forecasts directly into your calendar. I rarely check the forecast for more than one day out, but now the weather data is right in front of me when I check my calendar. And similar to Apple Maps, Fantastical will show you local weather for other locations when the address is part of the calendar entry. The new Fantastical integrates a weather forecast in the calendar so you can know if you need to bring an umbrella for your next meeting without checking different apps. Below are some of my favorite features included in the new release: Weather where you want it And David Sparks released a great field guide for the new Fantastical including almost two hours of video, and it’s free too. Go read /fantastical to see the comprehensive list of changes in the new Fantastical. As a longtime Fantastical customer and user, however, I’m optimistic that this is the right business model for a premium calendar app that blows the less loved built-in calendar out of the water. Personally, I’m often skeptical of subscription software over perpetual licenses. That’s how you gain new subscribers and convince existing subscribers to stay, right? The result, Flexibits promises, is many more updates to come. The new Fantastical is both a major shift in the business model and months of work in moving the app forward. It came to the iPhone next, got redesigned for iOS 7, arrived on the iPad, and eventually graduated to a full calendar replacement on the Mac.Įach version has received free updates for years since the Fantastical 2 arrived on each platform. Read on to learn what the new Fantastical offers.įantastical dates back to the Mac as a menu bar app with fast event entry using natural language parsing. With the new version comes the core parts of Fantastical for free for the first time, feature benefits for existing customers, and loads of useful new features for subscribers.įantastical is also a universal app for the first time ever, not individual purchases on each platform. The new Fantastical is launching today on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch with a wealth of features that extend how you can use the smart calendar app. We’re talking over six years of free updates. The answer could be as long ago as 2013, 2014, or 2015 for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, respectively. Admit it, you’ve lost track of how many years it’s been since you paid for Fantastical.
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