Best Google Calendar App Full Calendar View

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Best Google Calendar App Full Calendar View

Advertisement Fantastical 2 Platform: macOS Price: 49.99 Features Menu bar app for easy access to your daily schedule Full calendar view with special day, week, month, and year views Today widget for Notification Center Displays maps with your events Reminders are integrated into your calendar events Natural language input lets you type events in natural language, like meet Andy for lunch tomorrow.

Supports English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Japanese.

Dark and light themes Keyboard shortcut support for adding events and reminders Availability scheduling Time zone support Handoff support Works with iCloud, Google, Exchange, Yahoo, and any other CalDAV account Easy to toggle between different calendars with Calendar Sets Calendar printing options for those who like a paper calendar Google Hangouts support for one-click meetings Where It Excels Fantasticals biggest draw is its ease of use.

For those who like to quickly add an event to their calendar and stay organized, you can do so from your Macs menu bar using a shortcut.

The natural language input is phenomenal, allowing you to add events quickly by typing in something like, Dinner with Waluigi next Tuesday, or Call Comcast March 4 at 8am.

For those who need serious calendar management, you can open up the full app to get detailed views for your month, day, or week.

Advertisement The menu bar app might be my personal favorite part of Fantastical, but its certainly not the only positive feature.

You can edit events with a click, sort your calendars into specific sets so you can toggle multiple calendars on and off with a click, and the inclusion of to-dos from Reminders makes it easy to see everything on your plate for the day at once.

Fantastical also fully integrates with a number of Google and Exchange calendar features, which means you can schedule your availability or check the availability of co-workers.

Fantastical is also updated often, which means it supports all of Apples newest gadgets and operating system features, including support for Notification Center widgets.

GO Media may get a commission TaoTronics 1500W Ceramic Heater Buy for 46 from TaoTronics Use the promo code WARM006 Where It Falls Short The price is easily the biggest problem with Fantastical, because 50 for a calendar is a lot to ask.

Regardless, its comparable to other desktop calendar applications and youll get an app thats well supported by the developer for years.

The fact is, if you need more power than Apples free desktop app, youll need to shell out the cash.

Theres good news though, you can check out Fantastical for free for a 21 day trial before you commit.

Advertisement The Competition Apples own Calendar (Free) app is the most obvious alternative here, and as a free option, its the first one you should try out.

If you just need a barebones calendar that shows you events, Calendar does the job perfectly fine.

The biggest issue with Calendar is its general lack of advanced features, including the bizarre lack of Reminders integration.

Advertisement BusyCal 3 (49.99) is the most obvious alternative to Fantastical, and it certainly does the job for some people.

BusyCal and Fantastical are similar, but BusyCals Info Panel is especially nice got those who like to customize their event details.

BusyCals menu bar app integrates a number of these same features, though its not quite as well designed Fantastical.

In general Fantastical is just a little easier to use than BusyCal, but BusyCal also has a trial mode, so its worth giving both a shot if youre curious.

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Best Google Calendar App For Mac