Fantastical Calendar User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience46.1% of reviews
Neutral11.8% of reviews
Negative experience42.1% of reviews

~ Based on 906 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Fantastical Calendar Safe?

Fantastical Calendar appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Fantastical Calendar is 84/100.

This assessment is based on 23,818 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.2/5.

Safety Analysis

79.5% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.5% of ratings suggest some concerns
17.0% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 23,818 App Store ratings for Fantastical Calendar.

Is Fantastical Calendar Legit?

Fantastical Calendar appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Fantastical Calendar is 83/100.

Based on 83 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Better Calendars with no subscriptions

Try first seed calendar and calendar 366.
Both excellent

Still a blessing!

Siri still isn’t smart for most of us, so Fantastical is still a blessing to have! (Even when new Siri FINALLY allegedly arrives, I’ll probably still utilize the ease of copy and pasting a lot stuff/information into Fantastical and have it sort it into a logical calendar entry for me.) It’s not perfect but it’s overall reliable and super easy to use and then adjust calendar entires slightly for there if needed. A go-to essential app for all apple users still!
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PLEASE create a way to have “Urgent” enabled by DEFAULT for all or certain calendar events!!!

Fantastical Team;
You guys have made a pretty awesome product, but it's got one major issue.
You have got to give us a way to have certain calendar events with the "Urgent" toggle enabled BY ***DEFAULT.***
I invested in this app because I have the moderate to severe ADHD and I also get pulled in a zillion different directions so I cannot remember to create a calendar event to remind me to do something, but then ALSO remember to set a reminder so that my calendar actually reminds me in the first place.......
I'm honestly pretty surprised this isn't an option. I would be unbelievably appreciative if you guys implemented that, whether it's to have a specific calendar where all events are always marked as urgent or something..... I am a paying customer too by the way. Otherwise, really like this app.
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Very easy to add new appointments

New appointment can be added by typing a sentence or speaking into the microphone on my IPhone. Also allows me to set multiple reminders. Very useful app.

AI Integration Killed The App

I’ve been a Fantastical user since they started, but recent changes have broken the app for me making it unusable.

After the most recent update, I was prompted to sign into my workplace account (which has worked just fine for years), only to find that Fantastical access to Microsoft 365 had been blocked. When I reached out to my IT department, they responded saying that it had been flagged by Microsoft due to their new AI and permissions it requested, and it could not be safely approved since it can be subject to prompt injection attacks.

I’ve forwarded the information to Flexibits (who have always been fantastic when bugs have cropped up) and hope for some sort of resolution in the near future. Since this isn’t a bug and an unintended consequence resulting from the AI boom, I’m afraid that this will be the first of many apps that are broken while companies figure out their responses to AI, agentic workflows, customer data privacy, etc.
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A great combination of calendar and tasks

A great melding of calendar events with tasks; I use it to govern my whole life! Easy to enter items, and very reliable. Syncs well with iCloud and all my devices. A few minor glitches (such as entering a new task; if you go to enter a “note“ right after putting in the title, the cursor bounces right back up to the title, requiring you to scroll back down to click on “note” a second time). But overall a great app at very low cost.
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No drag and drop?

Looks good but lacks basic functionality like drag and drop

Edit: 1. You don't respond to emails. 2. You can't help to "get something working" when the option is not available

Flexibits Premium

I spent way too much money to buy this app, for lifetime. Now, just a few years later, I can’t respond to an invitiation without having “Flexibit Premium”. Okay, thanks! Will go to Google Calendar, I won’t buy a lifetime subscription, plus also have to pay a monthly subscription. Thank you, I’m out!
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Bien mais manque voir ci-dessous

C’est vraiment une fantastique alternative au calendrier natif ! Juste une doléance : est-il possible de faire revenir dans les paramètres la possibilité de choisir ou non d’utiliser la saisie des rdv en langage courant ? Parce que là c’est juste pénible : des qu’on saisit un nombre il le prend pour l’année du calendrier….
Il manque également la « clochette » sur les RDV pour signifier que le rappel est bien actif. Merci.
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The best calendar app, hands-down!

I had no idea all of the functionality that Fantastical offers. I initially intended to use it as a compliment to my Apple Calendar, but it has proven to be a replacement for that. It has such a beautiful and easy to navigate UI. It makes me love adding things to the calendar. The email to calendar is especially helpful. If I had any wish for something more, it would be for Fantastical to come out with a Web app. I know there is an app for use on a laptop, but my job does not allow me to download it. So I take my iPad to work and use it if I need to schedule any personal appointments. Thank you thank you for making a wonderful app and I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone!
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Best Calendar!!!

This has got to be the best calendar app available. I wish it had the capability to print out a monthly calendar.

It’s gotten so buggy

I’ve used Fantastical since it was first released years and years ago. The past few years, it seems to forget I added events and show the draft of them when I open the app later, even though the event is already saved to my calendar. The back button on the Location selector screen doesn’t work half the time. It’ll randomly put extra alerts into events that I didn’t choose.

All this is a bummer, because Apple’s calendar app is also terrible. But Fantastical used to be good. I don’t know if they lost the QA team or what, but it’s declined significantly in recent years.
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Not impressed

It took several tries before I was able to download the app on my MacBook Air. Once I downloaded it, it kept asking me to buy a subscription for $79 a year before I could even begin using any of the features.. I just wanted to create a simple calendar and the Help section was sorry but no help. Would not recommend this product to the average user. I will look for another Calendar app now.
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Way to defraud your clients!

Still can’t believe I paid the FULL price for this app, only for them to switch to a monthly subscription app and disqualify all early adopters from enjoying all future upgrades and key features. The Apple calendar now does more than this app. Really disappointed.

On the way out

Apples own native calendar is fast dissolving Fantastic Cals USPs. Apples doesn’t require a hefty (and pointless subscription).

Lost my Data

I just lost all my data on the update of this app. I’m not sure how to get it back. I also do not like the update at all. I loved this app before, but now I will be looking for another one.

Best Calendar Ever

What a great calendar! So easy to use. Easy to change. Works easily across all my devices. I cannot imagine using another calendar!

No drag and drop?

Looks good but lacks basic functionality like drag and drop

Some “premium” features aren’t worth it/have work arounds

The features that Fantastical wants you to pay for are a bit ridiculous. Pay to add a custom color to the calendar? To add an emoji? Seriously guys?! There are ways to do these things already if you use your head for more than a hat rack. 😏🤫😆Why should I pay for premium? 🤨

Looks like……

Most of the people don’t want to pay a premium. All said “Fantastical is a great app. I get it, it’s like trying to get a date in high school and you can’t afford to feed her lunch. you got hurt so you blame the beauty queen loll be happy dude you still get free lunch. BTY if you like it, support it if you can. It’s a great app :)
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