It works perfectly on iPhone
Invaluable!
Response from developer
Thank you, that is lovely to hear. The iPhone version is still fairly new, so it is good to know it is pulling its weight.
LOVE IT!!!!
InstaCal is *insanely* awesome! I literally use it every single day. It makes adding new events to my calendar so quick and easy right from my laptop. No more fumbling back and forth between my computer and phone just to add/edit something to my calendar. It’s simple, convenient, and has genuinely made my everyday workflow so much easier. LOVE it! Thank you for making an awesome app! :-)
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Response from developer
Thank you, this made our morning. Adding an event without reaching for your phone is the whole reason InstaCal exists, so it is good to hear it lands that way.
Très patraque
Une très bonne application qui ajoute un pti plus fort sympathique à MAC Os. L’utilisation est très simple et s’intègre très bien à la barre de menu. JE recommande
Response from developer
Merci beaucoup pour ce retour, ça fait vraiment plaisir. Content que l'intégration à la barre des menus vous plaise.
Great little App - but it could do with more colour
It works brilliantly and I literally HAVE to have a menu calendar. I have tried a few - but I always settle back on this one. It is fantastic value - and vert reliable. I do wish though that it looked better. It could with a little more colour. I found another much better looking app (GlanceCal) - but it doesn’t have the functionality and inter-operability of InstaCal.
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A great simple app.
Perfect for an overview of what is ahead.
Not a bad app tbh
App works quite well. I like the full day, month, day at the top and how it shows the calendar and reminders below the subsequent calendar…The app does feel a little dated (no pun intended) but works just fine. Worth the £4.99 price tag.
Does not work
It simply does not work, wasted 6 bucks
I wish this worked a little bit better
I hate to be critical because the concept is so great, but at the end of the day I can't give this a great rating if my calendar doesn't sync properly. I tried first reaching out to app support, but the link in the app store doesn't work.
Developers: I will absolutely change this review to 5-stars, but a major bug needs fixed. When I click the refresh button, my calendar does not update. I might make a subtle change in google calendar such as adjusting the time of an event to earlier or later in the day, and it just doesn't update in the widget. Or sometimes, events from the past don't show up.
A small bug which wouldnt affect my rating but you may want to know is that the color options don't work properly. There is no way to "submit" the color you have chosen for a calendar. Sometimes it randomly updates, 99% of the time it just doesnt change and I don't know how to fix the color change I made.
This is a cool simple widget for quickly checking today's date and today's calendar events, but without correcting the integration, I will slowly stop using this app and eventually remove it from my menu bar if my calendar is exactly correct when I check this. The difference between an event time change could mean being late to (or missing) a zoom meeting with a client – which costs me business and my livelihood.
If the updating / integration gets fixed, I will give this 5 stars and vouch for it to friends. Until then, it's a 1- or 2-star app at best.
Developers: I will absolutely change this review to 5-stars, but a major bug needs fixed. When I click the refresh button, my calendar does not update. I might make a subtle change in google calendar such as adjusting the time of an event to earlier or later in the day, and it just doesn't update in the widget. Or sometimes, events from the past don't show up.
A small bug which wouldnt affect my rating but you may want to know is that the color options don't work properly. There is no way to "submit" the color you have chosen for a calendar. Sometimes it randomly updates, 99% of the time it just doesnt change and I don't know how to fix the color change I made.
This is a cool simple widget for quickly checking today's date and today's calendar events, but without correcting the integration, I will slowly stop using this app and eventually remove it from my menu bar if my calendar is exactly correct when I check this. The difference between an event time change could mean being late to (or missing) a zoom meeting with a client – which costs me business and my livelihood.
If the updating / integration gets fixed, I will give this 5 stars and vouch for it to friends. Until then, it's a 1- or 2-star app at best.
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Buggy — won't display in the menu bar on 12.6.3
Not sure why but I'm not able to see the app at all in the menu bar on macOS Monterey 12.6.3. Since this is the main reason I bought the app… it's obviously not good. There's a "dock" mode in settings but I'm not sure why you would choose to use that.
Très bonne app.
Très bonne app.
Un bogue ce mois de janvier noté january 2022 mais février est bien en 2023.
Un affichage permanent sur le bureau pourrrait être une option utile.
Un bogue ce mois de janvier noté january 2022 mais février est bien en 2023.
Un affichage permanent sur le bureau pourrrait être une option utile.
Crashes frequently and doesn't sync my calendars
I would've prefered to avoid leaving an negative review, but when I tried to use it, I got a, "you need an invitation to join this private Community"
Anyway, our company switched to Microsoft 365 and the calendars are only viewable online or with Outlook. I was hoping this app would be a work around. Unfortunately it's not. I get an error when I try to sync my calendars except for one. The app also crashes anytime I try to change the color of more than one calendar at a time. The last issue si the menubar display. It doesn't change color if the menubar turns black so the app basically disappears. It would also be nice if you could have time as well as date appear. I can only hope that Dato or Calendar 366 get Microsoft 365 support.
Anyway, our company switched to Microsoft 365 and the calendars are only viewable online or with Outlook. I was hoping this app would be a work around. Unfortunately it's not. I get an error when I try to sync my calendars except for one. The app also crashes anytime I try to change the color of more than one calendar at a time. The last issue si the menubar display. It doesn't change color if the menubar turns black so the app basically disappears. It would also be nice if you could have time as well as date appear. I can only hope that Dato or Calendar 366 get Microsoft 365 support.
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Crash Trash
Firstly, thiis crappy app is not really Monterey-ready. Which is not communicated and so you pay for crap.
Secondly, when you try to run it anyway, it constantly crashes and the displayed calendars are ridiculous - why should I be interested in seeing reminders for birthday sthat are nine months ahead?
Avoid!
Secondly, when you try to run it anyway, it constantly crashes and the displayed calendars are ridiculous - why should I be interested in seeing reminders for birthday sthat are nine months ahead?
Avoid!
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Use it all the time!
This is such a handy app. The only thing I wish is that it would stay where I put it on the menu br. I like it on the right, but every time the computer restarts it moves all the way to the left. I have. lot of menu items so it is often hidden on the left side.
GREAT REPLACEMENT FOR FANTASTICAL
As a drop down calendar it is equal to Fantastical without the fantastic price. I would have given it a 5 star rating except i think the choice of fonts and sizes needs more refinement but that's a minor complaint. Well done InstaCal!
Great App
I love it. Only issue I had is that in the task view, it does not sort well. It is kinda random. But I used the calendar view to overcome it.
Missing support
As mentioned, this is a good replacement for the original Fantastical. I had trouble setting it up initially but eventually was able to get it to sync with an Office365 account. However, all events show up 3 times. I cannot find any online help and there does not appear to be a way to contact the developer. This is very annoying and so only 3 stars. If there was a way to fix this, i would rate it 4 stars. It does not show the details of the events (links, notes, etc) and this would keep it from being 5 stars for me.
Update: I found that by deleting the birthday and holiday calendars, events only appear once. Loss of the holiday and birthday calendars is not critical as this computer is used for work. So upgraded to 4 stars. Links to meetings sometimes are clickable, sometimes not. Would be nice if this were fixed or more consistent.
Update: I found that by deleting the birthday and holiday calendars, events only appear once. Loss of the holiday and birthday calendars is not critical as this computer is used for work. So upgraded to 4 stars. Links to meetings sometimes are clickable, sometimes not. Would be nice if this were fixed or more consistent.
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Simple as it gets
For my purpose it is perfect. Thanks Dev
Add event, one view calendar etc.
Add event, one view calendar etc.
Confuso
Funciona, mas é confuso principalmente ao mostrar os Lembretes. Nada faz sentido não dá para saber o que você esta vendo pois não apresenta em ordem de data.
I'm happy
At first Instacal seemed to use too much memory and power, but after a couple of tweaks and a re-start it has settled down? Don't know why but I am liking it now.
One request
This app is pretty amazing and almost perfect for me. I was hoping to request one addition. Can you please add a way to hide the appointment/reminder panel in case a user doesn't need it? When I click on the calendar to drop down - I was hoping it would show Only the calendar and not cover up the rest of the screen with appointments/reminders. I disabled all calendars but I still get a large empty box that covers up the stuff I'm working on in the background. Thanks!
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