ShootCal vs Tapestry Calendar

ShootCal is the calendar app made by a photographer for professional photographers and content creators. Plan portraits, weddings, minis, and real estate shoots around the light that makes them great, and let clients book you online. Your appointments, clients, and tasks are saved in ShootCal, with optional Google or Microsoft calendar sync. Features: Booking, website availability, e-sign contracts, galleries, AI calendar import, golden hour, session types, deposits, reminders, reports, web access, Apple Watch, tides and weather. Online Booking on Your Own Website Embed the live availability calendar on your own site (Squarespace, Wix, WordPress, anywhere) as a clean month grid, or share your booking page link. Clients see open days (never names or details), pick a time or send their date, and the request lands in the app. Accept and it is booked, with the client saved. Instant booking and contact-first modes are available per session type, and the whole page is styled to blend with your website. Contracts Your Clients E-Sign Create a wedding, family, or custom agreement from a built-in template, prefilled with the client, date, and package. Share the signing link and track it from draft to signed. Golden Hour on Autopilot Set a session to start before sunset or after sunrise and ShootCal schedules it automatically, with sun times right on the calendar. Studio-hours and fixed-time modes cover indoor work. AI Calendar Import Scan your calendar and build your client list automatically, with each client matched to a session type and their booking history. You review everything before it is saved. Custom Session Types Reusable presets for families, seniors, minis, engagements, weddings, real estate, and more. Each has its own timing, booking rules, price, and cover photo on your booking page. Deposit Tracking + Client Emails Green paid / red unpaid right on the calendar. Optional confirmation emails when a deposit is received, and automatic reminders before sessions. Clients in ShootCal Keep names, emails, and booking history in ShootCal, with the same saved client list in the apps and on the web. Client Photo Galleries - New Deliver and proof finished photos in beautiful online galleries with ShootCal Galleries on the web. Clients sync by email, so delivered galleries, favorites, and print orders show on the client record in ShootCal Web. Free to start. Client Follow-Ups Plan gallery deliveries and check-ins from per-type templates, linked to the client and saved in ShootCal. Tides, Weather & Sun Sunrise, sunset, weather, and coastal tide times, right where you plan the shoot. Calendar Sync + ShootCal Web Appointments, clients, and tasks stay in ShootCal. Optional two-way calendar sync connects your schedule to Google or Microsoft. Create, edit, send invites, and track acceptance in ShootCal. Use ShootCal Web for calendar, clients, and booking tools in your browser. Apple Watch & Widgets Your whole month at a glance on iPhone and iPad, plus your next session and its countdown on your watch face and home screen. Built by a Photographer Two decades of shooting weddings led me to build my dream calendar app. Native Swift, light and dark modes, Shortcuts support, and on-device Apple Intelligence for plain-English event entry. I respond to every piece of feedback. Free to Start ShootCal is free. Optional Basic, Plus and Pro plans add website and storage. Pay monthly through Apple; cancel anytime. Tips are optional. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Weave every calendar into one. Sports apps, school feeds, work schedules, the local event list that only exists in an email... your family's schedule is scattered across a dozen places. Tapestry pulls them all into one clean, color-coded calendar and can send tidy feeds back out to the people who need them. EVERYTHING IN • Connect Google Calendar accounts (read-only, we never write to them) • Subscribe to any iCal/ICS feed: TeamSnap, LeagueApps, PlayMetrics, school calendars, and more • Upload files, even Excel schedules • Paste anything with dates (an email, a web page, a flyer) and smart import organizes it and creates events for you MAKE IT MAKE SENSE • Tag every event by who and what, so messy event names like "SU26-U11B-GM04 vs WARRIORS" becomes "Jack: Game vs Warriors" • Rules do the busywork automatically on every sync: rename, recolor, tag, set durations • Build views like "Kids' Activities" that show only what matters to someone like Nana or the babysitter • Filter by person or category with one tap SHARE WHAT THEY NEED • Invite other people to co-own your calendars • Every view gets a private subscription link that works in Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook • Nana sees the kids' games and recitals without the extras; your own calendar stays complete SCHEDULES CHANGE. JUST RE-IMPORT THEM. New season, new shift rotation, new monthly studio calendar? Paste or upload the latest version and the updated events appear. Same rules, same colors, no rebuilding. THE DETAILS THAT MAKE IT STICK • Set events as tasks: "Rover's heartworm pill" gets a checkbox to mark off every month • Birthdays that keep up: Kevin's Birthday (37) becomes (38) next year on its own • Reminders by email or push notification, per-person, so your reminders never ping someone else • Your original sources never change: every source is read-only, and your edits live safely as overrides • Set your own dark/light theme, color schemes, 12/24-hour clock, and week start preferences per-user, not per calendar. Free during early access. No Google account required. You already have enough schedules. Manage just one calendar.