Comparison

Fantastical Calendar vs LINKA Smart Lock

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Fantastical Calendar

This powerful calendar and task management app offers intuitive natural language input for event creation, multiple calendar views, and robust task integration. It provides weather forecasts and advanced features like meeting polls and video conferencing integration for premium users.

Highlights
  • Natural language event and task creation
  • Multiple calendar views (day, week, month, year)
  • Integrated task management (Todoist, Google Tasks)
  • Weather forecasts
  • Meeting scheduling and polls
  • Video conferencing integration
Features
Read full description

Fantastical is the award-winning calendar app with powerful features including intuitive natural language text parsing, beautiful full calendar day, week, month, quarter and year views, tasks, time zone support, and much, much more. TRY FANTASTICAL FOR FREE • Beautiful, clean, and easy to use calendar app allowing you to manage basic events • The DayTicker and calendar makes your schedule look the nicest it ever has • Full screen day, week, month, quarter, and year views • Full task support including Todoist and Google Tasks • 3 day weather forecast (powered by AccuWeather) • 14 day free trial for Flexibits Premium UPGRADE TO FLEXIBITS PREMIUM FOR EVEN MORE (requires subscription) • Includes Fantastical on all devices: Mac, iPhone, Apple Watch, and iPad • Openings: Schedule events based on your availability • Proposals: Create meeting polls • Add Zoom, Google Meet, Webex, and Microsoft Teams calls • Extended 10 day weather forecast with RealFeel and MinuteCast up-to-the-minute weather data (powered by AccuWeather) • Browse and instantly subscribe to interesting calendars, including sports, TV shows, holidays, and much more (powered by SchedJoules) • Calendar sets - quickly toggle multiple calendars on or off with a simple click or automatically when you leave or arrive, based on location • Event and task templates • Sync calendar sets and templates across devices • Apple Watch app with Up Next and Weather (and works over LTE) • Parser autocomplete recommendations for invitees, locations, and calendars/task lists • Propose multiple times to easily ask people when they can meet • Combine duplicate events across multiple calendars • Invitees and availability lookups • Respond to event invitations • Default alerts • Time zone override • Favorite time zones • Push updates for Google and Exchange • Set event travel time and receive time to leave notifications • Custom event colors • Custom home screen icons • Custom alert sounds • Hide events without deleting them • Add attachments to events on iCloud, Google, and Exchange • Priority email support ADDING NEW EVENTS OR TASKS IS FAST AND FUN • The easiest and fastest way to add new events or tasks • Type in your details or use dictation and watch your words magically turn into an actual event or task! • Powerful parser features, including: - Create tasks by starting your sentence with “task” ”reminder", "todo", or "remind me to" - Powerful and expressive repeating events such as third Thursday of every month, every weekend, last weekday of the month, and more - Create alerts with phrases like "remind me tomorrow at 3PM", "alert 1 hour before", or "alarm 3PM" THE BEST TASKS APP, TOO • See your events and dated tasks together in the main list • Add tasks directly from the Tasks list or new event screen - just flip the switch to toggle between events and tasks • Set dates, times, and geofences (when I arrive/when I leave) • Support for iCloud Reminders, Todoist, and Google Tasks WORKS THE WAY YOU DO • Connects to your favorite calendar services including iCloud, Google, Exchange, Office 365, Todoist, and more • Automatically add alarms to your new events • Fantastical is fully localized in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, and Portuguese • Start typing your event or task in any of these languages and Fantastical will automagically understand! EVEN MORE FANTASTICAL • Lots and lots of iOS and iPadOS widgets • Background app updating enables events, tasks, and alerts to be pushed to Fantastical even if you don't launch the app often • Birthdays and Anniversaries - see your contact’s details or send a quick birthday or anniverary greeting • Handoff support between Fantastical for Mac, iPhone, and iPad • Time zone support including floating time zone support • Dark and light themes • Stickers • Accessibility support • And much, much more!

About

LINKA Smart Lock

Control your security devices with a tap. Unlock and lock bikes and other items without physical keys. Share access with friends and family, and receive tamper alerts on compatible devices.

Highlights
  • Keyless unlocking and locking
  • Share access with others
  • Tamper and movement alerts
  • Compatible with multiple LINKA devices
  • High-quality materials and smart technology
Features
Read full description

The LINKA Smart Lock app is the key to all your security needs. With LINKA, you can unlock and lock your bike and other items with a single tap on your phone, no keys required. Compatible with all LINKA devices including: • Original LINKA • LEO 2 / LEO 2 Pro • Lasso • SmartMotion Key • Tethersense Chains Why use LINKA? • Security. LINKA devices combine the highest quality materials alongside innovative smart technology. • Ease of Use. With LINKA, you don't have to worry about losing your keys and you can even share your bike with friends or family. • Convenience. You can unlock and lock your bike with a single tap on your phone. • Peace of mind. You'll get alerts if your bike is tampered with or moved (LEO 2 Pro only). Order yours today at linkalock.com Disclaimer: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Screenshots

Fantastical Calendar4 screens
LINKA Smart Lock3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LINKA Smart Lock at none against Fantastical Calendar's 10. LINKA Smart Lock also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). Fantastical Calendar's advantage is ratings volume (25K vs 30) and review sentiment (48% vs 24%). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Fantastical Calendar sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. LINKA Smart Lock asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Fantastical Calendar against 4.4 for LINKA Smart Lock. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fantastical Calendar has 25K ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 48% of Fantastical Calendar's written reviews are positive against 24% of LINKA Smart Lock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fantastical Calendar ships an update every 3 weeks, LINKA Smart Lock every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 15, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Fantastical Calendar versus LINKA Smart Lock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFantastical CalendarLINKA Smart Lock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (25K ratings)4.4 (30 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.6% of reviews — better24.0% of reviews
Number of ratings25K — better30
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
Best chart rank#157 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision ProiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size186 MB128 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlexibits Inc.LINKA

Customer experience

Fantastical Calendar

All ratings24,689 ratings
Positive80.1%
Neutral3.4%
Negative16.5%
Written reviews969 reviews
Positive47.6%
Neutral11.5%
Negative41.0%

LINKA Smart Lock

All ratings29 ratings
Positive82.8%
Neutral6.9%
Negative10.3%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive24.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative56.0%

Bugs and requests

Fantastical Calendar

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Apple Watch sync problems
  • Events disappearing or changing unexpectedly
  • Freezing and crashing on certain user actions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to disable predictive input features
  • Improved calendar set management
  • Enhanced integration with third-party apps and services
  • Ability to customize app icons and themes

LINKA Smart Lock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Fantastical Calendar

Subscriptions10
  • Premium (2020 Upgrade)$6.991 Month
  • Flexibits Premium14 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Premium (2020 Upgrade)3 Months trial$6.991 Month
Show 7 more
  • Premium for Families14 Days trial$10.491 Month
  • Premium Family (2020 Upgrade)$10.491 Month
  • Premium (2020 Upgrade)$56.991 Year
  • Flexibits Premium14 Days trial$56.991 Year
  • Premium (2020 Upgrade)3 Months trial$56.991 Year
  • Premium for Families14 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Premium Family (2020 Upgrade)$89.991 Year
None

LINKA Smart Lock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fantastical Calendar free?
Fantastical Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LINKA Smart Lock free?
LINKA Smart Lock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fantastical Calendar or LINKA Smart Lock?
LINKA Smart Lock is rated higher. Fantastical Calendar averages 4.2 out of 5 from 25K ratings, while LINKA Smart Lock averages 4.4 from 30 ratings.
Do Fantastical Calendar or LINKA Smart Lock have ads?
Neither Fantastical Calendar nor LINKA Smart Lock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fantastical Calendar or LINKA Smart Lock?
Fantastical Calendar ships an update every 3 weeks, and LINKA Smart Lock every 5 weeks. Most recently, Fantastical Calendar was updated on November 15, 2026 and LINKA Smart Lock on November 11, 2026.

Other comparisons