# Fantastical Calendar vs Smart Fonts

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fantastical Calendar at 47% against Smart Fonts's 0%. Fantastical Calendar also leads on rating (4.2 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). Smart Fonts's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Both are free to download. Fantastical Calendar sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Smart Fonts sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Fantastical Calendar holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fantastical Calendar has 25K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Fantastical Calendar's written reviews are positive against 0% of Smart Fonts's.

Fantastical Calendar ships an update every 3 weeks, Smart Fonts fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Fantastical Calendar | Smart Fonts |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | **[4.2 (25K ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fantastical-calendar/id718043190/reviews)** | [1.0 (5 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smart-fonts/id1252274997/reviews) |
| Number of ratings | **25K** | 5 |
| Positive reviews | **47.4% of reviews** | 0.0% of reviews |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Ads | **No** | Yes |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | **Fortnightly** |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | **#150** | — |
| Size | 186 MB | 111 MB |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | **11.0** |
| Devices | **iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro** | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Flexibits Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/435003924) | [Jamil Hossain](https://appshunter.io/developer/1167119695) |

## What reviewers say

### Fantastical Calendar

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fantastical-calendar/id718043190)

**Currently charting:** #150 Top Grossing · Productivity (US App Store)

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:** Apple Watch app, iMessage stickers

**In-app purchases (10)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Premium (2020 Upgrade) | $6.99 | per month |
| Flexibits Premium | $6.99 | per month |
| Premium (2020 Upgrade) | $6.99 | per month |
| Premium for Families | $10.49 | per month |
| Premium Family (2020 Upgrade) | $10.49 | per month |
| Premium (2020 Upgrade) | $56.99 | per year |
| Flexibits Premium | $56.99 | per year |
| Premium (2020 Upgrade) | $56.99 | per year |
| Premium for Families | $89.99 | per year |
| Premium Family (2020 Upgrade) | $89.99 | per year |

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Intuitive and easy to use
- 👍 Excellent natural language input
- 💡 Helpful calendar integration features
- 🚀 Smooth syncing across devices
- 👍 Beautiful and clean UI design

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Inconsistent behavior with reminders and event management
- 💰 Expensive subscription model
- 🤖 Overly aggressive upselling of premium features
- 🤔 Concerns about forced account creation
- 🐛 Sync issues between iOS and Mac versions

**Reported bugs**

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

**Requested features**

- 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


### Smart Fonts

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smart-fonts/id1252274997)

This keyboard app allows you to type in a variety of custom fonts across different social media platforms. Easily express yourself with unique text styles directly from your keyboard.

**Highlights:** Custom font keyboard, Social media integration, Variety of font styles, Easy text customization

**In-app purchases (1)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remove Ads | $1.99 | one-time |


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Fantastical Calendar free?

Fantastical Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Is Smart Fonts free?

Smart Fonts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Which has better reviews, Fantastical Calendar or Smart Fonts?

Fantastical Calendar is rated higher. Fantastical Calendar averages 4.2 out of 5 from 25K ratings, while Smart Fonts averages 1.0 from 5 ratings.

### Do Fantastical Calendar or Smart Fonts have ads?

Smart Fonts shows ads; Fantastical Calendar does not.

### Which is updated more often, Fantastical Calendar or Smart Fonts?

Fantastical Calendar ships an update every 3 weeks, and Smart Fonts fortnightly. Most recently, Fantastical Calendar was updated on October 31, 2026 and Smart Fonts on October 26, 2026.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*