Comparison

Fantastical Calendar vs Snap Widget

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
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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

Snap Widget

Easily create personalized home screen widgets with your favorite photos. Showcase cherished memories, from loved ones to vacations, with a rotating selection of images. The app is designed for efficient resource management, ensuring a smooth experience.

Highlights
  • Customizable photo widgets
  • Multiple widget sizes
  • Easy photo selection
  • Instant widget updates
  • Lightweight and efficient design
  • Developer tipping option
Features
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Welcome to Snap Widget, the ultimate app that brings your cherished memories front and center on your device's home screen! With Snap Widget, you can easily create stunning custom widgets featuring your favorite photos, turning your home screen into a vibrant and personalized gallery. Key Features: Seamless Widget Creation: Snap Widget offers a user-friendly interface that lets you effortlessly design captivating widgets. Choose from various widget sizes to perfectly complement your home screen's aesthetic. Showcase Your Photos: Rediscover your most treasured moments every time you unlock your device. From pictures of your loved ones to unforgettable vacations, showcase a rotating selection of images right on your home screen. Instant Updates: Keep your widgets fresh and dynamic. Easily update your widget's content with new photos as often as you like to match your mood or current events. Efficient Resource Management: Snap Widget is designed to be lightweight and efficient, ensuring it won't drain your device's resources. Enjoy a smooth and seamless widget experience without sacrificing performance. Tip the Developer: If you love Snap Widget and want to support future updates and improvements, consider sending a tip to the developer. Your generosity will help us continue enhancing the app and delivering new features. How It Works: Select your preferred widget size Choose the photos you want to display on your home screen. Add the Snap Widget to your home screen, and voilà – your memories are now an integral part of your device's interface! Snap Widget - Revitalize Your Home Screen: Revolutionize the way you interact with your smartphone or tablet. Turn your home screen into a visually captivating showcase of your life's most beautiful moments. Download Snap Widget now and let your memories take center stage! Note to Users: We value your feedback and strive to improve Snap Widget with every update. If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for enhancing the app's functionality, please reach out to us.

Screenshots

Fantastical Calendar4 screens
Snap Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Snap Widget at 80% against Fantastical Calendar's 47%. Snap Widget also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.2). Fantastical Calendar's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (25K vs 20). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Snap Widget sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Snap Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fantastical Calendar has 25K ratings behind it against 20, 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 80% of Snap Widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fantastical Calendar ships an update every 3 weeks, Snap Widget every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Fantastical Calendar versus Snap Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFantastical CalendarSnap Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (25K ratings)4.5 (20 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.4% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25K — better20
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#152 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size186 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlexibits Inc.Ample Software LLC

Customer experience

Fantastical Calendar

All ratings24,689 ratings
Positive80.1%
Neutral3.4%
Negative16.5%
Written reviews959 reviews
Positive47.4%
Neutral11.5%
Negative41.1%

Snap Widget

All ratings20 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

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

Snap Widget

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
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  • 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
5 purchases

Snap Widget

One-time5
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$4.99
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  • Big Tip$9.99
  • Huge Tip$19.99

Questions

Is Fantastical Calendar free?
Fantastical Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Snap Widget free?
Snap Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fantastical Calendar or Snap Widget?
Snap Widget is rated higher. Fantastical Calendar averages 4.2 out of 5 from 25K ratings, while Snap Widget averages 4.5 from 20 ratings.
Do Fantastical Calendar or Snap Widget have ads?
Neither Fantastical Calendar nor Snap Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fantastical Calendar or Snap Widget?
Fantastical Calendar ships an update every 3 weeks, and Snap Widget every 6 months. Most recently, Fantastical Calendar was updated on November 5, 2026 and Snap Widget on November 3, 2026.

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