Fantastical Calendar vs Unpackd
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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!
Unpackd
Organize your belongings with smart QR labels and AI-powered photo analysis. Easily find any item by searching keywords, colors, or categories, or by scanning a box's QR code. Ideal for moving, storage units, or general household organization.
- QR code labeling for boxes
- AI-powered item photo analysis
- Search by keyword, color, or category
- Shared household inventory
- Bulk photo uploads
- Automatic item tagging
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Tired of wasting time searching through boxes? Unpackd is the end of "I know it's in here somewhere..." Whether it's your garage, storage unit, or those mystery boxes from your last move, Unpackd gives you a perfectly organized, searchable inventory of all your stuff. We combine smart QR labels with powerful AI to make finding anything as easy as a Google search. THE UNPACKD WAY: SEE WHAT'S IN ANY BOX INSTANTLY The Old Way: Endless opening and closing of boxes, faded sharpie labels, and buying duplicates of things you already own. The Unpackd Way: A quick scan of a QR code or a simple search tells you exactly where your items are. Save time, money, and your sanity. HOW IT WORKS Label Your Boxes: Print QR code labels from the app and stick them on any container—boxes, bins, drawers, you name it. Snap Your Items: As you pack, take photos of your items. Our AI gets to work instantly. Find in Seconds: Search by keyword ("winter clothes"), color ("red jacket"), or category. Or, simply scan a QR code to see a full visual inventory of what's inside. AI DOES THE HEAVY LIFTING Don't just store photos, create a smart database of your belongings without the tedious data entry. Automatic Tagging: Our AI analyzes your photos and automatically suggests tags, categories, colors, and even materials. Bulk Upload: Getting started is a breeze. Upload up to 20 photos at once and let our AI catalog them for you while you do something else. (Premium) Smart Search: Find items with vague descriptions, just like you would search the web. A HOUSEHOLD THAT ORGANIZES ITSELF Tired of being the only one who knows where things are? Shared Inventory: Invite your family or roommates to a shared household. Everyone can find what they need, without asking you. (Premium) Perfect for Families: Kids find their own sports gear. Your partner finds the toolbox. No more "Where did you put the...?" texts. Shared Spaces, Solved: Ideal for managing shared storage units, garages, kitchens, and closets. PERFECT FOR ANY STORAGE CHALLENGE Moving & Relocation: Pack smarter and unpack strategically. Find your essentials on day one. Storage Units: Know what's in your unit without driving there. Seasonal Items: Locate holiday decorations and seasonal gear in an instant. Garages & Attics: Turn chaos into organized, searchable zones. Collections & Hobbies: Catalog tools, craft supplies, or valuable collectibles for insurance. Small Business: Track inventory and supplies across multiple locations. START FREE, UPGRADE WHEN YOU'RE READY FREE FOREVER PLAN: 5 Boxes 50 Items 10 AI Analyses per month QR Code Generation & Scanning Perfect for a single room or your most important items. PREMIUM PLAN (7.99/mo or 79.99/yr): → Try it FREE for 3 days! Unlimited Boxes & Items Unlimited AI Cataloging Household Sharing Bulk Photo Uploads Priority Support Download Unpackd today and get your storage organized, for good. Subscription Information Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage and cancel your subscriptions in your App Store account settings. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Unpackd at 5.0 against Fantastical Calendar's 4.2. Unpackd also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). Fantastical Calendar's advantage is ratings volume (25K vs 1) and chart position (#158 vs unranked). 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
Both are free to download. Fantastical Calendar sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Unpackd sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Unpackd holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fantastical Calendar has 25K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Fantastical Calendar ships an update every 3 weeks, Unpackd daily. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fantastical Calendar | Unpackd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (25K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #158 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 186 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flexibits Inc. | Gustav Segerstedt |
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
Unpackd
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Fantastical Calendar
- 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
Unpackd
- Premium Tier3 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Yearly Premium access$79.991 Year
Questions
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