Organization is essential on a day-to-day basis if you are an extremely busy person. To keep all the appointments you have written down so that you do not forget them, the most common is to use a physical agenda but if you want to move your schedule organization to a digital format as well as your to-do list, the Fantastical application is designed to you. We analyze its main benefits in this article.
Attractive and comprehensive design
Natively in the Apple ecosystem, the Calendar application is included to manage all the events and appointments you have. Although, this can be a bit short when it comes to extra functions that we all know. Fantastical stands out for having a splendid design that adapts in terms of color to the operating system itself. That is, it will be with a black or white background depending on how you have the iOS settings. It has a very clean design at the end that clearly shows the events you have to do, being able to select the type of calendar you want at all times. Although, some of these functions are limited to having a paid version as we will tell you later.
The events can be customized as you want with a specific color combination so that it can be as clear as possible. However, some options for customizing events are limited to the Fantastical subscription. For example, the fact of creating templates or adding guests is completely capable although it is very interesting especially if a calendar is being managed together in a work group.
Support for calendars and group work
If you already have calendars created in iCloud, in Google or in Outlook, you can easily export them to Fantastical. All the edits you make to these calendars within the manager will also be moved to the original versions. You can also create new calendars if you want to manage only through Fantastical. This is something interesting when you want to manage a work group. As we have commented previously, different people can be invited to the same event with a defined time, being able to add Hangouts or Zoom calls. As an extra, you should know that any guest to the event can request a change of date so that it can be adjusted to the agenda of all the guests. As we say, this is a premium feature that is linked to the monthly or annual subscription.
Task management and reminders
If you want to condense your calendars with the list of tasks that you have to do, Fantastical gives you this possibility. This is one of its premium features and it allows you to sync with other services such as Todoist or Google Task. In this way you will have everything condensed in one place to facilitate your productivity. The way of creating the task is identical to the way of creating events, but specifying that it is a task, being able to choose the day, the time and also create a list of subtasks.
At any time you can create tasks that are conditioned by location. For example, when you leave the house or enter you may receive a notification of the task that you must perform. This is something that can also become automatic, since the application can learn from you. If you normally make a call when you leave home or enter your car, the application will know if you grant the necessary permissions to your contact list and your location and it will always remind you without having to enter it by hand at any time. Obviously, to facilitate group work, there is the option of creating tasks jointly with other people.
Multiplatform application
Fantastical is available for a multitude of platforms within the ecosystem. It can be downloaded, on iPhone iPad and also on Mac. In addition, thanks to the premium subscription compatibility with the Apple Watch is also conferred in order to consult the events and tasks that you have on your own wrist as well as the time that will do on each of the days to see if you can carry out any of the tasks or appointments that you have scheduled.
So that all your accounts are synchronized on all platforms, you can always create an account within Fantastical. The option of logging in via Apple ID is given to ensure security and compatibility with all platforms in a simple way.
Subscription price
With the basic and free subscription the application has very limited functions. It acts as a simple calendar to add events in a very concise way. But if the subscription is paid, you can have access to many other functions such as access to tasks, much longer calendars of months and even years as well as the real multiplatform with the Apple Watch. Right now the subscription has a price of 5.49 euros per month, while the annual one amounts to 43.99 euros in a single payment.
