![]() It’s not the skeuomorphism per se that bothers me-a little skeuomorphism never hurt anyone 3-it’s the jarringly ugly color Apple chose: a yellow-brown that brings to mind the phrases “puke” and “baby shit.” There’s also the problem with the dates being too pale for my 51-year-old eyes. Like everyone, 2 I find the faux leather look annoying. My reasons for wanting an iCal replacement?. I gave Bus圜al a brief tryout a couple of years ago and decided that its advantages over iCal weren’t worth $50.īoth Fantastical and Bus圜al read and write iCal’s data files, so you can switch back and forth between all three calendars. Bus圜al is best known as “iCal with more and better syncing and sharing options.” It, too, has an entry system for times and dates that’s less rigid and clumsy than iCal’s, but it isn’t as sentence-like as Fantastical’s.Fantastical will interpret this sentence and fill in the description, date, time, and location fields. An example: Lunch with Janet on 3/13 at 11am at Panera. It’s main claim to fame is a natural language engine that allows you to enter events by typing sentence fragments instead of tabbing from field to field. Fantastical is a small calendar that lives in your menu bar and pops out when you need it.I doubt I really need to describe either one-they were both given workouts by several reviewers back when Lion came out and everyone was horrified by the new iCal that came with it-but for completeness, here’s the nickel version: So I’ve been using both programs in parallel since late December. 1 At least that’s the case for me I’m sure there are heavily scheduled people who can judge a calendar in just a day or two. In practice, though, a calendar program-unlike, say, a text editor or a web browser-doesn’t get the kind of intense, hours-long use that allows it to be properly judged in a limited time. Each program can be downloaded and used for free for a couple of weeks. In theory, I didn’t have to buy both applications to try them out. ![]() I won’t keep you in suspense: Fantastical won. I thought it odd to have two calendar programs in one bundle, but it was actually a stroke of genius marketing, because I bought the bundle specifically to test out both calendar applications as replacements for iCal. it's pretty shocking that apple didn't refresh it the way they did the reminders app last year.Next post Previous post Fantastical and Bus圜alīack in December, there was a discount bundle that included both Fantastical and Bus圜al. Having said all that, if the stock calendar app had half the features of fantastical, i would probably switch back. and when they finally made the investment to rebuild them from the ground up, everyone freaked out because the business model changed too. fantastical had languished for years - it was way overdue for both a feature and design refresh. Obviously the flexibits folks knew there would be a backlash to their subscription model, but only they have crunched the numbers and developed the business plan that required it. then you could potentially be at or near the same cost of a year of fantastical. let's say you find one - but you have to buy it separately for each platform - mac and ios. ![]() ![]() You're basically looking for a fantastical clone that has a different business model. the amount of time it saves me is well worth it IMO. Im not going to tell someone else how to spend their money, but if fantastical meets all your needs, and is quite affordable all things considered, just consider it in investment in your productivity. ![]()
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