Fantastical for Windows: an excellent calendar app comes to PCs

Fantastical is one of the best and most powerful calendar apps on the market. Since its launch in 2011, it's both nicer to look at and easier to use than your average calendar tool. I've been a user for years and every time I switch I come back because of the design, the natural language processing that allows you to create events by simply typing “Lunch with Arthur, 12:30 Friday at Panera.” , and integrations with to-do list apps. It's an expensive app, $57 per year or $7 per month for all features, but it's worth it for anyone who makes a living from their calendar. And as long as you only have Apple devices.

Now Fantastical is finally coming to the most important productivity platform: Windows. According to Fantastical developer Flexibits, the Windows app includes all the features of other platforms and is a truly native app and not a web wrapper or hack port. However, there is one caveat: it is not yet an Arm-native app. So if you're using a Copilot Plus PC or something similar, you'll need to run Fantastical through an emulator for now. But Flexibits says the Arm version will be available soon.

Windows support has been a top feature request from Fantastical users for years, Flexibits CEO Michael Simmons said in a press release announcing the app. The company is calling this launch Fantastical 4.0, although the new platform is the only new feature. Fantastical now works on Mac, iOS, iPadOS, Apple Watch, Vision Pro and Windows; The big name missing there is Android, but there's no word on that.

If you're a Windows user downloading Fantastical for the first time, here are a few pro tips. Start with the free version, which includes most of the basic calendar features and is sufficient for many people. If you Do What I like most about Fantastical is the ability to join video conferences with one click. So make sure you integrate all your video apps. Fantastical Openings, which is basically built into Fantastical like Calendly, is also very good if you need this feature. But after all this time, the best thing about the app is still its good looks and the ease of adding and moving events. It's largely a power user tool, but it's a good one.

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