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Fantastical 1.1 adds multiple alarms, clipboard detection, other improvements

by Dave Caolo (Mar 7th, 2013)

Fantastical 1.1 for iPhone (currently US$3.99) is now available with some seriously nice new features (here's our full review of Fantastical 1.0 for iPhone). Now you can add multiple alarms to an event, jump to a specific date easily, duplicate events and even detect what's on the clipboard. ...

Fantastical for iPhone a fast, good-looking alternative to Calendar

by Dave Caolo (Nov 29th, 2012)

Flexibits has released Fantastical for iPhone (half-off at US$1.99 for a limited time), a mobile companion to its popular calendaring solution for the Mac (here's our review of Fantastical for Mac). I've been using it for a few days and quite enjoying it. Fantastical for iPhone makes it super easy ...

Fantastical 1.3 adds reminders, bug fixes

by Dave Caolo (May 30th, 2012)

Flexibits has released an update to its Fantastical menu-bar calendar tool. Fantastical 1.3 adds support for both iOS and iCal reminders. That's a feature I've been waiting for. You can choose which calendar's reminders Fantastical should display, and they're color-coded to match the parent ...

Fantastical 1.2.2 available, prepares for Mountain Lion's Gatekeeper

by Dave Caolo (Mar 20th, 2012)

Fantastical by Flexibits has been updated to version 1.2.2 to address, among other things, Gatekeeper support in Apple's forthcoming Mountain Lion. Fantastical is a fantastic tool for the Mac that I've been using for quite a while (here's our comparison of Fantastical and Today). It lives ...

Fantastical 1.1 offers editing, notes, full iCloud support

by Dave Caolo (Oct 18th, 2011)

Fantastical by Flexibits has been updated to version 1.1, which offers a slew of new features. Users can now edit events and notes within Fantastical, and changes are immediately synchronized with iCloud. There's a lot to like about this new version, including behind-the-scenes bug fixes that make ...

Fantastical 1.0.2 for Mac supports BusyCal

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jul 8th, 2011)

While I read our review of Fantastical with much enthusiasm, as a longtime BusyCal user I simply couldn't afford to play dice with my calendar. But Fantastical 1.0.2 is now available, and the primary update appears to be that the natural-language calendar tool now plays nice with BusyCal. You can ...

TUAW Talkcast, June 5: WWDC Edition!

by Kelly Guimont (Jun 5th, 2011)

Sunday, Sunday Sunday!!!! You know what that means, it's Talkcast time! We have a whole stack of rampant speculation on WWDC 2011 which starts this week, your standard issue Mac news, and a pre-announced VERY special guest: Michael Simmons from Flexibits who is not only going to chat development ...

Fantastical vs. Today: Mac calendar app faceoff (Updated)

by Dave Caolo (May 20th, 2011)

Earlier this week I reviewed Flexibit's new Fantastical app and Today from Second Gear Software. Both offer attractive and useful front-end access to iCal. Today I'll compare the two head-to-head and pick a favorite. Why these two apps? First, Fantastical is the fresh newcomer, garnering much ...

Fantastical improves the Mac desktop calendar experience

by Dave Caolo (May 17th, 2011)

Calendaring on the Mac has come a long way since I was using Palm Desktop on a 333 MHz iMac. iCal is the Mac OS default today, and it works well. There is room for improvement, however, and Fantastical takes a huge step in the right direction. This handy app lives in your menu bar, providing ...