Jason SnellJust posted on Six Colors: There and Back Again: Foregoing Fantastical
https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/01/there-and-back-again-foregoing-fantastical/
Erlend@jsnell Have you given Busycal (https://www.busymac.com/) a try? $10 on iOS and included on Setapp for the Mac ($50 normally, I think). I like it a lot, and feel like it sits in the middle of Fantastical and Calendar.app.
Doesn't have Openings and Scheduling, but has a menu bar app, 20 widgets, layouts I like (with some customisability), weather, calendar sets (with automation), tasks, hiding of events (manual or identical) and more.
(Yes, Oslo is cold these days. 🥶)
@havn but… it's on Setapp and if it works for you that's great! But to answer your question, yes, I have tried it
@jsnell I've used it for six months or so, and there's been tons of updates in that period. Perhaps it's picked up again..?
Would be interesting to hear what didn't work for you. If you haven't used it in a while, I'd give it another try! (Calendars are easy like that. ☺️)
But sometimes software just hit different people differently. 🙂 And I'm a pretty light calendar user (I just like nice apps - but can't quite justify Fantastical).
Anthony Allison@anthony @jsnell Yeah, I agree. I'll never say it's "as good" as Fantastical.
I think of them like Apple's SoCs:
M3 ➔ Calendar.app
M3 Pro ➔ BusyCal
M3 Max ➔ Fantastical
I wouldn't say the latter is "overpriced" - but for some it's just more than what's needed. ☺️
When Fantastical went from version 2 to 3, they moved up a tier - and that made them lose me as a customer. But it's still awesome for those who need the power! So zero hate from me. ♥️