Best Fantastical Calendar Alternatives in 2026

1. Morgen

Best All Round Alternative

Morgen is a good all-round calendar app that people are turning to help with their task management.

It is one of the tools that allows people to connect multiple calendar services, add tasks alongside their events & helps you books meetings using a scheduling link. It serves as an AI planner with "Smart Frames" feature for blocking time you typically work on a type of task.

This is more of a smart planner tool that will replace Fantastical if you need something more task-orientated and looking to embrace AI, or considering moving to other devices like Android or Windows (that Fantastical don't serve).

Things better than Fantastical

• Better for task management & consolidating tasks from other apps.

• Better for time blocking & structuring your week.

• More device availability (Windows & Android).

• Smarter AI planning feature for blocking periods of time you best work.

How does the price differ from Fantastical?

• Morgen charges $12 per month, per year (annual pricing)

• Compared that is $4.75 per month, per year.

• This is almost 3-4x more expensive than Fantastical.

• Fantastical has a free plan, Morgen does not.

2. Vimcal

Best for Meetings

Vimcal is an AI-powered calendar app that is good for those with lots of meetings, or EAs for booking meetings.

It is most used by busy professionals who tend to have a lot of meetings, it connects with Outlook & Google Calendar, allowing you to add events, schedule meetings with others and use features like finding the right time via Calendly. It is more advanced in features than Fantastical and designed more for pro users. It is also limited to iOS and macOS, web access is available too.

Things better than Fantastical

• Designed more for meeting scheduling and connecting with people about meeting slots.

• Good group voting and shared calendar links to help you find meeting spaces.

• Fast and rapid when using. Many people call it the Superhuman of calendar apps.

• Keyboard shortcut focused navigation.

• Focus and do not disturb modes.

How does the price differ from Fantastical?

• Vimcal has a free plan like Fantastical.

• The premium pricing starts from $12.50 per month, billed annually.

• The free limits you to iOS only access.

3. Notion Calendar

Best for Notion Users & iOS

Notion Calendar (formerly Cron) is one of the more popular go-to calendar apps that has deep connections with Notion.

If you use Notion a lot, this is the calendar app to get. It is free to use and connects deeply with Notion allowing you to connect pages, or databases into your calendar. Meaning you can see marketing activities in a database ported to your calendar for reference. You can also book and schedule meetings via a booking link, like you can on Fantastical premium. There's no abilities like seeing Todoist tasks, or weather support that Fantastical does well on Notion Calendar.

Things better than Fantastical

• Has AI note-taking feature as part of Notion AI premium.

• Connects deeply with Notion databases for better collaboration.

• Works on desktop browsers, macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android.

• More minimal and clean in design than Fantastical (opinion).

How does the price differ from Fantastical?

• Notion Calendar is free.

• There is no cost involved with it.

• You need Notion AI to access Notion Meet for AI note taking.

4. Routine

Best Minimal Planner

Routine is a very attractive calendar/tasks/notes app that people are turning to for a clean fresh planner style app.

You can add events from Google Calendar but not Outlook, this allows you to then create events using quick capture, manage your upcoming meetings via things like Google Meet, or Zoom. It has an agenda view for seeing upcoming events and tasks together. This is much better for week planning, time blocking and adding notes to your tasks, than Fantastical offers. It is a free app too allowing you to get started with the basic features at no cost.

Things better than Fantastical

• Better week planning features for time blocking.

• Good abilities for seeing upcoming meetings in Google Meet & beyond.

• Quick capture for events to save events and notes with them.

How does the price differ from Fantastical?

• Routine is free to use.

• The premium is $12 per month, per year.

5. Calendars

Best For Routines

Developed by Readdle, this is a good-quality calendar app with over 30M users.

Calendars is very similar to Fantastical, offering only access via iPad, iPhone and macOS. It has a fantastic score, like Fantastical, of 4.8/5.0 on the App Store and is used by a lot of people. The reason that people get along with it so well is the fact that it handles schedules so well. You can connect up local calendar access, from iCloud, and use Google & Exchange too. It's free to use and has an upgrade that focuses on routines which is a fun, creative feature for those who want to time-block better.

Things better than Fantastical

• A more focused task management area for planning & plotting tasks.

• Feature called Shortcuts for recurring tasks that you can weave into your schedule.

How does the price differ from Fantastical?

• Calendars is free to use.

• There is a $19.99 per year pricing.

• Fantastical charges $4.95 per month for access.