Alternatives to BusyCal

A calendar app for Mac, iPhone and iPad with tasks, smart filters and natural language entry. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • BusyCal

    A calendar app for Mac, iPhone and iPad with tasks, smart filters and natural language entry.

    PaidProprietarymacOSiOS

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as BusyCal.

  • Fantastical

    A calendar and tasks app with natural language event entry for Mac, Windows and iOS.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSiOS

    Fantastical also offers natural language entry and tasks alongside events, adds a Windows version, and uses a freemium model instead of a paid app.

  • Google Calendar

    Google's free web calendar for scheduling events, used with a Google account and synced across devices.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    Google Calendar is free and web-based with sync across devices, but requires a Google account and stores data on Google's servers.

  • Microsoft Outlook

    Microsoft's email, calendar and contacts app for desktop, mobile and the web.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroidiOSWeb

    Microsoft Outlook combines calendar with email and contacts across Windows, macOS, Android, iOS and web, and is tied to Microsoft services.

  • Notion Calendar

    A free calendar app, formerly Cron, that works with Google Calendar and Notion workspaces.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroidiOS

    Notion Calendar is free on Windows, macOS, Android and iOS with scheduling links, but is built around Google Calendar and Notion.

  • Morgen

    A daily planner that combines calendars and task managers, with AI suggestions for time blocking.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOSWeb

    Morgen is a paid planner that brings tasks from several task managers onto the calendar, running on Windows, Mac, Linux, web and mobile.

  • Vimcal

    A keyboard-driven calendar that combines Google and Outlook calendars and helps share availability across time zones.

    PaidProprietaryWeb

    Vimcal is a paid, keyboard-driven web calendar combining Google and Outlook accounts, but requires one of those calendars and lacks CalDAV support in the roster.

  • Calendr

    View and manage calendar events from the macOS menu bar.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOS

    Calendr is a free, MIT-licensed macOS menu bar calendar with natural-language entry, offering a much lighter feature set than BusyCal and no iOS app.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.