Alternatives to Dato
A macOS menu bar calendar with world clocks and fullscreen meeting notifications. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Dato
A macOS menu bar calendar with world clocks and fullscreen meeting notifications.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Dato.
Itsycal
A small menu bar calendar for macOS that shows and creates events from the Calendar app.
Itsycal is a free menu bar calendar using Mac Calendar events with extensive keyboard controls, but it lacks Dato's world clocks and fullscreen meeting notifications.
Calendr
View and manage calendar events from the macOS menu bar.
Calendr is a free, MIT-licensed menu bar calendar with natural-language event entry, replacing Dato's one-time purchase with open source software.
Fantastical
A calendar and tasks app with natural language event entry for Mac, Windows and iOS.
Fantastical is a full calendar and tasks app with natural language entry that also runs on Windows and iOS, with premium features requiring payment.
BusyCal
A calendar app for Mac, iPhone and iPad with tasks, smart filters and natural language entry.
BusyCal is a full calendar app for Mac and iOS with customizable views, tasks and smart filters, rather than a compact menu bar item.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Reminders MenuBar
Manage Apple Reminders from the macOS menu bar.
Google Calendar
Google's free web calendar for scheduling events, used with a Google account and synced across devices.
Vimcal
A keyboard-driven calendar that combines Google and Outlook calendars and helps share availability across time zones.
Notion Calendar
A free calendar app, formerly Cron, that works with Google Calendar and Notion workspaces.
