BusyCal: Calendar & Reminders

Name: BusyCal: Calendar & Reminders
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Author: Busy Apps FZE

To Do List. Planner. Schedule

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Free · In‑App Purchases

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Busy Apps FZE
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BusyCal is the most powerful, flexible, reliable calendar app for macOS. It's packed with innovative, time-saving features including customizable views, calendar sets, integrated tasks, travel time, smart filters, natural language input, weather, moons, graphics, tags, do not disturb mode and much more. Free to use with an option to upgrade. The app comes with a "Free Edition" for basic calendaring needs, entirely free to use. Explore premium features with a 14-day trial before subscribing. One subscription covers the entire family. CUSTOMIZABLE VIEWS BusyCal displays your calendar in Day, Week, Month, Year and List views. What makes BusyCal unique is its ability to customize these views to more precisely meet your needs. You can choose the number of weeks shown per month, or days shown per week, and you can even customize the calendar's appearance by choosing a font face and size, calendar colors, time format, work week and a lot more. INTEGRATED TASKS In BusyCal, Tasks are integrated into your calendar, display on the date or time they are due, and carry forward until completed. You can also display a Task List in the sidebar. NOTE: Reminders in iOS 13 / macOS 10.15 is not compatible with BusyCal. INFO PANEL BusyCal's info panel enables you to quickly view and edit event details with speed and precision. The info panel can be displayed in the sidebar, as a popup or a floating window. And it's completely customizable, you can choose from a wide range of attributes to display including time zones, tags, maps, private notes, last edit time and more. NATURAL LANGUAGE INPUT BusyCal enables you to create events and tasks using natural language. A preview of the event details are displayed while you type as it recognizes titles, dates and times, locations and more. You can even use it to add contacts or attendees to an event, set alarms, add URLs, and to indicate the calendar to create the event on. SUGGESTIONS AS TEMPLATES Use past events as template-suggestions as you type. TRAVEL TIME BusyCal allows you to block out time for walking, driving or taking mass transit to an event or location. You can set a fixed amount of travel time or determine it automatically using the integrated support for Location Services and Apple Maps. You can even receive alerts when it's time to leave as traffic conditions change. MENU BAR APP The BusyCal menu bar app is always running, even when the main BusyCal app is not running, so you always have access to your schedule. SMART FILTERS BusyCal's Smart Filters are a powerful tool for managing your calendar. Smart Filters can be accessed with a keyboard shortcut or a button on the toolbar to display calendar sets (showing/hiding multiple calendars), perform saved searches (events that contain 'Joe'), apply view settings (an 8-week month view) and much more. ALARMS BusyCal displays alarms in a movable, resizable floating window that offers the ability to snooze an alarm for any number of minutes from now or before the start of an event, or snooze multiple alarms at once. And BusyCal Alarms trigger even when the main BusyCal app isn't running, so you'll never miss an important appointment. WEATHER & MOONS BusyCal displays a live 5-day weather forecast, phases of the moon, and sunrise and sunset times. GRAPHICS BusyCal lets you add graphics to your calendar to highlight holidays and special events. BUSYCONTACTS INTEGRATION BusyCal integrates with its sister app, BusyContacts, forming a flexible easy-to-use CRM solution. By adding contacts to events in BusyCal, you have instant access to a contact's email address and phone number, as well as a record in BusyContacts of your interactions with them. SYNC AND SHARE CALENDARS BusyCal supports iCloud, Reminders, Todoist, Google, Exchange, Office 365, CalDAV, Fastmail, Custom CalDAV Servers, Zoom, Google Meets, GoToMeeting, LAN sharing as well as WebDAV subscriptions.

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Love BusyCal
08/28/2019
heartofaviking
It is far superior to Apple Candle! Love the color coding options, the coordinating todo options, the flexibility of the users choice to show this or that list and not show another. Very well planned, maintained, and a long time standard for me on my macbook pro! I've tried others..... none compare.Only addition I'd like to see is a user "NOTES" page along side of (or 1 click away ) where a user can write long details of the day, events, add pictures or files attached to the date but on a separate full page per day. It would function somewhat like where they allow you to put "notes" at the end of each event, journal, banner, todo, or timed todo, but would provide you a dedicated space for each day (although you wouldn't have to write on each day .....so just a daily template available you could click to bring up) where you put other things happening that won't fit on the little squares of monthly calendar boxes. BTW I know you can type on the daily page, but it' s not geared to journaling or recording events and the details or adding pictures, files or memories for the day. Overall, I'd give them 10 stars for the functionality, reliability, fast email customer service requests, color coding, syncing !!! PERFECT SYNCING!! and the daily view which I find very helpful...like a timeline. Keep up the good work guys!
Love BusyCal
08/28/2019
heartofaviking

It is far superior to Apple Candle! Love the color coding options, the coordinating todo options, the flexibility of the users choice to show this or that list and not show another. Very well planned, maintained, and a long time standard for me on my macbook pro! I've tried others..... none compare.Only addition I'd like to see is a user "NOTES" page along side of (or 1 click away ) where a user can write long details of the day, events, add pictures or files attached to the date but on a separate full page per day. It would function somewhat like where they allow you to put "notes" at the end of each event, journal, banner, todo, or timed todo, but would provide you a dedicated space for each day (although you wouldn't have to write on each day .....so just a daily template available you could click to bring up) where you put other things happening that won't fit on the little squares of monthly calendar boxes. BTW I know you can type on the daily page, but it' s not geared to journaling or recording events and the details or adding pictures, files or memories for the day. Overall, I'd give them 10 stars for the functionality, reliability, fast email customer service requests, color coding, syncing !!! PERFECT SYNCING!! and the daily view which I find very helpful...like a timeline. Keep up the good work guys!
DO believe the "hype", this App fixed my calendar chaos
10/26/2023
aewktvIM)uw4^
iCal (as it was), Google Calendars x3, kids' calendars, etc--I couldn't find a way to keep things simple, but I had read reviews (reddit, elsewhere) of people recommending BusyCal for MacOS and iOS. I'm on the bandwagon now. It has helped me organize, streamline, simplify my calendars--centralizing things and being able to spend less time reorganizing things. I think there are a few minor wishes (can't send emails without MacOS "Mail" opening despite this not being my OS default app which is Gmail on Chrome, missing native Google Workspace features like seeing Google Calendar resources or invitees schedules, more granular control of tasks prioritization) but these don't stop me from giving this a 5 over a 4 (4.5 would've been my choice if it was possible). I installed this on my phone and feel the same. I still might use Google for some situations (like above) but I usually start from BusyCal and take over elsewhere for anything that needs native features. Hopefully, the devs behind this will find wasy to tap in to those features or maybe make their own solution. I'm a fan and think if you are struggling with multiple calendars, this will be your solution.

Developer Response
Thank you so much for your kind words and recommendation. Google calendar sadly does not support these features when it comes to 3rd party apps syncing via their public APIs. You can see invitees schedule / availability though via the availability viewer in BusyCal. It’s available under the menu or appears as a button when you add an attendee. Chrome on Google does not support replies with attachments and so BusyCal has to open Mail app for such replies. Once Google allows such customizations we will add support for these as well.
DO believe the "hype", this App fixed my calendar chaos
10/26/2023
aewktvIM)uw4^

iCal (as it was), Google Calendars x3, kids' calendars, etc--I couldn't find a way to keep things simple, but I had read reviews (reddit, elsewhere) of people recommending BusyCal for MacOS and iOS. I'm on the bandwagon now. It has helped me organize, streamline, simplify my calendars--centralizing things and being able to spend less time reorganizing things. I think there are a few minor wishes (can't send emails without MacOS "Mail" opening despite this not being my OS default app which is Gmail on Chrome, missing native Google Workspace features like seeing Google Calendar resources or invitees schedules, more granular control of tasks prioritization) but these don't stop me from giving this a 5 over a 4 (4.5 would've been my choice if it was possible). I installed this on my phone and feel the same. I still might use Google for some situations (like above) but I usually start from BusyCal and take over elsewhere for anything that needs native features. Hopefully, the devs behind this will find wasy to tap in to those features or maybe make their own solution. I'm a fan and think if you are struggling with multiple calendars, this will be your solution.
Developer Response 10/28/2023
Thank you so much for your kind words and recommendation. Google calendar sadly does not support these features when it comes to 3rd party apps syncing via their public APIs. You can see invitees schedule / availability though via the availability viewer in BusyCal. It’s available under the menu or appears as a button when you add an attendee. Chrome on Google does not support replies with attachments and so BusyCal has to open Mail app for such replies. Once Google allows such customizations we will add support for these as well.
Saves Me From Myself
04/04/2022
ajmack87
My job involves a lot of deep work. Often I'll be so locked into the task I'm working on that hours will go by without me checking my mail or calendar. I also have multiple screens, and the web-based cal apps and the Apple cal app all only show notifications in the top right corner of the screen. These notifications are remarkably easy for me to miss, and therefore they make it too easy for me to miss the start of an imminent meeting, which I was previously doing often. Not a great look for me.Busy Cal's pop-up meeting alert panel saves me. I set it to pop up and remain on top of all my other windows until I dismiss it, and to pop up both in advance of and right as a meeting starts, so that I'm prepared for the upcoming meeting too. I never fail to notice it - so finally I'm no longer showing up late for meetings on account of not failing to notice my meeting alerts.
Saves Me From Myself
04/04/2022
ajmack87

My job involves a lot of deep work. Often I'll be so locked into the task I'm working on that hours will go by without me checking my mail or calendar. I also have multiple screens, and the web-based cal apps and the Apple cal app all only show notifications in the top right corner of the screen. These notifications are remarkably easy for me to miss, and therefore they make it too easy for me to miss the start of an imminent meeting, which I was previously doing often. Not a great look for me.Busy Cal's pop-up meeting alert panel saves me. I set it to pop up and remain on top of all my other windows until I dismiss it, and to pop up both in advance of and right as a meeting starts, so that I'm prepared for the upcoming meeting too. I never fail to notice it - so finally I'm no longer showing up late for meetings on account of not failing to notice my meeting alerts.
Time does not happen in months
03/25/2025
kathy.o
I’ve been a fan of BusyCal for years (decades, actually! Started in 2005). I like that I can have color coded separate categories (family, work, social, medical, volunteer, subscriptions, homemaintenance, etc) and also add google calendars. Many calendars do this. My favorite feature is that you can set how many weeks to see at a time (in month view) AND the borders between months do not have special status. I usually show six weeks at a time starting with today’s week. I can scroll forward (or back) by week, not just by month. Makes planning so much easier what I can frame the events I am focusing on, even if the don’t all occur in the same calendar month. Support is great too!

Developer Response
Thank you for leaving such a detailed review, truly appreciate the time you took out for this :)
Time does not happen in months
03/25/2025
kathy.o

I’ve been a fan of BusyCal for years (decades, actually! Started in 2005). I like that I can have color coded separate categories (family, work, social, medical, volunteer, subscriptions, homemaintenance, etc) and also add google calendars. Many calendars do this. My favorite feature is that you can set how many weeks to see at a time (in month view) AND the borders between months do not have special status. I usually show six weeks at a time starting with today’s week. I can scroll forward (or back) by week, not just by month. Makes planning so much easier what I can frame the events I am focusing on, even if the don’t all occur in the same calendar month. Support is great too!
Developer Response 05/06/2025
Thank you for leaving such a detailed review, truly appreciate the time you took out for this :)

· [NEW] Automatic time-blocking, across calendars! You can now configure a calendar to automatically create time-blocking events on another - across accounts. · [NEW] Automatic time-blocking rules sync across all copies of BusyCal on macOS and iOS. Editing rules is currently available on macOS only · [NEW] Travel time in blocking events. A new Advanced preference lets time-blocking events on other calendars start earlier to cover an event's travel time. See Settings Advanced Other. · [NEW] Alarm Window's Snooze button now offers many presets for faster snoozing, including End of Working Hours. · [NEW] Added a 'Go To Event' button to the Info Panel's bottom toolbar when opened in a separate window, making it easy to jump to the event in the calendar · [NEW] Currently selected items in BusyCal can now be retrieved via AppleScript and Claude Desktop. · [NEW] Holding the previous or next buttons in month view now scrolls continuously · Improvements to the new date picker, including smarter date-only and time-only heuristics · Improved compatibility with third-party CalDAV servers · Further improvements to automatically updating linked time-blocking events when the main event changes during sync · Day & Week view no longer apply a directional lock when click-dragging to create a new event · Additional conference calls are now detected to show the Join button · Classic banner style has been replaced with Rounded for better consistency in both Light and Dark modes as well as other parts of the app · Fixed bug where dragging an event into the Task List would not convert the event into a task at times · Fixed a UI glitch where the window toolbar could appear partially transparent when certain system accessibility settings were enabled · Fixed a bug where task lists could show more than one line of notes preview · Fixed a bug where the date picker would not always appear immediately when clicking the date field while switching between events · Fixed a bug with Task regeneration style 'completion date' · Fixed a bug where System Text Replacements would automatically stop working after some time within Notes and the Title fields · Fixed an issue where email addresses in MS Graph Sharing settings could reappear after deletion · Fixed a bug where the Meeting Import dialog could report 'No Event Imported' after a successful import · Fixed an issue where a calendar's shared status did not update immediately after its effective sharing access changed during background sync · Fixed week-day label color for non-working days in the mini calendar · Fixed CMD+Clicking the checkmark within the Info Panel's completion date now marks the task partially complete · Fixed a bug where the Alarm Window could reappear even when hidden if there were snoozed items but no active alarms · Ongoing stability and performance enhancements

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DO believe the "hype", this App fixed my calendar chaos

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Time does not happen in months

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