BusyCal: Calendar & Reminders

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

Day Planner, Tasks & Agenda

Only for Mac

Free · In‑App Purchases

Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Productivity
Developer

Busy Apps FZE
Language

EN
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Size

71
MB

Mac

BusyCal is the calendar for people who live by their schedule. It shows events and tasks together, connects to every account you use, and lets you shape each view to the way you work. Type an event the way you would say it, block travel time, and keep every device in step. Free to use for everyday calendaring. A 14-day trial unlocks the full app, and one subscription covers your whole family through Family Sharing. VIEWS YOU SHAPE • Day, Week, Month, Year and List views: 1 to 12 weeks per month, 2 to 31 days per week, your own fonts, colors and work week • Year view as a planner or heat map, with Highlights on your busiest months, calendars and people • List view with sortable columns, custom date ranges and duration totals, and light, dark or automatic appearance TYPE IT THE WAY YOU WOULD SAY IT • "Lunch with Joe next Tuesday at 12:30" or "Team meeting every other Monday at 9:30 /work alarm 15m" becomes a complete event as you type • Understands repeats, alarms, locations, attendees, time zones and calendars, in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese TASKS IN YOUR CALENDAR • Dated, timed and undated tasks sit right on the calendar and carry forward until done • A Task List in the sidebar sorted by due date, priority, calendar, tag or by hand, with repeat after completion and Paste as Task • Syncs with Apple Reminders, iCloud, Google Tasks, Todoist and Microsoft To Do EVERY ACCOUNT, ONE CALENDAR • iCloud, Google Calendar, Microsoft 365, Outlook.com, Exchange, Yahoo, Fastmail and any CalDAV server, plus WebDAV subscriptions for holidays and sports • Push updates where the server supports them; settings, smart filters and tags follow you between Macs over iCloud • Works alongside BusyCal for iPhone and iPad and the built-in Calendar app MEETINGS DONE RIGHT • Invite attendees, respond from the Inbox, propose a new time, and check availability on Exchange, Microsoft 365, Google and Fastmail • Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Webex and GoTo links become join buttons, and Zoom meetings can be added with one click • Block time on other calendars by rule or by hand, with details or just "busy" THE INFO PANEL • View and edit everything about an event in the sidebar, a popover or a floating window • Choose the fields you want: travel time, time zones, tags, maps, attachments, private notes and more • Suggestions as templates reuse past events as you type, and Find and Replace works across your whole calendar TRAVEL TIME, MAPS AND TIME ZONES • Block out driving, walking or transit time to an event, with a Time to Leave alert that follows traffic • Favorite time zones, extra time zone rulers, floating time, and events spanning two zones MENU BAR, ALARMS AND WIDGETS • The menu bar app shows a mini month, an endless agenda, the weather and Quick Entry, and keeps working when the main app is closed • Alarms in a floating window you can snooze for any interval, plus email, file and location alarms • Do Not Disturb with one click, and a full set of widgets for what is next, your agenda, the week and your tasks TAGS, SMART FILTERS AND CALENDAR SETS • Color-coded tags, automatic tagging rules per account, and time tracking by tag with duration totals • Smart Filters save calendar sets, searches and view settings behind one click or shortcut AND MORE • Weather, moon phases, birthdays, anniversaries and holidays, plus graphics, stickies and journal entries • Automatic backups, archiving, and export to .ics or .csv • AppleScript, a URL scheme, Siri and Shortcuts, Raycast and Claude Desktop extensions for automation • Pairs with BusyContacts to link people to meetings Trusted by Mac users for more than a decade. Questions? Visit busymac.com/docs or write to us from within the app.

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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] Added a 30-minute snooze option for notifications · Improved Siri support for managing events and tasks · Improved natural language entry for floating events and recurring schedules across time zones · Improved recurring time blocks across time zone and daylight saving changes · Improved Outlook sync for recurring events with custom time zones · Improved meeting invitation and reply handling for Outlook and CalDAV accounts · Improved CalDAV sync reliability when editing events, including compatibility with DAViCal and SOGo · Improved Todoist reminder syncing after task edits · Improved calendar menus, color swatch visibility, and Travel Time menu behavior · Reduced repeated confirmation prompts while editing the same event · Fixed Info Panel freezes after title edits and unexpected hiding after deleting events · Fixed Quick Entry losing keyboard focus when alarms refresh · Fixed recurring-event confirmation dialogs appearing on another display or desktop · Fixed tag changes applying to the wrong occurrences of recurring events · Fixed saved favorite time zones disappearing from menus · Corrected event time ranges and weekday labels when using different time zones · Fixed floating events dimming before their displayed end time · Fixed availability not refreshing correctly after date or time zone changes · Fixed dragging individual recurring occurrences between all-day and timed sections · Fixed duplicate Outlook tasks after completing recurring tasks · Fixed Google sync getting stuck after rejected availability or privacy changes · Fixed duplicate subscription calendars appearing during refresh · Fixed duplicate events when reimporting calendar files and improved Undo for recurring-event imports · Fixed Korean lunar birthdays imported from Apple Contacts · Corrected date handling when using alternative system calendars · Fixed BusyCal links and Google sign-in callbacks failing after AppleScript use · Ongoing stability and performance enhancements

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Seller: Busy Apps FZE
Size: 71 MB
Category: Productivity
Compatibility: Requires macOS 13.5 or later.

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Languages: English and 10 more

English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
Age Rating: 4+

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