ShootCal

The Calendar for Photographers

Free · In‑App Purchases

ShootCal is the calendar app made by a photographer for professional photographers and content creators. Plan portraits, weddings, minis, and real estate shoots around the light that makes them great. Keep everything synced to the Google Calendar and Google Contacts. I designed this primarily for photographers, but it's great for anyone who wants a beautiful calendar app and client management system that shows sunset, weather, and tides. No subscriptions. Feature Highlights: AI Calendar Import, Automated Sunset/Sunrise Scheduling, Reports, Follow-Up Reminders, Month and Agenda Views, Custom Session Types, Calendar Invites, Deposit Tracking, Apple Watch App, Web Availability Calendar, Client Management, and Tides and Weather. AI Calendar Import New: ShootCal can scan your calendar and build your client list for you, matching each client to a session type and recording their past and upcoming bookings. You review everything first. Story Behind ShootCal I've been a professional photographer for nearly two decades, and I've always used Google Calendar to schedule my weddings and photo sessions. It worked, but it never offered the features I wanted. So I decided to build my dream calendar app myself. I'm always adding features, and I respond to every piece of feedback. If you need something or hit a bug, please let me know. Golden Hour on Autopilot Set your preferred session time before sunrise or sunset, and ShootCal schedules it automatically. Sunrise and sunset times appear right on the calendar cells, so the perfect light is never a guess. Visual Deposit Tracking and Notifications See at a glance who has paid. Sessions are color-coded green for paid and red for unpaid, so your booking status lives right in the calendar. Client Invites Enter a client's email into ShootCal, and it will send them a Google Calendar invite. It tracks if they have accepted the invitation and added it to their calendar. Tides and Weather As a photographer, I know the important details we require before a shoot, like sun position, weather, and tide times for coastal sessions. No more juggling other apps for essential information. Google Calendar Sync Two-way background sync means your sessions live alongside the rest of your schedule on every device you already use. Create, edit, and delete events in the app, send calendar invites, and track acceptance status without leaving ShootCal. All the information is stored in your Google Calendar, so you are never locked into ShootCal. Client Tracking Track each client's name, email, address, and last session date. Client details are stored in your Google Contacts under a "ShootCal Clients" label, so they sync to every device and you're never locked in. Your client's info is always at hand right before their shoot. Custom Session Types Build reusable presets for family pictures, senior portraits, mini sessions, engagements, weddings, real estate, and custom event types. Each has its own time-of-day preference (golden hour or a fixed time) and all-day option. No more looking up sunrise or sunset times manually for every shoot. Follow-Up Reminders Never forget to deliver a gallery or check in after a shoot. ShootCal creates follow-ups automatically from templates you set per session type, links them to the client, and syncs them through Google Tasks. Apple Watch and Month View See your whole month at a glance on iPhone and iPad, or keep your next session and its countdown right on your watch face with the new Apple Watch app. Built for Speed Native Swift, light and dark modes, and Shortcuts support via shootcal:// URLs for power-user automation. Apple Intelligence On-device Apple Intelligence parses natural-language event entry. No Subscriptions I hate subscriptions. That is why I've never used one of those expensive photo studio management apps. It has no tracking or ads. Optional tips are appreciated but never required; the app is fully functional for free.

  • 5.0
    out of 5
    1 Ratings

New: AI Calendar Import ShootCal can now read your existing calendar and build your client list for you. It scans your event titles, pulls out each client, matches them to a session type, and records their past and upcoming bookings. You review everything before it is added, and it only reads your titles, never changing your calendar. Also in this update: - Organize your clients by session type, most recent, or most booked - Tap any number in Reports to see the bookings and deposits behind it, and mark deposits paid - Optional reminder emails to your clients, set per session type - Add a replied booking request to your calendar in a tap, with a smart golden hour default - Faster, and now works offline with your clients, reports, and calendar cached on device

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Seller
  • Ryan Smith Photography, LLC
Size
  • 18.2 MB
Category
  • Productivity
Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
  • iPad
    Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 15.0 or later.
  • Apple Vision
    Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
  • Apple Watch
    Requires watchOS 26.0 or later.
Languages
  • English
Age Rating
4+
In-App Purchases
Yes
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Copyright
  • © 2026 Ryan Smith Photography, LLC