Fantastic is one of the best and most powerful calendar apps on the market. Since it first launched in 2011, it's been easier on the eyes and easier to use than your average calendar tool. I've been a user for years and every time I leave, I come back for the design, the natural language processing that allows you to create events simply by typing “Lunch with Arthur on Friday at 12:30 at Panera” and the integrations with list apps of pending tasks. It's an expensive app, costing $57 a year or $7 a month for all its features, but it's worth it for anyone living off their calendar. And as long as you only have Apple devices.
Now, finally, Fantastical comes to the most important productivity platform: Windows. FlexibitsThe developer behind Fantastical, says the Windows app includes all the features of other platforms and is a truly native app rather than a web container or hacked port. There's a caveat, though: It's not a native Arm app yet, so if you're on a Copilot Plus PC or something similar, you'll have to run Fantastical through an emulator for now. But Flexibits says the Arm version is coming soon.
Windows support has been a top feature request among Fantastical users for years, Flexibits CEO Michael Simmons said in a press release announcing the app. The company calls this release Fantastical 4.0, although the new platform is the only new feature. Fantastical now works on Mac, iOS, iPadOS, Apple Watch, Vision Pro and Windows; The big name that is still missing is Android, but there is no information about it.
If you are a Windows user and end up downloading Fantastical for the first time, here are some pro tips. Start with the free version, which includes most of the basic calendar features and will be enough for many people. If you do pay, what I like most about Fantastical is the one-click way to join video conferences, so make sure to integrate all your video apps. Fantastical Openings, which is basically like Calendly built into Fantastical, is also great if that's a feature you need. But after all this time, the best thing about the app is still how good it looks and how easy it is to add and move events. It's very much a tool for advanced users, but it's a good one.
