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I'm going to repeat that Fantastical does 95% of what Superpowered claims to do. And Fantastical has features that Superpowered clearly does not have, such as a

I'm going to repeat that Fantastical does 95% of what Superpowered claims to do. And Fantastical has features that Superpowered clearly does not have, such as a really good natural language mechanism for event and task creation. And subscription costs are less. https://flexibits.com/fantastical https://flexibits.com/fantastical

1123581321 6y ago
Flexibits' weakness is engineering, though. They could get eaten by a competitor that works its way up to a full calendar with a stronger foundation. Fantastical 3's move upmarket in response to Calendar.app improvements hasn't been easy for them so I don't know how much further they could push themselves. That's not to say that a new competitor will put Flexibits out of business, but if the market for calendar management expands, I wouldn't expect Fantastical's share to grow proportionally. So there's an opportunity.
- dave_aiello 6y ago
  I think part of the reason they evolved this way is because iOS has a shared calendar database which is surfaced by the API called EventKit, https://developer.apple.com/documentation/eventkit https://developer.apple.com/documentation/eventkit. This also exists on macOS and WatchOS, but I think it existed in iOS first.
908B64B197 6y ago
To just get the menu bar widget there is https://www.mowglii.com/itsycal/ https://www.mowglii.com/itsycal/ It's free. No paid upgrade or subscription. Just installed it.
- human_error 6y ago
  There's also MeetingBar (https://meetingbar.onrender.com https://meetingbar.onrender.com). Free and open source. Unlike these guys it doesn't collect data (https://meetingbar.onrender.com/privacy/ https://meetingbar.onrender.com/privacy/).
cyberlurker 6y ago
For a second I thought this was parody and “Fantastical” and “Superpowered” were fake products.

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I'm going to repeat that Fantastical does 95% of what Superpowered claims to do. And Fantastical has features that Superpowered clearly does not have, such as a

by dave_aiello 6y ago

1123581321 6y ago
Flexibits' weakness is engineering, though. They could get eaten by a competitor that works its way up to a full calendar with a stronger foundation. Fantastical 3's move upmarket in response to Calendar.app improvements hasn't been easy for them so I don't know how much further they could push themselves. That's not to say that a new competitor will put Flexibits out of business, but if the market for calendar management expands, I wouldn't expect Fantastical's share to grow proportionally. So there's an opportunity.
- dave_aiello 6y ago
  I think part of the reason they evolved this way is because iOS has a shared calendar database which is surfaced by the API called EventKit, https://developer.apple.com/documentation/eventkit https://developer.apple.com/documentation/eventkit. This also exists on macOS and WatchOS, but I think it existed in iOS first.
908B64B197 6y ago
To just get the menu bar widget there is https://www.mowglii.com/itsycal/ https://www.mowglii.com/itsycal/ It's free. No paid upgrade or subscription. Just installed it.
- human_error 6y ago
  There's also MeetingBar (https://meetingbar.onrender.com https://meetingbar.onrender.com). Free and open source. Unlike these guys it doesn't collect data (https://meetingbar.onrender.com/privacy/ https://meetingbar.onrender.com/privacy/).
cyberlurker 6y ago
For a second I thought this was parody and “Fantastical” and “Superpowered” were fake products.