Who doesn't need a smart calendar app in their life? Moleskine Timepage is your daily productivity booster. It combines your important tasks, calendar, events, maps, contacts, and weather into a beautiful, smooth application that help you manage your schedule. Moleskine’s Timepage has been a MacStories favorite ever since I reviewed it for the iPhone back in January. With its innovative design and slick group of features, it was an easy pick for my calendar of choice – with one big caveat: no iPad version. Last week, the team at MacStories finally got our wish.
Hands-On
By Mike Wuerthele
Friday, January 20, 2017, 08:26 am PT (11:26 am ET)
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After using Apple's Calendar app, you may be on the hunt for another —Timepage by Moleskine may fit your bill. AppleInsider offers a closer look at how it works.![]() Some Calendar replacement apps aim for speed of use, some aim for just looking better, or doing something more than Apple's own Calendar app. Timepage 1.1.1 for iPad and http://appleinsider.com/l/?link=https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/timepage-calendar-by-moleskine/id989178902'>2.01 for iPhone are not for the most demanding users but they go for style in a way that's both appealing and useful. There are two separate apps for iPad and iPhone with Apple Watch but as yet no equivalent on the Mac. Timepage comes from the Moleskine company that is best known for physical notebooks —and you can tell. The apps have a generally stylish feel but they also specifically match the Moleskine standard colors. Color is so important in the app, that choosing your favorite is part of the setup you go through the first time you use it. You're really choosing more than a color, you're picking a theme, and the entire app has a finely chosen palette alongside each color. The most notable use of color is in the app's best feature —it's a heat map view of your month with blobs in shades of your chosen color indicating how busy a day is. That's the view that sells Timepage. Apple's Calendar on iOS puts a grey dot beneath any day that has any events on it at all. Timepage's heat map will only show you one calendar at a time, which isn't convenient. However, when you tap on a day there is a text listing underneath the heat map which shows all events regardless of calendar. That means checking whether a day is as clear as it looks on the month view's heat map is at least a couple of taps. Nonetheless, that heat map is gorgeous. It's also matched by a list view that you get by swiping or tapping for more detail. Perhaps the only failing of Fantastical is that its list of your events entirely misses out free days. So you glance at it and believe you have an unbroken firestorm of a week when actually Tuesday and Friday have nothing on at all. Both Timepage's blobby heat map and its list view are clearer about what days are free. Then the app will also send you a summary notification of how today is looking. It's a good app all round for briefing you on your day. As well as the notifications on your iPad and iPhone, there is an Apple Watch companion app that gives you a quick glance at your day. The Watch app extends out to a week and depending on how much detail you've added to an event, it can show you a great deal. Timepage doesn't have natural language parsing where you just type a sentence and let the app figure out who's the person you're meeting, which day, what time and where you're going. It's close to that, however. When you enter a new event it recognises names from your Contacts and does a search for local placenames. If it finds a place and you tap to say yes, that's where you're going, then later Timepage will include a map to it in your event details. It will also include a weather forecast: maps, travel times and weather are integral to how Timepage works. It won't interpret 'Lunch' as meaning lunchtime, though. We also had an oddity where once it correctly identified a local Starbucks but left the 'St' of that name in the event title. Hence 'Lunch with Angela St,' which makes her look like less a person, and more like a road junction. More seriously, we had a couple of issues where events did not appear to correctly sync between the iPad and iPhone versions. Sometimes they would appear when you switched views from the heat map to the list and back again. Other times it was to do with events created on BusyCal for iOS and it's not possible to work out which app is at fault. We checked with Timepage support, without revealing that it was for an AppleInsider review, and the response we got was fast and thorough. We asked over the Christmas and New Year break, too, and still got quick attention. The company is currently investigating our syncing issue. You have to be able to trust that your calendar holds all of your information but you're probably not going to use Timepage on its own. If you're a Mac or a PC user then that's certain: Timepage is not available on either. It syncs with Apple Mail, Google Mail, Exchange and more, though, so it does plug into everything else you're using. There are apps that are quicker to start and to enter new events. There are more powerful apps like BusyCal. There are also calendar apps that look superb and are very clear and useful because of it, such as Fantastical. Yet Timepage integrates weather forecasts, driving times and maps of your events' locations very well. Then, there is that heat map view of the month which is just superb. ![]() Timepage 2.0.1 for iPhone requires iOS 9.2 or higher and costs $4.99 on the App Store. The separate Timepage 1.1.1 for iPad requires iOS 9.2 or higher and costs $6.99 on the App Store. Timepage App For Mac Download
The built-in Calendar app on Mac is .. fine. Sometimes though, you need a few different features. That's where third-party calendars can be very useful. Check out my favorite calendar apps for the Mac and let us know which one suits you best.
Best overall: Fantastical 2
Fantastical 2 is a workhorse of a calendar app that can connect to your iCloud, Exchange, Google, Yahoo, fruux, and CalDAV accounts. It then imports all of your daily event information into one unified calendar, which can be displayed as a full month along with daily, weekly, or yearly options. You can also display a daily event list on the left side with detailed information on everything you've got going on today. Better still, Fantastical allows for custom calendar sets with specific accounts tagged in them, time zone support, and more.
All these features mean it comes with a $50 price tag, but the extra money's worth it.
Bottom line: Fantastical 2 is a robust, full-featured calendar with dozens of useful features for any and all productivity.
One more thing: It comes with a mini-calendar that sits in your Menu bar for quick access.
Why Fantastical 2 is the best
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Fantastical 2 works exactly the way a calendar app should work on your desktop: It's got a beautiful interface with customizable options for viewing daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly events. You can even set up customized calendar sets that only show certain events. Those different sets can be toggled to activate at different locations, too: When you get to work and open your laptop, you'll only see your work calendar, but when you take it home, you will only see your personal one.
When you select an event, you'll get the details, including a map for events with locations. You can also toggle between light or dark mode any time you like.
Fantastical's natural language event creation is where it shines. All you have to do is type out your phrasing as if you were talking, and Fantastical will automatically set dates, times, locations, and more for you. 'Have dinner at Morton's with mom tomorrow at 7' is transformed into an event, complete with location mapping.
Fantastical 2 works with a number of different calendar services, including iCloud, Google, Yahoo, and more. It also syncs with your Mac's built-in Reminders app so you can keep track of daily tasks while making sure you aren't late to any appointments.
Best Cal organizer: BusyCal 3
BusyCal 3 has a great setup feature: It automatically syncs up with the accounts you have stored in the Mail app on Mac. Any calendars you use with those email accounts will be updated in the BusyCal calendar. So, if you use Yahoo, iCloud, and Gmail, you'll be able to connect them all just by entering the account password when you open the app for the first time.
My favorite feature of BusyCal is the Smart Filter, which makes it possible for you to create rules for what events are shown. For example, you could set a filter that will only show you birthdays or only events that repeat. You can create multiple filters and then switch between them. It is ideal for keeping your calendar events organized.
Bottom line: If you have a lot of different types of events, or multiple calendars, BusyCal 3 will help you filter out what you don't need to look at right now so you can stay focused on what is important.
One more thing: There is a mini calendar that sits in your Menu bar so you can see a quick glance of the month ahead and current day's events without having to open the full app.
Best Cal companion: Calendar 2
Calendar 2 is a Menu bar widget. It stores all of your calendar information on the Menu bar so you can quickly access it. All you have to do is connect your Mac's built-in calendar and you're ready to go. Then, when you want to check your schedule, just click on the icon. You'll see a monthly view with dots next to dates that have events, plus a sidebar with a list of events taking place. If you want to see more details of an event, click on it to open your Mac Calendar app.
Bottom line: If you are happy with the built-in Calendar app on your Mac, but just want a different way to see what's on your schedule, check out Calendar 2.
One more thing: There is a premium upgrade that includes a lot more features, like the ability to connect your Google calendar and get cool looking backgrounds.
Best for productivity: Informant for macOS
Informant for the desktop is more than just a calendar app. It's a task manager and note taker, all rolled into a clear and concise calendar. You can organize your calendar to see your to-do list on the same screen as your schedule and tasks are combined with daily events.
You can keep your to-do list right on top of the screen with upcoming and completed tasks clearly identifiable. You can create tasks using either GTD, Franklin Covey, or Simple mode, making your lists work for you.
Filters allow you to hide events from specific calendars. You can have multiple filters saved in your favorites and switch between them at any time. It makes it easy to keep your work and home life separate.
Bottom line: If having your to-do list and calendar grouped together are important and your daily schedule is the top priority, Informant for macOS is for you.
One more thing: It features a tabbed interface so you can work in multiple task windows without making a mess on your screen.
Conclusion: Fantastical 2 is the best
When it comes to desktop support, Fantastical 2 wins the day. It's a straightforward app with a beautiful interface and plenty of customizable features. The mini calendar, which sits in your Menu bar, is perfect for checking upcoming events at a glance and you can add appointments without having to open the full app. The natural language event creation makes it easy for you to simply jot down what you need to do and when. Fantastical takes care of the rest for you. If you just lost Sunrise and are looking for a replacement, try Fantastical 2 for Mac.
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