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TimeFlow vs Fantastical

Fantastical's polish — with tasks that schedule themselves.

Fantastical

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$3.33–4.99/month (Individual)

$4.99/mo monthly or $40/year ($3.33/mo annual). Family $8/mo or $65/yr (5 users). Team $4.75/user/mo. 14-day free trial.

Strengths

  • Best-in-class natural-language event input ('lunch tomorrow 1pm with Sarah').
  • Mac/iOS-native polish — animations, widgets, lock-screen integration, Apple Vision Pro support.
  • Strong support for Apple Calendar, Google, Microsoft, iCloud all in one view.
  • Now ships on Windows in addition to the Apple ecosystem.

Gaps vs TimeFlow

  • No auto-scheduler. It's a calendar app — beautifully made, but a viewer.
  • No web app, no Linux, no Android — Apple-first design.
  • Tasks exist but don't schedule themselves; you place them by hand.

TimeFlow

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$5/month

Locked for life for beta subscribers. Free during beta. $10/month for new signups at GA.

Strengths

  • Auto-schedules tasks and habits around meetings, reflows when meetings move.
  • AutoScheduler MAX — LLM-driven strategic planner that picks high-leverage placements and explains them.
  • Chat assistant on the calendar; projects with phases; built-in time tracker; habit goals.
  • $5/month, locked for life for beta subscribers — half to a quarter of competitors.

Feature comparison

Capability
Fantastical
TimeFlow
Auto-schedules tasks around meetings
Natural-language input
Fantastical is the gold standard here. TimeFlow matches it for tasks/events.
Cross-platform (web + Windows + Linux)
Limited
Fantastical now supports Windows alongside Mac/iOS/Vision Pro, but still no web app, Linux, or Android.
Projects with deadlines and phases
Habit goals
Chat assistant
Built-in time tracker
Apple-native polish (widgets, lock screen, etc.)
TimeFlow is web-first; native iOS app is post-beta.
Price (Individual annual)
$3.33/mo
$5/mo, locked for life

Comparison reflects features advertised at time of writing — competitors update too.

The honest read

Fantastical is the best-looking calendar on Apple platforms, full stop. If you live in macOS and iOS and you want the most beautiful, most native calendar experience available, Fantastical is excellent. The natural-language event input is genuinely a category-defining feature.

TimeFlow is solving a different problem. Fantastical is a polished calendar *viewer* — you still place every event and every task manually. TimeFlow is a calendar that schedules your work for you: tasks and habits drop into the gaps automatically, the LLM planner picks strategic placements, and the calendar reflows when meetings move. Different categories, similar prices.

The honest read: if your problem is 'I need a beautiful calendar to look at across my Apple devices,' Fantastical is the better fit. If your problem is 'I have too much to do and not enough time, and the calendar should help me figure out when,' TimeFlow is built specifically for that.

FAQ

Does TimeFlow have natural-language input like Fantastical?

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Yes — type 'lunch tomorrow 1pm' and it makes the event; type 'task: design doc 4 hours by friday' and it makes the task. Fantastical is the gold standard for event NL input; TimeFlow extends the same idea to tasks, habits, and project planning.

Does TimeFlow have a native Mac/iOS app like Fantastical?

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Not yet. TimeFlow is web-first during beta — works in any modern browser on any platform. Native iOS and Mac apps are on the post-beta roadmap.

Can I use TimeFlow on Windows or Android?

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Yes. TimeFlow runs in any modern browser — Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android — and the experience is consistent across all of them. Fantastical added Windows support but still doesn't ship a web app, Linux, or Android.

Does TimeFlow support multiple calendar accounts?

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Today, Google Calendar two-way sync. Apple/iCloud and Microsoft 365 are post-beta priorities.

Is the price comparable?

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Close. Fantastical Individual is $4.99/month or $40/year (~$3.33/month annual). TimeFlow is $5/month locked for life for beta subscribers. The difference is what you get for it.

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