Palby Planner

Fantastical alternative

Fantastical alternative: your Google Calendar and your to-do list on one timetable

Fantastical is a calendar app with tasks on top. Palby Planner is a planner with your Google Calendar inside: your tasks, routines and habits laid out on the hours around your events.

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30 minutes. You choose the day and the time.

The short version

Stay with Fantastical if you use iCloud, Exchange or several calendar accounts, or want a calendar app on every Apple device. Pick Palby Planner if your calendar is Google's and you want your tasks, routines and habits planned onto the same hours.

Who should pick which

Stay with Fantastical if

  • Your calendars are iCloud, Exchange, Microsoft 365 or CalDAV
  • You want a calendar app on Mac, iPhone, iPad, watch and Vision Pro
  • You want to start at no cost: its basic version is always free

Pick Palby Planner if

  • Your calendar is Google Calendar
  • You want the to-do list to be the main thing, with events beside it
  • You want habits, routines and notes in the same place

Side by side

Compared onPalby PlannerFantastical (from flexibits.com, 31 October 2026)Source
PriceNo published price yetA basic version that costs nothing. Paid plans for one person, a family of up to 5, and teamsFantastical pricing
To startBook a 30-minute walkthroughA 14-day trial of each paid planFantastical pricing
CalendarsGoogle Calendar only, for nowGoogle, Microsoft 365, Exchange, iCloud, Todoist, CalDAV and moreFantastical site
Works onInstalls from your browser on iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows. Not in the app stores yetMac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro and watchFantastical site
Built aroundYour tasks, with your events beside them on a timetableThe calendar, with tasksFantastical site
As of October 2026. Fantastical's details are from its own pages, read on 31 October 2026. Plans and prices change, so check them before you pay.

Where Fantastical is strong

Fantastical is a calendar first, and a very good one. It joins Google, Microsoft 365, Exchange, iCloud and CalDAV calendars in one view, shows Todoist tasks beside them, and runs on Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro and watch. The basic version costs nothing. If you juggle calendar accounts, it fits better.

The three differences that matter

The list comes first

Tasks are typed in one line with their date, project and label. Today shows what is due, and late tasks wait at the top until you move them in two taps.

Your tasks go onto the hours

Drag a task onto the timetable beside your Google events and stretch it to fit. The time you plan can go back onto Google as busy.

Routines and habits come with it

Set a routine once and it shows on the days you pick, with a Telegram nudge if it slips. Habits keep a streak, and a 25-minute focus timer starts from any task.

Switching in three steps

  1. Book a 30-minute walkthrough and see your Google Calendar inside the planner.
  2. Connect Google Calendar and add this week's tasks.
  3. Keep Fantastical for your other calendars if you need them. The planner reads Google only.

Questions

Put your to-do list on the hours.

Your Google Calendar and your tasks on one timetable.

Book a walkthrough Download

30 minutes. You choose the day and the time.

Sources

Every page read on 31 October 2026. Nothing about a competitor on these pages comes from anywhere else.

  • Fantastical: A version that costs nothing, always; paid plans for one person, a family of up to 5 and teams, each with a 14-day trial. flexibits.com/pricing
  • Fantastical: The calendar and tasks app; works with Google, Microsoft 365, Exchange, iCloud, Todoist and CalDAV; Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro and watch. flexibits.com/fantastical