Best of the bunch for me

I’ve spent too much money on calendar/reminder options. iCal is too basic for me but will work for many. BusyCal worked fine but I found myself fighting with the interface at times and I don’t need that in my busy day. I was running Informant on my iPad and iPhone but found its interface a bit fiddly too. Fantastical 1’s menubar dropdown was handy but I wanted a full screen calendar. Fantastical 2 is working very well for me. I like the common look and feel with the iPhone and iPad Fantastical apps. What I like best is that I can post and manage events and reminders without thinking much about the user interface. The notifications screen widgets in iOS are wonderful. The expense adds up to a night out treating my wife and I, for software I use all day every day. It’s well worth it. Couple of minor things: I like having the full screen window on my second monitor but it disappears at times and I have to restart to bring it back. I haven’t found a way to print the calendar in F2 on my iMac. I don’t use busy time search so don’t miss it, but others might. I imagine these are wrinkles that the devs will iron out in time.

Update: Version 2.1 added some very nice features that made Fantastical even easier to use. Arrow keys scroll days and weeks. Reminders show in month view. More. Nice!

Update: The new Watch OS2 complication in the iPhone app is the icing on the cake. Easiest way now to check off shopping lists on the run.

ChugginAlong about Fantastical - Calendar, v2.1