Fantastical 2 for iPad, the ultimate calendar for your tablet

After making a name for itself on iPhone and Macs, last week the publisher Flexibits presented its version for iPad, already available on the App Store. Combining Calendar and Reminders on its own, it is capable of going much further than the native applications offered by Apple. A quick tour of the heart of this rather practical application.

By default, Apple offers a bunch of apps for its tablet, some of which will do the trick, and others will be replaced by much more feature-rich programs. If you were looking to replace your calendar, with the possibility of integrating reminders, then Fantastical 2 is certainly cut out for you.

The application is not really new since it has stood out on iPhone for quite a while now. Even though one might have thought that this program would become universal, Flexibits preferred to turn to another option, to offer a version reserved for the Apple tablet, which will have the effect of heating up the bank card a little. since the program, on promotion for its launch, is offered at 8.99 euros.

Once you have passed this step that some may regret, we realize that Fantastical 2 for iPad uses the codes of the program available on iPhone taking full advantage of the tablet's large screen. Thus, a small tutorial in introduction will not fail to show you the different ways of displaying your calendar and your upcoming appointments on the same screen and it is true that this first handling is very promising.

Fantastical 2 will, of course, access your calendar if you allow it, just as it will ask for a pass to your contacts and reminders with the aim of combining all of this into a smart program with features thrusts that will combine all of these elements. Thus, reminders will easily slip into your new calendar.

The many display modes (with a light or dark display) are well served by an impeccable-looking program that harmonizes perfectly with the new graphic charter implemented with iOS 7. , even if it contains multiple data, is still very readable at a glance and from this point of view, Fantastical 2 for iPad is a real success.

The great strength of this program is the simplified addition of events to insert into the calendar, especially if you use voice dictation. It will be enough in your dictation to specify the elements of your appointment so that the application interprets them automatically. Thus, if you spell go out for a drink, with the name of a place, the date and the time, the event will automatically position itself on this slot with the possibility of seeing the place displayed. on Maps or Google Maps depending on the mapping application you have configured. Booking an appointment takes no more than 15 seconds, where it sometimes takes more than a minute to enter everything by hand.

The other great strength of the program is the possibility of dragging your reminders into the calendar and we must admit that the idea really makes sense. So, things “to do”, “reminders” and “tasks” will also appear, either as a list or on the day when all of this must be done.

Tapping on an event will allow you to view its details in a window that appears on the right side, with the possibility of editing it. It should be noted that modifying an event on Fantastical modifies it identically on the iPad calendar. The editing parameters are at least as numerous as on the calendar application and here too you can set up an alert system for important events.

Supporting the Apple calendar, the application can also display other calendars such as those of Google and Exchange to name only these two large services. Fantastical 2 does not lack small options and very practical parameters that make all the particularity of this application. Thus, when a birthday presents itself, the small window that opens on the right when you tap on the event allows you to send a message by Mail, iMessage or Facebook.

There are many settings to have a program that suits you and it is also this part that distinguishes Fantastical 2 from the default calendar application. Note that the program is able to open web links to the secure browser of the 1Password application that we presented to you in this article (Google Chrome is also included).

If its only fault is its relatively high price, we realize that in use this program is well worth it and that the 13.99 euros that will soon be required to install it are a profitable investment if the 'we often use our calendar on the iPad. Still on promotion as we write these lines, it's now or never to be one of the lucky users of Fantastical 2, the calendar that definitely goes further than Apple's.