Comments on: Fantastical for iPhone is Here!

By: Michael (Flexibits)

Michael (Flexibits) — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 06:51:01 +0000

@Mikeintosh, Kenyule, Dano: We don’t think a badge (normally for notifications/alerts) is a good idea for the date. It might solve the problem of showing the date, but it’s confusing for users who think it’s an alert. We’ll consider it some more, but we simply don’t like this idea.

@Derek: Not at this time, might be something we’ll look into but no ETA or commitment.

@Stu: These are local alerts and if you create an event from, say, your Mac and they are in iCloud, the app wouldn’t get them unless you launch at least once-a-day. This is unreliable and we don’t want to go this route

@Dr. Bobby, @Kenyule, @Dirk: Nothing to comment on at this time.

@Dmitrii: You can do invites on existing events by editing, but not new events. This info is on our FAQ page.

@Mikeintosh: I meant about showing the date on the icon, which is what you originally asked.

By: Mikeintosh

Mikeintosh — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:34:19 +0000

@Michael (Flexbits) there is no mention about the notification badges on the FAQ page. Other apps (Week Calendar, Calvetica) have it.

By: Michael Tsai - Blog - Fantastical for iPhone 1.0

Michael Tsai - Blog - Fantastical for iPhone 1.0 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:02:43 +0000

[…] iPhone version of Fantastical is now available. Like the Mac version, it’s great at creating new events. It also has a great list view. At […]

By: Dmitrii

Dmitrii — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:52:28 +0000

Hi, is it possible to do RSVPs from Fantastical?

By: Dirk Hoffmann

Dirk Hoffmann — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:46:54 +0000

Will you guys be releasing the app for iPad , too? I love the iPhone version, installed it yesterday and fell in love with it instantly :)…

By: Kenyule

Kenyule — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:09:10 +0000

Re: @Mikeintosh: This is not possible at this time, check out our FAQ page. (Re: Date on notification badge – from @Mikeintosh).

I use Week Cal & Pocket Informant and they both have workarounds to show the date badge.

By: Kenyule

Kenyule — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:41:22 +0000

Just downloaded Fantastical….and it is “Fantastical”! However I use my iPad more than iPhone. I hope there will soon be an iPad version??

By: Popular Calendar App Fantastical Makes the Jump to iPhone [iOS Blog] | bender

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:57:12 +0000

[…] the excellent calendar app for the Mac, has finally been ported to the iPhone. The app has been totally redesigned for the smaller screen, rolling out a new […]

By: Stu

Stu — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:38:12 +0000

I notice from the FAQ that calendar alerts open in the Apple default Calendar app instead of Fantastical: “Unfortunately, iOS does not allow third-party apps to access alerts for the calendar so this is not possible. ” However I currently use the Agenda third party calendar app and all my alerts open directly in Agenda, not in the iOS Calendar! All I had to do to achieve this was to disable notifications for the Calendar app in Settings (set alert style and calendar alerts to “none”) and then enable the notifications for Agenda. Would this work for Fantastical too? In other words does Fantastical support local push notifications of calendar alerts if the built-in Calendar app notifications are disabled? I’ve been using Fantastical on my Mac since its release and am keen to try it out on iPhone too, but I’d like to know how the calendar alerts will work before purchasing the app. Thxs. The app looks amazing btw.

By: Dano

Dano — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 07:43:17 +0000

Re: @Mikeintosh: This is not possible at this time, check out our FAQ page. (Re: Date on notification badge – from @Mikeintosh).

See the app Week Calendar for how this is done (yes it is a hack, but Week Calendar is *still* my only home screen calendar app).