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BusyCal for Mac

Powerful calendar app with multiple syncing options.

$49.99
In English
3.5
Based on 265 user rates

BusyCal overview

BusyCal is the powerful, flexible, reliable calendar app for macOS. It's packed with time-saving features and compatible with all leading cloud services including iCloud, Google, Exchange, and more.

BusyCal displays your calendar in Day, Week, Month, Year, and List views. What makes BusyCal unique is its ability to customize these views to more precisely meet your needs. You can choose the number of weeks shown in the Month view and the number of days shown in the Week view and even customize the calendar's appearance by choosing a font face and size, calendar colors, time format, and more.

Features
  • View and edit event details in a non-modal info panel.
  • Create repeating To Dos that display in the calendar and carry-forward until completed.
  • Scrolling Month and Week Views.
  • Customizable list view lets you filter and sort events by date, calendar, and more.
  • View live weather forecasts, sunrise/sunset times, and moon phases right in your calendar.
  • Customizable event fonts, sizes, styles and colors.
  • Add graphics to your calendar.
  • Add virtual sticky notes to your calendar.
  • Sync with the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch via MobileMe, Google Calendar, or iTunes.
  • Sync with MobileMe Calendar and other computers/devices that sync with MobileMe.
  • Sync with Google Calendar and other computers/devices that sync with Google Calendar.
  • Sync with other BusyCal users on a local area network or over the internet.
  • Share calendars with others, with password-protection and SSL encryption.
  • iCal compatible

What’s new in version 2024.3.8

  • Improved handling of identical time-blocking events
  • Improved display of attendee and contact search results
  • Improved formatting of addresses in location searches
  • Fixed a crash caused by missing contacts linked to events
  • Fixed an occasional crash caused by accepting meetings from the Inbox
  • Fixed a bug where spotlight indexing would cause a hang in calendars with many linked contacts
  • Ongoing stability and performance enhancements
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BusyCal for Mac

$49.99
In English
Version 2024.3.8

What users say about BusyCal

Mikenesmith
By Mikenesmith on Jan 11 2022 for v.2021.4.4

Value: 3.0

Fine app if you're rich. They've changed from a purchase to a subscription approach, which just increases the price further over their previous method (which ensured you had to upgrade every couple of macOS versions anyway, and they didn't have upgrade discounts). While it's been great having an app that integrates Outlook and Google calendars, I'm just moving back to viewing Google in the browser because of the costs for this.

Other user ratings:

Ease of use | 4.0
Features | 5.0
Reliability | 4.0
Customer support | 1.0
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BusyCal qualities

Value
3.2
Ease of use
3.8
Features
3.8
Reliability
4.0
Customer support
2.8

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3.5

(231 Reviews of BusyCal)

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Nazaire
Nazaire
Jul 2 2024
2024.1.2
2.0
Jul 2 2024
2.0
Version: 2024.1.2
Works fine. I bought it mainly because it looks better that Apple's calendar. Now the upgrade costs are too high and frequent for me. A regular + pro licences could have done it for me, not shelling out ~$30 quite often.
prLab
prLab
Feb 26 2023
2023.1.5
0.0
Feb 26 2023
0.0
Version: 2023.1.5
Great app but it constantly quits. I'm just going to use Calendar 366 (less features) but more reliable.
Nazaire
Nazaire
Feb 5 2023
2023.1.2
2.0
Feb 5 2023
2.0
Version: 2023.1.2
Still using version 3.12 and very happy with it. However with new subscription thing I will not upgrade. When 3.12 stops working I wll switch unless pricing is fixed. For non-business personnal use it is great but way too costly (a restricted version could be interesting, too).
prLab
prLab
Jan 26 2023
2023.1.1
0.0
Jan 26 2023
0.0
Version: 2023.1.1
Has some great features but constantly crashes.
RogerKatz
RogerKatz
Sep 23 2022
2022.3.3
0.0
Sep 23 2022
0.0
Version: 2022.3.3
The current version at the Mac App Store is 2022.3.31
oocw
oocw
Sep 10 2024
2024.3.8
1.0
Sep 10 2024
1.0
Version: 2024.3.8
firewall00110-1
firewall00110-1
Jan 25 2024
2024.1.1
1.0
Jan 25 2024
1.0
Version: 2024.1.1
Maxter
Maxter
May 13 2023
2023.1.5
4.0
May 13 2023
4.0
Version: 2023.1.5
Nazaire
Nazaire
Feb 5 2023
2023.1.2
2.0
Feb 5 2023
2.0
Version: 2023.1.2
F.Burfel
F.Burfel
Jul 26 2022
2022.3.1
2.0
Jul 26 2022
2.0
Version: 2022.3.1
Mikenesmith
Mikenesmith
Jul 20 2022
2022.3.1
1.0
Jul 20 2022
1.0
Version: 2022.3.1
firewall00110
firewall00110
Dec 15 2021
2021.4.3
1.0
Dec 15 2021
1.0
Version: 2021.4.3
gabriellacilmi333
gabriellacilmi333
Jun 11 2021
3.12.6.1
4.0
Jun 11 2021
4.0
Version: 3.12.6.1
chrisjimmy196
chrisjimmy196
May 17 2021
3.12.6.1
4.0
May 17 2021
4.0
Version: 3.12.6.1
marrygarry001
marrygarry001
May 12 2021
3.12.6.1
5.0
May 12 2021
5.0
Version: 3.12.6.1
Halfhitch
Halfhitch
Feb 3 2021
4.0
Feb 3 2021
4.0
Version: null
Funjoy
Funjoy
Feb 2 2021
5.0
Feb 2 2021
5.0
Version: null
o1o
o1o
Feb 1 2021
1.0
Feb 1 2021
1.0
Version: null
taebde
taebde
Jan 6 2021
1.0
Jan 6 2021
1.0
Version: null
Jp7
Jp7
Jan 6 2021
1.0
Jan 6 2021
1.0
Version: null
TomasA
TomasA
Jan 6 2021
1.0
Jan 6 2021
1.0
Version: null
Zarquon
Zarquon
Oct 29 2020
4.0
Oct 29 2020
4.0
Version: null
thomascantor
thomascantor
Oct 15 2020
5.0
Oct 15 2020
5.0
Version: null
stephenjzeoli
stephenjzeoli
Sep 23 2020
4.0
Sep 23 2020
4.0
Version: null
bdikkat
bdikkat
Aug 27 2020
5.0
Aug 27 2020
5.0
Version: null
daniellapetta
daniellapetta
May 11 2020
2.0
May 11 2020
2.0
Version: null
claus-in-iceland
claus-in-iceland
Feb 12 2020
5.0
Feb 12 2020
5.0
Version: null
LeMerlot
LeMerlot
Jan 29 2020
5.0
Jan 29 2020
5.0
Version: null
Frankhh
Frankhh
Jan 27 2020
5.0
Jan 27 2020
5.0
Version: null
aleksjunttila
aleksjunttila
Oct 22 2019
3.0
Oct 22 2019
3.0
Version: null
Tedg
Tedg
Aug 8 2019
5.0
Aug 8 2019
5.0
Version: null
Rumplestiltskin
Rumplestiltskin
Jun 4 2019
5.0
Jun 4 2019
5.0
Version: null
Bjornr
Bjornr
May 28 2019
5.0
May 28 2019
5.0
Version: null
ahmedhatata-ah
ahmedhatata-ah
Mar 20 2019
5.0
Mar 20 2019
5.0
Version: null
AlainC6412
AlainC6412
Jan 22 2019
5.0
Jan 22 2019
5.0
Version: null
Noah R
Noah R
Oct 31 2018
5.0
Oct 31 2018
5.0
Version: null
Goeland1406
Goeland1406
Jun 14 2018
4.0
Jun 14 2018
4.0
Version: null
Gilbrh03
Gilbrh03
Jun 11 2018
2.0
Jun 11 2018
2.0
Version: null
twmoreland
twmoreland
Apr 20 2018
5.0
Apr 20 2018
5.0
Version: null
Biox
Biox
Apr 14 2018
2.5
Apr 14 2018
2.5
Version: null
Winco
Winco
Jan 23 2018
4.5
Jan 23 2018
4.5
Version: null
parsyan-adelaida
parsyan-adelaida
Jul 3 2017
5.0
Jul 3 2017
5.0
Version: null
barywsf
barywsf
Jun 24 2017
2.0
Jun 24 2017
2.0
Version: null
eraddio
eraddio
Apr 25 2017
5.0
Apr 25 2017
5.0
Version: null
D0112358
D0112358
Apr 6 2017
4.0
Apr 6 2017
4.0
Version: null