So what is your idea of the ultimate calendar app? Obviously there is some personal preference and liking the way some features are handled in different ways, but we wanted to show you just what you are getting from each of the apps. Obviously they are both great, but maybe this will help you decide which app is more fantastic?
Here is a breakdown of what we see as benefits of each:
| Ulti-Planner | UP Premium | Fantastical | Fantastical Premium | |
| Price | Free | $12.49/yr | Free | $57.00/yr |
| Requires Account | No | No | Some features | Yes |
| Universal Support | ||||
| Family Sharing | Yes | $33.00/yr | ||
| iPhone | X | X | X | X |
| iPad | X | X | X | X |
| Mac * Account Required | X | X | X* | X* |
| Apple Watch | X | X | ||
| Views | ||||
| Month View | X | X | X | X |
| Week Strip View | X | X | X | X |
| Year View | X | X | X | X |
| Block Week | X | |||
| Timeline Day | X | X | X | X |
| Timeline Week (3+ day iPhone) | X | X | X | X |
| Agenda List | X | X | X | |
| Search | X | X | X | X |
| Contacts | X | Second App | Second App | |
| Reminders | X | X | X | |
| Projects with Kanban | X | |||
| Goal Tracking | X | |||
| Features | ||||
| Reminders on Calendar | X | X | X | |
| Meeting Support | X | X | X | |
| Scheduling Suggestions | X | |||
| Schedule Collaboration | X | |||
| Natural Language Entry | X (English) | X | X | |
| Time Zone Support | X | X | X | X |
| Notifications | X | X | X | X |
| Drag-n-Drop | X | X | X | X |
| Templates | X | X | X | |
| Calendar Filtering(Sets) | X | X | 1 | X |
| Color Themes | X | X | 2 | 2 |
| Weather | 10 Day | 3 Day | 10 Day | |
| Widgets | X | X | X | X |
| Focus Sessions | X | |||
| Hashtags | X | |||
| Icons | X | |||
| Embedded Lists | X | X | ||
| Month Day Choices | X | X |
