{"id":605,"date":"2014-02-02T19:30:56","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T01:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birdsoft.biz\/blog\/?p=605"},"modified":"2014-02-03T12:01:43","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T18:01:43","slug":"midnight-grid-vs-fantastical-2-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birdsoft.biz\/blog\/2014\/02\/02\/midnight-grid-vs-fantastical-2-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Midnight Grid vs. Fantastical 2 (Revisited)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So we thought we&#8217;d follow up on our comparison with the Midnight version of our minimal calendar App &#8220;The Grid&#8221; as compared to Fantastical. Fantastical 2 has come out with a few new features so we&#8217;ll try to update our table to show new features that have come along since we wrote this&#8230; (And we won&#8217;t even think about showing a table like this against Extreme Agenda, needless to say it has all of the Midnight Grid features and SO MANY MORE).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\" alt=\"Midnight\" src=\"http:\/\/www.birdsoft.biz\/images\/iphswgrid2a.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So here is a breakdown of what we see as benefits of each:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>The Grid Midnight<\/td>\n<td>Fantastical<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Month View<\/td>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Week Strip View<\/td>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Search<\/td>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Copy\/Move Events<\/td>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Week Numbers<\/td>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Day Badge<\/td>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Attendees<\/td>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Natural Language Entry<\/td>\n<td>X (in v.1.5)<\/td>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Time Zone Support<\/td>\n<td>X (in v.1.5)<\/td>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Drag-n-Drop<\/td>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Templates<\/td>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Text on Calendar<\/td>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>One Touch Filtering<\/td>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Multiple Event Alarms<\/td>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Advanced Repeating Events<\/td>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<td>?F2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Email and Share Events<\/td>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<td>?F2(only email)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Multiple Themes<\/td>\n<td>X<\/td>\n<td>?Two in F2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Dated Reminders<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>X<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>?F2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><strong>Universal<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>X<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Weather<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>X<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Thanks for considering &#8216;The Grid&#8217;, and if you aren&#8217;t convinced try out the FREE version and give it a try before upgrading or buying Midnight. 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