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Fantastical Calendar subscription: cost, reviews, how to cancel

Flexibits Inc., Productivity

Free on the App Store

Fantastical Calendar by Flexibits Inc. 8 subscription plans from $6.99 per month. 15% of 252 recent reviews mention billing. Verified Oct 23, 2026.

  • App Store rating4.2★ from 24,689 ratings
  • Cheapest subscription$6.99 per month
  • Reviews mentioning billing, last 12 months38 of 252 reviews

On this page: what it costs, how to cancel, what reviewers say.

What the data says

  • Billing complaints in reviews38 of 252 reviews in the last 12 months mention charges, subscriptions, refunds or cancelling (15%)
  • Free trial converts to a paid plan14 days free trial, then $6.99 per month
All signals behind this verdict
Reviews in the last 12 months252
Reviews mentioning billing38 (15.1%)
One- or two-star share, last 90 days24% of 51
App Store rating4.2 (24,689 ratings)
Developer's apps2, 0 removed from the store
Age4,741 days
Days since last update9
Subscription plans10
Overall review sentimentneutral

Thresholds and definitions: how we rate apps.

What Fantastical Calendar costs

Download: Free. Subscriptions start at $6.99 per month.

  • Premium (2020 Upgrade)Renews every month, no trial$6.99
  • Flexibits Premium14 days free trial, then renews every month$6.99
  • Premium (2020 Upgrade)3 months free trial, then renews every month$6.99
  • Premium for Families14 days free trial, then renews every month$10.49
  • Premium Family (2020 Upgrade)Renews every month, no trial$10.49
  • Premium (2020 Upgrade)Renews every year, no trial$56.99
  • Flexibits Premium14 days free trial, then renews every year$56.99
  • Premium (2020 Upgrade)3 months free trial, then renews every year$56.99

How to cancel Fantastical Calendar

  1. Open Settings on your iPhone and tap your name at the top.
  2. Tap Subscriptions.
  3. Select Fantastical Calendar (listed under a plan name such as Premium (2020 Upgrade)).
  4. Tap Cancel Subscription and confirm. You keep access until the end of the paid period.

If the app is not in that list, it was not billed through Apple. Cancel it with the developer instead: support page or website.

Charged after cancelling or during a trial? Request a refund at reportaproblem.apple.com within 90 days.

What reviewers say

Rating breakdown

  • 5★71% (17,759)
  • 4★8% (2,011)
  • 3★3% (836)
  • 2★3% (747)
  • 1★13% (3,336)

Recent updates

  • 4.2.4Oct 23, 2026
  • 4.2.3Oct 13, 2026
  • 4.2.2Oct 1, 2026
  • 4.2.1Sep 22, 2026
  • 4.2Sep 14, 2026

Praised

  • Intuitive and easy to use
  • Excellent natural language input
  • Helpful calendar integration features
  • Smooth syncing across devices
  • Beautiful and clean UI design
  • Reliable and stable performance

Complained about

  • Inconsistent behavior with reminders and event management
  • Expensive subscription model
  • Overly aggressive upselling of premium features
  • Concerns about forced account creation
  • Sync issues between iOS and Mac versions
  • Lack of customization options

Reported bugs

Apple Watch sync problems; Events disappearing or changing unexpectedly; Freezing and crashing on certain user actions.

Recent one-star reviews

Happily switched to BusyCalAfter about 6 years of using this app with generally positive feelings, the development team decided to add a ‘natural language parser’ that puts what it deems a location/day/time in its proper field. While this seems like a good idea on paper, in practice, it turns out there’s a lot of opportunity…

dgtexcq, Sep 28, 2026

Buggy and flawedA lot changed since 2024. The app now gets stuck and won’t load half the time. First Seed Calendar is my new Fantastical as of today

MarioGargiulo, Sep 19, 2026

$56 a year to use a watch complication! 😂After using Fantastical for several years, I was disappointed to discover that Apple Watch functionality is now tied to a $56/year Premium subscription/paywall. Worse, the Watch pairing process doesn’t work: the Watch tells me to open Fantastical on my iPhone, but tapping ‘Continue’ does nothing. I…

tunepeddler, Sep 17, 2026

Recent five-star reviews

Still in my top 3 app installsEven being retired, there are so many bells and whistles you can customize, it make calendar keeping much more tidy. The other two apps are 1Password and 1Blocker.

KiltBear, Oct 17, 2026

OutstandingIt’s the best app on my iPhone. It always keeps me on time for all my appointments and reminders of many other things like birthdays and anniversary. I absolutely love fantastical. I can’t live without this amazing app. Mine was free but I’ve heard it now costs. If needs to be FREE again.

Gloie, Oct 14, 2026

Fantastic(al)One of the only apps I actually happily pay for every year.

thatguy188, Oct 14, 2026

About the developer

Flexibits Inc. has published on the App Store since Oct 30, 2013: 2 app(s), 0 of them no longer in the store.

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Questions people ask

How much does Fantastical Calendar cost?

Download: Free. Subscriptions start at $6.99 per month.

How do I cancel Fantastical Calendar?

On your iPhone open Settings, tap your name, tap Subscriptions, select Fantastical Calendar and tap Cancel Subscription. You keep access until the end of the paid period.

Does Fantastical Calendar have a free trial?

Yes: Flexibits Premium offers a 14 days free trial, then $6.99 per month.

How much does Fantastical cost?

Fantastical offers a 14-day free trial for Flexibits Premium. After the trial, access to advanced features requires a subscription to Flexibits Premium. Basic calendar management features are available for free.

Fantastical Calendar in one paragraph

Fantastical Calendar by Flexibits Inc. is a Productivity app for iPhone. Download: Free. Subscriptions start at $6.99 per month across 8 plan(s). App Store rating 4.2 from 24,689 ratings. 38 of 252 reviews in the last 12 months mention charges, subscriptions, refunds or cancelling (15%). The developer has 2 app(s) on the App Store, 0 no longer listed. Cancel through Settings › Subscriptions on the iPhone. Data verified Oct 23, 2026 by AppsLupa.

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