Apple-only, best-in-class calendar UX, no AI scheduling. Daylo is one calendar that plans in plain language, holds your focus time and reports on where the week went.
Daylo Pro
$20
per month
Fantastical
$7
per month
| Capability | Daylo | Fantastical |
|---|---|---|
| Calendar | Yes | Yes |
| Tasks | Yes | Partial |
| Natural-language input | Yes | Yes |
| Automation rules | Yes | No |
| Focus / time blocking | Yes | No |
Approximate public list prices, billed monthly. Capability marks are a general characterisation rather than a line-by-line audit, and both change over time.
Calendar
Fantastical's natural-language parsing, multi-calendar sets, and travel time are genuinely best-in-class for pure event management. It is the most beautiful calendar application ever made. The gap is that it stops there - it manages events beautifully but doesn't schedule tasks, protect focus, or integrate health data. Daylo's calendar does all of that at $12/mo vs Fantastical's $7/mo for just events.
Daylo
Fantastical
Beautiful multi-calendar events. No AI scheduling, no task blocks.
A side-by-side of the same task in Daylo and in Fantastical, index 1.
Tasks
Fantastical integrates with Apple Reminders for a basic task overlay, but it's a thin integration - no priority-based auto-scheduling, no duration-aware placement. Daylo treats tasks as first-class citizens that get real time blocks, not just a checkbox in the sidebar.
Fantastical
No task scheduling - Reminders integration is a checkbox overlay, not a planner.
Daylo
Every task already has a slot on the calendar.
A side-by-side of the same task in Daylo and in Fantastical, index 2.
Natural-language input
Typing "lunch with Sarah next Friday at 1" into Fantastical creates a gorgeous event card instantly - it's the best NL parser in the category for pure events. But it can't parse something like "prep doc with Jen Friday afternoon" into a task with context, participants, and a duration. Daylo's NL handles both events and tasks in one pass.
Daylo
Daylo turns plain language into a calendar block.
Fantastical
Beautiful multi-calendar events. No AI scheduling, no task blocks.
A side-by-side of the same task in Daylo and in Fantastical, index 3.
Automation rules
Fantastical is Apple-only: Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. If you use Windows, Linux, Android, or a Chromebook, it doesn't exist for you. Daylo runs everywhere - web, iOS, Android - with the same feature set on every platform.
Daylo
When Meeting has 4+ people
Then Add 10min buffer after
When Focus block is empty
Then Suggest deep work at 9am
When Task deadline < 24h away
Then Block 2h today to start
When Calendar sync conflict
Then Auto-resolve by priority
Fantastical
Beautiful multi-calendar events. No AI scheduling, no task blocks.
A side-by-side of the same task in Daylo and in Fantastical, index 4.
Focus / time blocking
Fantastical has no concept of defended focus time, no biometric integration, and no weekly insight report. It tells you what events you have, not how your time was actually spent. Daylo provides all of these as core features, not add-ons.
Fantastical
No focus blocks, health data, or analytics - Fantastical is an event viewer, not a time management system.
Daylo
A side-by-side of the same task in Daylo and in Fantastical, index 5.
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