QuickCal
By SmellyPuppy
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Description
NEW: Optimized for iCal/iCloud reminders and much improved recognition engine!
★ Mac.AppStorm: "… a prime example of how you can make an intuitive, automated and very simple app."
★ MacStories: "… a simple and effective companion for iCal"
★ TUAW: "… one of my favorite ways to add items to iCal"
Why should creating an event be such an event?
QuickCal is the perfect companion for your calendar! Create events and reminders in speed of thought with natural language!
Tap a hotkey or click the dock icon, and start typing!
✎ "Pick up Joe tomorrow at LAX at 8pm"
✎ "Cycling class @6 for 1.5h"
✎ "Reminder: Order Pizza in 10m"
✎ "Pay taxes before 4/15!"
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As you type, QuickCal will show you what it is thinking, as well as pointing out any schedule conflicts with events you're about to create! QuickCal will also suggest common terms as you are typing … and it will learn long words you use frequently. Hit tab (⇥ ) or enter (↩) to accept auto-completion suggestions.
You'll be amazed how much quicker you can create events than using any other calendar.
You can choose calendars and reminder lists by typing a portion of its name before you enter your event or by adding "/name" at the end of your entry.
In case you have calendars and list with matching names you need to start your entry with "Reminder " or simply "r " to create a reminder instead of an event.
But this isn't all.
QuickCal supports "Smart Alerts", which will create alarms at configurable time intervals, specific to how far in the future the event is. A meeting tomorrow? Alert 15 min in advance. A meeting in 6 months? Remind a few _days_ in advance.
QuickCal also shows you at a glance in your menu bar events coming up, and allows you to easily manage/complete reminders directly from the menu!
QuickCal supports iCal, Google Calendar and BusyCal.
Reminders will be synced via iCal/iCloud with the reminders app on your iOS devices running iOS 5.
(We don't have CalDAV support yet. For now you need to run iCal to sync with iCloud/MobileMe. Google Calendar works fine though.)
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Some more hints:
QuickCal is very flexible. There is no fix syntax. Most things should be intuitive however there are few hints you won't find out right away.
☛ If you want to keep QuickCal from parsing words or numbers you type use quotes e.g. "Run 10 Miles"
☛ If a location is followed by a description you need to use ":" as a delimiter
Also, If you want to have our beautiful icon showing up in you dock with the current day of the month just drag it from Launchpad or the Application folder onto your dock.
Please contact if you have any questions! We have a support forum on http://quickcalapp.com and we are active on Twitter (@quickcal).
What's New in Version 3.1.1
- Parsing engine does not require event titles to be at the front of the entry text. "For 30m do something", "Until 5pm Block my calendar", "Tuesday at Rob's House, Party 7-11p" all work now
- Auto-suggest / auto-complete of common terms; learns from you over time
- Can switch calendars while entering an event by adding "/calendarname" at the end of the text
- Now will auto-detect which calendars support reminders, and which do not
- Reminders which have due dates and times will now create Alarms
- For reminder lists which don't have a matching calendar (that is with the same name), removed the need to add "reminder" (used to be:"todo") to text to flag as a reminder; just type the reminder title and you're done.
For more details on this update visit our blog: http://blog.quickcalapp.com/
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Customer Reviews
Speeds up appointment creation!
The 3.1.1 update fixes some bugs with parsing that were introduced in the 3.1 release. It appears to be working properly now. I use QuickCal to create several appointments for work each day, and it saves me a lot of time compared to entering them in iCal or on Google's web interface. Entering the calendar name instead of the appointment in QuickCal's dialog box will switch the calendar used to create appointment.
Great App!
I use it continuously throughout the day for both business and personal calendar management, and it makes adding events *much* more efficient!
QuickCal support provides quick reply!
In QuickCal 3.1 I was unable to create any events because the "create event" button was not working. I contacted QuickCal support and, on that very same day, I was informed that QuickCal 3.1.1 was released to the App Store. After I installed version 3.1.1 my "create event" issue was completely resolved. What I particularly like about QuickCal is that by simply using natural language, you can create fast and efficient calendar entries.
- $2.99
- Category: Productivity
- Updated: Jan 31, 2012
- Version: 3.1.1
- Size: 6.9 MB
- Languages: English, French, German
- Seller: James Boutcher
- © 2011 Smelly Puppy
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later
