Fantastical gains iPad pointer support, a “1 minute before” alert option and other perks

Fantastical maker FlexiBits today rolled out Fantastical 3.0.9 for iOS and macOS, bringing out a bunch of fixes and several new features like cursor support on iPadOS 13.4.

New features in Fantastical 3.0.9

On iOS, Fantastical now displays a quick preview of surrounding events/tasks when viewing incoming invitations. Your Day and Week views can now show more hours at once.

Moreover, weather information in Fantastical, a cool feature first added to Fantastical’s massive 3.0 update, is now displayed even on days that have no events.

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Aside from gaining a new option to set off your alert 1 minute before the event, Fantastical for Mac no longer slows down when when you’re resizing its window with month view visible.

Fantastical 3.0.9 changelog

Here’s everything new, improved and fixed in Fantastical 3.0.9.

iPhone and iPad changes

  • Cursor support on iPadOS 13.4
  • A preview of surrounding events and tasks is now shown when viewing incoming invitations
  • Weather is now shown on days that have no events when showing one or two days at a time in the list
  • Day and Week view can now show more hours at once
  • Tightened spacing in Month view to make more text visible
  • Event and task notifications now appear when Fantastical is active
  • Tapping date headers in the list of events in the watch app now shows the weather forecast
  • Improved sync responsiveness between iPhone and Apple Watch
  • Fixed an issue where the Apple Watch could get stuck syncing and would stop updating
  • Fixed an issue where Office 365 accounts wouldn’t prompt for reauthorization if the login expires
  • Fixed an issue where the prompt to request G Suite sync access could cause some events to not be synced
  • Fixed an issue where long events could appear at the wrong time when the option to only show hours from day start to end is enabled
  • Fixed an issue where all-day tasks wouldn’t appear correctly in Month view
  • Fixed a crash when trying to send changes to Todoist while offline
  • Various fixes and improvements

Mac changes

  • Added a “1 minute before” alert option
  • Performance improvements when resizing Fantastical’s window with month view visible
  • Fixed an issue where default alerts weren’t added to accepted invitations
  • Fixed an issue where Office 365 accounts wouldn’t prompt for reauthorization if the login expires
  • Fixed an issue where the next upcoming event in the menu bar wouldn’t update when the day changes
  • Fixed an issue where choosing a template from the calendar window wouldn’t keep the selected date when the sidebar is hidden
  • Fixed an issue where long events could appear at the wrong time when the option to only show hours from day start to end is enabled
  • Fixed an issue importing ics files that are part of a recurring event into Exchange calendars
  • Various fixes and improvements
  • Fantastical 3.0.9 is a free update for everyone.

Pricing and availability

The Fantastical apps are available at no charge, but a subscription will be required to use advanced features. People who own Fantastical 2 can continue using all the same features in Fantastical 3 without paying anything, or they can upgrade to unlock more than a dozen cool perks included in Fantastical 3.

Fantastical for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch is free on the App Store.

Fantastical for Mac is available for free on the Mac App Store.