InstaCal

InstaCal

The missing menu bar calendar for MacOS

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Jon Eckert
Looks eerily similar to Fantastical...
Jasper van der Meij
@jeckert A lot cheaper though.
Jon Eckert
@jvdmeij My point is that it looks like Fantastical’s UI was ripped off.
Stowe Boyd
@jvdmeij @jeckert What ever happened to 'Great artists steal'?
Jon Eckert
@jvdmeij @stoweboyd I don't think that quip is suggesting blatant ripoffs are okay. :)
Stowe Boyd
@jvdmeij @jeckert Really? What do you think it means? Jobs ripped off everything from the Xerox Alto, not just an inspiration. Excel was a rip-off of 1-2-3, Slack is a rip-off of IRC, etc.
Jinesh Shah
This is pretty much a ripoff of fantastical, please don't pass others' design work as your own
kleerkoat
@thejigs36 it’s a calendar. how many variations design wise can there be? ;-)
Justin Winter
@kleerkoat more than this one ;-)
Manuel Frigerio
Nice application but... how do I install it? 🤔 No download button on the page
Jasper van der Meij
@mnlfrgr Haha that is quite weird indeed :) I just found it in the Mac AppStore.
Manuel Frigerio
Ramy
@mnlfrgr I thought it was just me - driving me crazy! That "continue" button needs to be a download button.
Jason
@mnlfrgr @ramykhuffash hey guys, appreciate the feedback, cant believe i missed the download button!! i have added one!
Jasper van der Meij
You can find it in the Mac App Store. Be sure to compare it to Itsycal as well, which does about the same but is free.
Jason
@jvdmeij There are many of differences other than just looks. Big ones being, we offer editing, notifications, as well as make use of googles api directly, which allows us to include additional features like inviting attendees.
Kevin Wimer
It's interesting that the maker hasn't responded to any comments / concerns about it being similar to another product. 🤔
Jason
@kevinace I think if you take a look at all of our other apps, you will find we use the same design aspects in all of our apps. @forecastbar our most popular app uses an almost identical design. A split style view for the main panel, and a popover showing more details. Furthermore, we became popular for creating iOS style apps for your menubar. InstaCal is our attempt at creating an iOS style calendar for the menubar. If you have a look at the iOS default calendar you will find an almost identical view to what our app uses. In addition, this same “agenda view” style can be found across a variety of other apps and platforms, including IstyCal and Today Calendar for Android.
Binoy Xavier Joy
No download button on the product page. Use the PH drop-down menu or here's the App Store link https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/...
Jason
@binoyxj added one thanks! cant believe I missed this.
Andrew-David
Sorry, but this kind of looks like a rip-off of Fantastical's UI :/
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