Calendar & Scheduling

Contents

1. 01WelcomeWhat these tools do, how many we grade and what to know before choosing
2. 02Our top threeThe three we'd look at first, and who each one suits
3. 03What they costWhat paid plans start at, the best buy at each budget and the free plans
4. 04The gradesThe highest graded, and how the whole category does on each subject
5. 05Keep or make?Which are worth paying for, and which you could make yourself
6. 06Every toolAll of them, best graded first, with what each costs
7. 07Quick answersThe questions people ask when choosing, each answered in a line or two
8. 08About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from each tool’s own pages, their app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on the Calendar & Scheduling page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 9, 2026.

Calendar apps and booking links for managing your time and getting meetings on the books.

Before you choose, here are 7 things to know about calendar and scheduling apps, worked out from every one we grade.

1. 1

   We grade 75 calendar and scheduling apps

   61 of them are free or have a free plan, and 14 more let you try before paying. Everything in this guide comes from their own pages and our grades.

2. 2

   Paid plans start at $6 a month in the middle

   From $0.33 (Jorte) to $83 (Blockit), going by what each one's paid plans start at.

3. 3

   Best value: Notion Calendar

   Nothing on our chart scores higher than it without costing more.

4. 4

   35 of 75 have iPhone and Android apps

   50 run in a web browser and 14 have a Windows app. Check the one you need before you fall for anything.

5. 5

   The middle GPA is 2.6

   18 score 3.0 or higher. The highest is Notion Calendar, at 3.6.

6. 6

   Best free option: Notion Calendar

   Notion Calendar has the highest GPA of the free ones, 3.6. Free calendar app that connects to Notion databases.

7. 7

   73 worth keeping, 0 you could make

   By our keep-or-make rules, 73 do something you couldn't reasonably build yourself, 0 are simple enough to make with an AI app builder, and 2 are a close call.

Part 02 · Top three

Our top three

The three we'd look at first, and who each one suits

The three calendar and scheduling apps we'd look at first. First place suits the most people; second and third are the best picks for the people it leaves out. Each has an Insider's Guide of its own.

1. 1st

   

   3.4GPA

   Google Calendar

   Free plan · from $7/mo

   For: Most people

   Google Calendar is free with a personal Google Account and runs on the web, iPhone and Android. It shows several calendars together, puts Google Tasks next to events, can add a Google Meet link to an event, and includes one appointment booking page at no cost. Its iPhone and iPad app averages 4.5 from about 132,000 ratings. Know the limits: no desktop app is listed, and extra booking pages, payments and automatic email reminders need Workspace Business Standard or higher, at $14 per user a month on a 1-year commitment, or an eligible Google One plan.

   The Google Calendar Insider’s Guide

2. 2nd

   

   3.0GPA

   Cal.com

   Free plan · from $12/mo

   For: Anyone who needs other people to book time with them

   Cal.com is built for booking pages. Its free plan gives one user unlimited event types and calendar connections, email and SMS notifications, and Stripe and PayPal payments, where a free Google account stops at one booking page. It runs on the web, Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and Android. It is second because it handles bookings rather than the calendar itself. Shared team availability and round-robin scheduling need Teams at $12 per user a month, billed yearly, and in April 2026 Cal.com announced that its production code was going closed source.

   The Cal.com Insider’s Guide

3. 3rd

   

   3.6GPA

   Notion Calendar

   Free

   For: People with several calendar accounts who want a desktop app

   Notion Calendar is free with no paid tier of its own, and it has Mac and Windows apps as well as web, iPhone and Android ones. It shows Google Calendar, Apple iCloud and Microsoft Outlook calendars in one view, can block busy slots across them, and includes scheduling links. Its iPhone and iPad app averages 4.7 from about 7,600 ratings. It is third because it overlaps with Google Calendar more than Cal.com does, and its phone apps do less: they show only 1 to 3 day views and cannot search events or edit most of them, and Notion says mobile support for Outlook calendars is still coming.

   The Notion Calendar Insider’s Guide

Going by our grades, Notion Calendar gives the most for the money among calendar and scheduling apps: no tool on this chart scores higher without costing more.

Paid plans start at a middle price of $6 a month across the 53 that charge, from $0.33 (Jorte) to $83 (Blockit). 14 more cost nothing at all.

22 of the 67 score above the category's average while starting at or below its middle price. 12 cost more than the middle price and score below the average.

Every tool gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. Here are the 12 highest graded calendar and scheduling apps, then how the whole category does on each subject.

Tool	Value	Free	Features	Ease	Platforms	GPA
Notion Calendar	A	A	C	A	A	3.6
Google Calendar	A	A	B	B	B	3.4
World Time Buddy	A	A	C	A	B	3.4
Apple Calendar	A	A	C	A	C	3.2
Crab Fit	A	A	C	B	B	3.2
Howbout	B	A	B	A	C	3.2
Jorte	A	B	B	B	B	3.2
One Calendar	A	B	C	A	B	3.2
TimeTree	B	B	B	A	B	3.2
Cal.com	C	A	B	C	A	3.0
Calendars by Readdle	A	C	B	A	C	3.0
LettuceMeet	A	A	C	B	C	3.0

Some software does something you couldn’t reasonably build yourself. Some is simple enough that an AI app builder could make the core of it in an afternoon. Here’s where calendar and scheduling apps land, by the same rules for every tool.

• 73

  Keep it

  It does something you could not reasonably make for yourself, or it costs nothing.

• 2

  Your call

  You could make the core of it, and you would give something up.

• 0

  You could make this

  What it does is the kind of thing an AI app builder makes well, and it charges every month.

Every calendar and scheduling app we grade, with its GPA and what it costs. Each one has a page of its own on toolgpa.com, with its Insider’s Guide.

1. 1Notion CalendarFree3.6
2. 2Google CalendarFree plan · from $7/mo3.4
3. 3World Time BuddyFree plan · from $2.993.4
4. 4Apple CalendarFree3.2
5. 5Crab FitFree3.2
6. 6HowboutFree plan · from $3.99/mo3.2
7. 7JorteFree plan · from $3.99/yr3.2
8. 8One CalendarFree plan · from $5.99 one-time3.2
9. 9TimeTreeFree plan · from $4.49/mo3.2
10. 10Cal.comFree plan · from $12/mo3.0
11. 11Calendars by ReaddleFree plan · from $19.99/yr3.0
12. 12LettuceMeetFree3.0
13. 13SaturnFree3.0
14. 14SupershiftFree plan · from $3.99/mo3.0
15. 15TimefulFree3.0
16. 16TokiFree plan · from $3.99/mo3.0
17. 17WhenIsGoodFree3.0
18. 18Zoho CalendarFree plan · from $1/mo3.0
19. 19CalendlyFree plan · from $10/mo2.8
20. 20CalenGooFree trial · from $5.99 one-time2.8
21. 21CoziFree plan · from $39/yr2.8
22. 22FamilyWallFree plan · from $4.99/mo2.8
23. 23Fossify CalendarFree2.8
24. 24GNOME CalendarFree2.8
25. 25GroupCalFree plan · from $10/mo2.8
26. 26In Your FaceFree trial · from $3.99/mo2.8
27. 27OurCalFree trial · from $6.99/mo2.8
28. 28SetmoreFree plan · from $5/mo2.8
29. 29TeamupFree plan · from $12/mo2.8
30. 30TidyCalFree plan · from $29 one-time2.8
31. 31When2meetFree2.8
32. 32aCalendarFree plan · from $2.49 one-time2.6
33. 33Calendar 366Free plan · from $19.99/yr2.6
34. 34CuplaFree plan · from $4.99/mo2.6
35. 35DigiCalFree plan · from $5.49 one-time2.6
36. 36EtarFree2.6
37. 37ItsycalFree2.6
38. 38MeetingBarFree2.6
39. 39Merkuro CalendarFree2.6
40. 40nocalFree plan · from $4.99/mo2.6
41. 41Proton CalendarFree plan · from $3.99/mo2.6
42. 42RainlendarFree plan · from €9.95 one-time2.6
43. 43RalllyFree plan · from $6/mo2.6
44. 44TimepageFree trial · from $3.99/mo2.6
45. 45WeekCalFree plan · from $7.49/yr2.6
46. 46Agenda HeroFree plan · from $5/mo2.4
47. 47BusyCalFree plan · from $49.99 one-time2.4
48. 48DatoFree trial · from $18 one-time2.4
49. 49DaybridgeFree plan · from $5.83/mo2.4
50. 50FantasticalFree plan · from $4.75/mo2.4
51. 51KoalendarFree plan · from $6.99/mo2.4
52. 52OneCalFree trial · from $5/mo2.4
53. 53SimplyBook.meFree plan · from €11.9/mo2.4
54. 54Tuta CalendarFree plan · from €3/mo2.4
55. 55VimcalFree plan · from $25/mo2.4
56. 56zcalFree plan · from $7/mo2.4
57. 57Zoho BookingsFree plan · from $6/mo2.4
58. 58Acuity SchedulingFree trial · from $16/mo2.2
59. 59AppointletFree plan · from $9/mo2.2
60. 60BlockitFree plan · from $83/mo2.2
61. 61Business Calendar 2Free plan · from $1.492.2
62. 62Calendar.comFree trial · from $192/yr2.2
63. 63CalendarBridgeFree trial · from $4/mo2.2
64. 64DoodleFree plan · from $11/mo2.2
65. 65OnceHubFree plan · from $10/mo2.2
66. 66SavvyCalFree trial · from $10/mo2.2
67. 67SkejFree plan · from $15/mo2.2
68. 68YouCanBookMeFree plan · from $7.20/mo2.2
69. 69ZeegFree plan · from €10/mo2.2
70. 70Zoom SchedulerFree plan · from $4.99/mo2.2
71. 71HowieFree trial · from $25/mo2.0
72. 72LunacalFree trial · from $9/mo2.0
73. 73Microsoft BookingsFree trial · from $5.40/mo2.0
74. 74Reclaim.aiFree plan · from $10/mo2.0
75. 75ClaraFree trial · from $80/mo1.8

ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.

Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.

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