# fruux review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> CalDAV and CardDAV sync for contacts, calendars and tasks

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

fruux is a hosted service that stores contacts, calendars and tasks and syncs them to the devices and apps you already use through the open CardDAV and CalDAV standards. It also has a web app, shared calendars, public calendar links and team accounts. A free Basic plan allows two devices and two shares.

- **Category:** Calendar & Scheduling
- **Made by:** fruux GmbH
- **Website:** https://fruux.com
- **Runs on:** Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android
- **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay free: Basic stops at 2 devices and 2 shares.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, fruux has a free plan, and paid plans start at €4 per month or €40 per year (Pro).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Basic plan: unlimited contacts, calendars, tasks and storage, up to 2 shares and up to 2 devices.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Basic | €0 | Just for you: up to 2 shares and up to 2 devices, with unlimited contacts, calendars and tasks. |
| Pro | €4 per month, or €40 per year | All Basic features with unlimited shares and up to 10 devices. |
| Team | €20 per month for 5 team members, plus €4 per extra | Pro features for every member, easy team management, team address books and shared scheduling; extra members are €4 a month. |

Read from https://fruux.com/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with fruux before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Pro is cheaper billed yearly** (Annual discount): fruux's pricing page lists Pro at €4 a month or €40 a year, which is two months free against paying monthly. Source: https://fruux.com/pricing/

## Key features

- **Standards-based sync:** Syncs through CardDAV and CalDAV, so apps such as Apple's built-in ones, Thunderbird, BusyCal, Fantastical and eM Client can connect without a fruux app.
- **Contacts, calendars and tasks:** All three data types are kept together, with search, multiple task lists and filtering, calendar views and a web app.
- **Sharing and public calendars:** Share calendars and address books with other people, or publish a public calendar as a link or embed on a website.
- **Team accounts:** Create a team for a company or department, invite members, assign roles and control who can see which contacts, calendars and tasks.
- **Free-busy scheduling:** Free-busy lookups show who is available when planning a meeting, and delegation lets an assistant manage your schedule. These need a compatible calendar app, not the web app.
- **Developer API:** The API is built on CardDAV, CalDAV, vCard and iCalendar and covers what the web app can do. fruux also maintains the open-source sabre/dav server.

## Good for

- People who want one sync account for several calendar and contact apps
- Small teams sharing address books and calendars
- Developers who want a standards-based calendar sync API

## Worth knowing

- Free accounts stop at 2 devices and 2 shares; Pro raises these to 10 devices and unlimited shares.
- Prices are in euros, and there is no US dollar price.
- Free-busy, out-of-office and delegation features need a compatible calendar application, because the web app does not support them yet.
- fruux does not publish its own native apps in what we read; it relies on the devices' own CalDAV and CardDAV clients.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. fruux syncs contacts, calendars and tasks across devices through CalDAV and CardDAV, with a free plan and Pro at €4 a month. It publishes no apps of its own and relies on each device's built-in clients, the free plan stops at 2 devices and 2 shares, and prices are in euros only.

- **Value for money: B.** Pro is €4 a month or €40 a year, under the category's $4.99 cheapest quarter. Team is €20 a month for 5 members.
- **Free plan and trial: B.** Basic is free with unlimited contacts, calendars, tasks and storage, limited to 2 devices and 2 shares.
- **Features: C.** It does one job, sync, and does it fully, which is a smaller job than a calendar app. Free-busy, out-of-office and delegation need a compatible client because the web app does not support them yet.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You set up accounts on each device through its own sync settings.
- **Platforms and integrations: A.** Web, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android through standard clients, plus Thunderbird, Fantastical, BusyCal and Outlook, and a developer API.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from fruux's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among calendar and scheduling apps

- fruux's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 55 of the 89 other calendar and scheduling apps we grade, and level with 15.
- It stands best on platforms and integrations (A, above 85 of 89) and worst on ease of use (C, above 1).
- Its paid plans start at about $3.72 a month, against a middle price of $6.99 for the category: 15 of the 66 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 6 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/calendar

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** The plain part of fruux you could make: calendar and tasks. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It costs $44.69 a year.

- You could make: Calendar and tasks: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Thunderbird, BusyCal and Fantastical among them, and has an API.
- You could not: Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Thunderbird, BusyCal, Fantastical, eM Client, Rainlendar, Microsoft Outlook

**Tags:** Calendar, Tasks, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Proton Calendar](https://toolgpa.com/tools/proton-calendar): End-to-end encrypted calendar from the maker of Proton Mail. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fruux-vs-proton-calendar)
- [Tuta Calendar](https://toolgpa.com/tools/tuta-calendar): End-to-end encrypted calendar bundled with Tuta Mail. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fruux-vs-tuta-calendar)
- [Zoho Calendar](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zoho-calendar): Free online calendar for teams, part of Zoho Mail and Workplace. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fruux-vs-zoho-calendar)
- [Apple Calendar](https://toolgpa.com/tools/apple-calendar): Free built-in calendar for iPhone, iPad, Mac and iCloud.com. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/apple-calendar-vs-fruux)
- [BusyCal](https://toolgpa.com/tools/busycal): Customizable calendar and task app for Mac and iPhone. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/busycal-vs-fruux)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026:

- https://fruux.com/pricing/
- https://fruux.com/
- https://fruux.com/supported-devices/
- https://fruux.com/api/

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