Almost perfect… – Fantastical Calendar Review

Hi Fantastical 3 Team, I hope this review finds you all well! TLDR - Love: Zoom integration, duplicate event combining, & E2EE. Would love more if: when adding a new event, it would recognize and auto populate the details (the notes, specifically) from the most recent version of that event into the new one (please let me know if this is a feature already and I am just missing it?). First, I want to say how grateful I am to have found this app. After my Outlook Zoom integration got buggy & disappeared, I realized how critical that feature was for my workflow. I also appreciate how this calendar recognizes and combines duplicate events, as I use multiple calendars to track event meeting notes vs. personal notes. Another highly valued feature is your focus on E2EE. It is very difficult to find any service that will provide a user experience without cyphening all of their data. For those reasons, I am willing to pay the current premium (although, as student discount would be welcomed for those of us on such limited budgets). That said, there is one major iCal feature that has made me consider returning to their simplified set-up. The template feature in Fantastical has surely served many, and I imagine I could learn a few things to make better use of it. At this point I don’t really use it like I thought I would, as I typically just use the “duplicate” &/or “repeat” features. However, I am one who prefers to take notes right within my calendar, especially for ongoing projects, and I appreciate being able to see all of my previous notes for the project in the current “event” for the day as well as “save for future events.” My work around for this in Fantastical 3 is to go back to the last event I scheduled with that project title > duplicate > change the date/time to the current day. I’ve also considered linking a google sheet in the notes of a template…would just rather keep it in one place vs. having to open another app/screen. I know it seems minor, and I also know that removing as much “friction” from admin processes as possible can dramatically shift productivity over time. Is it possible to add this feature in the near future? As an aside, I know that the premium account comes with access to another Flexibits contacts app that I am currently not utilizing. At this point, I wonder if a shift in marketing would help users see its benefit. It seems like there could be some improvements to how accessible that app could be, as of right now it comes across as something that could create more work for me to setup, rather than alleviate a burden. Overall, I really appreciate this app and the developers’ responsiveness to its users’ feedback, questions, and suggestions. I also trust that the glitching I have seen (e.g., the screen going blank for a sec, or bouncing to a different date randomly) will continue to be smoothed out. If you could add the auto populate for event titles & their respective updated notes, I this would hands-down be an unbeatable app among it’s competitors!!! I hope you find this feedback to be helpful! Thank you again for all of your hard work, ~K
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