Companions iCal: Fantastical and QuickCal

Speed ​​and performance - are completely different concepts that are confused at times even developers. iPad performance, for example, low, inferior to any laptop. But the speed of the gadget - very high. A couple of seconds - and the tablet is on and you're reading the news feed to Facebook.

In my opinion, the speed of the application - the second rate importance. If the program to execute commands require heap extra actions - it is slow. I use this just will not.

iCal - in itself is not bad. Powerful, user-friendly application. However, the rate of addition of the events he is low. It takes too much time. Independent developers have also noticed this shortcoming. Recently published two applications that offer faster and more convenient to work with iCal. It is about Fantastical and QuickCal. Both programs are very similar and offer similar functionality.

Main feature Fantastical - is to add events using natural language. After installing the program, she takes up residence in the menu bar. Add a new event can be, having made the phrase in plain English (the only supported language) - for example: Meet with my wife today at coffeehouse at 14:00. The program will automatically process the proposal, detect that the key data and insert them into iCal. The result is a new event with a description of (a meeting with his wife), the specified time (14 hours) and place (Coffee House).

Fantastical has cool user interface. The app is not only convenient, but also looks nice (animation also made appropriate and flawlessly). If there Fantastical sure you'll rarely use iCal - except that in cases where it is necessary to get a plan, an agenda for a month.

In his work Fantastical entirely based on the iCal. If your calendar is synchronized cloud services such as MobileMe or Google Calendar, you can safely use Fantastical. Events started with his help, get into these online calendars.

Fantastical costs 15 dollars. Lot? Then pay attention to the alternative - QuickCal.

QC offers all the same features, but costs only $ 2.99. The difference between the applications is reduced mainly to the interface. QC - offers a simple and user-friendly interface, and Fantastical - a convenient and luxurious. The choice is up to you, dear friends.