Cron is a keyboard-first calendar app with team availability overlays, scheduling links, and deep integration with Google Calendar and Zoom.
Each app below addresses a specific gap in Cron's offering. We picked them based on real user review patterns and feature differentiation.
Fantastical is a polished Mac and iOS calendar with natural language event creation, weather integration, and meeting proposal tools. Its unified view combines events and tasks, and it has a long track record as a power-user calendar.
Explore Fantastical data →Notion Calendar is the rebranded version of Cron with added Notion database integration. It shows Notion tasks and databases alongside calendar events and includes team scheduling overlays.
Explore Notion Calendar data →Reclaim.ai automatically schedules tasks, habits, and buffers around meetings on Google Calendar. It uses AI to find optimal times for focus work and reschedules automatically when conflicts arise.
Explore Reclaim.ai data →Calendly generates shareable scheduling links that show your availability and let others book meetings without email chains. It integrates with Google Calendar, Outlook, Zoom, and CRMs.
Explore Calendly data →Morgen combines calendars from multiple providers (Google, Outlook, iCloud) into a unified interface alongside a task list. It includes a scheduling assistant and integrates with Todoist, Linear, and other task tools.
Explore Morgen data →Vimcal is designed for keyboard-driven navigation with shortcuts for every action, modeled on the philosophy of Vim text editing. It targets technical professionals who prefer keyboard-first workflows.
Explore Vimcal data →Cron was acquired by Notion in 2022 and rebranded as Notion Calendar in 2024, merging Notion tasks and databases into the calendar interface.
Yes. Notion acquired Cron in 2022 and rebranded it as Notion Calendar in early 2024. The app retains most of Cron's features while adding Notion database integration.
Notion Calendar supports Google Calendar and iCloud. Microsoft Outlook and Exchange calendar integration is available with certain plans.
Yes, Notion Calendar is free with a Notion account. Advanced features may require a paid Notion plan.
App Vulture tracks calendar apps by feature depth and keyboard workflow support. Fantastical and Reclaim.ai are both strong for power users; see our full comparison for details.
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