Time to Ditch Google Calendar (and Outlook) 

Hahaha couldn't have done it without you my friend 🙏 anything else we shall try fitting in next time? And thanks for being a sport about Fantastical 🫶

Apologies on that! We're going to work on it for future videos! Thanks for the kind words and for being here though! You give any of these apps a shot?

@@efficientapp I actually do prefer the Google and Outlook calendars, lol. I don't like to pay for apps when I can use simple, nice ones for free. However, I am looking for advice on how to simplify my life with ONE app, lol. I have several notebooks, agendas, planners, and "Calendars" to manage my appointments, work schedule, birthdays, and contact info, and now that I am a RU-vidr - both channel productions, and so much more. Having an app would be good as well as a desktop version to use, even if it's cloud-based. Any idea which one does all that? Lol. I challenge you! Lol. Seriously, any idea?

Thanks for letting us know. Distracting from what exactly? We quite like them if I'm being honest. Maybe you'd prefer tons of jump cuts instead? Not exactly our style. Appreciate you being here nonetheless! So what calendar are you going with?

@@efficientapp after watching the whole video, I have to say that the first few minutes were a little too intense. Then it became ok. It definitely distracted me from your excellent presentation. You have an amazing presence on-camera and I don't think you need to resort to these as much. I was a video journalist, cameraman and video editor for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for many years, so maybe I am a bit old fashioned (I'm 45 yo) but you have such a good presence on screen, well researched subjects and great transitions between your on-cam appearances and your B-roll shots that you you don't need that much zooms and jump cuts (they used to be huge no-nos in video editing classes haha, funny how things change). I also much enjoyed the coffee making transitions (a totally new visual concept that surprised me and was super interesting), I found it very well executed and carefully inserted in your longer on-cam presentations. Definitely kept things visually stimulating. In conclusion, it was the first video I watched from you and finally decided to subscribe at the end. Please take my comments as a constructive insight. At the end of the day, follow your gut and your heart and success will come to you guys. I wish you all the best and I will definitely watch more videos from your channel. Cheers.

Hey Patrick, appreciate your thoughtful comment. The intro is more aggressive than we had initially wanted because we cut out mid-sentence as in post, we realized it wasn't adding anything, and the intro is the most important part on RU-vid. Believe it or not, our video editor is actually from the Australian News, so you better bet that he is fully aware of all the tricks around B-Roll being used to cover up cuts. The thing is, RU-vid strategy is quite a bit different from the news. People decide within the first 6 seconds without audio on if they might give the video a shot, and after 15-30 seconds if they are going to watch your entire video or not. So the first 30-60 seconds especially, we're going to be quite a bit more stimulating than is probably comfortable for what you're used to. We've tested both ways, what you're describing and not, and the truth of the matter is overall retention is better when we do it our way, cutting out non-essential pieces during edit. Our goal is to improve the scripting process in time to hopefully rely less on this, but even with a perfect script, doing zooming in/out is something done for effect and dramatization, so there's areas that were using it strategically, and not just to mask a cut, but it's of course used for that as well. Completely and totally understand where you're coming from, some of this is just the medium which is different from CBC and the type of viewers of this channel. Appreciate you subscribing and being here. And appreciate you seeing how much we put into the edit (e.g. the coffee splicing in), as you know, as an editor, we put a TON of thought and work into getting just about everything right. Always looking and trying to improve. Thanks for being here 🙏

@@efficientapp Well kudos to the whole team. And thank you for sharing this tidbit of behind the scene. "Adapt or die they say". I will adapt. And definitely will watch more videos. Once again, great content and presentation. Cheer!

Awe, this means a lot and tons of respect, know it's not easy 🙏 also not saying we have it perfectly correct, we're still learning the craft and experimenting. For example, our next video coming out Monday may be a bit intense (the intro), but promise it calms down after that 🙈🤭

Appreciate the nice words! Noted on the zooming bit. Hope to see you around other videos our new friend! 👋

Oh, you wouldn't be leaving Google Suite, you need a foundational calendar like Google Suite or Microsoft for Motion to work in-fact. You'd even be able to connect all of your calendars (and your clients calendars) to Motion and manage them all from right within Motion, if that makes sense? You can give it a shot with a free trial actually: efficient.link/r/motion though be sure to claim the deal we're offered with the setup course for free here if you use our link to sign up: efficient.deals/motion Does that make sense at all? We're not saying ditch Google/Microsoft as your foundation, you still use them with Motion and others in this video, it's just layer atop, so you'd physically be ditching Google Calendar and Outlook as the main interface you use them within. You can always still use them with Motion though, you're not giving them up.

@@efficientapp Thank you for your reply. I have signed up for the trial, and if all works out well, I will confirm the subscription using your link. I do have a question regarding Motion and my Calendly setup. I have numerous Calendly events to serve different clients' needs, including hiding my calendar domain. I am not confident that Motion provides the same "info@***" follow-up emails. Again, I have key clients who require that I hide my branding and use their email domains when contacting their clients. These events provide calendar scheduling options over months - example, 12 coaching sessions over 6 months. I would appreciate any additional comments or a scheduled consultation to ensure I have the best email/calendar/project management solutions. At this point in my business, the only way to be more profitable is to become super efficient with the automation of processes.

​@@efficientapp I have been working through the trial and have found two issues that I cannot overcome in making the decision to switch to Motion. 1) I need to set up conferencing with Zoom for my direct clients AND Microsoft Teams used by my key clients' clients. 2) Calendly provides different events customized for my key clients who use Microsoft Team links with special instructions and events for my direct clients linking to my Zoom account.

Curious, we also come from a consulting background, and do you really need to be switching the meeting source depending on the client? Feels like you're working around your clients needs quite a bit which will make it nearly impossible for you to truly processize/automate and scale is the only concern. We'd push back on said clients about that. You sound super accommodating (which is sweet of you, but they might just be fine with you using Zoom for everything instead of accepting things as it is). It sounds like you need very specific scheduling needs, thinking you should just continue using Calendly alongside Motion, or consider a tool like Cal: efficient.link/r/cal as it gives way more control over scheduling. Motion isn't meant to be the most powerful scheduler on the market, it's more a project management tool and daily planner, if that makes sense? Why not simply use Calendly still and Motion alongside it? They are a totally different category of tools at the end of the day. 🤔

@@efficientapp Thank you for your reply and your comments. My business consulting model is unique with these three key clients. Serving their projects and clients involves security and branding issues that make the relationship different from working with my one-to-one clients. Hence, I am required to use their email tools and apps. I agree with your assessment and will continue to use Calendly because it is the best for my operations, as it includes different event types from one meeting to multiple sessions over 6 months. Calendly also allows me to send out reminders with my branded email address cloaked for privacy. I am delving into Motion now, and yes, the project, task, and calendar functions are spot on. I'm not sure, but I think my trial went active without using your link. Is there a way to access your training (for a fee) if my subscription is not activated through your link?

Hahaha Alex here, I'll take the gorgeous assistant compliment 🙈😂 Can wholeheartedly relate on wanting a latte at 10pm though, and sadly no, it can never be done. Actually had a few sips of the latte when filming that part at the end (was 9pm) because how am I supposed to just dump it down the drain? And I don't then I ended up going to sleep until 3am that night... Not worth it, never worth it 🫠 Thanks for your comment! Curious what calendar app you're using?

This means a lot, thanks for the comment 🙏 have a lot planned over the coming months, stay tuned! 🔥

Yeah, I mean the problem is with Google Calendar and Outlook as an app, there are much better calendars on the market though it's more that the foundation of Google Calendar and Outlook are great, it's just that the UI/UX can be greatly improved, and that's what these other calendars have done. That's the core problem we have with Google Calendar and Outlook. It's just that Google and Microsoft aren't trying to actually build the best calendar apps, they have stagnated in their current form. Love them for the foundation that they are though, which is why we use Google Calendar at the core.

yeah reading the subject out of that's what I thought too there was an issue with Google and Outlook which are too totally different calendar apps that appealed the totally different people .. and I hate them both for different reasons

Ah! Thanks for the kind words! And that would be efficient.link/a/clicks - it's a phone case/keyboard combo, right now for iPhones 👌

Totally! Google Calendar is "good enough" so most probably won't even think to look for something else. And all these calendars still require Google Calendar or Outlook as the foundation anyway, so it's still needed.

Thanks for watching til the end and even catching that nugget! 😄 Totally hear you and sounds like you've put a lot of thought into this. All of these calendars use Google Calendar or Outlook on the backend (or Apple Mail in some cases) so you'd still have all your appointments and events available if you used any of these calendar alternatives. If Motion were no longer to exist, it would be awful to migrate all of our projects/tasks away from it (a few years ago we moved from Asana to Motion so made the transition of switching tools) but for us, using a tool we consider "top of the market" is well worth the risk. Usually when there are billing issues, a company doesn't totally wipe out your account, they have many weeks of leeway baked in, and in many cases, even an option to restore your account if you have fully cancelled. All in all, this doesn't keep us up at night!

Hey Alice! So the videos and content we create take soooo long (this video actually took us more than 2 months), so we aren't really planning social media content in Motion, but rather use Flows for creating a process around say, creating a RU-vid video like this. We're currently building out a course that will cover how we're using Motion ourselves, and you can get notified when we release it here: efficient.link/subscribe - that said, we don't really post enough to "plan" social media content, if that makes sense? Once it's ready, we'll upload it to the respective channels and schedule it. We even have a full video going through all the social media scheduling apps we've tried for planning/scheduling when we were releasing more shorts: efficient.link/yt/social - so we'd probably say to use an app like we mention in that video for actually planning and scheduling out social media content, but for the actual creation process, we're definitely relying super heavily on Motion and their Flows functionality, for which we'll definitely be covering more in the future course, and I'm sure future videos as well as we'd like to update our Motion video. Did you get a chance to see our Motion tutorial, as we go into it a little bit here: efficient.link/yt/motion Happy to add any further clarification if you want to add to what more specifically you're looking to understand?

Thanks JT! So we haven't reviewed their calendar, but we've reviewed Spark on the site (from Readdle). We'll add it to the list, but I can't say for certain we will add it to the site, it seems quite similar to Fantastical, and we're not typically fans of companies that have so many tools (they are an email + calendar + PDF scanner + Phone Document Scanner + Integration Tooling + More company). That is usually quite a red flag in our eyes as there's a big concern with focus, especially in one of the most competitive industries out there, Calendars. Hope that makes sense as to why we didn't consider them for this?

Awe, thanks! It has taken us a long way to get here! And most namely... A professional videographer 😅😆 here's some BTS: efficient.link/x/filming Super curious, are you using any of the apps mentioned in the video? Which is your favorite/what solution are you using?

@@efficientapp yeah that’s legit setup. Congrats. I use vanilla google calendar. I’ve used all the ones on your list but haven’t had the need for more than a basic calendar.

Yesss, it was fun, but a lot! And appreciate you checking out the video and the nice words even though you're happy with just the basic Google Calendar. Totally understand not needing more!

Awe, thanks! Yeah, we tried something different in this one haha Here's the coffee machine: efficient.coffee/profitec-drive and the beans are Flat Track Coffee Beans: efficient.coffee/flat-track

@@efficientappSo cool! Thanks

Awe thanks! So we don't plan to cover personal contact management, but we do have a video on CRMs (which are relationship management tools), and Folk has a free tier and might fit your needs: efficient.link/r/folk That said, here's the full video, recommend watching it first: efficient.yt/crm

Thanks! What did you end up going with out of the bunch?

​@@efficientapp I currently use TickTick and Google, but plan to switch to Motion once I can consistently afford the monthly cost. 😌

Not from our experience. We actually use Slite, which is similar to Notion and OneNote, and they have a "scratchpad" type of feature, which essentially allows you to draw and have it embedded in the note, so you might want to check that out? efficient.deals/slite We've also seen people draw handwritten notes using a tool like Figma, although not sure you'd really want to manage your notes in there: efficient.app/apps/figma Not sure if that helps? I wouldn't use Notion for that though. Maybe give Slite a shot.

Ikr, most of the apps mentioned are crazy expensive and not worth it in my opinion. Still using Todoist with no problem whatsoever, and Google Calendar for events (they can Both be used for free)

Easy for you to say and do, you're a cat. 😼 Not all that much you need to do in your day-to-day. 🤔

Okay, more fair for you to say Andres because you're not a cat, unlike Meowmeowingz. With that said, Google Calendar is great, it's the foundation of most all the tools mentioned in the video, we still recommend it. They just haven't evolved it at all in years, so many people want more. Glad to hear you're having success with those two tools-our channel is more focused on prosumers and businesses though, so if you're running a business, these tools are actually not expensive at all. In-fact, it's more expensive in time wasted by not using one of the tools we recommended, if that makes sense?

Okay. Jack Reacher

Care to explain? Sorry, I'm just a cat.

Awe, course! What'd you end up moving forward with?

@@efficientapp Got professional accounts for M365 and GWorkspace. I want outa both. The task is kinda paralyzing but hoping to make an intelligent decision and begin migrating, consolidating, and integrating stuff in the next 60 days. 😩

We'd highly recommend Google Workspace over M365. Why do you want out of both?

Yessss! That's the end-goal! So glad to hear! Which did you end up landing on? 👀

They use Google Calendar and Microsoft 365 at the finish so they are super secure, Motion and others are used by huge companies where security is their number one importance as well, so you'd be in good company.

Thanks so much! Good to see you again! We haven't reviewed Nifty, just haven't gotten any interest in it and we're not super big on reviewing more all-in-one tools. If we get enough people requesting it, we'll definitely consider it, just not blown away or excited by it at first glance.

Thanks for watching! Curious, what did you end up moving forward with if any?

@@efficientapp For the moment i'm still with outlook calendar and i'm trying to pair it with MSFT Loop and To Do

Ah! We actually just released a video today talking about the best To-Do List apps, maybe you'll enjoy that? efficient.link/yt/todo I'm sure you'll figure it out! Appreciate you letting us know, always fun hearing what people are using!

@@efficientapp I'll have a look later 😉😉

Awesome! Hope it helps 🤞

Good to see you again! Yep, Motion has a full 2-way calendar sync with Microsoft 365 Calendar. Do make sure to grab the deal if you give it a shot: efficient.deals/motion

Hey there! So what you're describing is actually quite literally projects and tasks (this would be like a parent task, sub tasks relationship). So you could accomplish this with a Flow (project). We for example also use Motion for content using Flows. We mapped out our content creation process to a Flow and create tasks for each chunk of work, and any blockers/dependencies between team members, with the final task of uploading to the website for one of our team members to do. So you can do this already, you just need to view a project as an article, and tasks as "sub-tasks" if you will. Does that make sense? We're working on a Motion Course right now and we'll be showing how we're using Motion and Flows in this way for content creation, videos, etc. If you want to subscribe to our newsletter, we'll be sure to let you know when the course launches: efficient.link/subscribe

@@efficientapp Thank you for your detailed explanation. It is very useful to use the article as a project and a task as a subtask! In addition, I may not have the Flow function because I am using a personal version, but maybe I can modify the default task state of Motion and set it to the key process of writing an article to assist in management~ I started to use Motion because of your introduction. I think your introduction is very clear and concise. I also subscribe to the e-newsletter. Thank you!

Amazing to hear! Glad the guidance could help, sounds like you're on the right path! And awesome to hear! Welcome to the fam! 👏

Awe, thanks friend! And we totally get it, Google Calendar does have a super solid mobile app, gotta give them credit for that! And see, I appreciate you because you called it Cron initially, so yeah, you get it 😉 Surprised to hear Sunsama isn't your go-to though since you use it! Anything you think they could do to improve the calendar aspect to have it take the #1 spot for you? And HAH! Okay, so if I could actually make coffee in the background, then I think we'd be all for it. Making soap water though... Not sure how much of the caffeine boost would be there! Like at intermission, Andra wasn't even drinking coffee, it was mid-filming so from just a teeth staining/whatever, it didn't make sense. I actually made the coffee at the end (at like 8pm for the B-Roll), and we just dumped the lattes out sadly, didn't even drink them as a caffeine boost that late is no bueno. Always enjoy seeing you here my friend!

​@@efficientapp hehe - Sunsama is still one of the absolutely best productivity apps. It has a beautiful UI/UX interface, but for some people who can't afford the price tag... Google Calendar just works for basic calendar needs without getting crazy. I know what you can do for the coffee making in the background... it'll be a little crazy at first but hear me out... A drum cage. That way you can make coffee to your heart's content without disturbing the audio too much. It'll likely give a faint noise of coffee in the background which will add to the production quality. I think this would be a solid business expense.

Omg bahahaha can't wait to pitch Andra on the drum cage for the kitchen 😂 if you see it in a future video, feel free to take all the credit my friend! And yeah, Sunsama is pretty great on the UI/UX front-I do wish the mobile app was a bit better is my only request, especially paying for it is all. Would you recommend it though even if someone isn't using a PM tool like Asana/ClickUp/etc? Feeling like those PM integrations is one of the biggest appeals to it, if you're stuck using one of those tools at work?

@@efficientapp haha I love it 😂 That's a great question... I believe someone could still use it, but they would be missing out. It definitely isn't as powerful without a PM/task manager integration. If Sunsama adds quarterly/annual goals and better task management features I could better recommend it as an all in one... but currently no, I probably wouldn't recommend it without a PM/task management tool integrated.

That's helpful to hear! That's definitely along the lines of what we were thinking as well, know you've been a big user of Sunsama for a while now though so it's super helpful to hear from you on this 🙏 appreciate you my friend!

Awe, thanks Claudio! That means a lot 🙏 what are your specific use-case/needs for accounting software? We've done some write-ups about Accounting software here: efficient.link/accounting If you take a slight step to the side of accounting and over to Expense Management (related) we do have a video on that here: efficient.link/yt/expense Super curious if you've seen the above and/or what it's missing that you'd like us to cover in a video along with your needs? Thanks for being here Claudio!

​@@efficientapp O my goodness! I can't believe you replied, this is super cool I'm a huge fan! My mom runs a small at home embroidery business and she's been handling everything from inbound sales to accounting, all recorded on her messages, notebooks, or by memory. It's driven her crazy. Since I just recently graduated university, I thought this would be a great opportunity to go home and improve her workload and help her focus on the embroidery sides of things (her passion). I want to set her up with BILL (Expenses), Folk (CRM), but I am looking for an accounting software so she doesn't have to worry about her receipts going missing, or digging through countless emails to retrieve the paid invoices (happens every year, it stresses everyone out). Right now, I'm considering Quickbooks but I would love to hear your input on it, or even if I would need it, especially since I plan to set her up with BILL. I have checked out the Expense Management video but have not had the chance to see your Accounting & Tools article. I think your site is very well set up and super colorful but wondered why there was a grading system only for Quickbooks but not for any of the other reviewed softwares. Here are some great video ideas you might enjoy doing: - Best Accounting Softwares - Best Tech Stacks/Essentials to build a Business (possibly even covering different forms of business like social media agencies, labor focused, or whatever you please) - Best Websites when building a business and a couple more if you're interested in hearing them. My linked in is Claudio Dieter, feel free to reach out! I love your videos! www.linkedin.com/in/claudiodieter

@@efficientapp Hey! Thank you so much for replying, it appears my previous messages got deleted :( so here's a refined version of it. My mom owns a small at home embroidery business and handles everything from sales to accounting all within her notebooks, iPhone messages, or just from memory. It's driven her crazy, especially when it's tax season. Since I recently graduated university, I figured I would help her be more efficient by taking over all the extra tasks it takes to run her business. So far I have a CRM (Folk), Expense Management Platform (BILL), but not an Accounting software. I saw your expense management video, hence why I want to go with BILL (I will be using your affliate code when I do start using it, thank you!). Only thing I am missing would be the accounting software. What would you recommend I use, or do I need one at all? I checked out the Accounting Software link you sent over and truth be told, you have a very beautifully designed website that is very easy to navigate. Only concern was, why was Quickbooks the only software with a Grade Based rating? Also, adding a possible list in which tools are compared in what they can and cannot do right on your website would be a great way for users to instantly decided what is best for them and mitigating the chance for the reader to click off and find a list that could be more exhaustive. Some great video ideas would be: - Best Accounting Softwares - Best Tech Stack/Essentials to build a business (even addressing different business that would require a different tech stacks) - Best websites to create your business those are just to name a few! I hope this helps in anyway possible, take care and I'll be on the look out for your post notification. Claudio

Awe, this is so sweet on many levels! For one, what you're looking to do for your mom is amazing! My step father actually runs a small business construction company and helping him is how I got started in this space! Okay, many points here to cover my new friend! So BILL Spend & Expense and Folk would be quite perfect for starters (I will say, be sure to use all the deals/links on our site if possible to lock in any deals/to let them know we sent you): efficient.link/r/bill efficient.deals/folk Okay and now to accounting software, so the "right" way to do it over the long-run is to use QuickBooks Online (QBO), but not something I would stress too much about getting set up ASAP. It's a pretty big undertaking, and usually better for an accountant to help with setting it up: efficient.link/r/quickbooks Bill does not replace the need for QBO, but it makes syncing expenses and everything MUCH easier, and ultimately allowing for full control over any credit card you give out (allowing to set limits on each card) just gives you a much better control over your expenses. I might consider grabbing a modern banking solution like Mercury: efficient.deals/mercury as it's free, and the BEST business bank on the market and also syncs with QBO great, so your future CPA will appreciate it (I mean you and your mom too, it's SUCH a joy to use). So yes, the full financial stack is: Mercury Bank, BILL Spend & Expense, QBO, and the order of importance is in that order (though if you don't want to deal with switching your bank, I get it, but still, it's SO worth it, we adore Mercury): efficient.link/r/mercury Love the ideas, thanks for those! We've definitely been wanting to do more software stack recommendation videos, but we don't want to until we have more of an audience (like you), so we're mentally waiting for 10K subscribers (so probably 4-5 months). We do actually have an SMB software stack page on our website which actually covers all of the tools I mentioned above and their unique importance for a small business: efficient.link/stacks/smb (see if that article helps at all?) We do want to eventually do videos for our stacks section of the site, but we have a few things planned and needed first. As for the website and rankings, all good points, and we agree! So we're actually undergoing a full rebuild of the site (Andra and I are planning on re-writing and re-organizing a LOT). So what you're seeing with rankings is a relic from the past. We were going to do that, but we realized that it just gets too exhausting on our end doing arbitrary rankings, and we believe there's a more simple way to recommend (or not recommend) software, even easier to understand than rankings, you'll see! Hope that covers everything, but here in the comments if you have any other questions! We get excited when we can help people like you and by proxy your mother, but also everyone else that can read these comments as well! Connected on LinkedIn, and promise you that our new site will be more helpful in time, but that said, the stacks article should help answer many of your questions: efficient.link/stacks/smb

Haha Neovim for calendar! Care to enlighten me how in the heck that would even work? 😂

Hahaha yeah, would you believe that this is only about 10% of them that we've evaluated over the years that we felt actually stand out for one reason or another? This is probably one of the most competitive categories out there. Maybe todo list apps as a close second haha Our editor killed it with the animations! We are obsessed as well 🔥 appreciate the comment and will pass it along to him!

Hey there! The truth of the matter is I haven't ever heard this question arise before 😅 All of the apps allow simply for taking a screenshot and then you can print it out, so I'd say every app would technically work with this in theory. None of them are building specifically for this use-case though as it's quite niche and specific. You should be fine with any of them though if that makes sense?

I think the main question I'd have is, are you open to paying for a tool? Or expecting something for free? (The latter is surely to not be as good of a tool or one that will definitely stay free either). You might want to check out our Daily Planner video actually: efficient.link/yt/planner

Awe, thanks! And course 🙌 curious, are you using any of the calendars mentioned in the video?

@@efficientapp not yet, looking for one like motion that ties in project management. I will see if it integrates with my cloze relationship app which I love using for my consulting business.

Ah yes, so if you're using Cloze, they actually don't natively integrate with any calendar/daily planner/project management tool natively. That said, they do actually have a Zapier integration, as does Motion, so you can essentially use Zapier as the connective tissue to integrate those two tools together. As we used to be an integration company, curious what you'd even ideally like to have integrated between a Calendar + PM tool like Motion with your CRM? Guessing when say a deal is closed, it creates a project in your PM tool? Or did you have something else in mind? Anyway, if you decide to give Motion a shot, be sure to use our link to sign up: efficient.link/r/motion so you can lock-in the free setup course here: efficient.deals/motion

Great question! We cover TickTick in our next RU-vid video so make sure you’re subscribed! It’s currently being edited and should be released in the next week or so! If you're reading this comment from the future, you can watch what we think of TickTick here: efficient.yt/todo

Haha nope! Haven't got that one until now. But now a reverse question... What calendar did you end up going with? 😁

Sorry to hear you feel this way about this video. There's a lot of great info in it, maybe try listening without video like a podcast? Anyway, unfortunate to hear this.

I don't think it's tough to be "better than Fantastical". Not sure if you saw the whole video, but the point is, every other calendar mentioned is better than Fantastical, and some are even free. The point is, Fantastical is no longer the gold standard, maybe it was 7 years ago, but now all of the features it has are commoditized, making it feel like they just stagnated and are a legacy solution in a market that is ever-evolving.

Not sure, we don't cover personal free tools, I'm sure a different channel can be of more help. We're interested in helping businesses and teams make software purchasing decisions, not helping individuals pick the best free software for X, if that makes sense?

It just came out (after this video was released), and it's quite barbones sadly. The reviews aren't great, and even Google Calendar has a better experience than it currently. Hopeful they could change that sentiment though in time.

They do have a MacOS app though? We have been using it for over a year and a half now: efficient.link/e/motion-download

Hi friend! Any chance you can clarify what you're saying? Trying to understand 🤔

My projects go online in a 90 day period. So I need a calendar with gang chart

Ah got it, okay, the only calendar on this list that has a baked in Gantt Chart is actually efficient.link/r/motion What are you currently using?

@@efficientapp thank, u r a keeper…we r considering taking a 12 week course at MIT related to no-code AI-ML solutions by pupils teaching 5 apps and other tools. We know the downside of many apps claiming no-code, but somehow we feel that this is different

Haha great! And yeah, Motion has been different (in a good way) from any other AI app we've seen teased in the space. I wouldn't say Motion is No-Code though, it's more of just a tool, it's not trying to be a no-code software 😁

Whatever gets you to watch it (and comment) I suppose 🤷‍♂️ which calendar did you end up moving forward with?

Have already reviewed it on our site: efficient.app/apps/hey not a fan, we purposely chose not to include it in this video. To use it, you need to forego your Google workspace/Microsoft calendar, to which we're making videos for businesses, so that's a total non-starter. It's also just not something I'd recommend someone do. Comes with tons of downsides even if it was a great product (and it's not).

Hey Jeanpierre! Curious, do you spend much time on RU-vid? It's how many RU-vid videos are edited, and it's not for "no justification" but rather it's used for either emphasis, or stitching 2 clips together. We (and most RU-vidrs) do not just film a single take and leave it like a podcast. The raw edit for this video was over an hour long. How do you think we distilled it down to 18 minutes? Trust us, you don't want to watch the hour long take. So yeah, that's the trade-off. We're trying to save you time, at the cost of some zooming in/out so that it's not just a jarring jump from one take to the next. Sorry if you thought we (or anyone on RU-vid for that matter) does a video like this in a single take. This isn't the news.

@@efficientapp i know how to edit and I was talking about the face shot moving in and out without any music point, intonation point or subject changes. You do how you want but I can tell you that you overused the effect. You’re editing software has a lot of ressource you could use instead of just randomly zooming in and out. And watching this gorgeous lady isn’t boring. No need for zoom all the time.

Are you just referring primarily to the first couple minutes of the video? Or the entire video?

@@efficientapp I just watched the first half. Couldn’t go longer

Got it, it should slow down in the second half, we'll figure out a good balance going forward when not masking a cut. Thanks for watching as much as you did 🙏

You mean title? Why is that, and how would it have made you watch more than 30 seconds if so?

Why not?

You mean why did we cover apps we don't like? Because they are incredibly popular and we evaluated them. If we didn't, the comment section would be filled with "what about Fantastical or Vimcal?" Whelp, now you know what we think about them. Gosh, we exclude apps, we get yelled at. We include apps, we get yelled at. Try running a software comparison channel my friend, there's no winning 😂

Erm... You sure you're referring to the same app as us? We have 2 videos on superhuman: efficient.link/yt/superhuman as we actually LOVE superhuman and have been using it for 5+ years now. Sorry to hear you've not been having success with it if that's the case though. There's no way they will go away, it's literally one of our favorite software tools that our entire team uses daily and can't live without at this point. It's for sure the best email client on the market hands-down, so I must say, I'm feeling a bit confused by your comment. Why are you so upset over Superhuman? Have you considered that maybe you're just not the right fit for it versus their entire company will cease to exist? 😅 What happened to you my friend? 🙈

@@efficientapp Very glad. I have all proofs of my communication with them. It eats all my memory on a MacBook Pro M3 with 16 GB ram and they have no answer for that.

@@efficientapp I replied earlier, but looks like it didn't get submitted.

Here is my case study. I have 3 domains. One for my product and two for my consulting services. I intended to reduce my time on email (snooze, save etc) and increase my efficiency. But, Superhuman is junk in my case study. There is no unified mailbox (which I knew before signing up) and I have to open 3 tabs when I do that, every ten minutes I get a message saying that Superhuman is taking a lot of memory and I should quit. When I wrote to them they kept asking me to clear cache. When I clear the cache, I must sign in to all accounts again. It's such a waste of time. The other reason they gave me is that they store everything locally, hence the high usage of system resources. Apple Mail, Canary and all do the same thing, but I never see a message saying these apps are using heavy memory. I use a M3 Pro 16" with 16GB RAM. Now, if that's the case with me, what about people who use 8 GB RAM? For $30 if they are asking me to use just one account, is the pricing and service justifiable? This is the reason for my comment. I have all the email conversations and I can share them with you if you want to test again. You write to them twice and the first thing they ask is if you want a refund. This shows arrogance for no reason. Newton used to do these things, but they unfortunately shut down.

@@efficientapp Are the comments moderated? Because I tried repling twice and none of my responses are displayed.

That's a bit rude... We put a ton of work into this video. Why such an immediate dislike?