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Alternatives to Cron Calendar
20 calendars tools sit alongside Cron Calendar in this directory. Below is what separates each from Cron Calendar on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 14
- Cheaper to start
- 7
- Cron Calendar starts at
- Free, then $10/month
Why people look past Cron Calendar
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Cron Calendar entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Cron Calendar publishes 4 tiers, from Free up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Cron Calendar pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Smart scheduling for the modern workforce
- 2 tiers to Cron Calendar's 4.
The calendar app built into every Apple device
Priced and rated the same as Cron Calendar on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
The calendar app you'll love to use
- Starts $46.99 a year dearer, at $56.99/year.
- 3 tiers to Cron Calendar's 4.
Free time tracker for teams
- Starts $10 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
- 5 tiers to Cron Calendar's 4.
Free standalone calendar app from Notion, formerly Cron, usable without a paid Notion subscription
- Sold on a Free product, no licence fee model rather than subscription.
- 1 tier to Cron Calendar's 4.
Simple calendar management and booking
- Starts $10 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
- 5 tiers to Cron Calendar's 4.
Every Cron Calendar alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cron Calendar (this page) | Free, then $10/month | Subscription | 4 | |
| Google CalendarSmart scheduling for the modern workforce | Free | - | 2 | vs Cron Calendar |
| Apple CalendarThe calendar app built into every Apple device | Free | - | - | vs Cron Calendar |
| FantasticalThe calendar app you'll love to use | Free, then $56.99/year | - | 3 | vs Cron Calendar |
| ClockifyFree time tracker for teams | Free | Freemium | 5 | vs Cron Calendar |
| Notion Calendar | Free | Free product, no licence fee | 1 | vs Cron Calendar |
| TidyCal | Free | Freemium | 5 | vs Cron Calendar |
| Jibble | Free | Freemium | - | vs Cron Calendar |
| SavvyCal | Free, then $12/month | - | 3 | vs Cron Calendar |
| Skedda | Free, then $99/month | Subscription | 6 | vs Cron Calendar |
| Harvest Forecast | Free, then $5/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Cron Calendar |
| BusyCal | Free, then $4.99/month | - | 3 | vs Cron Calendar |
| Kronologic | Free, then $15/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Cron Calendar |
| Microsoft To Do | Free | Free | 1 | vs Cron Calendar |
| Morgen | $15/month | Per user per month | 2 | vs Cron Calendar |
| Resource Guru | $5/month | - | 3 | vs Cron Calendar |
| Practice | $40/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Cron Calendar |
| Float | $6/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Cron Calendar |
| Rise Calendar | $16/year | Subscription | 1 | vs Cron Calendar |
| OmniFocus | $99.99/year | - | 3 | vs Cron Calendar |
| Google Tasks | Free | - | - | vs Cron Calendar |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Cron Calendar badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (14)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Google Calendar , Free
- Apple Calendar , Free
- Fantastical , Free, then $56.99/year
- Clockify , Free
- Notion Calendar , Free
- TidyCal , Free
- Jibble , Free
- SavvyCal , Free, then $12/month
Cheaper than Cron Calendar (7)
Entry price under Cron Calendar's $10/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Clockify , Free
- TidyCal , Free
- Harvest Forecast , Free, then $5/month
- BusyCal , Free, then $4.99/month
- Microsoft To Do , Free
- Resource Guru , $5/month
- Float , $6/month
What you would be giving up
Cron Calendar is most often brought in for keyboard-driven calendar for people living in their schedule, managing several google calendars in one view, scheduling links for meeting availability, joining video calls from the menu bar. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Cron Calendar is broadly right and the question is cost, the Cron Calendar pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Calendars category lists everything the directory holds, and best calendars tools ranks them.
Cron Calendar runs on macos, windows, ios, android, web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Cron Calendar alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Cron Calendar?
- 20 other calendars tools are listed in this directory, led by Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, Fantastical, Clockify. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Cron Calendar?
- 14 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, Fantastical, Clockify, Notion Calendar.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Cron Calendar?
- Yes. 7 of the alternatives below start under Cron Calendar's $10/month: Clockify at Free, TidyCal at Free, Harvest Forecast at Free, then $5/month, BusyCal at Free, then $4.99/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Cron Calendar?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Cron Calendar?
- Cron Calendar is most often brought in for keyboard-driven calendar for people living in their schedule, managing several google calendars in one view, scheduling links for meeting availability, joining video calls from the menu bar. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Cron Calendar?
- None of the calendars tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Cron Calendar alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Calendars, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Cron Calendar against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Cron Calendar covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every calendars tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Calendars category, 20 tools beside Cron Calendar. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.