Calendar & Time Management · alternatives
Alternatives to Google Calendar
19 calendar & time management tools sit alongside Google Calendar in this directory. Below is what separates each from Google Calendar on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 13
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Google Calendar starts at
- Free
Why people look past Google Calendar
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Google Calendar has a free tier. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
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.
Professional calendar management for Microsoft 365
- Publishes an entry price of $6/month, where Google Calendar does not.
- 4 tiers to Google Calendar's 2.
The joyful productivity app
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Google Calendar does not.
The next-generation calendar for professionals
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Google Calendar does not.
- 1 tier to Google Calendar's 2.
Free time clock and time tracking app
Priced and rated the same as Google Calendar on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Online booking and scheduling for spaces
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Google Calendar does not.
Simple task management from Google
Priced and rated the same as Google Calendar on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Every Google 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Calendar (this page) | Free | - | 2 | |
| Outlook CalendarMicrosoft's enterprise calendar with advanced features like scheduling assistants, room booking, and resource management for larger teams. | Free, then $6/month | - | 4 | vs Google Calendar |
| AmieModern calendar app focused on team collaboration with built-in task management and focus time blocking. | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Google Calendar |
| Cron CalendarLightweight, privacy-focused calendar designed for developers and knowledge workers with minimal feature bloat. | Free | Free | 1 | vs Google Calendar |
| Jibble | Free | Freemium | - | vs Google Calendar |
| Skedda | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Google Calendar |
| Google Tasks | Free | - | - | vs Google Calendar |
| Teamup | Free, then $12/month | - | 5 | vs Google Calendar |
| Apple Calendar | Free | - | - | vs Google Calendar |
| Microsoft To Do | Free | Free | 1 | vs Google Calendar |
| Fantastical | Free, then $56.99/year | - | 3 | vs Google Calendar |
| SavvyCal | Free, then $12/month | - | 3 | vs Google Calendar |
| BusyCal | Free, then $4.99/month | - | 3 | vs Google Calendar |
| Assistant.to | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Google Calendar |
| TidyCal | On request | One-time | - | vs Google Calendar |
| Kronologic | $500/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Google Calendar |
| Rise Calendar | $16/year | Subscription | 1 | vs Google Calendar |
| OmniFocus | $99.99/year | - | 3 | vs Google Calendar |
| Resource Guru | $5/month | - | 3 | vs Google Calendar |
| Harvest Forecast | $5/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Google 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 Google Calendar badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (13)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Outlook Calendar , Free, then $6/month
- Amie , Free
- Cron Calendar , Free
- Jibble , Free
- Skedda , Free
- Google Tasks , Free
- Teamup , Free, then $12/month
- Apple Calendar , Free
What you would be giving up
Google Calendar is most often brought in for scheduling, appointment booking, time tracking, resource management, team coordination. 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 Google Calendar is broadly right and the question is cost, the Google Calendar pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Calendar & Time Management category lists everything the directory holds, and best calendar & time management tools ranks them.
Google Calendar runs on web, ios, android, macos, windows. 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 Google Calendar alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Google Calendar?
- 19 other calendar & time management tools are listed in this directory, led by Outlook Calendar, Amie, Cron Calendar, Jibble. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Google Calendar?
- 13 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Outlook Calendar, Amie, Cron Calendar, Jibble, Skedda.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Google Calendar?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Google Calendar has a free tier. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Google Calendar?
- Google Calendar is most often brought in for scheduling, appointment booking, time tracking, resource management, team coordination. 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 Google Calendar?
- None of the calendar & time management 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 Google Calendar alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Calendar & Time Management, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Google Calendar against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Google 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 calendar & time management tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Calendar & Time Management category, 19 tools beside Google Calendar. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.