InstaCal
The calendar your menu bar was missing·instacalapp.com
InstaCal is a native macOS menu bar calendar app that shows a month view, an infinite scrolling agenda, due reminders and pending invitations across Apple, Google and Microsoft 365 calendars. It supports natural-language event entry, one-click join for meetings across 20+ video conferencing services, and includes a full calendar window with Day, Week, Month, Year and List views. It is sold as a one-time purchase on the Mac App Store with no subscription, account, or in-app purchases.
What it's for
Features 19
- Apple, Google, and Microsoft 365 calendar support
- Calendar Sets to group and switch calendars
- Customizable appearance (accent color, panel size, agenda layout, colors)
- Day, Week, Month, Year and List calendar views in a full window
- Family Sharing support
- Full event editor with duration chips, repeat rules, availability, attendees, alerts, and location autocomplete
- Global keyboard hotkeys for opening panel, adding events, or reminders
- Infinite scrolling agenda in both directions
- Invitation replies with conflict checking and optional comments
- Live next-event countdown in the menu bar with configurable date formats
- Menu bar month view and agenda panel
- Multi-day events shown as spanning bars in Month view
- Native Swift app with fast, low-power performance
- Natural-language quick add (e.g. 'Lunch with Sam Friday 1pm')
- No analytics or tracking; sandboxed app with Keychain token storage
- One-click join for video meetings across 20+ services
- Reminder editor with due dates, priority, notes, and geofence alerts
- Second time zone display
- Weather forecast in day headers from Apple Weather or The Weather Channel
At a glance
Integrations
Pricing
Priced as a single one-time purchase of $9.99 on the Mac App Store; not a recurring monthly/annual fee, so no monthly-equivalent figure is stated by the vendor.
$9.99 one-time purchase on the Mac App Store, not a subscription. No account required.
One-time purchase; all features included, no tiers
Family Sharing supported, allowing shared access at no extra one-time purchase cost mentioned. [raw type: other]