Fantastical Help

Getting started with Fantastical is simple, and we’ll walk you through the process.

Creating a Flexibits Account

When you first open Fantastical you’ll be prompted to sign up for a Flexibits Account. This is used to manage your subscription, sync notifications, weather, and more. Flexibits does not use your data for commercial purposes, and you can read more about our data safeguarding practices in our privacy policy.

After signing up, you will be presented with your account key. This is used to secure your account data, and it is required to sign in to Fantastical on other devices if your devices do not share the same iCloud account.

Check your subscription status, view your account key, and sign out of your Flexibits Account in Fantastical’s settings.

IMPORTANT: You only need a single Flexibits Account for all of your devices. When you log in to your Flexibits Account on other devices, choose the “Sign In” option and use the same login method that you used when you originally created your Flexibits Account (either your email address and password directly, Sign in with Apple, or Sign in with Google).

If you don’t use the same sign in method, you will end up with multiple accounts which cause sync and subscription problems.

Connecting calendar accounts

You must connect your calendar accounts (Google, iCloud, Exchange, etc.) directly to Fantastical. Start by opening Fantastical, clicking the Fantastical menu button, and choosing Settings from the menu.

To add a new account, go to the Accounts section in Settings.

1. Choose the Add Account option to open a panel with account type options.
2. Select the type of account you’d like to add.
3. Fill in the credentials for the account to allow Fantastical to access and sync your events and tasks.

Adding a Google account

To add a Google account:

1. Select the Google account type.
2. Fill in your Google username (email address) and password.
3. Select “Sign In”.
4. Select “Accept” to allow Fantastical to access your calendars.

Some Google Workspace organizations restrict access to third-party apps. We have more information about the Google scopes that Fantastical requests and how to add Fantastical as a trusted app to Google Workspace.

Once you’ve added your Google account you can enable shared calendars by selecting Manage Delegates… in the Accounts settings. If someone has shared a Google calendar with you but the calendar doesn’t appear in Fantastical, click the link under Hide or show shared calendars at in the Google account details to access Google’s Sync Settings and ensure that the calendar is enabled.

Adding an iCloud Account

To add an iCloud account:

1. Go to Fantastical → Settings → Accounts and add your iCloud account
2. Enter your Apple Account’s primary email address (you can check your primary email address at account.apple.com)
3. Generate an app-specific password:
   • Go to account.apple.com
   • Under the Sign-In and Security section, select App-Specific Passwords
   • Click the plus button, then name and create your app-specific password (e.g. “Fantastical”)
4. Paste the generated app-specific password into Fantastical’s App-Specific Password field

Adding an Exchange account

To add an Exchange account:

1. Select the Exchange account type.
2. Fill in your Exchange email address and password.
3. Select “Add”.
4. If you need to enter a username or Exchange URL, you will be prompted after selecting “Add”.

If your organization uses Microsoft 365 then add your account as a Microsoft 365 account. If you are having trouble adding your Exchange account and you’re not sure if your organization uses Microsoft 365, you can also try logging in to Microsoft 365 with your Exchange email address and password.

Adding a Microsoft 365 account

If your organization uses Microsoft 365 then it is better to add your account as a Microsoft 365 account rather than an Exchange account. This will allow Fantastical to connect using any single-sign-on or multi-factor authentication methods used by your organization.

1. Select the Microsoft 365 account type.
2. Log in to your Microsoft 365 account.

Due to changes by Microsoft, Fantastical now uses Microsoft Graph syncing when adding your account to the app.

Please note, Microsoft Graph syncing doesn’t support delegated calendars in Fantastical on Googlebook. However, if the shared calendars are added to your account in the Microsoft web UI, then they should show up in Fantastical as well.

Requesting access from an admin

Some organizations restrict access to third-party apps. If this is the case, you can request that your Microsoft 365 admin grant access to Fantastical by sending your admin the following URL. This will authorize Fantastical’s client ID with the organization so that you can add your Microsoft 365 account.

https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=395befa1-fd95-454c-8286-2948ada76320&resource=https%3A%2F%2Foutlook.office365.com%2F&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fflexibits.com%2Ffantastical&state=YT1odHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRmxvZ2luLm1pY3Jvc29mdG9ubGluZS5jb20lMkZjb21tb24mcj1odHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRm91dGxvb2sub2ZmaWNlMzY1LmNvbSUyRg&prompt=admin_consent

Viewing Fantastical’s Microsoft 365 OAuth scopes

If you use Fantastical in an organization, your admin may want to view the OAuth scopes Fantastical requests. Your admin can view this information here.

Adding a CalDAV account

1. Select the “Other CalDAV Account”.
2. Enter your username, password, and the CalDAV server address.
3. Select “Add”.

Adding a calendar subscription

Fantastical can also add a calendar subscription via an iCal URL, or using Fantastical’s Interesting Calendars feature.

To add a calendar via a URL, go to Fantastical > Settings > Calendars & Lists, select the vertical dot icon in the top right corner, and then select Add Subscription. Here, paste the URL of the calendar you want to subscribe to and it will be added to Fantastical.

To add a calendar via the Interesting Calendars feature, go to Fantastical > Settings > Calendars & Lists, select the vertical dot icon in the top right corner, and then select Add Interesting Calendars. Here, search or browse for a calendar you want to subscribe to and click the + icon to add it to Fantastical.