Fantastical vs Evernote
Which is better in 2026? Five scores, side by side.
Fantastical is the better app overall, scoring 8.9 to 7.7. Fantastical wins on 5 of the 5 scores, Evernote on 0.
Busy Apple users juggling work and personal calendars
Long-time users with large archives of clipped articles and scanned documents
Score by score
The details
| Feature | Fantastical | Evernote |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Productivity & Notes | Productivity & Notes |
| Category rank | #6 of 13 | #13 of 13 |
| Developer | Flexibits | Bending Spoons |
| Pricing | Free + paid plans | Free + paid plans |
| Usable for free | Yes | Yes |
| iPhone & iPad | ✓ | ✓ |
| Android | — | ✓ |
| Mac | ✓ | ✓ |
| Windows | ✓ | ✓ |
| Web | — | ✓ |
Common questions
Is Fantastical better than Evernote?
Fantastical is the better app overall, scoring 8.9 to 7.7. Fantastical wins on 5 of the 5 scores, Evernote on 0.
Which is cheaper, Fantastical or Evernote?
Fantastical: Free basics; Flexibits Premium is $6.99 a month or $56.99 a year on the App Store. Evernote: Limited free plan; Starter $99/year or $14.99/month. On value for money, Fantastical scores higher.
Do Fantastical and Evernote work on the same devices?
Only Evernote runs on Android, Web.
Which is more private, Fantastical or Evernote?
Fantastical scores higher on privacy (8.4/10). App Store label: no tracking; email, name, IDs, usage and crash data are linked to you. Flexibits says most synced data is end-to-end encrypted, never sold, and forwarded emails aren't used for AI training.
Strengths and weaknesses
Fantastical
- Add events by typing a normal sentence
- Polished apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Windows
- Works with Microsoft 365 and Google accounts
- Most power features need the subscription
- No Android phone or tablet app yet
- Microsoft 365 users must switch to Graph sync
Fantastical lets you add an event by typing a normal sentence with the who, what and when, and it fills in the rest. Around that you get the DayTicker, Calendar Sets, tasks from Todoist and Google Tasks, Openings and Proposals for scheduling, weather, and AI that turns forwarded emails and screenshots into events. Most of the best parts need Premium, and Android phones aren't supported yet.
Full Fantastical review
Evernote
- Excellent web clipper for saving articles
- Finds text inside images, PDFs and scans
- Mature apps on phone, desktop and web
- Free plan stops at 50 notes and one notebook
- Paid plans cost more than most rivals
- Google Play lists the Android app as containing ads
Evernote is still a capable place to capture everything. The web clipper is excellent, search finds text inside images and PDFs, and notes, tasks and calendar live together. Version 11 added an AI Assistant, semantic search and meeting transcripts, and updates keep coming. The problem is value: the free plan stops at 50 notes, and paid plans cost more than most rivals. Hard to recommend unless you already rely on it.
Full Evernote review
