Two years in your Mac's menu bar. Plans you can see and share.
See your calendar at a glance, select the dates that matter, and turn trips, projects, or work rotations into colored plans. Share a clear picture while keeping private event details hidden.
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Two years, one view. This example shows a repeating 28-days-on, 28-days-off schedule.
See further ahead
A month, a year, or two years side by side.
Count the days that matter
Select dates for day counts, working days, and event totals.
Share a clearer plan
Send a calendar image with just the details you choose.
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From dates to a plan you can share.
See named plans together, follow a repeating work schedule, and preview a compact image to share. Or switch demos to explore date selection and clocks.
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See your saved plans together
Choose two colors and a repeating block
28 days on, 28 days off, across the years
Choose what others see in your plan
Share a compact plan across New Year
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Your full year in the menu bar
Select a rectangle of weekends
Count only the dates you select
See events across your selected dates
Keep separate groups across two months
Add another block with Control and Option
Resize without losing your selections
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Let your clock sway with the chime
A gentle pulse for digital clocks, too
Today's date at a glance
A little space for your own words
A light wave, while the calendar stays still
Notice time without interrupting your work
Saved plans and repeating rotations
See how your plans fit together.
A trip, a project, time with family. Give each plan a name and a color, then see them together without creating calendar events.
The real app with sample plans. Each color has a name, and plans can overlap.
Make room for a holiday
Pick your days, check how many working days you need, and save the trip in its own color. Compare it with other plans before sharing your dates.
See projects and time off together
Show all-day and multi-day events from chosen calendars as bands that update automatically. Add colored saved ranges for plans you have not put in a calendar yet.
Know when your next block starts
Select 28 days, choose two colors, and repeat 28 days on, 28 days off across months and years. Use any block length, forever or for a set number of blocks.
Choose what goes into the image. Keep your plan names and colors, hide the clock and background, or switch to light mode. Calendar event names and details are hidden by default.
A compact sharing preview with sample plans across December and January. Tap to see the full image.
Plan exports cover one year or two consecutive years. Compact mode hides empty rows of three months, so a December-to-January trip stays together. Repeating plans export the displayed period.
From a long weekend to a year-long project, see how your plans fit together without losing the details.
Focus on your hours
Give each Calendar Set its own time window. Show events starting inside or outside it, including overnight periods and a separate choice for all-day events.
Your calendars become bands
Turn all-day and multi-day events from chosen calendars into colored bands. See trips, PTO and on-call weeks across months and years, with updates from the source events.
Understand the time in your plans
Count events, total duration, occupied time, and distinct start times on your selected dates, not the gaps between them. Distance and event statistics appear together. Overlapping events count once in occupied time.
See the next few days
Open one month or two side by side with a shared agenda. See events across your selected dates, or look ahead to today, tomorrow, or the next 7 days.
Your kind of working week
Choose working weekdays and exclude all-day events from selected holiday or time-off calendars on your Mac. Or enter a starting date and a number of days or working days to select a range.
Find the calendars you need
Search calendars by name or account and save a Calendar Set with its own event hours and bands. Switch sets from the gear menu, independently in each window.
A rhythm for your day
Get a signal every 15, 30, 60 or 120 minutes. Choose a sound or your own audio, count the hour or hear it spoken. Follow working days or rotations and stay quiet during meetings.
Time you can see
A screen-edge glow, a corner clock or a background clock that sways, resonates or sends a light wave. Adjust intensity and use clock effects alone, without sound or screen overlays.
Start from a copy
Duplicate a saved range or Calendar Set, then change what you need. Keep the original plan, rotation or calendar setup intact while trying a variation.
Full-display workspace
Give the bigger picture a whole display.
Keep a month and its events beside two years in a fullscreen window. Browse each panel independently, with a live clock and your favorite background behind the calendar.
A whole display for what comes next.
Make it your own with analog, digital, and hybrid clocks, personal photos, and adjustable calendar text and colors.
Check the saved ranges you want to see. Each keeps its own color in the calendar and legend, including overlapping plans and separate groups of dates. Hide them without deleting them.
Select 28 days, choose two colors, and see 28 days on followed by 28 days off. Use any block length, repeat forever or choose a total number of blocks, including the first.
Plan exports cover one year or two consecutive years. Compact mode hides empty rows of three months, so a December-to-January trip stays together. Repeating plans export the displayed period.
Four selected days, not the five-day span between them. Day totals and event statistics reflect your selection, and Copy Summary keeps the separate groups.
A screen-edge glow and corner clock over the real calendar. Signals fade without taking focus or blocking clicks and typing.
A companion to your calendars
Your events. Already at home.
See events from calendar accounts already configured on your Mac. Create and edit events in writable calendars, filter sets by time of day, and turn trips or time off into automatic colored bands. macOS handles account sync.
Yes. Choose Visual for a screen-edge glow or corner clock, or Background clock only to animate a visible calendar clock without sound or screen overlays. Signals do not interrupt clicks or typing. Keep popCalendar running and your Mac awake and unlocked. Hidden calendars stay closed.
Can I plan repeating shifts such as 28 on and 28 off?
Yes. Save one continuous range, enable Repeat in alternating blocks, and choose the second color. Blocks have the same number of days and follow without gaps. Choose Forever or a total number of blocks including the original. These are visual saved plans, not new events in your calendar accounts.
Can I share several plans without sharing private events?
Yes. Check plans in Saved Ranges, then choose Export Plan. Choose appearance, backgrounds, clocks, event circles, event bands and the legend before copying or saving a PNG. Event names and details are hidden by default. Plans must fit within one year or two consecutive years. For repeating plans, select those years in the calendar first.
Which Macs does it support?
popCalendar requires macOS 12 Monterey or later.
Do I need to give it access to my calendars?
No. You can browse dates and measure date ranges without calendar access. Access is only needed to show and edit your events or use existing holiday and time-off calendars in working-day counts.
Does it work with the calendars I already use?
popCalendar displays events from calendar accounts configured on your Mac. It can also hand supported actions to Apple Calendar, Fantastical including its Mini Window, BusyCal, Google Calendar, Outlook.com, or Microsoft 365. External apps must be installed, and web calendars use the account signed in to your browser. Available actions vary by destination. Choosing a destination does not connect or sync an account.
Can it count working days and holidays?
Yes. Choose your working weekdays, then optionally select holiday or time-off calendars already on your Mac. Their all-day events are excluded from working-day counts, and overlapping days off count once. Holiday calendars are not downloaded automatically. Planning > Select Dates can select a range from a starting date and a number of days or working days.
Does the app contain ads or analytics?
Neither edition includes advertising or developer-operated analytics. Your saved ranges and preferences stay on your Mac. The Setapp edition includes Setapp's licensing and app usage reporting. Location suggestions go directly to Apple Maps, and this website uses Plausible analytics separately from the app. See the privacy policy for details.
For years, popCalendar was my favorite calendar. One click in the menu bar gave me the whole year, in a view that felt simple and complete. It became one of those little apps I used without thinking about it.
It began with a calendar I did not want to lose. It became the calendar I had always wanted to use.
