Lifetime Mac

Buy once instead of Fantastical Premium

Fantastical Premium costs
$57a year. Flexibits Premium individual, $56.99 per year on Flexibits' US App Store listing. Their pricing
Ways out
4apps that do the same jobs
Cheapest to buy
$18Dato, which pays back in 4 months
Cost nothing
1freeware or open source

Read the catch on each before you switch. A one-time price is not automatically the better deal, and we say so where it is not.

4 apps
ItsycalFree menu bar month calendar, MIT licensedFreeOpen source

Events can be created and deleted but not edited — editing still means a trip to Calendar.app

DatoMenu bar calendar and clock with a no-subscription promise in writing$18Perpetual

None found

BusyCalPower-user Mac calendar that never went subscription$49.99Paid upgrades

The licence never expires but includes only 18 months of updates

Calendar 366Full calendar app with a $49.99 one-time unlock$49.99Lifetime tier

The $49.99 unlock is an in-app purchase, and separate iOS-only unlocks are sold alongside it