Which one should you use?
It mostly comes down to price and which other calendars you use. If you’re not sure, the table below has the details.
- You use iCloud and a work calendar
- SavvyCal checks iCloud, Google, Microsoft 365, Outlook.com, and Fastmail calendars together, with no limit, from $12 per user per month.
- You want booking to be easy for the other person
- SavvyCal lets them overlay their own calendar on your times and see your preferred times first.
- You’re a small team sharing meetings
- SavvyCal Basic has round robin at $12 per user, with limits per host. Koalendar Pro ($9.99 per seat) and TidyCal Pro ($12 for the whole account) cost less.
- You want it free
- Cal.com’s free plan checks unlimited calendars. Koalendar’s checks 2, and TidyCal’s and YouCanBook.me’s check 1.
- You want to pay once
- TidyCal Individual is $29 one time and checks up to 10 calendars.
- You sell packages to clients
- Acuity, priced per account, with packages on Standard.
How do they compare?
Calendly is in the first column for reference, since it no longer takes new iCloud connections. The other seven check iCloud for conflicts and add bookings to it. They differ most on how many other calendars they check, what they cost, and whether they share meetings across a team.
Scheduling tools for iCloud Calendar, as of October 2026
| Feature | Calendly | SavvyCal | Cal.com | Acuity Scheduling | YouCanBook.me | Lunacal | TidyCal | Koalendar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connect a new iCloud calendar | No, not since August 20, 2024 | Yes | Yes, every plan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Checks iCloud for conflicts | Existing connections only | Yes, every iCloud calendar you turn on | Yes, the calendars you pick | Yes, once you turn on blocking off time | Yes | Yes | Yes, once reading is turned on | Yes, the calendars you turn on |
| Adds bookings to iCloud | Existing connections only | Yes, to any iCloud calendar you can edit | Yes, to the calendar you pick | Yes, to the iCloud calendar you pick | Yes; tentative bookings may not sync | Yes, to the calendar you pick | Yes, to your primary calendar | Yes |
| Calendars checked in all | Free 1; paid up to 6 | Unlimited: iCloud, Google, Microsoft 365, Outlook.com, Fastmail | Unlimited, every plan | One connection per calendar service | Free 1, Individual 2, Professional 6, Team 10 | Unlimited, every plan | Free 1, Individual 10, Pro unlimited | Free 2, Pro unlimited |
| Free plan | Yes, 1 calendar | No; signing up and meeting polls are free | Yes | No (7-day trial) | Yes, 1 calendar | No (7-day trial) | Yes, 1 calendar | Yes, 2 calendars |
| Lowest paid plan, billed monthly | Standard, $12 | Basic, $12 | Teams, $16 | Starter, $20 per account | Individual, $9 | Standard, $9 | Pro, $12 per account; or Individual, $29 once | Pro, $9.99 |
| Billed annually | $10 per month | $10 per month | $12 per month | $16 per month | $8.10 per month | 10% off | Pro, $99 per year | $6.99 per month |
| Round robin | Teams | Basic | Teams | Pooled availability; plan not stated | Team | Teams | Pro | Pro |
| Worth knowing about iCloud | Apple Calendar travel time counts as busy | Apple Calendar travel time doesn’t block off time | Calendar-managed availability doesn’t work with iCloud | Up to 10 Apple and CalDAV accounts; new ones start with reading off |
Details for each tool are from its own pricing and help pages, as of October 2026. Links are in each tool’s section below. Apple requires an app-specific password when an app made by another developer signs in to your Apple Account. Acuity and TidyCal Pro price per account.
Does SavvyCal work with iCloud?
Yes. SavvyCal suits people who keep personal plans in iCloud and work meetings somewhere else, and want both checked before anyone books. People booking can overlay their own calendar on your times.
What it does with iCloud
- Checks every iCloud calendar you turn on for conflicts, alongside Google, Microsoft 365, Outlook.com, and Fastmail calendars, with no limit.
- Adds bookings to any iCloud calendar you can edit, for all your links or for one link.
- Anything you add in Apple Calendar blocks your links within about a minute, and travel time counts as busy.
- Round robin and collective links on Basic.
Price
- Basic: $12 per user per month, or $10 billed annually.
- Premium: $20 per user per month, or $200 per user per year.
Worth knowing
- Scheduling links need a paid plan. Signing up, connecting calendars, and meeting polls are free, and every plan has a 30-day money-back guarantee.
- You sign up with Google, Microsoft, Fastmail, or an email address, not an Apple Account, then connect iCloud.
Does Cal.com work with iCloud?
Yes. Cal.com is the free option here that checks every calendar you connect, including iCloud. Team features are on Teams at $16 per user per month.
What it does with iCloud
- Connects Apple Calendar with your Apple Account email and an app-specific password.
- You pick which calendars to check for conflicts, with no limit on any plan, and which calendar new bookings are added to.
- Round robin on Teams.
Price
- Free: 1 user.
- Teams: $16 per user per month, or $12 billed annually.
- Organizations: $37 per user per month.
Worth knowing
- A cap on your meetings per day or week, across all your links, needs Organizations.
- Cal.com has been closed source since April 2026. The open-source version you can host yourself is a separate project, Cal.diy.
Does Acuity Scheduling work with iCloud?
Yes. Acuity is built for client appointments, with packages and payments, and syncs with one Apple account per user. It’s priced per account, and plans count staff calendars.
What it does with iCloud
- Adds your Acuity appointments to the iCloud calendar you pick.
- Blocks off time for events on that calendar, and on other calendars in the same Apple account, once you turn that on.
- One sync per calendar service, so one iCloud sync and one Google sync, for example.
Price
- No free plan; there’s a 7-day trial.
- Starter: $20 per month for 1 staff calendar, or $16 billed annually.
- Standard: $34 per month for up to 6 staff calendars.
Worth knowing
- Travel time set in Apple Calendar doesn’t block off time in Acuity.
- Its pages don’t say which plan has pooled availability across staff.
Does YouCanBook.me work with iCloud?
Yes. YouCanBook.me Individual is $9 a month and checks 2 calendars, so it shares the lowest paid price for one person here with Lunacal Standard.
What it does with iCloud
- Connects iCloud with an app-specific password, with two-factor authentication turned on.
- Checks 1 calendar on Free, 2 on Individual, 6 on Professional, and 10 on Team.
- Round robin on Team.
Price
- Free: checks 1 calendar.
- Individual: $9 per month, or $8.10 billed annually.
- Team: $18 per user per month.
Worth knowing
- Calendar-managed availability, where you open times by adding events, doesn’t work with iCloud, because iCloud events can’t be marked free.
- Its help center lists a known issue with tentative bookings syncing to iCloud.
Does Lunacal work with iCloud?
Yes. Lunacal checks unlimited Google, Outlook, and Apple calendars on every plan, from $9 per user per month. There’s a 7-day trial and no free plan.
What it does with iCloud
- Checks every connected calendar for conflicts, including Apple Calendar.
- Adds bookings to the connected calendar you pick, and each event type can pick its own.
- Round robin on Teams.
Price
- Standard: $9 per user per month.
- Teams: $15 per user per month.
- Annual billing saves 10%.
Worth knowing
- No free plan; every plan starts with a 7-day trial.
Does TidyCal work with iCloud?
Yes. TidyCal sells a one-time $29 Individual plan, and Pro covers a whole team for one price. iCloud calendars start with reading off, so turn on conflict checking for each one.
What it does with iCloud
- Two-way sync with iCloud over CalDAV, with an app-specific password.
- Checks 1 calendar on Free, 10 on Individual, and unlimited on Pro.
- Adds bookings to your primary calendar.
- Round robin on Pro.
Price
- Free: checks 1 calendar.
- Pro: $12 per month for the whole account, or $99 per year.
- Individual: $29 once.
Worth knowing
- Up to 10 Apple and CalDAV accounts in all.
- New Apple calendars start with reading off, unless TidyCal makes one your first primary calendar.
Does Koalendar work with iCloud?
Yes. Koalendar has the lowest per-seat price here with round robin, Pro at $9.99 per seat per month, and its free plan checks 2 calendars.
What it does with iCloud
- Checks iCloud events for conflicts, and you can turn each iCloud calendar on or off.
- Adds confirmed bookings to iCloud, with links to reschedule or cancel.
- Checks 2 calendars on Free, and unlimited on Pro.
- Round robin on Pro.
Price
- Free: checks 2 calendars.
- Pro: $9.99 per seat per month, or $6.99 billed annually.
Worth knowing
- Some visitors to its pricing page see a Premium plan that includes round robin. Its help center puts round robin on Pro.
Questions, answered
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Does Calendly work with iCloud Calendar?
Not for new connections. Calendly stopped allowing new iCloud connections on August 20, 2024. If you connected iCloud before then, that connection still works. Calendly suggests connecting a Google, Office 365, Outlook.com, or Exchange calendar instead, as of October 2026.
Calendly’s iCloud overviewWhich scheduling tools work with Apple Calendar?
Apple Calendar shows the calendars in your iCloud account, so a tool that connects iCloud works with it. SavvyCal, Cal.com, Acuity, YouCanBook.me, Lunacal, TidyCal, and Koalendar all connect iCloud. If your Apple Calendar shows a Google or Outlook calendar, connect that account directly instead.
Why do these tools ask for an app-specific password?
Apple requires one to sign in to your Apple Account from an app made by another developer, and your account needs two-factor authentication turned on. You create it in your Apple Account under Sign-In and Security, and you can revoke it there at any time. Your main Apple Account password won’t work.
Apple’s guide to app-specific passwordsCan I check iCloud and a work calendar at the same time?
Yes, with every tool here that connects iCloud, within its plan’s calendar limit. SavvyCal, Cal.com, and Lunacal have no limit, and Koalendar and TidyCal have none on Pro. YouCanBook.me checks 2 calendars on Individual and 6 on Professional, and Acuity allows one connection to each calendar service. Calendly’s paid plans check up to 6, but it can’t connect a new iCloud calendar.
See the comparison tableWhat’s the cheapest scheduling tool that works with iCloud?
Cal.com’s free plan connects iCloud and checks all your calendars. Koalendar, TidyCal, and YouCanBook.me also have free plans that check fewer calendars. For a paid plan, TidyCal’s Individual plan is $29 once, and YouCanBook.me Individual and Lunacal Standard are $9 a month. Prices as of October 2026.