OurCal Calendar Messenger
OurCal Ltd. Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touchMac
OurCal Calendar Messenger is a free Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by OurCal Ltd. Rated 4.7/5 from 1,092 ratings. Requires iOS 17.0.
- Rating
- 4.7
- 1K ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 158 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 24
- 2026 · v2026.9.24
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About OurCal Calendar Messenger
"The problem with shared calendars isn't productivity. It's communication." — Ryan Brodie, Founder So we built the first calendar messenger — a shared calendar with a messenger built in. Every event has its own chat. Every change posts automatically. Files, photos, notes, and decisions stay with the event they belong to — not scattered across WhatsApp, iMessage, email, and five other apps. Create a group of 2 to 100, add your people, and start sharing in seconds. Couples, families, friends, clubs, students, sports teams, healthcare teams, work teams, shift workers, travelers, childcare, and event planners — OurCal has a template for every group. More than a planner or organizer — a calendar messenger where your group actually communicates. Trusted by 100K+ groups worldwide. The calendar your group will actually use. EVERY EVENT IS A CHAT Every event has its own dedicated chat — separate from your group chat. Discuss the plan, share photos, attach files, and make decisions without cluttering the group. React, reply, quote — just like your favorite messenger, but everything stays with the event it belongs to. GROUP CHAT FOR THE BIG PICTURE Your group chat is for the group — announcements, quick questions, and coordination that doesn't belong to a single event. Event updates and group messages all flow into your Activity feed, so nothing gets missed. AUTOMATIC CHANGE TRACKING Someone moved the dentist? You'll know. Every change posts a before-and-after update automatically — in the event chat and in your Activity feed. No more "wait, did you move that?" COLOR-CODED CALENDAR VIEWS Every member gets a color. Every event shows who it's for. See your kids' activities, your partner's shifts, and your own schedule in a single view. A busy family's week reads at a glance — no labels needed. SYNC ALL YOUR CALENDARS Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, Outlook — pull them into one place. Already subscribe to calendars for sports schedules, school calendars, or TV schedules? Sync those too. See your personal diary and shared calendars side by side. No more switching apps. No more double-booking. SMART EVENT CREATION Type "Dentist Tuesday 3pm for an hour" and it's done. Natural language event creation, entirely on device. Add a reminder, set a todo, or schedule a recurring event — all in plain English. GROUPS FOR YOUR WHOLE LIFE Home. Work. School. Social. Each group has its own calendars, members, and chat. Set up one for your family, a separate one for your team, another for your kids' sports club. One app, every group. SHARE SHIFTS AND SCHEDULES Nurses, paramedics, police officers, hospitality workers — share your shift schedule so your family and friends never plan over your working days. ENCRYPTED. EVERYTHING. ALWAYS. Every profile, group, calendar, event, message, and file — end-to-end encrypted by default. ANSSI-certified. Not a feature. A foundation. Your data stays yours. No ads. No tracking. Ever. BUILT FOR APPLE Pure SwiftUI on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. Reminders, widgets, Siri Shortcuts, Face ID event locking, and day-one support for every major release. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING "We haven't had a single fight about scheduling since." — Katelyn "Kept our family safe and connected without sacrificing our privacy." — Cal "Sharing shifts as a paramedic means I never miss out on family plans." — Rossella "OurCal has changed my life entirely." — Parker, dance team "We were on the verge of breaking up. Now, we're incredibly happy." — Goe Read more stories at ourcal.com/stories Contact us: [email protected] Roadmap: ourcal.com/roadmap Press: ourcal.com/press Privacy: ourcal.com/privacy Terms: ourcal.com/terms
Ratings & reviews
4.7
1K ratings
What’s new
Version 2026.9.24 · Updated September 24, 2026
Start your group from a template - Creating a group now starts with a template: Couple, Family, Co-parenting, Friends, Travel, Work, and more. Pick the one that sounds like your group and OurCal suggests a name and sets up matching calendars — rename or recolour any of them with a tap. - A guided setup follows: review your calendars, add profiles for people who won't use the app (kids, grandparents, pets), and share your invite link. If anything interrupts you, the app picks up right where you left off. Import events from your device - Copy the events from any device calendar into one of your group's calendars, once. The copies become OurCal events: edit them here, and they won't change on your device. Choose to import only upcoming events or everything up to 3 months back. - Each calendar's info screen shows its imports, so you can see exactly what came from where. Changed your mind? Undo removes every event the import added, including any you've edited since. Setup checklist - New to OurCal? A checklist now guides you through the essentials: create your first event, share it with your group, and turn on notifications. Watch it tick off as you go. Clearer everywhere - We've rewritten copy across the app to make OurCal easier to understand at every step. - Welcome screen is simplified to two choices: "I'm new to OurCal" and "I already have an account" - Settings is reorganised into three clear sections, with group rows showing each group's emoji and name - Every Settings screen now has a short explainer at the top so you always know what it does - Sync wizards are now "Sync to Group" and "Sync to Device", so the direction is clear - Discard confirmations now protect your work across every create and edit sheet Clearer free trial - The Subscriptions screen now shows trial groups in their own Free Trial section — no red warnings while nothing is wrong — and the paywall says what it means: subscribe early if you like, and nothing is charged unless a member subscribes. Better event chat notifications - A message in an event's chat now shows the sender, the event, and the message — no more “replied in”. Fixes & Improvements - Group chat updates read more naturally - With several groups, each chat in the menu shows its group's name - Clearer subscription messaging when starting another group - Sign-in error messages are shorter and more helpful
App privacy
The developer, OurCal Ltd., reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Advertising Data
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Location: Coarse Location
- Identifiers: User ID, Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction, Advertising Data
- Contact Info: Email Address
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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| App | Rating | Price | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| OurCal Calendar Messenger | 4.7 / 5 (1,092 ratings) | Free | September 24, 2026 |
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| GroupCal - Shared Calendar | 4.7 / 5 (805) | Free | Sep 11, 2026 |
| Cubbily:Shared Family Calendar | 4.9 / 5 (1,185) | Free | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Cozi Family Organizer | 4.8 / 5 (399,519) | Free | Aug 31, 2026 |
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| PlanPop: Shared Calendar | 4.8 / 5 (966) | Free | Sep 24, 2026 |