CritiCal – theatre diary

CritiCal is the professional theatre event tracker built for critics and serious theatregoers. Track every show, manage your reviews, handle invoicing, and grow your freelance career — all from your iPhone, iPad, or Mac TRACK EVERY SHOW Stay on top of your schedule with a powerful confirmation workflow — from Draft through to Confirmed. Attach poster images, manage venues with addresses and timezones, and organise events by genre with custom colours and icons. See all your venues on an interactive full-screen map with Apple Maps Look Around, and check weather forecasts for show nights. MANAGE YOUR REVIEWS Follow each review from Not Started through Submitted to Published. Rate shows with half-star precision, capture pull quotes, track word counts and store published URLs. CritiCal keeps your entire critical output organised and searchable. Premium subscribers: Get automatic notifications when your publication goes live with a review, and share your work with custom social-sharing images optimised for each platform. SMART FILTERING & SEARCH Filter events by date range, genre, publication, confirmation status, or review status. Save custom filters for quick access and see smart dashboard groupings by time period NOTES & TASKS Add free-form notes to any event. Set tasks with flexible due dates — a specific date and time, or relative to the show date. Get push notification reminders and track task completion at a glance WIDGETS & SIRI Glance at your next event, upcoming shows, or outstanding tasks right from your Home Screen or Lock Screen. Ask Siri conversational questions like "What's my next show?" or "Get directions to tonight's event." Build powerful automations with 25+ Shortcuts actions CROSS-PLATFORM SYNC Native experiences designed for each platform. An optimised iPad interface with extra room to work. A Mac interface with inspector panels and keyboard shortcuts. Seamless iCloud sync keeps everything up to date across all your devices NOTIFICATIONS & REMINDERS Timezone-aware daily event reminders, task due date alerts, and interactive notification actions keep you on schedule wherever you are FULLY ACCESSIBLE Full VoiceOver support throughout, audio graph descriptions on all chart types, Reduce Motion support, and accessible star rating controls PREMIUM FEATURES * Document attachments: store e-tickets, press releases, PDFs, Word documents, spreadsheets, and images directly into any event. Preview with QuickLook and sync across devices via iCloud * Dive into your career data with interactive charts and visualisations. Monthly bar charts, year-over-year comparisons, genre breakdowns, rating heatmaps, most-visited venues, publication word counts and fees, and a venue map — all with full VoiceOver audio graph support * Generate professional invoices directly from your review data. Bundle multiple reviews into a single invoice, support multiple currencies with historical snapshots, add VAT, and track invoice status from Draft to Paid with overdue indicators * Location-based reminders notify you when you arrive at or leave a venue with geofenced reminders on iOS PRIVACY FIRST All your data is stored locally on your device and synced via iCloud. No analytics, no tracking, no third-party advertising, no data sharing. By using this app, you agree to Apple's Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/