Widgets on every screen

Your day, your week or the one thing next.

Mix ten focused designs across Mac, iPhone and iPad. See what is happening now, map the week, keep reminders actionable or put the full month on the desktop — with Lock Screen widgets and Live Activities when you leave the Mac.

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InstaCal widgets, in short

What you get
Ten widget designs — Next Event, Now + Next, Days Ahead, Week Map, Reminders, Today, Month, Up Next + Calendar, Countdowns and Action Center — installed with InstaCal.
Where they live
The Mac desktop and Notification Center, iPhone and iPad Home Screens, and compact accessory layouts on the iPhone Lock Screen.
Multi-day events
Drawn as one continuous bar across the days it covers, using the same layout engine as InstaCal's own Month view. Other calendar widgets draw a dot per day.
Reminders
Tick one off in the Today widget without opening anything. Tick it again to bring it back — it is a toggle, not a one-way trip.
Appearance
Each full widget can take a Theme of its own: System, Light or Dark. A widget sits on a wallpaper, so it should not be forced to follow the app window.
Also on iPhone
Lock Screen widgets, a next-event or leave-by Live Activity, Dynamic Island updates and a Quick Add control.
Mix and match

A widget for the question you are actually asking.

Swipe through real widgets from the latest build. Choose a design, size and appearance independently on each screen.

Actual InstaCal Next Event medium widget from the iOS WidgetKit picker
Next Event · Medium — More room for the event and its timing.
Actual InstaCal Next Event small widget from the iOS WidgetKit picker
Next Event · Small — Your next event with a live countdown.
Actual InstaCal Up Next and Calendar medium widget from the iOS WidgetKit picker
Up Next + Calendar · Medium — Month and selected-day agenda side by side.
Actual InstaCal Up Next and Calendar large widget from the iOS WidgetKit picker
Up Next + Calendar · Large — The full month stacked above a detailed agenda.
Actual InstaCal Countdowns medium widget from the iOS WidgetKit picker
Countdowns · Medium — A featured date plus the moments behind it.
Actual InstaCal Now and Next small widget from the iOS WidgetKit picker
Now + Next · Small — Free time now and what follows.
Actual InstaCal Today medium widget from the iOS WidgetKit picker
Today · Medium — Events and reminders in one clean list.
Actual InstaCal Countdowns small widget from the iOS WidgetKit picker
Countdowns · Small — Keep one important date visible.
Actual InstaCal Days Ahead medium widget from the iOS WidgetKit picker
Days Ahead · Medium — Today and tomorrow, with free time between.
Actual InstaCal Countdowns large widget from the iOS WidgetKit picker
Countdowns · Large — A larger countdown dashboard for several dates.
Actual InstaCal Week Map medium widget from the iOS WidgetKit picker
Week Map · Medium — A visual map of booked time and open space.
Actual InstaCal Today small widget from the iOS WidgetKit picker
Today · Small — A compact view of what remains today.
Actual InstaCal Reminders medium widget from the iOS WidgetKit picker
Reminders · Medium — A longer interactive task list.
Actual InstaCal Today large widget from the iOS WidgetKit picker
Today · Large — More of the day without opening the app.
Actual InstaCal Action Center medium widget from the iOS WidgetKit picker
Action Center · Medium — Add, search, join, navigate, or jump to today.
Actual InstaCal Days Ahead large widget from the iOS WidgetKit picker
Days Ahead · Large — A wider look across the next several days.
Actual InstaCal Month medium widget from the iOS WidgetKit picker
Month · Medium — More room for calendar colors and spanning events.
Actual InstaCal Week Map large widget from the iOS WidgetKit picker
Week Map · Large — More days and more detail in the same glance.
Actual InstaCal Reminders small widget from the iOS WidgetKit picker
Reminders · Small — Focused tasks you can complete in place.
Actual InstaCal Action Center small widget from the iOS WidgetKit picker
Action Center · Small — One-tap access to common calendar actions.
Actual InstaCal Month small widget from the iOS WidgetKit picker
Month · Small — The month at a glance with real event bars.
Actual InstaCal Month large widget from the iOS WidgetKit picker
Month · Large — The full month with continuous multi-day bars.
The ten designs

What each one is for.

These are the names that appear in the widget gallery. Sizes vary by device; Extra Large is available where the platform offers it.

Sizes on MacWhat it shows
Next EventSmall, Medium, Lock ScreenYour next event and a countdown that stays live, so it never needs a redraw to stay honest.
Now + NextSmall, Lock ScreenThe current event and the next one together, so an in-progress meeting does not disappear.
Days AheadMedium, Large, Extra LargeA compact multi-day agenda for scanning the near future.
Week MapMedium, Large, Extra LargeA visual map of commitments and open time across the week.
RemindersSmall, Medium, Lock ScreenFocused tasks that can be completed without opening InstaCal.
TodaySmall, Medium, Large, Extra LargeWhat is left of your day. Tap a row to open it, or complete a reminder right there in the widget.
MonthSmall, Medium, Large, Extra Large, Lock ScreenThe month at a glance, with multi-day events drawn as continuous bars rather than dots.
Up Next + CalendarMedium, Large, Extra LargeYour next events and tasks beside a tappable month, with Calendar Set, privacy and weather controls per placement.
CountdownsSmall, Medium, Large, Extra Large, Lock ScreenOne featured calendar event or standalone date, with more upcoming moments as the widget grows.
Action CenterMediumA focused shortcut into plain-language Quick Add for a new event or reminder.

Lock Screen accessories, the Live Activity and Quick Add control are iPhone features. Full-size widgets are available on Mac, iPhone and iPad according to the sizes each platform supports.

InstaCal's full calendar window in dark mode: the agenda sidebar, a month grid with Day, Week, Month, Quarter, Year and List view options, and an event's details open in the right-hand inspector
Spanning bars

A trip is one thing, so it should be one bar.

Every other calendar widget marks a multi-day event with a dot on each day it touches, which asks you to notice that Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are the same conference. InstaCal runs the app's own spanning-bar layout inside the widget, so it draws what is actually true: one bar, across three days. Pictured is InstaCal's full Month view — the Month widget draws its grid with the same engine.

  • The same layout engine as InstaCal's full Month view
  • Continuous bars for anything longer than a day
  • Week numbers, weekend shading and current-week highlight, all optional
  • Five month styles: dots, bars, heat map, plain or timeline
The details that decide it

The details a calendar widget usually gets wrong.

None of these are headline features. They are the reasons a widget either earns its place on your desktop or gets removed after a week.

It admits when it is out of date

If the underlying data has expired, the widget says Out of date rather than confidently showing you yesterday. A calendar widget that lies quietly is worse than one that asks to be opened.

Every tap lands somewhere specific

Tapping a day opens that day, and tapping an event opens that event — not wherever InstaCal happened to be when you last closed it.

Ticking a reminder is a toggle

Complete one from the Today widget, change your mind, tap again and it comes back. Most widgets make completion a one-way action you can only undo inside the app.

It costs nothing to refresh

The widgets read a small shared snapshot rather than querying your calendar database directly, so refreshing them does not wake the calendar store or spend a permission check.

Up Next + Calendar, configured

What is listed
Events, tasks and all-day banners, each independently switchable, so the widget can be a pure task list or a pure agenda.
The month beside it
Dots, spanning bars, a heat map, plain numbers or a timeline — and the heat map can count only the days you are actually busy.
Which side
The calendar sits on the left or the right of the list, whichever suits where the widget lands on your desktop.
Rolling over to tomorrow
Never, as soon as today is finished, or after an hour you pick. “Nothing left today” is true and useless all evening, which is exactly when people check what the morning holds.
Text size
Small, medium or large, independent of the system setting.
Calendar decoration
Week numbers, weekend highlighting and current-week highlighting, each on or off.
Privacy
Full Details, Times Only or Busy Only for each placement, so a shared-screen widget can reveal less than one on a private desktop.
Weather
Shown or hidden per widget instead of changing every Up Next + Calendar placement at once.

Why the theme is per widget, not per Mac

macOS gives you one appearance for everything, which is the right answer for apps and the wrong one for widgets. A widget does not sit in a window; it sits on your wallpaper. A light widget on a dark wallpaper is the unreadable one at noon, and switching your whole Mac to dark mode to fix a single widget is not a trade anybody should have to make.

So each InstaCal widget carries its own Theme setting — System, Light or Dark. Leave it on System and it follows the Mac, as you would expect. Set it explicitly and that widget stops caring what the rest of the machine is doing.

FAQ

Questions about InstaCal widgets

Which calendar widgets does InstaCal include?
Ten designs: Next Event, Now + Next, Days Ahead, Week Map, Reminders, Today, Month, Up Next + Calendar, Countdowns and Action Center. Available sizes vary by Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Can I complete a reminder from the widget?
Yes. The Today widget completes a reminder in place, without opening InstaCal, and tapping the same reminder again marks it not completed. Nothing is lost if you tick the wrong row.
Do multi-day events show properly?
Yes, and this is the main thing that separates InstaCal's Month widget from the alternatives. A three-day event draws as one continuous bar across those three days, using the same layout code as InstaCal's full Month view. Most calendar widgets draw an unrelated dot on each day instead.
Can a widget be dark while the rest of my Mac is light?
Yes. Every InstaCal widget has its own Theme setting — System, Light or Dark — because what reads well on a wallpaper is a property of the wallpaper, not of your system appearance. Edit the widget and pick the one you want.
What does iPhone add?
iPhone adds Lock Screen accessory families, Live Activities for the next event and leave-by countdown, Dynamic Island updates and a Quick Add control for Control Center and supported system surfaces.
What do the widgets require?
The Mac widgets require macOS 14 or later. iPhone and iPad widgets require iOS or iPadOS 18 or later. They are included with the same InstaCal purchase.
How much does InstaCal cost?
InstaCal is $19.99 once, down from $29.99. One App Store purchase includes the Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch apps. There is no subscription, separate mobile purchase, Pro tier, InstaCal account or in-app purchase.
Does InstaCal collect any data?
No. InstaCal contains no analytics and no tracking. Your Google and Microsoft tokens live in Apple's Keychain, and your events sync directly between your device and your calendar provider — there is no server of ours for your data to visit.
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Put the right part of your calendar on every screen.

Ten widget designs, Lock Screen widgets and Live Activities. Included for $19.99 once.

Download on theMac App Store

$29.99 $19.99 once. One purchase includes InstaCal for Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. No subscription, InstaCal account or ads.

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