What InstaCal costs, exactly
- Price
- $29 once on the App Store. One purchase includes InstaCal for Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch; it is not a subscription.
- Tiers
- There is no Pro tier and no in-app purchase. Every feature in the current release is included in the same purchase.
- Account
- None. InstaCal has no sign-up, no login of ours, and no profile.
- Platforms
- The same App Store purchase includes Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch.
- Refunds
- Purchases go through Apple, so refunds are handled by Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com.
- Family Sharing
- Handled by the App Store for the universal purchase.
- Privacy
- InstaCal contains no analytics and no tracking. Account tokens stay in Apple's Keychain and events sync directly between your device and your calendar provider — there is no server of ours in between.
Nothing about InstaCal costs money every month.
Subscriptions exist for a reason. That reason mostly doesn't apply here.
There is no server
Your events sync directly between your device and your calendar provider. Nothing routes through infrastructure of ours, because there isn't any.
There is no account system
No sign-ups to store, no passwords to reset, no support burden that scales with users — so no recurring cost to fund.
There is nothing to monetise
No ads, no analytics, no data. The purchase is the entire business model, which is the version of that sentence you want to hear.
Every InstaCal app is included
The Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch apps are one purchase. There is no separate mobile price or platform add-on.
The honest caveat
A one-time price means the app has to keep earning new customers to fund its own development. That is a real constraint and it shapes what InstaCal will ever be: a focused native calendar family that gets steadily better, not a hosted scheduling service with recurring infrastructure to fund.
If what you need is a calendar service — shared scheduling links, availability pages, a web app — a subscription product is the right tool and you should buy one. InstaCal is for the other case.
Questions about pricing
How much does InstaCal cost?
Is there a Pro version or an in-app purchase?
Do I have to create an account?
How do I get a refund?
Does InstaCal collect any data?
One payment. Every current feature. No InstaCal account.
$29 once. Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch included.
$29 once. One purchase includes InstaCal for Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. No subscription, InstaCal account or ads.
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