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1/18/2026

The best scheduling app turns out to be beautiful

People who’re looking for a scheduling app look for a few things: A calendar view usually looks something like this: Clear blocks and time slots. Preferably your own timezone so you don’t need to do a...

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Published 1/18/2026

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People who’re looking for a scheduling app look for a few things:

  • Good visual overview of their calendar
  • Time slots
  • Events as blocks
  • Clear, empty and busy blocks

A calendar view usually looks something like this:

Clear blocks and time slots. Preferably your own timezone so you don’t need to do any calculations when the meeting actually starts. And some extra info people can fill out so you can prep your meeting.

The above view, it turns out, is pretty outdated. The below view, is the best looking calendar from 2026.

Turns out people also wanna feel something when making an appointment.

The common elements of a scheduling app:

  • Top navigation: date picker, view switcher (day/week/month)
  • Left sidebar: calendars, people, resources
  • Main canvas: timeline or grid
  • Quick actions: “New event”, “Share availability”
  • Status cues: colors, icons, labels (busy, tentative, confirmed)

If you visualise that, it would look something like this:

How a basic calendar layout looks like

DIfferent calendar apps

A calendar app is probably the most create sowftware out there. If there’s on thing beginner entrepreneurs with an engineering degree create, it’s a scheduling or calendar app.

The most well known calendar apps are:

Lesser known calendar apps are:

Mental models matter

People ask themselves a couple of questions when they use a calendar.

When am I free?
When are others free?
Can someone easily book a call with me?

The first questions is the easiest to answer. The second is more complex. It takes software and a nice UI to show ehen people can book with you or when you can book a call with others.

Close differentiators to scheduling apps

Calendar apps are all about you. What do I have on my plate and when. When am I free? It’s mostly about having an overview of how your week looks. Having room and options to enter meetings easily. And also being able to enter recurringm meetings.

A meeting scheduler is all about finding overlap with your team mates, colleagues and (prospective customers). That’s where TimeTuna focusses on. And there are tons of app out there that try to do just that. When is someone available?

You also have appointment schedulers. That’s also something TimeTuna focusses on. We let you easily create a booking page and help (prospective) customers easily book a call with you. Most appointment schedulers let you set buffers between meetings, have different timezone support and take extra care of confirmations and reminders through email or SMS.