macOS Menu Bar App

Never miss a meeting again.

ZapCal delivers customizable full-screen alerts and mini banners for your calendar events, Apple Reminders, and custom reminders. It lives in your menu bar and ensures you're always on time.

Requires macOS 13.0 or later

Everything you need to stay on schedule

ZapCal is packed with features designed to ensure you never miss an important event.

Full-Screen Alerts

Impossible-to-miss alerts that cover your entire screen. Perfect for critical meetings.

Mini Banners

Subtle notifications that appear at the corner of your screen with a countdown timer.

Calendar Integration

Syncs with Apple Calendar, iCloud, Google Calendar, and other CalDAV sources.

Flexible Timing

Configure multiple alerts with different lead times. Get a warning, then a final alert.

One-Click Join

Automatically detects Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, and Webex links. Join with one click.

Smart Snooze

Customizable snooze durations. Snooze for 1 minute, 5 minutes, or any custom interval.

Customizable Themes

Beautiful presets or create your own. Assign different themes to different calendars.

Sleep Aware

Intelligently handles system sleep. No alert storms when you wake your Mac.

Two ways to be reminded

Choose between full-screen alerts that demand attention or subtle mini banners that keep you informed without interrupting your flow.

Full-Screen Alerts

When you absolutely cannot miss an event, full-screen alerts cover your entire display. They show the event title, time, location, calendar name, and a Join Meeting button if a video link is detected.

  • Covers all connected displays
  • Dismiss with Escape key or click
  • Snooze with customizable durations
  • Queue system for multiple alerts

Team Standup

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Mini Banners

Subtle notifications that appear at the top-right corner of your screen. They include a live countdown timer so you know exactly when your event starts.

  • Non-intrusive corner placement
  • Live countdown timer
  • Auto-dismiss or persist until event
  • Quick disable for individual events

Design Review

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Pro tip:Use both alert types together. Set a mini banner 60 seconds before, then a full-screen alert at the event start time. You'll get a gentle reminder followed by an unmissable notification.

Works with your existing workflow

ZapCal integrates seamlessly with the calendars and reminders you already use. No need to change your workflow—just install and start getting better alerts.

Apple Calendar

Full integration with macOS Calendar including iCloud, Google, Exchange, and CalDAV accounts.

Apple Reminders

Get alerts for your Apple Reminders with due dates. Select which reminder lists to monitor.

Event Alarms

Respects the alarms you set in Calendar.app. Get ZapCal alerts based on your existing alarm times.

Custom Reminders

Create quick reminders directly in ZapCal. Perfect for one-off alerts that don't need a calendar event.

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Team Standup

Work

10:00 AM

Design Review

Work

11:30 AM

Lunch with Alex

Personal

1:00 PM

Project Kickoff

Work

3:00 PM

Gym

Personal

5:30 PM

Theme Presets

Meeting Title

10:00 AM

Coral Paper

Meeting Title

10:00 AM

Pinka Blua

Meeting Title

10:00 AM

Blue Ruin

Meeting Title

10:00 AM

Hot Pink

Built-in presets, or create your own custom themes

Make it yours

ZapCal is fully customizable. Choose from beautiful built-in themes or create your own. Assign different themes to different calendars so work alerts look different from personal ones.

Beautiful Presets

Choose from a variety of professionally designed themes. Coral Paper, Pinka Blua, Blue Ruin, and more.

Per-Calendar Themes

Assign different themes to different calendars. At a glance, know if an alert is for work or personal.

Fine-Grained Control

Customize fonts, colors, backgrounds, and more. Use solid colors or images with customizable blur.

Ready to never miss a meeting?

Download ZapCal today and start your 7-day free trial. No credit card required.

macOS 13.0 or later required

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