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
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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
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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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Design Review
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Lunch with Alex
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Project Kickoff
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Gym
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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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