TidyCal Reviews

I picked up TidyCal when I got tired of paying monthly for what should be a solved problem: letting people book time with me without the back-and-forth email dance. If all you need is scheduling not invoicing, not payment collection this is one of the easiest lifetime deals to justify on AppSumo. I only say that because I only use it for scheduling so cannot comment on payment features.

Setup took maybe ten minutes. You connect your calendar, define your availability windows, create your booking types (30-min call, 60-min consultation, whatever you need), and you get a clean booking page link to share. That's it. The calendar sync works both ways, bookings show up on my calendar instantly, and busy blocks I've already got are respected so there's no double-booking. Buffer times between meetings, daily booking limits, and minimum notice periods are all configurable, which matters more than you'd think once people actually start booking.

What I appreciate most is the simplicity of the booking page itself. It loads fast, looks professional without any design work on my end, and visitors can pick a slot in two clicks. Custom intake questions let me collect context before a call so I'm not walking in blind. Automatic confirmation and reminder emails go out without me touching anything, and the timezone detection handles the conversion for the person booking a small thing that eliminates the single most common scheduling screwup.

A couple of honest notes: the interface is functional rather than flashy, so if you want heavy branding customization you'll hit limits. And group/team scheduling features are more basic than the big enterprise tools. But for a solo operator or small operation that just needs reliable, unlimited booking pages, none of that matters.
The real comparison is the math: Calendly's paid plan runs around $10-12/month forever. TidyCal is a one-time payment that paid for itself in the first few months, and I've had zero reliability issues since. Five tacos if you book calls, meetings, or appointments of any kind, just buy it.

Ok so I thought I'd support the developer, missed the fine print that if I change from my original app sumo plan and upgrade, well, unless I pay yearly, there is no custom domain. And just like that my page is a 404 error for the important meeting emails I've sent out.

Now I have meetings people are trying to get to from my custom domain name which I had for a couple of years and by paying more money, to upgrade, removed that very feature I purchased.

So yeah, I'm going to use the AI tool I found and build my own and ditch this one so I can have my custom domain back in it.

I've subscribed to pro for a month now to keep my sub domain working because being able to connect my calendar with clients is important.
What a headache!!!

I’ve been using TidyCal for my business and genuinely love how simple and effective the platform is. But today’s experience with their customer support made me appreciate the product even more.

I reached out with an issue, and Luka Belik, Customer Experience Manager, was phenomenal. His instructions were clear, specific, and incredibly easy to follow. I made the exact updates he recommended, tested everything, and it worked perfectly.

Luka solved the problem quickly without making the process feel complicated. That level of knowledgeable, thoughtful support matters tremendously when you’re running a business and relying on your tools every day.

TidyCal is already a great product, but having people like Luka behind it makes it even better. Highly recommend.

Bought the agency LTD expecting it to be lifetime. Been using it for years. Now they take 1% of any paid bookings and if I want to remove TidyCal branding I'm told to either pay monthly or buy another LTD for $29! On top of what I already paid for the agency license!

Changing terms after a sale is SHADY. You can't subtract features. You can't add fees.

If you're planning to build your business on this, know that "lifetime" here doesn't mean what you think it means. Would not recommend buying unless they commit to honoring what LTD holders already paid for.

I acquired two separate "licenses" for TidyCal, one for each of my businesses. While I now do most of my appointments/payment work through my CRM, I DID like TIdyCal, which I was saving as a backup, just in case anything happened with my CRM connections.

I am EXTREMELY disappointed that since purchasing my two LTD licenses, the powers that be have decided to charge a 1% platform fee to all TidyCal "basic" edition paid bookings. I am on Stripe Connect with two other non-competing platforms and am not charged a "platform fee". I don't need TidyCal Pro and don't desire to upgrade just to avoid a platform fee. It's not the extra $79, it's the principle of the matter. This was not part of what was described, cost wise, when I originally purchased TidyCal.

I have several high value programs that I don't want to charge each participant upwards of $50+ nor eat $1,000 from my profit by covering it myself. I'm already paying 2.9% + $0.30 in the United States for Stripe but I do also have international students, which already cost me more in Stripe fees.

While I know things can change in how a software product works, this additional charge to use what I already purchased and have used is basically a breach of trust, if not legally a breach of contract.

Meanwhile, I have purchased TidyCal and have the ability to use it, should I desire. I know many others are also more than disappointed. I just regret that TidyCal needed to make that decision.