Calendar Catcher
Capture an event from just about anything — a photo, a text message, a document — and get a real calendar event in seconds.
Capture an event from just about anything — a photo, a text message, a document — and get a real calendar event in seconds.
What it is
Flyers, appointment cards, handwritten notes, text messages, school calendars, work schedules — the stuff that turns into calendar events is everywhere, and it's almost never in a format you can just tap "Add to Calendar" on.
Calendar Catcher reads it for you. Snap a photo, paste some text, or add a document, and its AI figures out the title, date, time, and location — then hands you an editable draft to review before anything touches your real calendar. Nothing gets added without your OK.
How it works
Take a photo, add one from your gallery, paste text, or add a document. Whatever the source, Calendar Catcher can usually make sense of it.
AI extracts the details into an editable card — title, date, time, location, and more. Fix anything that's off before moving on.
Tap once to add it to your phone's calendar, or your connected Google or Microsoft calendar — with attendees invited if you want them.
Getting set up
Calendar Catcher works the moment you open it — no account, no setup. These are optional things you can do whenever you want a little more out of it, not a checklist you have to finish first.
Long-press the Calendar Catcher icon on your home screen, just like you would for any app. Two shortcuts pop up — Paste and Dictate — that jump right into a capture without opening the app first.
Settings → Accounts. Optional — without it, events go straight onto your phone's own calendar. Connect one or both if you want events to land in Google Calendar or Outlook instead, or to invite other people to them.
Settings → People. Add family, kids, pets — anyone you capture events for. Once they're added, "for Jennifer" in a note gets tagged correctly instead of asking you every time.
Settings → Preferences. Default reminder times, email behavior, task tags. The defaults are sensible — this is just for when you want it tuned to how you work.
What you can capture
Flyers, appointment cards, handwritten notes, posters.
Emails, texts, and messages with event details buried in them.
Schedules and tables — one document can become many events at once.
Color-coded academic calendars, read month by month.
See it in action
Every capture follows the same pattern: something with a date on it goes in, an editable event (or several) comes out. Here's what that actually looks like.
Take a photo of any note, even messy handwriting. This one lists three people each with their own date — Calendar Catcher reads it as three separate events, named and dated correctly, ready to review.
Photograph a printed academic calendar — the kind with a color legend for holidays, teacher workdays, and early releases. Calendar Catcher matches the colors to the legend and names each one individually, instead of one blob labeled "colored day."
Doctor, dentist, vet — any printed reminder card works the same way. Patient, provider, date, time, and location all land in the right fields, with the location ready to use for directions or a reminder to leave early.
Use "Add Document" for anything with a table or list of dates — a training schedule, a shift calendar, a syllabus. One document in, every session out as its own event, so you're not retyping a week's worth of times by hand.
Free & Pro
| Feature | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| AI extractions per month | 5 | Unlimited |
| Events added per capture | Up to 2 | All of them |
| Connect Google & Microsoft calendars | Included | Included |
| Invite attendees / share as .ics | Included | Included |
| Color-coded school calendars PRO | Preview only | Full extraction |
For beta testers
Calendar Catcher is in Internal Testing on Google Play right now, which means a few things are still being ironed out. A little context before you dive in: