Show HN: Jotcal, a calendar you glance at and write on

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App Store

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Google Play

Jotcal is a family calendar designed to be seen, not managed. A single calm surface that shows what's happening today without making you tap, scroll, or search.

Works with the calendars you already have. No new account, no lock-in. Your events, your tasks, and the weather, laid out clearly enough to read from across the room.

iOS

Android

Your whole day, at a glance

Greeting, next event, full day list, tomorrow preview. One screen, nothing hidden.

The 24-hour analog clock is unique. Event dots sit on the dial. Instantly readable. No list to scan.

Same dial, free slots shown in soft arcs. "1h 30m free" and you haven't tapped once.

Bar chart of the week with contextual tips. "Tomorrow - yoga mat - early start 7 AM." The detail you'd have missed otherwise.

iPad

Android

The week ahead, on one screen

7-day grid plus tasks panel. Built for a tablet on the wall. The whole week, one look.

Traditional time-grid week view, tasks on the right. For those who want every hour in view.

Full detail on the left, the week on the right. Good for mornings when everything happens at once.

Today's weather narrative and a daylight bar live inside the calendar grid. "Dry until 6:00 pm. Good window to get outside."

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Features

Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, iCloud, and any CalDAV server. Your events, your providers. Jotcal just displays them.

Add tasks alongside events. Every layout includes a tasks panel so nothing gets missed.

Jot an event with a stylus. Handwriting recognition turns your note into a calendar entry instantly.

No Jotcal account. No analytics. Calendar data goes directly to your providers over encrypted connections. Your handwriting never leaves your device.

Jotcal is free to download and there's no subscription. Pro is a one-time unlock, and the store shows the price in your own currency.

Every install starts with the full thing. No card, nothing to cancel. When the trial ends Jotcal settles back to the free calendar instead of throwing a paywall at a screen on your kitchen wall.

Jotcal is early, and priced that way. Invitees and travel-time reminders aren't here yet. The price rises as the app fills out, and buying once means you get the finished app at today's price.

Boox setup, display modes, and the low-latency pen path.

Which old iPads still work, mounting height, and the power problem.

Recognition into real events, and why it needs a stylus.

CalDAV, self-hosted servers, and what leaves your device.

The family whiteboard beat the calendar app. This is why.

Where a subscription is fair, where it isn't, and what I might charge for later.

Jotcal is live on the App Store and on Google Play. Free to download, with a 14-day trial of everything.