Vimcal

John Li, Vimcal's Co-Founder said that the idea of Vimcal came from his experience when scheduling a lot of meetings with investors while he was fundraising. So if you're in the VC space, or a founder that is in networking/setting up meetings mode, then Vimcal could be a good fit.

That said, whether you're a part of a sales team that has to hit a quota for meetings, or whether you work on a remote team and frequently need to meet with your team and want a quicker way to schedule a time, Vimcal will help make the process more smooth.

Vimcal also launched something called Vimcal EA, that is specifically marketed to executive assistants who schedule meetings on behalf of others.

All this being said, we live in a post-COVID world where people are fatigued from meetings and are opting for asynchronous work. For instance, one thing we try to do is use tools like Supercut to communicate asynchronously and therefore require less meetings overall, which allows for more undisturbed focus work.

Vimcal is a calendar at the core with speedy scheduling capabilities. It also has natural language capabilities when it comes to event creation. You can type things like “Coffee tomorrow with Alex,” and Vimcal will try to parse the event details and pull contacts from your phone.

This is one of the main reasons I downloaded it on my phone, since most calendar apps don't have this feature.

When it works, it works and feels delightful. But an annoyingly, it doesn't always work.

For example, saying "meeting Alex for coffee" doesn't work, but if I write "meeting with Alex for coffee" then it does. These little details make it quite frustrating to use, because I expect it to work, and when it doesn't and I'm left cleaning up the calendar event it just starts to make me wonder why I'm even using it in the first place.

Vimcal makes scheduling across time zones easy with its "Time Travel" view. Instead of doing mental math to convert times, you can shift the calendar across time zones and see what time it is for someone else and where your work hours overlap.

It also highlights shared availability windows, so you can quickly find meeting times that work for everyone. You can also switch between multiple time zones directly in the calendar.

Whether you want to quickly shoot over some availability via your meeting link, or neatly copy and paste suggested times to meet, Vimcal will allow you to do it within seconds.

When is the best time to have an off-site, board meeting, or schedule a team call? You can use the poll feature to take a group vote.

Vimcal Polls

We initially loved the idea of Vimcal, as they are trying to portray themselves as the "Superhuman of calendar"—and we love Superhuman.

The thing is, they missed the mark on what actually makes Superhuman special in our eyes.

Vimcal confuses "productivity" with having keyboard shortcuts for everything (talking every single UI component).

This is at the cost of simplicity, making Vimcal feel quite a bit more overwhelming and over-engineered than it needs to be.