TidyCal
TidyCal is a scheduling app that gives hosts a shareable booking link where clients pick a time, pay, and land on a synced calendar. It is mainly used by coaches and tutors to sell sessions, packages and recurring appointments.
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Who it's for
Best for
Solo coaches and tutors who sell paid sessions through a single booking link
Freelancers who want a one-time purchase instead of a monthly subscription
Not for
Teams that need round-robin booking across members with separate locations
Brands that need their own logo on reminder emails and embedded pages
Free plan$0
Pro$12/mo
Features
Instant booking page
An account immediately comes with a live, shareable booking page, with no domain, hosting or design work needed.
Payments through Stripe and PayPal
Stripe or PayPal can be connected so clients pay when they book and the money goes straight to the host's account.
Recurring sessions and bundles
Subscriptions let weekly sessions bill automatically, and clients can prepay for bundles of five or ten sessions.
Calendar sync
Google, Microsoft and Apple calendars sync with the booking page to prevent double bookings.
Automatic reminders
Automatic reminder emails go out before booked sessions to cut down on no-shows.
What users say
Pros
- Stripe payments are collected at the moment of booking, so lesson slots are paid before the call starts.
- One lifetime purchase covers the scheduler instead of a monthly fee, and it has run for years without renewals.
- A booking page and cloned appointment types for different products can be set up in minutes.
- Booking calendars connect to Apple and Google accounts at the same time, keeping both in sync.
- Reminder emails can be timed per appointment type, from several days before down to a few hours before.
Cons
- Calendar connections drop or show open slots over existing appointments, and reconnecting them takes manual work.
- Replies take days and usually come from an AI chatbot that points to documentation instead of answering.
- Round-robin pages show times outside combined availability, and agency booking types share a single meeting location.
- After the redesign, confirmations arrive without client names or organizer details, and payment records became harder to find.
- Reminder emails and embedded pages carry TidyCal's logo and domain even on the paid plans.
- A 1% fee now applies to Stripe payments on lifetime plans that were sold with no platform fee.
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Summarized from public user reviews and community discussions. View details
Global Traffic Rank
Top 500k
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Free planYesYesYesNo
ProInstant Stripe checkout, fast setup, custom reminder timingMeeting buffers, reliable core booking, text remindersFast fixes for stuck bookings, setup help, calendar sync, remindersLead routing by region, quick booking, calendar sync
Better forRecording call recaps with an AI notetaker, coordinating times over email, and reliable round-robin team routing.
Weaker atGetting lifetime access for a single one-time payment instead of paying a monthly per-seat subscription.