You juggle between your Google calendar and your Notion tasks? You spend your time looking for the Zoom link for your next meeting?
Notion Calendar could become your best ally. Launched in 2024, this free tool connects your calendar to your Notion workspace to finally visualize everything in one place.
In this article, I’ll explain what Notion Calendar can really do for you, its undeniable advantages, but also its limitations to know.
What is Notion Calendar?
Notion Calendar is the former Cron that Notion acquired in early 2024. It’s a modern calendar application that bridges your external calendars (Google Calendar, iCloud Calendar) and your Notion workspace.
The principle: Notion Calendar allows you to connect your external calendars, visualize your Notion databases, and see everything in one place (work calendar, personal, Notion tasks…).
Important: Notion Calendar doesn’t synchronize, it visually overlays information. What you create in Notion Calendar stays in the original calendar (Google or iCloud), and vice versa.
The Advantages of Notion Calendar
1. Centralizing Calendar and Notion Tasks
This is THE strength of Notion Calendar: you finally see your calendar AND your Notion tasks side by side. You can display any calendar or timeline view from your Notion databases, and see at a glance if you have time to fit in a new task between two meetings.
2. Customizable Booking Links
Notion Calendar includes an ultra-practical feature: booking links (like Calendly, but integrated). You can create custom links that allow people to book slots, recurring or not, on your calendar. No need to pay for a third-party tool!
3. Quick Access to Next Event
Notion Calendar displays your next appointment in the menu bar. One click and you instantly access the video link, participants, attached Notion page. No more panic 30 seconds before a meeting!
4. Multiple Time Zones
You can display multiple time zones side by side. Practical to quickly check the time at your New York client’s or avoid proposing a 3 AM slot for your Japanese partner.
5. Directly Integrating Notion Notes
For each event, you can create or attach a Notion page. During or after the meeting, you note everything in Notion, and this page is automatically linked to the event. Finding your meeting notes becomes child’s play. Of course, you can also use the AI meeting notes feature and associate it with your meeting!
6. It’s Free!
Yes, Notion Calendar is 100% free. No hidden premium version, no usage limit.
The Disadvantages of Notion Calendar
1. No Real Bidirectional Synchronization
This is the most important limitation. Notion Calendar only overlays your calendars and Notion data. If you create an event in Notion Calendar, it goes to Google Calendar (not to Notion). Changes made in Notion don’t sync up to Google Calendar.
2. Limited to Google and Apple Calendars
If you use Outlook Calendar or other calendars, you won’t be able to connect them for now.
Who is Notion Calendar For?
Notion Calendar is perfect if…
- You already use Notion to manage your projects and tasks
- You have a busy Google Calendar or iCloud Calendar
- You want to centralize the view of your calendar and deadlines
- You need simple and free booking links
- You work remotely with teams in different time zones
Notion Calendar might not be for you if…
- You don’t use Notion yet
- You use Outlook or another calendar
- You’re looking for perfect bidirectional synchronization
- You need advanced appointment management features
How to Install Notion Calendar?
It’s super simple:
- Go to calendar.notion.so
- Download the app for your system (Mac, Windows, iOS, Android) or use the web version
- Connect your Notion account and authorize access
- Connect your Google Calendar or iCloud Calendar
- Select the Notion views you want to display
And there you go! You can start using Notion Calendar immediately.
My Personal Opinion
After nearly 2 years of daily use, I find Notion Calendar really excellent for what it does.
What I love : finally seeing my Notion tasks and my calendar in one place, no longer wasting time looking for my video links, and easily set up booking links to find a date with a specific client, but also for more general booking links.
What I miss : real native bidirectional sync, but honestly, it’s not that blocking for me in daily use…
My verdict : if you already use Notion, install Notion Calendar immediately. It’s free, takes 5 minutes to set up, and will really improve your daily organization.
To go further:
- Coaching sessions to build your ideal organization system
Notion Calendar is a powerful tool that, when used well, can transform your way of managing your time and projects.
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