Informant
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Informant, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Informant's own pricing page, checked 22 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | No tasks or projects · No contacts · No Connect Bundle |
| Premium Monthly | $3.99 a month | Full calendaring · Tasks and projects · Contacts · Connect Bundle · Billed through iTunes every 30 days; reverts to the free version after subscription ends |
| Premium Quarterly | — | Full calendaring · Tasks and projects · Contacts · Connect Bundle |
| Premium Yearly | $29.99 a year | Full calendaring · Tasks and projects · Contacts · Connect Bundle · Billed through iTunes every 365 days; includes a 7-day trial |
| Informant Sync Monthly | $3.99 a month | Available in-app · Auto-renewing subscription · $3.99/Monthly |
| Informant Sync Yearly | $29.99 a year | Available for iOS in-app purchase or via website · Requires Pocket Informant 5+ for iOS and 5.0+ for Android · $29.99/Year |
| Informant for macOS | $49.99, paid once | Requires macOS 10.14 or higher · Includes all 1.x releases · Informant Sync requires a separate subscription · One-time purchase |
The facts
Each one read from Informant's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Calendar features
- The iOS app offers a scrolling month view that shows event names and times and supports multi-day events across months.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Calendar sync
- two_waychecked 22 Sep 2026
- Email tasks
- Users can generate a private account email address that converts incoming messages into tasks, using the subject as the title and body as the note.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Informant for iOS can access native calendar data with permission and integrates with Apple Reminders.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Location alerts
- The iOS app supports geofenced locations, filtering by location, and alerts on arrival or departure.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Outlook sync
- Informant Sync for Outlook supports more fields than basic iOS or Android Exchange/Outlook sync, including categories or tags.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Paid from
- 3.99checked 22 Sep 2026
- Product
- Informant combines calendars, tasks, projects, contacts, and notes in a personal organizer.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Security
- The maker says Sync communication uses SSL, passwords are encrypted, and data is encrypted on the server and in transmission; its hosting platform has SSAE-16 certification and yearly audits.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Shared calendars
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Support
- The company says it answers email and technical support forum inquiries on standard business days, with possible delays around trade shows, holidays, or product launches.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Sync
- Informant Sync supports cross-platform syncing between iOS and Android and can sync additional data such as tags, smart groups, notes, voice notes, locations, settings, and templates.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Task management
- Tasks can be organized into projects and include subtasks or checklists.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Travel time zones
- TravelAssist automatically handles event time zones during configured trips, with exceptions for calendars that have specific time zones.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Web availability
- Informant for Web runs in a browser without installation and provides access to calendars, tasks, and projects from a computer.checked 9 Oct 2026
The company
- Company history
- The company says Pocket Informant began as WebIS and later Fanatic Software, was founded by Alex Kac, and has focused on mobile PDA and smartphone software since August 2001.checked 9 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Planning methods
- Web task settings support GTD, Franklin-Style, and Simple tasks.checked 9 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Mobile apps
- ios and androidchecked 22 Sep 2026
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