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What Is Time-First Planning? A New Way to Think About Time 4 min read
Year planner
Where things are.
Twelve months on one screen. Holidays, seasons, deadlines, family - everything on the same page.
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Plan your whole year on one screen.
AnnuCal is a time-first planner: your year at a glance, your projects on a timeline, what returns in orbit. Think long-term, stay realistic, decide better. Made in Germany.
Free to start. 30 days with everything included, then Free - your plan stays.30 days with everything included, then Free - your plan stays.
An example year - try it in the demo, no account needed. When you sign up, you start with an empty year and can load a template that fits you in one click.Swipe sideways through the year. An example year - try it in the demo, no account needed. When you sign up, you start with an empty year and can load a template that fits you in one click.
One year, three ways to see it
One year. Three ways to see it.
Every plan lives in the same year. AnnuCal shows it three ways - and you switch with one click.
Timeline
How long things take.
Projects as bars, phases and milestones, from a week to several years. Your private calendar runs above it, so a launch never collides with a holiday.
Orbit
What returns.
The year as a ring. Lay last year over this one and see the patterns you keep repeating.
Lay out a film, a launch, a renovation, a road trip - projects as rows, phases as bars, milestones as points. Zoom from a week to several years with one click on the axis. And because your personal calendar runs above every project, you see the collision before it happens.
- Phases stack by themselves - and nest when you want a phase inside a phase.
- Share as a link, or invite someone to edit with you.
- Days, not hours. Plans, not tasks.
Orbit
Orbit: the year as a ring.
January at the top, the year runs clockwise and closes back into itself. Private life, work and projects on concentric rings. Switch on last year, and the clusters that line up are the ones that return.
Most years rhyme: the trade fair in April, the summer break, the busy season before Christmas. The ring makes that rhythm visible at a glance, so you plan the new year around what you already know will come back.
- See what repeats - before you plan it again.
- Click a month to zoom in.
- Same data as your year planner and timeline.
Year planner
The year planner, in the shape you think in.
Linear, vertical or with the weekends aligned - same year, same data, one click to switch.
Linear
Months as rows, days as columns. The classic linear calendar - your whole year in one strip of time.
Vertical
Months side by side, days running down. Compare seasons at a glance.
Weekend
Weekdays lined up, so every weekend runs down the year as one column. See at a glance which weekends are still free.
Connect your Google Calendar once. Events you add in AnnuCal appear in Google, and everything from Google shows up in your year - no second calendar to maintain.
- Two-way sync, automatically.
- You pick which calendars you see.
- Verified by Google.
Success stories
How people plan their year with AnnuCal
Short, concrete stories: what the year looked like before, what the plan looks like now, what changed.
Private medical practice, Zurich
“My goal was to block both private and business dates early and create enough free space. Despite my rather workaholic nature, I want to give my family time for shared evenings and long-term holiday and family planning.”
Dr. med. Joachim Ahlers On-call duties, practice days, workations and family on one screen.
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Everything you need to know before getting started
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What is AnnuCal?
AnnuCal is a visual year planner: your whole year on one screen, your projects on a timeline and the year as a ring. You mark time first - days, weeks, months - and add the details later. It runs in the browser, works on mobile, and starts free.
What is the Timeline?
A second view of the same year: projects as rows, phases as bars, milestones as points, from a week to several years. Your personal calendar runs above it, so plans and private life are planned together. Included in Pro.
Does AnnuCal replace my project tool?
No. AnnuCal answers when-questions: when does something start, how long does it take, what runs in parallel, where does it collide. Tasks, assignments and status stay in the tools you already use - AnnuCal is the time view next to them.
Does the Google Calendar sync work both ways?
Yes. Events you create in AnnuCal appear in Google Calendar, and changes in Google appear in AnnuCal. You choose which calendars are connected, and you can disconnect at any time. Syncing both ways is part of Pro; on Free, your Google events show up in AnnuCal.
What is Orbit?
The third view of your year: a ring with January at the top. Lay last year over this one and see what returns - seasons, launches, family events.
Blog
Insights, updates and ideas for better time planning
Start with the year.
Open the demo, move a few things around, and see how a whole year feels on one screen. No account needed until you want to keep it.