CritiCal

Features

• Event Management

  Comprehensive event tracking with full details, venue management, genre categorisation. Attach poster images for beautiful visual identification, and use the interactive map to see your events geographically. On event day, get weather forecasts and full integration with your favourite navigation app (Apple Maps, Google Maps, Citymapper, or Transit) to make sure you get there on time.

• Smart Filtering

  Advanced filtering options for date ranges, genres, publication/confirmation/review status, and more. Save custom filters for quick access and filter summaries on the dashboard. Dynamic time-based grouping options ensure your filters always offer the most relevant results, whether you're looking at upcoming events, past reviews, or your activity this month.

• Document Attachments

  Subscribers only

  Attach files to events including e-tickets, press releases, programmes, and contracts, all synced across devices via iCloud.

• Review Workflow

  Track reviews through their lifecycle. Log your star ratings, word count requirements, fees and pull quotes. When your review goes live, store the URL and share it with a tap.

• Notes & Tasks

  A lightweight and effective system for capturing notes and reminders. Time reminders can be set to specific dates, or relative to the show date. Push notifications keep you on track, and completed tasks are logged for reference.

• Publications Management

  Subscribers only

  For critics who write for multiple publications, keep track of each outlet's requirements, rates and billing contacts.

• Automatic Review Discovery

  Subscribers only

  Once you've filed your review, CritiCal automatically tracks your publications' RSS feeds and alerts you the moment your work appears online. No more refreshing or waiting for an editor's email — CritiCal tells you first.

• CritiCal Encore: Statistics

  Subscribers only

  Like a year-round Spotify Wrapped for your theatregoing. Interactive charts break down your event history, star ratings, genres, venues, and more.

• Invoicing

  Subscribers only

  Generate clean, professional invoices directly from your review data. Clean PDFs allow bundling of multiple reviews. Track invoice status and overdue payments to help you stay on top of your cash flow.

• Social Sharing Images

  Subscribers only

  Turn your stored poster images into beautiful, shareable graphics optimised for every social platform. Multiple format sizes to suit all feed types. Save the results to your Photos library or share directly to social apps.

• Widgets

  Interactive widgets in multiple sizes for the lock screen, home screen, and Today View. See your next event, upcoming events, or your saved filter results at a glance, and tap to open directly in app for more details and actions.

• Notifications & Reminders

  Daily event reminders, task alerts, review notifications, and location-based venue reminders (for subscribers, iOS). Geofencing helps you surface the right information and tickets as you arrive.

• Siri & Shortcuts integration

  Over 25 actions for Siri and Shortcuts, allowing you to integrate your CritiCal data into advanced workflows that take full advantage of the Apple ecosystem.

• Accessibility

  Full VoiceOver support, including audio graph descriptions, Reduce Motion support, and accessible controls throughout.

• Cross-Platform

  CritiCal is designed to work seamlessly across all your Apple devices, with optimised interfaces for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Your data syncs effortlessly via iCloud. Build and maintain your calendar and invoicing from your Mac or iPad, and take it on the road with you on your iPhone. Wherever you are, CritiCal is there with you, ready to help you stay in control of your theatre life.