Help and getting started

Claro means clear. This page keeps things that way: how to set ClaroCal up, how the planning works, and answers to the questions people ask most.

New here? These six short sections take you from sign-up to a planned day. If something is not covered, the fastest way to reach a human is the contact page.

1. Create your account

1. Go to the sign-up page and create an account. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial.
2. You land on a short setup that connects your calendar and asks about your working hours.
3. That is it. Your trial is running, and ClaroCal plans your day and syncs with Google Calendar.

2. Connect Google Calendar

ClaroCal plans your day on your calendar, so connecting Google is the one step that makes everything work.

• What you approve. On Google’s own consent screen you grant three things: read and write calendar events (so ClaroCal can place your tasks as real time blocks), free and busy times (so it never books over a meeting), and your email and basic profile (to sign you in). ClaroCal never sees your Google password.
• Two-way sync. Move a task block in Google Calendar and it updates in ClaroCal. Change something in ClaroCal and it shows up in Google. Essential syncs hourly, Plus every 15 minutes, and Power every 5 minutes.
• Disconnecting. You can disconnect your calendar at any time from Settings. Your ClaroCal account stays; only the calendar link is removed.

3. How ClaroCal plans your day

Add what you need to do, and ClaroCal builds the plan.

• Add tasks by typing them in. You can include a duration, a day, a time, and a category, for example “Draft the report tomorrow 45m”. If you do not give a time, ClaroCal picks an open slot for you.
• It works around your calendar. ClaroCal finds the gaps between your meetings, respects your working hours, and places each task where you can actually do it.
• Fixed vs flexible. Give a task a specific time and ClaroCal pins it there. Leave the time off and ClaroCal schedules it into the next open slot, and reshuffles it if your day changes.
• It keeps the plan honest. Move a meeting and ClaroCal replans the tasks around it, so the plan always matches your real day.

4. Your daily plan and briefing

Open ClaroCal in the morning and your day is already drafted: your meetings, your tasks placed around them, and a short read on how full the day is. As things move, the plan updates so you are never looking at a stale schedule.

5. Plans and billing

• Essential is $6/mo (or $60/year) and covers the core job: daily planning, hourly two-way Google Calendar sync, a daily plan notification, and one booking link.
• Plus is $10/mo (or $100/year) and syncs every 15 minutes for a plan that keeps up with a busy day, plus unlimited booking links and calendar insights.
• Power is $16/mo (or $160/year) and syncs every 5 minutes, with the SMS morning briefing, two-way text, proactive insights, and priority support.
• Trials and cancelling. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial, and every trial includes everything in Power. You are not charged during the trial, and you can cancel anytime from your account settings. Annual billing is 12 months for the price of 10. See the full breakdown on the pricing page.

6. ClaroCal for iPhone

An iPhone app is on the way: the same planner, in your pocket, with voice capture, offline planning, and a morning briefing in one notification. It is coming soon. You do not need to wait to start, ClaroCal runs in your browser today, and your plan will be there when the app arrives.

Still stuck, or have a question this page does not answer? Reach us on the contact page and we will help you get set up.