Avail Support

Stuck, or found a bug? Email contact@vantumworks.io with "Avail" in the subject and we will reply within two business days.

Getting started on iPhone and iPad

• Allow calendar access. Avail asks the first time you open it. If you declined, open Settings › Privacy & Security › Calendars › Avail and choose Full Access.
• Pick the calendars that count. Tap the gear, then Calendars. Events on checked calendars count as busy; uncheck a calendar to leave its events out of your free time.
• Set your hours. Drag the orange lines to set when your day starts and ends.
• Open a day. Pinch into a day, or touch and hold its date and choose Open Day, to see your meetings. Pinch out to see all your days again.
• Add a time zone. Tap the gear, then Time Zones, and search by city or country. Your free time is then shown in that time zone too. When you share by email, the message includes every time zone you added.
• Send your availability. Tap Share and pick Messages, Mail, or any other app. Or tap Copy and paste the message anywhere.
• Take the tour again. Tap the gear, then Show Me Around.

Getting started on Mac

• Allow calendar access. Avail asks on first launch. If you declined, open System Settings › Privacy & Security › Calendars and turn Avail on.
• Pick the calendars that count. Click the gear in the toolbar. Events on checked calendars count as busy; uncheck a calendar to leave its events out of your free time.
• Set your hours. Drag the orange bars beside the hours to set when your day starts and ends. Drag a bar inside one day to change that day alone; double-click it to follow the others again.
• Say what counts as free time. In Settings, Shortest Free Time leaves out any free time shorter than you would offer, and Advance Notice leaves out free time that starts too soon from now.
• Start on a later day. Click the calendar in the toolbar, or choose View › Go to Date…, and pick the day to count from. Away this week? Start from the day you are back.
• Peek at a day. Click the events pill beside a date to see its meetings, which calendar each is on, and what overlaps. The × beside a meeting counts that time as free, without changing your calendar.
• Add a time zone. Click the + beside the ruler and search by city or country. Your free time is then shown in that time zone too. To share it in every time zone you added, use Share for email, Copy as Table for notes, or Copy as Picture for a text.
• Share or copy your availability. Press Share to send it to Messages, Mail, AirDrop, or another app. Or press Copy and paste the message into chat, email, or a text. The arrow beside Copy has Copy as Table, Copy as Picture, Save Picture…, and Save as File…
• Take the tour again. Choose Help › Show Me Around, or click the gear, then Show Me Around.

Common questions

Why is an event not showing as busy?

Events marked Free in Calendar, invitations you declined, and events on calendars that are unchecked in Settings do not count as busy. Check the event's availability in Calendar or the calendar list in Avail's Settings.

Why does the day start or end at a certain hour?

The orange lines are your working hours. Drag them to change the hours Avail offers.

Can I move a meeting out of the way?

On iPhone and iPad, swipe a meeting to the right. On a Mac, click the events pill on a day and click the × beside the meeting. Either way, Avail counts that time as free in your message, without changing your calendar.

How do I undo a change on iPhone or iPad?

Shake your device, or swipe left with three fingers. Swipe right with three fingers to redo.

I downloaded Avail for Mac from this site. Can I switch to the App Store version?

Yes. Quit Avail, drag the copy you downloaded (usually in your Applications folder) to the Trash, then get Avail from the Mac App Store. It is the same app, so your settings and time zones carry over. macOS may ask you to allow calendar access once more. From then on, updates arrive through the App Store.

Does Avail send my calendar anywhere?

No. Avail reads the calendars on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac and keeps everything there. See the privacy policy.

Mac keyboard shortcuts

• ⌘⇧C: copy your availability (⌥⌘⇧C as a table, ⌃⌘⇧C as a picture)
• ⌘⇧S: save your availability as a file
• ⌘⇧T: go to a date to start from
• ⌘+ / ⌘− / ⌘0: zoom the canvas in, out, and back to actual size (or pinch on the trackpad)
• ⌘] / ⌘[: show one more or one fewer day
• ⌘Z / ⌘⇧Z: undo and redo a change
• Help › Show Me Around: take the tour again

Requirements

iOS 26 or iPadOS 26 or later on iPhone and iPad. macOS 26 or later on Mac.