These pages compare Schedule Caddie with the display calendars and family apps parents ask about — prices and feature claims are re-verified on the date each page shows. Schedule Caddie's own claims are limited to what ships.
Apple HomeView ($299, 7-inch, on sale since November 13) and the Skylight Calendar ($300–$600) are two different ideas of a family display. What Apple has actually said, what Skylight does today, and how one Schedule Caddie feed carries every kid’s schedule to either one.
Apple HomeView ($299, 7-inch, on sale since November 13) is a personal Apple screen; DAKboard is the DIY wall display whose calendar widget takes an iCal/ICS link directly. What Apple has actually said, what DAKboard does today, and how one Schedule Caddie feed carries every kid’s schedule to either one.
One is a $299 Apple display that went on sale November 13 and reads the calendar off your iPhone; the other is a shipped Amazon line that reads calendar accounts you link to Alexa. Neither takes a team feed link directly, and neither maker has said whether a link-subscribed calendar makes it to the screen. The real differences, without a winner.
Apple HomeView ($299, 7-inch, on sale since November 13) shows each person their own calendar. Hearth Display subscribes to calendar URLs and gives each kid a column. What Apple has actually said, what Hearth does today, and how one Schedule Caddie feed carries every kid’s schedule to either screen.
Four family calendar displays, compared only on what their makers have published: Apple HomeView ($299, released November 13), Skylight Calendar ($300–$600), Hearth Display, and DAKboard. Who each one is for, how a schedule gets onto it, and why the feed you point it at matters more than the screen.
The Skylight Calendar costs $300–$600 plus $79/year for its best features. Schedule Caddie does the family-schedule half free, on the phones you already own — honest comparison inside.
Six family calendar apps compared on what their makers publish: Cozi, Skylight Calendar, FamilyWall, Google Calendar family sharing, Apple Calendar Family Sharing, and Schedule Caddie. Price, free tiers, whether each imports team-app schedules, and which one fits the problem you actually have.
Google, Apple and Outlook already share a calendar for free — and for many families that is enough. When it isn’t (iPhone + Android households, grandparents, co-parents, kids’ schedules that live in other apps), here is what Cozi, TimeTree, FamilyWall and Schedule Caddie each add.
Court-grade co-parenting apps document everything and charge per parent; plain shared calendars are free and document nothing. Five compared on price, who needs an account, custody templates and records — and the one job none of them does: keeping the kids’ team and school schedules current across two homes.
Cozi is great at lists and meals, but its calendar is hand-fed and change notifications require Cozi Gold ($39/yr). Schedule Caddie syncs team apps and school calendars automatically, with free change alerts.
FamilyWall is the family hub you type into — shared calendar, lists, messenger, locator, with Premium at $44.99/year. Schedule Caddie is the free layer that pulls every team app and school calendar in automatically, re-reads hourly, and emails what changed. How they differ, and how to use both.
Looking for setup steps instead of a comparison? See the calendar-sync guides or the school calendar hub.
Free to start. One calendar for every kid, every team app, and the school PDF.
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