I was looking for a more affordable alternative to the high-priced “Skylight” Calendar and found this while scrolling. It’s the PERFECT entry level price point for families looking to keep organized and keep their kids engaged in tasks throughout the week, without having to buy additional apps to support these features which are included for free! Setup was fairly intuitive and I only needed to consult the instruction manual once. Within an hour, I had synced my Google calendar, assigned tasks for my son for the day/week, setup grocery lists and setup a rewards system. My son loves to check and see what’s “on the list” for the week! The coolest feature? REWARD STARS! So, you can “gamify” tasks/chores by assigning a point/star value to each task. This can only be done on the app so kids using the calendar can’t increase the star value by themselves - they can just check off whether it was completed. Then, the cool thing is you assign stars to a reward(s) which the child can accumulate to redeem for! We chose to reward with dollars (5 stars earned = $1.00) but also encourage to save more stars to cash in for higher dollar amounts. Again - but hit with the kids here!!! It would be cool to add a photo to the rewards if you kiddo wants to earn a special toy or something. Maybe in an upgrade :) Easy functionality, and it’s a quality calendar with the features that I wanted for our household. Syncing is nearly immediate which is also great. I can see us upgrading to a lager screen version in the future because I think this will be used a lot in the house!! Read more
What an amazing digital calendar. It’s extremely practical and easy to use. I enjoy being organized and this calendar does just that. To put my family’s schedule all in one place where everyone has access to it, and each name is color coded is beyond perfect. I love that it’s not just a calendar, but that I can use it to make my grocery list, I can assign tasks to individual family members, I can even do my meal planning on here. It makes being organized and planning simple. It’s cute, it’s stylish and has a little bit of everything to make this the perfect addition to any home. It even tells you your local weather forecast. For privacy reasons I covered names and location in my photos. Read more
My husband splurged on the bigger size for Mother’s Day, and the screen quality is excellent. The white frame is beautiful, the touch screen works well, the screensaver pictures look great. All the kids love seeing the pictures on screensaver and they were very easy to add. The app is intuitive and easy to use. After syncing my main Google calendar I thought I found a deal breaker when the entire calendar uploaded in one color even though different events were set as different colors in my Google calendar. BUT I found an easy solution within a few minutes to get it to work how I want. I already have a gmail account for each of my children, so I went into the Google Calendar app, and created a calendar under each of their accounts. If you want each person to have a different color and sync seamlessly from Google calendar here is what you need to do: 1. (Create a gmail account) and then create a Google calendar for each person. 2. Select the first person’s account in the upper right circle in Google calendar, then click the hamburger drop down on the upper left corner in the month view and go to settings. Select the default color you want. Create at least one event in each Google calendar for it to work properly. Repeat for each person, choosing the color you want for each. 3. Go to the eCalendar app, and add all of those accounts in the sync section. 4. Go to the profiles in the eCalendar app and click on each calendar to change the color to same color you selected in Google calendars. Et voila! Now each person will have separate colors for all of the events as long as when you add a new event it is added under the correct google account in Google Calendar (the circle at the top right of google calendar app). You will also want to create profiles in the eCalendar app for each person, with all of their same colors, for things like their tasks (chores). Ex: I have 12 profiles for 5 people (5 are the calendars, 5 are for tasks, and added US holidays calendar and was able to add a shared soccer team schedule.) It’s going to take me a little while to remember to make sure I am under each person‘s google account when I create a new event, but after I get used to that, it will be easy peasy. Then the calendars sync seamlessly with your digital calendar. Now when I add an event it pops up on my digital eCalendar in 3 seconds. Also, the older kids love the chore lists. Now I don’t even have to tell them what to do when they get home from school, and it’s easier and more fun for them to check this digital calendar and then check their chore done rather than having Mom “boss them around”. They respond to it much better. The chore list also helps me remember what I want them to do and be able to rotate through chores easily - I usually know what chores I need done at 10 AM and by the time they get home, I forget. It’s nice you can have chores repeat any number of days, weeks or months. I haven’t used the dinner planning function yet. Cons: app dependent. Read more
I really love this calendar and wasn't sure I would. It is the perfect size for a desk or counter. It has a stand part so it stands up nicely, it cannot be hung. I had it set up within minutes with the app, I used an Android phone. It is very user friendly and I did not encounter any issues, surprisingly. The calendar itself is also touchscreen so it can be tapped on to check different calendar events, add them or tasks. The tasks is a really cool feature and would be great for kids with chores. It shows their name at the top and when they click on it they can then click off each chore they are assigned. You can also assign rewards but I didn't go into that part. There is also a spot for menu planning which I played around only a little bit so far. Once you buy the calendar, the app is free so you don't have a subscription charge which is nice. No hidden costs. I synced this to my Google Calendar and account. I was leary about adding my google password but it seemed okay. I did notice there is no way to factory reset this device but you can transfer it to someone else. I can't decide if I want to keep this in my kitchen or give to my husband for his desk at work. I think he could really use one to quickly glance at his schedule and meetings/events pop up on the screen as notifications so that is a nice bonus. Really I do like this calendar and it is super useful for families and work. I don't have anything to compare it to but I do like the design and usefulness. Read more
