Boxing Day Deal: This Genius Touchscreen Calendar Will Make Organizing Your Family’s Busy Schedule So Much Easier

A person touching the screen on the skylight calendar.

Keeping track of your personal calendar can be tough. There are work meetings, activities, vacations, and chores, and staying on top of everything is no easy feat. If you have a larger family, that becomes even more difficult. Balancing three (or more) schedules without letting anything slip through the cracks is next to impossible — unless you have a system, that is.

While some people have mastered the art of the dry-erase calendar, it allows room for a lot of human error. You don’t want to miss your Pilates class (and pay the dreaded no-show fee) or risk sending your kids to school on a PA day because you accidentally erased it or your dry-erase marker stopped working. Google Calendars and Sheets can be a bit more reliable, but since they require you to open an app to see everything and involve a certain degree of tech savviness, it’s easy for things to get missed. That’s where the Skylight Calendar comes in handy.

Now, let’s get into the details. This versatile 15-inch touchscreen is designed to sync with popular calendars like Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar, and more. It’s incredibly easy to operate, and uses a colour coding system so you know exactly which events are linked to which family members. You can flex between daily, weekly, and monthly views and break down your schedule with to-do lists and chore tracking.

Setting it up is a cinch; simply plug it in, connect it to wi-fi and sync your calendars. From there, it will automatically populate your events. You can then use the touchscreen to add things as they come up, or use the companion app on your phone to update your events. It can be oriented in landscape or portrait, and it can be displayed on its included stand or mounted to a wall if you want to free up counter or desk real estate.

There is only one major downside to this calendar, and that is the cost. Ringing in at nearly $450, it’s not cheap. On top of that, if you want to access additional features, like meal planning and photo screensavers, you’ll need to shell out even more money for the Calendar Plus subscription ($79/year), which isn’t ideal. That said, if your kids do a lot of activities and your own personal schedule involves a lot of meetings and appointments, it’s probably worth it. And, if you can get it on sale (like right now!), even better.

All in all, the Skylight Calendar is definitely a splurge, but if your current organization system needs an overhaul, it might be a worthwhile one. It’s especially great for larger families and will keep things from getting lost in the shuffle if you tend to juggle a lot of appointments and activities. It may not be worth it if you’ve mastered the art of the Google Calendar or already have a system in place that works.

What reviewers are saying about the Skylight Calendar:

Reviewers are big fans of the Skylight Calendar. It has an impressive average rating of 4.4 stars, and most users agree that it has made juggling family schedules much easier, especially those with kids. They love that they can use it to track activities, appointments, and chores, and love that each person is attributed a different colour to make it easy to follow. They also love that the calendar is synced to their phones so they can check it on the go. Some don’t like that you have to pay for a subscription to access certain features, but most agree that it’s a worthwhile investment.