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electronic (or online) family calender/diary options?
nick205 - 1/1/14 at 09:44 PM

With 3 kids and both of us working full time, we need something more than a calender on the kitchen wall. The ideal would be an app or online calender that we can all access and edit, so we can all see what's going on.

This would need to work across iOS (iPad), Android (phones) and Windows (laptops) devices. It would also need to not interfere with existing work calender syncronisations (MS Exchange).

I have my own domain name and could easily create a "family@.....com" email account that we can all use if an email account is needed.

So, what's out there and what works....?

CNHSS1 - 1/1/14 at 09:47 PM

We use cozi, works on outlook pc and laptop, as well as my android stuff and SWMBOs ipad/iphone

Works well enough although apparently i still have to fill it in--who knew

mookaloid - 1/1/14 at 09:52 PM

google calendar works for lots of people

balidey - 1/1/14 at 09:58 PM

Not used one, but the O2 Joggler was meant to do just that, be a kitchen based family organiser

nick205 - 1/1/14 at 10:04 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
google calendar works for lots of people


I'm not overly keen on Google

nick205 - 1/1/14 at 10:04 PM

quote:
Originally posted by CNHSS1
We use cozi, works on outlook pc and laptop, as well as my android stuff and SWMBOs ipad/iphone

Works well enough although apparently i still have to fill it in--who knew


Just having a look at this now

mookaloid - 1/1/14 at 10:08 PM

quote:
Originally posted by nick205
quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
google calendar works for lots of people


I'm not overly keen on Google


Your choice obviously, but you seem to have android somewhere in the mix there so you are at least part way there.

Personally I don't like Apple products but I have to acknowledge that they do answer some questions for many people.

Google calendar works on all the platforms that you mention.

nick205 - 1/1/14 at 10:52 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
quote:
Originally posted by nick205
quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
google calendar works for lots of people


I'm not overly keen on Google


Your choice obviously, but you seem to have android somewhere in the mix there so you are at least part way there.

Personally I don't like Apple products but I have to acknowledge that they do answer some questions for many people.

Google calendar works on all the platforms that you mention.


To be fair, I'm no more or less keen on Apple products and probably why I'm looking for something non Google or Apple.

mediabloke - 1/1/14 at 11:58 PM

+1 for Google - we use it actively as a family. As others have mentioned, using Android phones, we can sync our calendars in seconds, so I can see when my wife's working, when I need to taxi my girls round and they know when I'm working.

I send meeting invites to & from my work calendar (non-sensitive stuff that I'd write on a postcard) if I'm on call, on a course or we need to swap cars for whatever.

scudderfish - 2/1/14 at 07:23 AM

We have a mix of Apple & Android. I set up a new Google account for just the calendar and connected all devices/computers to it. We now have individual calendars and a global house one as well. I did fool around with a CalDAV server for a while running on a box I controlled, but came to the conclusion that life was too short for that sort of nonsense.

cerbera - 2/1/14 at 08:17 AM

+2 for Google Calendar

nick205 - 2/1/14 at 12:02 PM

Cozi looks good so far.

Setting it up as we speak, time will tell.

nick205 - 4/1/14 at 11:42 PM

Cozi Gold does the job just fine!