Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Skylight Calendar is a device intended to hang on your wall, right where your existing paper calendar is. Obviously that's only an easy change to make if your existing family calendar is one that is electronic-- and if so, the Skylight can make your family's calendars available digitally in one spot. When I first saw the description of the Skylight, I had my doubts. There's really nothing special about a wall-mounted screen that shows a calendar...this is something the most amateur smart home enthusiast could accomplish with relatively little effort. However, where Skylight needed to have its biggest impact isn't in the physical, but in the software behind it. As far as the physical goes, it's a very nice device, styled as a framed painting. It has a decent touch screen that is easy to read, has a good touch response, and has can automatically adjust brightness based on ambient lighting. There are a couple of physical buttons along the top frame, controlling volume and power. There is an included power cable. Mounting hardware is included and easily installed; If not wall mounted, there is an included stand allowing it to be set on a table or countertop (but without any adjustment to the angle of the device). The mounting hardware is stout-- and when I first picked up the box I was initially concerned about the weight of the unit; as it turns out, the robust stand and wall hardware is what makes up most of that weight. So back to the software: it's very good. It has to be at least a little good in order for this device to even get off the ground. Basically any mainstream calendar service can integrate with the Skylight, and it can sync multiple calendars from multiple family members. Additionally, the mobile app makes the Skylight's information available to anyone in your family when they're not at home. So maybe you're thinking, "this is nothing new, we can do this already." Sure, and it's probably a hard sell to many families. Skylight also adds some basic to-do list capabilities, along with shopping list and chore tracking, all of which operate fine. There's nothing earth-shattering about that as an offering, but it definitely helps sell the device. At an additional monthly cost (and in my opinion, entirely too high of a monthly cost), you can add electronic photo frame capabilities. So it does a fine job, but there are still some features I'd like to see adjusted to make it even more compelling. First: I was not able to identify a way to disable the haptic sounds when typing on the device, which are unnecessary and annoying. Second, while the view options are decent (daily, weekly, monthly, schedule view, etc) I'd like to see some more options. It is a calendar first and so the calendar offering needs to be beyond reproach; I also wouldn't mind seeing a slightly higher-resolution screen to be able to fit a bit more vertical content on the screen. Finally, while the Skylight supports integration with a number of calendar services, it does not support integration with existing reminder or list services. So, you'll have to switch your to-do app if you want to make the most of the Skylight. That said, it's a good product. It may not be good enough for its price tag, retailing at $320. Given a repurposed iPad could accomplish something very similar, I'm not convinced this is worth the investment. It's a very attractive device and looks great on your wall, but there are plenty of wall mount options when it comes to other devices as well. If your family is already very electronically organized, this is probably a good product for you. Making use of some of the additional features makes it even more compelling... but if deploying this device in your home would require any sort of habit change, you might want to first look at those changes before making the investment. For my family it works, and I like it. I'll be curious to see how relevant it stays as time goes on, or if software support becomes an issue in a relatively short time period. For now, I think we'll keep it.

The product is okay. The screen is large and bright, and easily seen from across the room. Set up was also relatively easy, just install the app and then tell it what calendars to look at. Calendars are color-coded, so each of my kids has a different color assigned, as well as my wife and I. The Skylight looks nice. My mom commented on it when she came over, and wanted to know what it was. Had a couple other people who were like, "What is that, is it an Android tablet?" So kind of a cool conversation getter. I've found that having the calendars all together on a single screen is super helpful. Things I might miss because they were just on my small phone screen are easily viewed on the larger screen. The Skylight comes with a wall mount bracket or a stand for a counter or shelf. I do have some things I didn't care for, thus the three star rating. One, the Skylight does not have batteries. So, if you are going to hang it on a wall, you'll need to have an outlet nearby or you'll have a white extension cord hanging down the wall. And placing it on a shelf or counter with the included bracket takes up a decent amount of space. I wish the Skylight was more wall-mount friendly. Two, the touch screen is not very reactive. The touchscreen lags. Typing on the touchscreen keyboard was slow due to the lag, and swiping through screens was the same way. I know that the intent is to use the phone app to control the Skylight, but there are times I'd like to just grab the Skylight and make a quick entry using the touchscreen. And three, Skylight tries to get you to sign up for Skylight Plus, so you can stream photos on the screen or have a screen saver that is a photo. Otherwise the Skylight just sits there with the calendar on it, serving no other purpose. Considering the cost, I feel like the Skylight should just be able to stream photos without having to pay more money for an annual subscription. My rating for the Skylight would be 3.5 stars. Not being able to be charged and then mounted on a wall without an unsightly cord running down the wall to an outlet is a bummer. That would definitely be an improvement for me. The touchscreen responsiveness was just average. And being limited to just calendar events or to-do lists unless paying an annual subscription makes it less worth the money. My likes: Large screen, bright, does help organize the family. My dislikes: Can't just charge it and use it without a power cord, additional options are only unlocked by an annual subscription fee, and the touchscreen isn't very responsive.

Awesome addition to our busy life, keeps us focused and organized, easy to connect and lots of useful items.

No Issue with the product itself. I really like the aspect of it. However, it is disappointing that you still have to pay for a subscription in order to use its nice features.

Love it! Easy to use and to mount on my wall. It is so convenient and we love that we can all add to it as things pop up!

Amazing! This was the perfect addition to our home. We kept missing events because we didn't have one way of keeping track of all of our events and appointments. This was a game changer. It keeps our whole family organized and has bonus features that we love! Brush teeth

The idea of this device sounded great, on paper, because it provided us with a means to allow our son access to our calendars, lists, and tasks/chores without providing him with a tablet or phone that he could use to browse the internet or play games. However, the price tag was a bit hard to swallow for the limited functionality. This is especially true when we realized that we would have to pay for a separate subscription just to use the device as a digital photo frame. The box brags about the device’s 32 GB SSD space, but if we have to pay for a separate subscription just to use it as a photo frame, it doesn’t really matter. Another odd thing about the device is that it provides a small section at the top of the calendar page to show the weather and temperature outside (i.e. a sun icon to show it’s going to be sunny out today accompanied by the temperature). It’s weird though that’s all it is; you can’t pull up a weather forecast/outlook for the day and or week. On the face of it, it’s nice that it’s there, but in reality, it’s not as useful/practical as it may seem. If you can’t see the rest of the weather forecast, I don’t think it really needs to be there.

The SkyLight Calendar is absolutely revolutionary. It is a big-time game changer to how my family and I go about our regular business. From work schedules to all the mayhem that comes with being a family we have been able to make sure chores are done, groceries are purchased, and we never miss or are in a last-minute rush for an important event. Everyone's calendar is synced to it and it shows all the events for the week, you can change this to day, or month as well. We also utilize the chores, and keep that open for when the kids do their chores that can put a check next to it. The to-do list AKA honey-do list is also a great feature instead of me forgetting to write something down or being told something it now just gets added to the list (It may remain there for six months but hey it's on there). The calendar is very easy to set up, use, and sync calendars with. I can't say enough great things. Oh yeah, and it's built very sturdy. The stand that comes with it is quite heavy duty which is great. as well.

This is a curious and interesting appliance. The first thing I noticed was how simple the device looks. Having an all-white frame, it seems well suited to blend into most decorative environments. You're giving the option to hang the device on a wall or mount it on a flat surface using the (surprisingly heavy) angled stand. Once you plug it in and turn it on, you're prompted to link the device to your calendar providers. This process was fairly simple and I was able to connect my calendar to it in no time. Everything this smart calendar set out to do it does pretty well. You have a few options for what to display on the calendar (and how), plus you can set up task lists and chores. The "Chores" option seems to be the main selling point here, because you can create lists for each member of the family and have the items displayed in an easy-to-read format. The bigger the family, the more useful (and cool) this becomes. All of these features are served by a touchscreen that was more responsive than I expected...but don't expect high-end tablet or smartphone levels of touch responsiveness. It's not bad though. Overall the device is great to have, but I do have a few criticisms: 1) The screen is white with dark text and content, and there doesn't appear to be any options to change that (to "dark mode", for instance.) 2) "Calendar," "Chores,", and "Lists" are displayed as separate tab views. It would be nice to be able to see selections of all three on the screen at the same time. There's plenty of screen real estate to pull that off. 3) Using the photo display feature requires a subscription.

We've done something similar in the past but it was on paper, on a calendar that was in a common area of the house. Sure, that worked, but now we can add items to the calendar via PC-based applications and they sync with the Skylight, and if manually added to the Skylight, it also syncs to the PC (or cloud-based) application. Not to mention the simple fact that there's no more struggling with trying to decrypt each-other's handwriting - it's all there clear and plain as day! The device can also be set as a electronic picture frame to display your favorite photos when not displaying the calendar. Although we have not personally set this function up, I can see it happening in the near future. Display is bright and clear, 100% easy on the eyes and not so small that one would need reading glasses to see. I'd like to see an even larger version of this come out - would be helpful for business , schools, etc to put in common areas for everyone to view. I really wish I had one of these a long time ago - such a useful tool!

Very easy to setup and use. It’s a very simple design in which allows for simplicity, but the downside is that it can only handle task and calendar task, and nothing more. Overall the unit is very easy to use and it does allow the family to see what’s coming up in our busy schedules

This thing is so cool!! It’s super convenient and perfect for my spouse and I. We never have to really sync plans and schedules. We also set up and use a it grocery list as well from this. We can either do it right from the calendar or just from our phones.

I wasn’t sure I needed a dedicated electronic wall calendar, but now that I’ve used it for a few days I really like it. I settled on the weekly view so it’s easy to see all the activities and at least some of the descriptions. If you have a large family or just a lot of activities, I think you’ll find this a handy addition to the home. The box was surprisingly heavy when it arrived, but after opening it I realized a lot of the weight was from the metal stand and wall bracket. I decided to use ours with the stand on the kitchen counter, mainly because there was a power outlet behind it and I could hide all the cables. The very heavy-duty stand is nice and stable when people are poking on the screen to enter things in the menus. The wall mount bracket looks very simple and easy to install, but I didn’t want to have a power cord hanging down below it to an outlet, especially with cats in the house. It was very easy to get on my home WiFi. I do have an “IoT” SSID that’s 2.4GHz only that I use for all the miscellaneous devices in the house like this, so that may have helped. I don’t know if it would have any problems connecting to the 5GHz WiFi. It was also very easy to get our Google calendars synced with it. The “dinner plan” feature has been surprisingly useful. While it can be done via the Skylight app, it’s been just as easy to add meals for the week right on the calendar. It’s nice to be able to quickly see what meals are coming up. I also set up the sleep timer, so the screen shuts off from 10:30pm until 6:00am when no one is likely to look at it. This is a nice feature and seems to work well. There are some things I don’t like about the Skylight calendar, though. The viewing angle is narrow—the image washes out pretty quickly when you move to either side. I also wish you could customize the look of the calendar more, like changing the background color palette, etc. If there is a way to do that, I’ve not found it yet. Probably the most annoying thing about the Skylight is the fact that it’s essentially a picture frame that’s working as a calendar. However, if you want to actually USE it as a picture frame you have to subscribe for $40/year for that functionality. This seems a little tacky. The only other feature you get with the subscription is the so-called “magic import” where you can send it an email with an event, and it’ll pull out the information and put it in the calendar. However, Gmail already does that, so if you’re syncing with Google calendar you pretty much already have that capability. It would have been nice if they’d include some limited form of picture frame functionality, like only so many pictures or something. But even with the few things I don’t like, I still like this calendar overall. It’s already secured its place in the kitchen and I’m sure we’ll continue to use it.

The weight of the packaging telegraphs the feel of quality that you are about to behold. This has some heft to it as it is a 15 inch display inside a beautiful aluminum metallic frame with nice glass frontage. Inside the box you'll discover that some of the weight is in the mounting brackets that also give the aire of quality. Mounting screws are included along with a power brick. Like many items these days, there is an app that you must install in order to make use of the device. And this is where the first gotcha comes into play. The app really seems to be toward pushing you to a picture display setting that is EXTRA COST. Pictures would apparently rotate once the item has gone to sleep. Once you start using this, you'll notice the calendar function for tracking items and then the useful inclusion for families of "chores" that you can input. Weather is also available after you've connected to wifi. There is also a place where you can enter your "shopping list". This then leads to the second gotcha that reduced the usability of this device - there is nowhere to input any calendar that you've already put on your phone and to sync it up so that what you've already entered can be duplicated in a wall mounted calendar in your home. This seems very short sighted and really diminishes how'd use this. If I have to re-enter something, even with the large font and tactile sensation keyboard acknowledging input, I'd think twice about wasting time entering anything. The shopping list feature is a great idea if you mount in the kitchen, but it is also a bad idea since this cannot transfer information back to your phone so that you can remember what it was you entered on this device's shopping list. I checked the manual that comes with this and no mention of being able to connect and to use information to and from your phone. This is unacceptable. You cannot even "print" your shopping list!

As a family of 4, the Skylight Calendar has helped moderately to show current and upcoming events for all to see. We have it mounted in the kitchen, which gets the most foot traffic so we can always be up to date on what everyone has planned. It was easy to link my google calendar directly to the Skylight. It only imported ‘events’ and excluded my ‘tasks’. Instead, I need to keep a mental reminder to set anything that I would normally make a ‘task’ (“buy milk” or “wash the car”) as an ‘event’ for it to appear on the Skylight. Beyond syncing calendars from a phone, you can simply use the touchscreen to add events and set them for specific people. There is an option for things like shopping or meal lists, but I was not interested in those. There is also a ‘Chores’ section for random things like ‘finish homework’ or ‘take out trash’ or whatever you want it to be. However, you must be more interactive with the Skylight than I would prefer. For instance, you may have a chore for a child like ‘clean room’ but it doesn’t show it directly on the calendar view to see as you pass by. Instead, you must select that child’s category to view all chores that are either complete or not. Overall, I see this item as basically my phone calendar just blown up for all to see on the wall. This calendar can be either hit or miss, depending on your family’s needs. I will say that it is nice to view in passing as I am walking out the door in the morning to get a quick glimpse of everyone’s activities for that day. However, is it necessary to have this device when I can have all family activities in my phone calendar? Probably not. This may be an item for someone not so tech savvy or doesn’t use a smartphone and would like to try out a touchscreen calendar versus the boring old paper calendar when they had to ‘write down’ daily events.

I wanted to try this calendar out versus just having a tablet or our phones with shared calendars because it forces us to look and address anything in the calendar. It is a great reminder for it to look for the week or month ahead, depending on how you like to look at your schedule. Set up was a bit of pain point for me. I initially put it under my login info, but decided to change that and have my wife be the main lead on this calendar. However, to actually reset the device, I had to email tech support and after over 14 emails back and forth, I eventually reset the calendar myself. On the online manual, the reset button is located in the settings portion of the software, however, my software did not have it and I am unsure why. I mean the set up is pretty fast and you can be up and running in about 5-10 minutes. To manually reset this, I had to go get to the ADB Fastboot screens to factory reset the device. There is no reset button or anything in the app to do this. It says to email support, which I did, but was frustrating at the time, before I was able to go into fastboot mode and perform the factory reset myself. Once my wife was able to add her info into the Skylight app the additions to various calendars are offered. You can upload all or choose your calendar. Because we have a high school and club volleyballer and also violin player in orchestra, we opted for just one calendar. This thing also has the function of adding single events. So lets say you have a google calendar event you want to share, you can actually share it directly to the skylight using the custom name you want to use. I know this is vague, but it's pretty useful once you understand it. However, for this to work, you have to be invited into the sklylight calendar server in order to be able to add events. Keep that in mind. Once you have the members invited, it's realtime updated, which is pretty cool. This frame is pretty heavy for a calendar and it is not an run of the mill tablet. Yes it is more like a heavy picture frame. You are given the option of using the stand or you can utilize the hardware to mount it on a wall somewhere. I really like the wall idea, but I do not like wires feeding from it and makes the walls look sloppy, so we just opted for a stand set up and have it next to the dining room table. The software is pretty quick, some slight lag but nothing bad, but it is noticeable. The more part is that if you pay an additional fee, you can open up the areas where this frame can turn into a picture frame. I already have a hub that does that, so I didn't need to add that expense to our family budget. But it is nice to know it has that functionality though! The chores section and list section is also something great to have. These features are free to use, but is also a nice central location to look at. The color coding is pretty well done. Would I recommend this to others? I would! If they would indeed use it. In the few days we have had it, we have used it every day or at least looked at it. This calendar has a place in our home and I am glad we have it, even though it's not intuitive to add things. Meaning you can add events directly on the calendar, but it's not really recommended. You cannot edit anything and you have to delete it to correct it.

The Skylight Calendar is a very great addition to our life. While lt lacks good instructions, they have excellent online video's! If you need a great organizational tool.

Love this calendar so much…I can update it and view it at home or on the go; life changing. I bought one for my daughter and her family.

I love the idea of having a central location with all of our family calendars on it. This really helps to give our busy family a wholistic view of everyone's schedules in one place so that we don't "forget" about anything. As a software and UI developer, I like that the Skylight calendar keeps the user interface simplistic and doesn't clutter it with a bunch of fluff and only semi-useful features. Adding most of our calendars was seamless by simply following the prompts and instructions. I was able to add both my personal and our shared family calendar (Apple iCal) easily enough. I was also able to easily sync my MealBoard calendar that I do our weekly meal planning on. For some reason, I haven't been able to add my wife's personal iCal or a public/subscribed Team calendar for my son's soccer schedule (the one I REALLY need to be on this calendar. Additionally, I don't like that to sync photos to the device requires a paid subscription; it would be nice if they would at least allow you a certain number of photos before requiring you to shell out a monthly or annual payment for a device that already costs quite a bit for what it is. I haven't played with the Chore chart or meal planner too much (mainly because I already use a Meal planning tool), but I'm sure this will add value once we get more used to it. Skylight includes both tabletop and wall-mounting options. For now, I just have this sitting on the counter until I decide where to permanently mount it. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the Skylight calendar and hope that it continues to make our busy day-to-day lives more manageable.

The skylight calendar allows us to put all our calendars in one place. For years, we did a whiteboard/chalkboard calendar in our home. We'd put all the important dates and schedules onto it. Things would change, we'd erase and edit. Now, with the skylight, we have it all there automatically. It's great because we all use different calendaring software. Microsoft Exchange, Google Calendar, Apple calendar-- all neatly in one place and color coded for us to see what's going on. You can set and invite family members and allow them to control which calendars sync to the skylight. I did have some issues with making adjustments to show or hide other calendars through google, but I got it resolved. Also, you are given an email address you can invite to calendar items to have it show on the skylight--which is really useful for those that use their calendar for business and personal, but don't want it to show everything at home. It does show the details on items marked as private, so that may become more important as we use it more. The task lists are simple to create and administer from the skylight app. I do wish they had better integrations for things like syncing with tasks on microsoft, apple or google. But the skylight is more of a hub. We put simple tasks for our son onto it, and he really enjoys checking off his list on a daily basis--it even shows a little celebration screen when he's completed all his tasks. Instead of reminding him, he's staying on top of chores on his own!