Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Skylight Calendar 2 15-inch Smart Family Calendar has been a great addition to our home. The kids love using it, and it’s really helpful for keeping everyone’s schedules in one place. Just make sure you have a good internet connection since it relies on Wi-Fi to stay updated. Overall it’s simple, useful, and works well for a busy family.

The Skylight Calendar has been a game changer for our family. It keeps everyone organized in one place and is so easy to use. The display is clear, the setup was simple, and syncing schedules from our phones was seamless. I love being able to see appointments, activities, meal plans, and reminders all at a glance. It has really helped cut down on confusion and missed events in our busy household. The touchscreen is responsive, and the overall design looks great in our home. Highly recommend for any busy family looking to stay organized and connected!

This is a cool device. I had a friend that got one for their busy family. All my kids are out of the house, so we really are just juggling our own schedules and interactions with our kids and grandkids. This device allows you to use their “free” app to let family members add events. It provides an all-in-one platform to manage many of the daily aspects of all the things that busy families deal with every day. Even though both Android and Apple platforms have apps that provide the functionality that Skylight provides, there are none that pull in all that functionality under one platform like Skylight. My Daughter has this same unit. She loves it as she has a toddler and a husband who travels. They need to keep scheduling in sync as well as tasks and even “chores!” That is also key for her, as new parents, they must also assign chores to each other due to varying work schedules, traveling, etc. It allows each other to assign chores and tasks to themselves but also to each other and they can check them off as they complete. My wife and I do the same, since I am retired now, she assigns me tasks to get done during the day. It’s like a cool todo list. Now, let’s get into the other features of Skylight. Here is where I got a bit frustrated, not with the unit but the way that the features are moderated. I would have expected that if I spent $300 on a unit like this, within the frame like technology, that pictures (adding, maintaining, viewing/sharing) would be a standard feature. It is not. This is where I learned about all the things that I think Skylight could improve their product. Once installed and setup, I downloaded the “free” app. While the app is free, 90% of the real functionality of this device is controlled by a “subscription” service that costs $8 a month. You can save a few bucks by paying annually. Unfortunately, you quickly find that many of the cool features of this device are closely tied to the subscription model. This includes Recipes, Meals and something called Sidekick. It’s my opinion that most of these, especially pictures, screensavers, It’s unfortunate that Skylight cannot leverage a smarter marketing strategy by giving basic access to these features to make their product feature rich while at the same time enhancing their application stack such that there are features that differentiate them from other competition, apps and devices. In a model like that, you could easily provide that feature rich product that deserves the price point that Skylight has but then have added app enhancements that would justify an experience that enhances and is beyond what you normally paid for the product. While I do like the device and I do recognize that there is a potential customer base where this would be a useful device and model but if they can’t make this offering more broadly rich in features at the current price point, I cannot recommend this to others.

The calendar was easy to set up and use, it's display is bright and offers a timer option so that it's not "on" all the time if you don't like it. It has more features than I anticipated and is easy to sync with phone and other calendars. It works well for our family of four that is always on the go.

This is a nice looking calendar and mounted perfectly on the wall. Takes a bit of measuring and leveling but usually is just tracing around frame where you want it. One thing I don’t like is after spending over $300 is that you need to pay around another $80 just to have pictures display as the screensaver. The screen has a nice display though and all the usual calendar functions of the previous version.

My wife and I lead a chaotic lifestyle on the road. The paper wall calendar never gets updated and/or has to be modified to the point where we have so many scribbles that we can't trust it to be correct. Nonetheless, the wall calendar exists to help the kids figure out our travel plans at a glance. Consequently, the Skylight was perceived as the best solution given our worlds revolve around our shared Google Calendars and Google Tasks. Where It Delivers: - Really like the size and ease of reading; 15" is an adequate display size for our kitchen or office - Calendar sync with Google works well, although I had duplicate entries for a while until I cleaned up some settings on the Google side of things. - Customizable sleep mode setting; auto or manual brightness option - Day/Week/Month views; ability to set events in Google Calendar or directly on the Skylight Where It Disappoints: - Subscription service to use as a photo frame ("Plus") or to take advantage of the Meal Planning, Chores and Rewards, Recipes, or the AI tool; Calendar syncing is free - No direct integration with Google Photos; you, or others you share a link with, can upload (or email) photos to the calendar but you cannot create a direct link with a shared Google Album (or show random photos directly from your photos.google.com account) - Tasks and Lists are proprietary to Skylight; no linking to your Google Tasks or Keep account - No voice command to "speech to text" entries onto the calendar device Out of the box, setup was easy...once you figure out where to plug in the power. No issues connecting to my wifi and the connectivity seems solid. You do need "yet another app and account" on your phone to make all the magic happen. Not a huge deal but the amount of apps on my phone that serve one tiny little purpose is getting ridiculous. However, setup will get confusing if you use/manage a lot of calendars. For example, my personal Google Calendar is my events plus schedules for my favorite sports teams, a link to my wife's calendar, a link to each of my kids' calendars, and a link to my work account calendar. During initial setup, I thought I had to add each calendar manually because just adding my username@gmail.com calendar didn't show the content I normally see on my computer. I confused Profiles with Accounts, then all my Google "sub"-calendars simply appeared as "Ben's Calendar" in 7 different colors. 90 minutes later and I am still trying to make the Skylight function like a standalone monitor of my preferred Google Calendar view. The web interface to control your calendar is also sluggish and does not refresh right away if you try to delete or modify a setting. I am also not certain how frequently the sync happens between Google and Skylight. I added an event on my Google Calendar more than 5 minutes ago and I still don't see it on the Skylight. There is no obvious "Sync Now" button on the Skylight nor does there appear to be a control in Settings. The app populated on my phone faster than the screen. In fact, looking closer, the Skylight app on my phone shows more events than the calendar which is supposedly in sync with my Gmail account. (See attached pictures) I am, to be honest, a bit frustrated...and I am an IT guy who shouldn't get thrown off by any of this. Very confused by why the Skylight app on my phone and the contents on the standalone device do not match. We have a "Family Calendar" in our household that I could also choose to sync with Skylight but given my "me@gmail.com" calendar shows EXACTLY what I want in Google (including my wife and kids' calendars), one would think that is the only calendar I need to sync with Skylight but something isn't right.

I was a little worried about this one when we first looked at it. My wife has always loved planners and making sure that we had a calendar that we could all see on the fridge. She was printing one out every month for a while there as our schedules started to get more and more hectic. After writing and re-writing over the last paper calendar page we had, we just had to get updated. This calendar has been able to get us to place everything we want in one place and able to update it with ease. Applying colors to each user is pretty cool and helpful to figure out who's who. There are more things to do with the subscription, but it is not necessary. The calendar alone is super useful. I would recommend!

I was really impressed when I first opened the Skylight Calendar 2. The packaging felt premium, setup was quick, and the hardware itself is excellent. The 15-inch display is bright and sharp, the touchscreen works well, and the whole unit feels sturdy and high quality. It looks great on a desk or mounted on a wall. On hardware alone, this is easily a 5/5 for me. My issue is that once you get past the screen and build quality, the actual software experience feels a lot more limited than I expected. The calendar function works, but it did not feel all that special in everyday use. It shows events clearly, and I understand the appeal of having a shared calendar in a central spot, but the core function still feels pretty basic. For households that already use shared calendars on their phones, this can end up feeling redundant unless you have a very specific reason for wanting a dedicated screen. Setup was easy, but syncing was more mixed. I was up and running fast with the app, and basic calendar syncing worked without much trouble. Where it became frustrating was with deeper syncing. Some calendars took extra steps that felt unnecessary, and getting two-way sync going was more of a hassle than it should have been. For a product built around shared organization, that part really should feel smoother. The biggest problem for me is how much is locked behind a subscription. That is where my frustration really kicked in. Chores, rewards, and other extra tools being paywalled already felt excessive, but what really bothered me was the photo functionality. A screen this nice should at least work as a basic digital photo frame without asking for another subscription. That feels like a bare minimum feature, not a premium add-on. Nevertheless I ponied up for a subscription to see what I was missing. Even then, the photo experience itself is pretty underwhelming. Vertical photos do not display especially well on the horizontal screen, so a lot of pictures end up looking awkward. The slideshow features also feel very basic, and importing photos manually makes the whole thing feel more limited than it should. I expected a much better photo experience from a display this good. I was also surprised by how little customization there is. I could adjust basic things like brightness and density, but I did not find much flexibility beyond that. The overall look stays pretty locked in, which makes the software feel plain compared to how polished the hardware feels. Another gripe is that some of the extra features like Recipes did not really fit how I would use this device. Since it is not battery powered, it feels more like something that stays in one place rather than something flexible you move around the house. What good is a recipe repository if the Skylight is on a nightstand or on a couch side table or mounted on the wall in the mudroom. That made some of the feature set feel less practical for me. In the end, this feels like a premium piece of hardware paired with software that is too basic and too dependent on a subscription. I can see it working for someone with a very specific household setup, but for most people I think the limitations will be hard to ignore and you’d be better off buying a tablet and use it as a household calendar device.

The Skylight Calendar has a very nice interface. It really helps with keeping our family on schedule and not forgetting things. My main gripes with the product are the following: - it was a pain to connect to wifi. I ended up having to create a guest wifi network to connect it to the wifi. This was after removing all the security on my main wifi network. For whatever reason it’s a pain to connect and many others seem to have this problem. - syncing with my phone calendar has been a challenge as well. When I have tried it the process has failed and tells me to try again later. Overall we are happy with this product, but there are some improvements that can be made to better the user experience.

We love how this Skylight Calendar has brought organization to our family. It's more handy than a normal calendar for reminder of dates. It's handy for adding to the grocery list during the week. The task option for the kids chore is a game changer. We don't have the subscription and love this tool for our family. I would highly recommend this to anyone needing organization in their life.

Great features. Kids love being able to check off tasks. Easy installation onto wall. Be mindful of having a close outlet to plug into if you're going to hang it on a wall.

Works great for keeping the family organized. Occasionally entering events on the calendar can result in an error with no information as to why, but closing the new event and starting again usually works. Happy with the calendar and we are making use of most of the features while not paying the subscription. The mobile syncing is also a big help while on the go and not in front of the calendar.

This calendar is great for consolidating family calendars all into one location. My wife used to sit down and update one by hand that hangs on the kitchen wall, now she just adds things as they come up and it all shows up instantly. She Bo longer has to spend a lot of time doing it all at once from one month to the next on a dry erase calendar.

Easy set up, link with the app and sync the calendars. You can get subscription that will also turn it into a digital frame when not in use which is really nice. My wife called it the best Mothers Day present she ever received. (and I gave a lot of jewlery in the past)

Incredibly easy set up. Compiles the different calender/scheduling apps in a legible format. The different mode views make planning for mulitple schedules simple. Mounting or table option is great as well

This calendar makes it so much easier to see what you got going on that day or the week for you and your family. You should get one. I am so glad I did because it’s much easier. I see it on the wall. I know where I have to do that day and I don’t forget thank you.

The kids and I love it so far. Very easy for the kids to track what they have to do for the day/week (which cuts down a lot of the constant reminders I have to give them). Kids love the celebration graphics they get when they complete a task.

This product is excellent for organization, not only for chores but foe bills due work schedules. Oh and it a virtual pictur frame as wl that you can upload pictures directly from your mobile device. Set is super easy and user friendly.

It’s great “IF”, your family wants to participate! Both my son and his father would not download the app, in order to have the schedule in their possession! So frustrating, and that is why I ended up taking it back! It was just sitting on my island taking up space, and I didn’t see the point in spending that much money only for me to use! Of course my son could look at it at home…but really it’s for families that have multiple or just 1 child like me with a ton of sporting events, different team events, and games, and then you could add in school events, my work schedule, etc! You def need the subscription! But worth it!! To just snapshot an image of my child’s tournament dates and they just go on the calendar automatically, was amazing! If you’re a busy family! And have willing participants! It’s a WIN!!!

I think this calendar provides a nice feature set and it seems to be of high quality. It’s pretty essential to pay for the subscription service to get access to all the features. I don’t love that aspect but what you get is nice