Your Google Calendar, finally where the whole family sees it
We make Magnetday. Check the sources at the bottom. As of October 24, 2026.
Apps for iPhone, Android and the web are in development. No date yet.
Most families already have a shared Google calendar. The problem isn’t the calendar. It’s that one person keeps it up, and everyone else finds out about the dentist at 8:40 am.
First, what Google already gives you (free)
You might not need us. Try this first.
- Google’s family calendar. Create a family group in your Google account, and Google automatically adds a calendar called “Family” that everyone in the group can see and edit.
- Share one calendar with your partner from Google Calendar on the web: Settings, your calendar, “Share with specific people”, and give them “Make changes to events”.
- Give each person a color. In Google Calendar you can color each calendar, so “Leo” can be a calendar of its own, with its own color.
- Put it on a tablet. Open calendar.google.com in the tablet’s browser and leave it on the week view.
That works. Where it usually falls apart:
- Adding an event is a form. Title, date, time, which calendar. On a phone at pickup, that’s the step that gets skipped.
- “Who is this for?” is buried. Google shows calendars, not people. The kid’s soccer ends up in Mom’s work calendar.
- The tablet view is built for one person at a desk, not for a kitchen read from across the room.
- Nobody else opens it. A calendar app on someone’s phone is out of sight.
What Magnetday adds on top
Magnetday doesn’t replace your Google Calendar. It sits on top of it.
- Type it the way you’d text it.
soccer every tue 4pm leobecomes a weekly event, shown in Leo’s color in Magnetday. - Everyone gets a color, and the whole week reads at a glance, on the kitchen tablet and on every phone.
- Two-way sync. Edit the time in Google on your phone in the parking lot, and the kitchen has it too. It’s still a normal Google event, so nothing breaks if you stop using us.
- Nothing to migrate. Your events stay in your Google account. Your events never touch our servers.
- No ads, no subscription, and the code that runs on your devices is open source.
Get one email when it’s ready.
One email when there’s something you can install. That’s it.
Where something else wins
- Your family is on iCloud only. A shared iCloud calendar in Apple Calendar is free and already on your phones. We start with Google.
- You need it today. Google’s family calendar above is free and works now. Magnetday is in development.
- You mostly need lists and meal plans. Cozi has had those for years.
Questions.
Do I have to move my calendar to Magnetday?
No. Your events stay in Google Calendar. Magnetday reads and writes them there.
Can my partner use it if they’re on an iPhone?
Yes, as long as the family calendar is in Google. The iPhone app is in development.
What if one of us uses a work Google account?
That’s common, and it’s the case we’re designing for: a shared family calendar plus each person’s own. Your work admin may limit sharing, so check with them.
Does it work with Outlook or iCloud?
Google Calendar today. iCloud and Outlook support is planned.
Is it free?
Two options. Bring your own screens: free, no ads, no subscription. Or get the Magnetday Panel, a color e-ink screen for the fridge, for $199 (not on sale yet).
Get one email when it’s ready.
One email when there’s something you can install. That’s it.
Sources
- Use a family calendar on Google (Google Help), checked October 24, 2026.
- Share your calendar with someone (Google Help).
- Google Calendar is a trademark of Google LLC. Magnetday is not affiliated with Google.