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Family apps, compared honestly

Honest comparisons of the family calendar and school admin apps UK parents actually use: the same twelve questions of each, prices in pounds, and where each one falls short.

• 29 September 2026 · 2 min read AskBobbie vs a shared Google Calendar The fair comparison, written by the side with something to sell: what a well-kept shared Google Calendar gives a family, what Bobbie adds, what it costs, and when Google alone is enough. Read →
• 29 September 2026 · 2 min read Best family organiser apps in the UK (2026) The shared calendars and the letter-readers UK families actually use, ranked by what they are for rather than by stars: TimeTree, Cozi, Google Calendar, Skylight, FamilyWall, Nuet, Sense, Cyril and AskBobbie. Read →
• 29 September 2026 · 1 min read Cozi alternatives for UK families (2026) Cozi's free calendar now shows only 30 days. If that has sent you looking, here is what to move to for each of the things Cozi did: the calendar, the lists, the meals, and the reading it never did. Read →
• 29 September 2026 · 2 min read Google Calendar for families: how to do it well, and where it falls short How to set up one shared family calendar in Google, colour it per person, get it on everyone's phone, and the three things it will never do for a family with children at school. Read →
• 29 September 2026 · 3 min read Nuet vs Sense vs Cyril vs AskBobbie: the school letter readers compared Four UK apps that read school emails, photos and messages into a family calendar. How each gets the letters, what it does with them, what it costs, and the honest gaps in each, including ours. Read →
• 29 September 2026 · 2 min read Skylight Calendar in the UK: is a screen on the wall worth it? What the Skylight Calendar is, what it costs in the UK once the subscription is added, what it does well, what it cannot do, and who it suits. Read →
• 29 September 2026 · 1 min read TimeTree alternatives for UK families (2026) TimeTree is the best free shared calendar, so why leave it? Because it does nothing but the calendar. Where to go when a family outgrows it: lists, meals, or the reading of school letters. Read →
• 28 September 2026 · 4 min read Cozi vs TimeTree for UK families (2026) The two most-recommended shared family calendars, compared on the twelve things that matter to a UK household with children at school. Prices, the free tiers, what each is bad at, and when neither is the answer. Read →