Two different ideas of a family calendar
Skylight and Fridge Club start from the same belief: the family’s week belongs in the kitchen, where everyone walks past it a dozen times a day. Where they differ is what hangs there.
Skylight puts a 15-inch touchscreen on your wall or counter. It pulls in the calendars you already use, shows the week in color, and switches to a photo slideshow when nobody’s looking. When someone changes something, the screen updates right away.
Fridge Club takes the opposite route. You plan the week on your laptop or phone, and it lays everything out on one US Letter page that you print and stick on the fridge. Nothing glows, nothing updates by itself, and nobody has to tap anything to see what’s happening on Thursday.
What Skylight does well
Skylight is popular for good reasons. If your family’s plans change several times a day, a screen that syncs on its own is genuinely useful. The photo screensaver turns it into a frame when you’re not checking the calendar, and younger kids tend to love tapping off their chores.
If those are the things that matter most to you, Skylight is a good choice, and we won’t pretend otherwise.
Where a page on the fridge works better
Paper has a few quiet advantages. The whole family can read it at once, from across the kitchen, without waking a screen or finding the right view. It works with a pen: when practice moves, you cross it out in two seconds and get back to breakfast. And it’s still there when the Wi-Fi isn’t.
Then there’s the screen question. A lot of parents are trying to keep screens out of family moments, and a calendar is one more thing that lights up in the kitchen. A printed page fits the way many families want their mornings to feel: the plan is right there, and the phones can stay in pockets.
What each one costs over three years
The Skylight Calendar 2 costs $299.99 up front, or $599.99 for the 27-inch Calendar Max. The calendar works without a subscription, but meal planning, chore rewards and the photo screensaver need Skylight Plus, at $79 a year. Over three years, a Calendar 2 with Plus comes to about $537.
Fridge Club has no hardware to buy. It’s $39 a year, or $5.99 a month, and it works with the printer you already have. Over three years, that’s $117, plus a little paper and ink.
Living with each one
Skylight needs a spot near an outlet and a few minutes to connect your calendars. After that, it mostly runs itself.
Fridge Club asks for ten minutes on Sunday. Last week is already there, so you change what changed, add anything new by typing or just saying it, and print. Two grown-ups can plan together, and kids, grandparents or the babysitter can get their own link to add things. During the week, small changes go on the page with a pen. Bigger ones go in the app, and you print a fresh copy.
Meal planning is one of the main reasons families pay for Skylight Plus. Fridge Club doesn’t have it yet, but it’s next on our list, together with a grocery list that remembers the things you buy every week. You can see what’s coming on our How it works page.
So which one should you choose?
Choose Skylight if you want a calendar that updates itself in real time and doubles as a photo frame, and a screen in the kitchen doesn’t bother you.
Choose Fridge Club if you want the week visible without adding another screen, you like a weekly ritual more than a live feed, and you’d rather spend $39 a year than $300 up front. You can try it for two Sundays before you decide.
See how Fridge Club works