See Google, Outlook and iCloud in One Calendar View

A phone on iCloud, a work account on Microsoft, and a personal habit of using Google for everything else - three providers, three separate pictures of your time, and no single place that shows all of it. You don't have to abandon any of them to fix that.

Why juggling three apps goes wrong

Checking three calendars before you commit to anything works, right up until you're tired, in a hurry, or simply forget to check the third one. That's when a client call lands on top of a school pickup, or a family commitment gets double-booked against a work trip nobody remembered to check against.

One synced view, three providers

Instead of merging into a single app, Calendar Family keeps each calendar in its native app and syncs the ones you need to see together, so whichever app you happen to have open shows an accurate picture.

  1. Connect all three providers. Click Add calendar and choose Google, then again for Microsoft, then again for Apple iCloud (Apple connects with an app-specific password from appleid.apple.com, not your normal Apple password). Each appears under My account.
  2. Decide which pairs need a connection. You don't have to sync everything into everything - click Add connection for each pair you actually want kept in step, choosing a source and target calendar.
  3. Set a sync direction per connection - Two-way so every calendar stays equally current, or One-way if you'd rather have one or two calendars feed into a single "master" view.
  4. Choose what to share per connection - All details, or Free/busy only for pairs where you only need availability, not content.
  5. Let the first sync run on each connection, then check whichever app is already open - it's current.

What to expect from each pairing

Google and Microsoft both notify Calendar Family the instant something changes, so connections involving either one typically update within about a minute. Apple iCloud doesn't offer that notification to any third-party app, so an iCloud calendar is checked every 15 minutes - a real limit of what Apple exposes, not something any sync tool can speed up, and still far better than manually cross-checking three apps.

Still free with three providers

The free tier isn't limited to two calendars or one pairing - connect Google, Microsoft/Outlook and Apple iCloud together and build as many connections between them as your actual schedule needs, at no cost.

One real schedule

You keep using the app that fits the moment - iPhone lock screen, work laptop, browser tab - and whichever one it is, it agrees with the other two.

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Frequently asked questions

Can I really combine three different providers, not just two?
Yes. Calendar Family isn't limited to one pairing - you can connect Google, Microsoft/Outlook and Apple iCloud calendars at the same time and build connections between whichever pairs you need, all on the free tier.
Do I have to pick one calendar as 'the real one' and merge into it?
No. You choose the direction for each connection - two-way keeps every calendar equally live, or one-way if you'd rather funnel everything into a single view without pushing changes back out.
Will this show full event details everywhere, or can I keep some private?
Your choice per connection. Sync all details where you want a genuine shared view, or Free/busy only where you just need the other calendars to know you're occupied, shown as a plain "(busy)" block.
How fast do the three calendars agree with each other?
Google and Microsoft changes propagate to their sync targets within about a minute, reacting to a push notification the moment something changes. Apple gives no such notification for iCloud, so an iCloud calendar is checked every 15 minutes instead - the other calendars still update from iCloud, just on that schedule.

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