A family calendar app for kids' activities and appointments
Netball on Tuesday, piano on Thursday, the dentist on Friday and someone still has to do the shop. Fair Dinkum Shop-Share puts every activity, appointment, chore and shopping list for the household on one shared calendar that everyone can edit from their phone.
What goes on the calendar
Rolling 90-day board
A full term in view — see the week where sport, a recital and a dentist appointment all collide before it happens.
Activity categories
Sport, arts, music, tutoring, clubs and medical, each colour-coded so a glance tells you what kind of week it is.
Medical appointments
GP, dentist, physio and specialist visits sit on the same calendar as training and lessons — nothing lives in a separate reminder app.
One entry per child
Assign activities to a member, including kids added as guests without their own account.
Reminders that land
Push notifications per member plus an 8am daily summary in your own timezone.
Chores on the same calendar
Recurring chores and one-off household jobs share the calendar, so the family plan is one screen, not three apps.
Who's driving
Multiple assignees on an activity make drop-off and pick-up duty explicit instead of assumed.
Weekly wrap-up
SarAi writes a Sunday summary of the week that was and the week ahead for the whole household.
Why a shared calendar beats a group chat
Most Australian families run the week out of a group chat and a paper note on the fridge. It works until the training time changes, the message scrolls away, and two people turn up at different grounds. A shared calendar fixes that because there is only ever one version of the truth: change the time once and it changes on every phone.
The second problem is that the calendar is only half the household's admin. Activities sit in one app, chores on the fridge, the shopping list in a note. Keeping them together means the person doing Saturday pick-up can also see they're on the shopping run, and the week gets balanced before it starts rather than argued about after.
What families put on it
| Type | How it's set up |
|---|---|
| Sport and training | Weekly through the season, assign the driver, add the ground address |
| Music and arts | Recurring lesson plus one-off recitals and exams |
| Medical and dental | One-off appointments with a reminder the day before |
| School events | Assembly, camp, parent-teacher nights, pupil-free days |
| Chores and jobs | Rolling weekly chores and one-off household jobs on the same view |
Built for Australian households
Reminders fire in your own timezone, whether that's AEST, ACST or AWST, so a Perth household isn't woken at 5am by a Sydney schedule. Alongside the calendar you get shared shopping lists that deep-link to Coles, Woolworths, Aldi, IGA, Drakes and Foodworks, a pantry that restocks itself as you shop, and SarAi to write the weekly family wrap-up.
Setting up your family calendar
- 1Create a household and invite your partner — kids can be added as guest members without an account.
- 2Add this term's activities with a category, a day and who they belong to.
- 3Add medical and dental appointments as one-off entries with a reminder.
- 4Assign the driver — two members on one activity covers drop-off and pick-up.
- 5Turn on 8am reminders so everyone wakes up knowing where they need to be.
Questions families ask
What is the best family calendar app?
The best family calendar is the one everyone in the house actually opens. Look for a shared view every member can edit from their own phone, per-person colours so you can see whose afternoon is full, reminders that arrive before you leave the house, and the ability to add kids who don't have their own account. Fair Dinkum Shop-Share does all of that and keeps chores, jobs and the shopping list alongside the calendar instead of in three separate apps.
Is there an app for a family calendar that everyone can edit?
Yes. Create a household, invite the family by email or Google sign-in, and everyone sees the same live calendar. Changes appear on every phone instantly — no re-sharing links or re-sending invites each term.
How do I keep track of my kids' extracurricular activities?
Add each activity once with its category — sport, arts, music, tutoring, club or medical — assign it to the child, and set it to repeat for the term. The activities board shows a rolling 90-day view so you can see the whole term at a glance and spot the week where three things land on the same Tuesday.
Can I add medical and dental appointments?
Yes. Medical is its own category, so a GP, dentist, physio or specialist appointment sits on the same calendar as netball training, with a reminder ahead of time and the assigned family member attached.
How do I share a family calendar with my partner?
Invite them to your household. They get the same activities, appointments, chores and shopping lists, and either of you can add or edit anything. Grandparents or a nanny can be invited too if they do school pick-ups.
Can kids without a phone or account be on the calendar?
Yes. Add them as guest members of the household. They appear as assignees on activities and chores without needing an email address or a login.
Does the family calendar send reminders?
Push notifications go to each member's device, plus a morning summary at 8am in your own timezone listing what that person has on that day.
Is the family calendar app free?
New households get 20 days free with everything switched on — calendar, activities, appointments, chores, jobs, shared shopping lists, pantry and the SarAi assistant.