TimeTree: Shared Calendar Reviews

by Username5660

There are many pop ups and news posts talking about the introduction of new colors that may be used in TimeTree to label different events. It has been I think two to three months since this change and there is literally nothin I can do to see these colors. I have the basic default colors, which are still pretty, but I want the additional colors that have been introduced!!!

Also, PLEASE UPDATE THE iPAD VERSION OF YOUR APP! It is difficult to be productive if I have to turn my head and look at a tiny phone display on my 12.9 inch iPad. I obviously utilize a keyboard for my iPad, so I must turn my head in order for me to fully view the cheap display on here.

Please make adjustments because TimeTree truly deserves a 5 star rating. But these changes have not been made for the past couple of months. Please address these problems as soon as you possibly can. I would greatly appreciate it.

by MohamedElian

1- it doesn’t update new events automatically or even manually. You have to add the calendars again every time you add new events to the calendars. For instance, if I accept an invitation on my work calendar, it doesn’t show up on my family calendar on TimeTree . Even though I have already added my work calendar on the family calendar many times before. If I go to the family calendar on TimeTree and click update, it doesn’t work. The only way to get it to work is to re-add the work calendar on the family calendar. This is so frustrating and counterproductive.

2- It’d be better if you keep the calendars selected to be copied in a calendar selected. To elaborate, when you click on “copy events from the OS calendar”, it shows all the calendars deselected, even if you had selected which calendars you want to be copied. If you go back after you select the calendars that you want to copy, you will not see any selected calendars. The issue with that is that you can never confirm which calendars have been selected.

by Jltlra

TimeTree is amazing for personal and even business application. The downside is that because it is SO functional, it can be a little overwhelming unless you have someone just sit down and show you how to do it. In other words, it’s like riding a bike. (...Try to explain how to ride a bike, then show them what you mean and see which is easier). They are constantly adding better features that amaze me and keep up with the changing times of technology. I have been with this app for about 5 years now. I would always suggest having paper backups to ANYTHING important in life, as technology can fail at any moment. I, myself, have only been affected by a system “crash” once, and it was toward the beginning of my time using this innovative company. They also listen to their clients. Best of all, it is still free! Get it while you can! Way to go this app! Keep working hard!

by Blepss

TimeTree has been so helpful. The only thing that’s really been bothering me is how laggy it can sometimes be (maybe it’s just my phone) but other than that it’s been good. I do have some suggestions though and someone has already mentioned them. (1) An option to add the event to multiple calendars instead of one at a time when creating them (since I have several calendars I’m sharing with different people). (2) Having a possible “focus” tab that includes events for the week/day just as a quick view. (3) An option to save the locations you’ve previously entered so you don’t have to enter them over and over and over again. Other than that, TimeTree is great and incredibly helpful and I highly recommend it.

by Kbdkgdjtdjgdjdm

Our group uses TimeTree to coordinate our time as a social distancing measure during the COVID-19 crisis. We all need access to a certain location during the week, so to ensure social distancing we downloaded TimeTree as a communication tool to let the others know when we would be there. It’s much nicer than text-bombing each other with our coordinates.

You can set up multiple separate calendars for different groups, and send the invitation to join based on a unique calendar. Each calendar only allows invitees to see that calendar, but not others.

The only drawback, and it is a minor one, is that editing an account is not intuitive for people who don’t use apps much (I.e. are not tech savvy). This is why I only gave it 4 stars and not 5. Apps should be configured to be used by the least tech savvy person- generally older people who have not embraced the age of technology.

by JMod02

TimeTree has been an upgrade from our previous shared calendar app. I love the ability to make notes and add pictures to relevant events and also set up recurring events. I love the ability to see multiple calendars as well, though I do wish I could customize the view in those calendars instead of defaulting to how my personal one is set up. I would love to have more choices of labels in each app as we use them for different people and combinations so for a larger family or group it would be nice to have more options.

The one thing it is missing is truly a shared shopping list, that most other shared calendars have, and it would be a nice addition. We’ve tried to use the “Keep” section to do our list and it isn’t very functional.

Overall I love this calendar and hope to keep seeing enhancements in future updates.

by MyThreeLittleMonkeys

We have only just begun to use TimeTree but so far, I LOVE IT. I have created a “Family Calendar” that includes myself, my husband, my ex-husband, and the three children that I share with my ex. My husband and I also have 2 toddlers and my ex has a newborn so we have 6 kids total between the 2 households. Being able to all collaborate on the same calendar and leave notes regarding which parent is getting which kid to a doctor appointment while a different parent picks up the other 2 from school has been really helpful. Additionally, being able to add doctor, dentist, orthodontist, and orthopedic appointments directly after booking the appointment so the other parents know immediately and not having to remember to text them about the appointment and then hope they remembered to write it down has been really helpful too. I think TimeTree will continue to be incredibly helpful as we try to keep schedules straight for our 6 combined kids and 4 parents and make sure we aren’t dropping balls for our kids. Thank you for this! It works great!

by Mayhems_Muse

TimeTree is fantastic. My partner and I live 2 hours apart in different cities, and both of us own our own businesses. That makes coordinating schedules and couples time INCREDIBLY tricky.

After a few months of dating and some near-misses of scheduling mishaps, I decided we needed a digital calendar to share events on. This was a struggle for me, since my physical calendar was pretty much glued to my hand at all times.

I started entering dates and events into this app, using the different colors to denote my events, his events, and events we were doing together.

TimeTree saved our relationship!!! It took several months of me entering things by myself, but eventually he started to rely on TimeTree as well, and now we BOTH use it regularly! We are able to keep track of our separate time, and look forward to all the traveling and events we get to do together.

Thank you for making an app that is so easy to pick up and understand. The push notifications are particularly handy for people who get caught up in the flow of work and forget to check for events. We will be eternally grateful!

by E+r❤️

Okay so my boyfriend and I are 5,000 miles away and honestly it’s kinda tough sometimes when we don’t know each other’s schedules. It’s usually me that’s always busy and either forget to tell him or I just don’t have the time to. He is 6 hours ahead of me. He lives in Albania and I live in Michigan. Obviously it’s difficult. We make it work and time tree honestly helps me put everything that’s going on in my week or month and he’ll know what I’m doing and why I'm not replying. Yes we do have FaceTime and obviously yes I do end up telling him but it’s just easier that he knows too and it’s just a little wake up call. I would totally recommend TimeTree. It also gives you notifications once something is post and you can set it up to get notifications when it’s like 10,15, and like an hour before the event which is like a little reminder. I love it!! I continue to use it all the time!!

by LaurennRaquel

Through college my best friends and I eventually moved off campus and had busy schedules. We would miss each other a lot and would struggle planning hang outs. I found TimeTree for us so we could each make a shared calendar that we'd all use with personalized colors and we'd be able to see each other's schedules. We could then easily see when we all had mutual free time for hanging out. It's AMAZING. Now I'm graduated and haven't used it in a while and I think I may switch back. I typically prefer the apps that come on the iPhones BUT I love how you can easily see at a glance the different events with out clicking the day.

Only thing is I wish TimeTree face showed the current date like the calendar. App.

by Adudedrew

My family and I have been looking for a good, thorough calendar platform that allows us all to have as many calendars as we need. We all work from home, we run an etsy and multiple other small businesses as well as outside commitments, our calendars get unbelievably crowded extremely quickly but this app was easy to use and so far without any limits, I wish I could access all the color options at once for the labels but that is legit my only complaint so far. You can organize by person, by day, by label (and you can make a lable for anything) it is honestly a life saver and I plan on recommending it to anyone looking to get their life more organized

by Leslissimo

I love that I can see what actual event I have when I look at month view-- it is SO MUCH BETTER than trying to investigate what certain dots mean like on ical or google cal. Also VERY helpful when trying to get a sense for what my month looks like including multi-day events. We travel a lot for work so it really helps.
We don't use the personal calendars as much but schedule events as out google accounts so it makes a copy in google calendar if we need backup. This works well too.
One down side, the directions are REALLY hard to understand in English, when I went to add a calendar later I just clicked around somehow until it added.
But great calendar app, we've never had an issue with syncs or glitches!

by BilliardMoney

Finding TimeTree has made scheduling between our installers and sales team a breeze and so efficient. this app is so easy to use. Scheduling conflicts have been eliminated with the real-time updates. All of us are now instantly notified when someone else schedules an appointment. My installers love the map feature. I can upload all of our customers information and details, allowing them a quick and easy look at all the jobs for the week. We tried so many other shared calendar apps and there were always too many glitches and inconsistencies. I am extremely happy with TimeTree! I would definitely recommend this app to anyone looking for a Great shared calendar.

by Lee The Befuddled

Hi! Long time user here, downloaded in 2017 when I got my first job and needed some way to keep my schedule straight and share it with my family (many siblings also working at the time, good for mom’s sanity!). Over time I’ve come to use the many colors available for college classes, car payments and maintenance, as well as various social environments. Thanks to the colors, even though at a glance of the entire month the text is small, every entry is easily identifiable and I love how I can put notes and locations for important events! I find the design of TimeTree to be both easy to look at and easy to navigate. I also love using the this app widget and the reminder notifications to keep my forgetful self in check so I don’t miss anything! Thanks for helping make adulting easier!

by Flightnurse1218

I love TimeTree. I use it to stay organized, and keep up with my families crazy schedule. A few suggestion is; I wish it were more “nurse schedule friendly”. I work night shift and when I put it in TimeTree it looks like It’s a two day event 7p-7a. Also, my husband is a pilot, so when he goes into different time zones, the schedule automatically goes into that time zone and it makes the whole thing really confusing. I would love for TimeTree to have an option to stay in your home time zone. Lastly, I would love for events to be easier to input when the same event happens on more than one day. For example, when I work on several days in one month it would be easier to click all the days I want to Input at the same time, rather than one by one. Great App! Thanks! :)

by SarahB442000

I'm a working mom with two kids. One has special needs so there are tons of appointments to go to all the time! My husband and I are separated and my sister helps a lot with my kids. I went through three calendar apps till I found this! It's been perfect for helping to coordinate all the adults in my kids' lives (while also cutting down on calls to my ex)!!!! I really love that I can have separate calendars at the same time - a personal one just for me, one for all three adults when necessary or even just for two of us and I can see them all at once. TimeTree has honestly changed my life for the better. The only thing I would love to see would be one of those notification bubbles be an option to show the date so I can check it at a glance instead of having to open TimeTree or check the lock screen. Otherwise perfection!

by MichHart

I love this app calendar! My husband and I have busy schedules and have always used a shared calendar app to make sure we didn't double book things and to keep track of each other's schedules. The old app we were using became less and less user friendly and eventually got to the point where it wouldn't sync the other's calendars and became more and more cumbersome to add events, and with each new update it required more and more steps to add an event to the calendar. Not so with time tree- adds events easily and conveniently, and updates to the other's calendar instantly and sends a message alerting the other that an event was added. We are able to color coordinate our calendars according to whose schedule and types of events! The latest update of adding a search function made an already great app absolutely awesome! I would definitely recommend TimeTree. Again-love, love love TimeTree!!!

by Thankful Scheduler

I have long searched for the right calendar app. Google, Apple, And Microsoft all tried to make one, and they all have good things to offer, but I felt they often missed the point of scheduling… the point is to know definitively what’s coming up and what I (and my family) need to do to be ready for it.

this app is an amazing answer to this problem! The interface is clean, intuitive, and even has some useful customization. The sharing and collaboration features, with memos, tasks, and member assignments all make TimeTree so much more than just a calendar, but an actual reflection of how you should productively think about each day.

I am giving it 5 stars but I hope in the future to see some integrations like Apple calendar has, where you can create an event from an email, invite other people (who don’t use this app) to certain events, etc.

by 51210girls

I have searched for years to find a calendar system that suits my needs. I have tried multiple different ways to keep track of my family of 5.
I would forget to write stuff down or I would write it down and then forget to look what had going on. I tried many apps but I just didn’t care for the layouts or I couldn’t do everything I wanted to do. I love this app for so many reasons. I can create multiple color coded calendars and toggle easily between them or see all of them. I can share certain schedules with my husband. I can attach pictures to events. So when my kids have events going on at school that require my attention on the day of, I just create an event in their calendar and send the picture to the event. I can also have events with out dates. This makes split parent schedules easier. Make an event for each holiday and add the schedule for the holiday to the notes. Makes it easier to reference.

by Chinchinks

This is the best calendar app I have so far. I love that I could see on the calendar about the things I have to do and it’s not like a calendar list and it’s not too fancy either (unlike other calendar apps 😒). Plus, the “Keep” option is very helpful where I don’t have to trouble myself about the date and time.

AND, I did not expect that there will be a notification which says, “Hope that everything goes well for you!” This actually lightens my spirit which, the truth is, around this week I’m feeling a bit down so when I received that notification, I feel so happy to see that. It really made my day. Thank you so much this app!

However, it would have been nice if I could have the option to choose more color labels. But overall, this calendar app is the best and I LOVE IT! ❤️ KEEP IT UP GUYS!!! 👊🏼☺️

by BrandonE Ti

I’ve been using this app for years now I want to say. It’s consistent, always works, free and well designed. It allows my wife and I to have separate calendars for different parts of our life, synced in between us, with a lot of cool features. I would recommend it, and would recommend at least trying it. Something I loved about it from the get go is that you don’t have to create an account or give up your email if you don’t want (I didn’t at first). You still get all of the features, just if you lose your device or whatever may happen you lose your calendar without an account to back it up to. It’s changed the way I think about calendar apps. Good job mates. 👍

by Leanna The Befuddled

Hi! Long time user here, downloaded in 2017 when I got my first job and needed some way to keep my schedule straight and share it with my family (many siblings also working at the time, good for mom’s sanity!). Over time I’ve come to use the many colors available for college classes, car payments and maintenance, as well as various social environments. Thanks to the colors, even though at a glance of the entire month the text is small, every entry is easily identifiable and I love how I can put notes and locations for important events! I find the design of TimeTree to be both easy to look at and easy to navigate. I also love using the this app widget and the reminder notifications to keep my forgetful self in check so I don’t miss anything! Thanks for helping make adulting easier!

by Districtlolita

I love TimeTree! You can sync calendars with others and also have calendars just for yourself! I have a calendar connected with my fiancé and two friends, a cleaning calendar, and a calendar of reminders for myself for bills. The best part is that you can chose to look at every calendar all at once or separately. I have adult ADHD and TimeTree keeps everything easily accessible all in one app. TimeTree keeps me from overbooking things looking at my calendar with everything, but also lets me focus on just one calendar if I need to without being overwhelmed.
I’m also so happy there is a way to access this app on the computer! The computer version is still being worked on, but it’s nice to see it all on a bigger screen even if it’s still in beta and I can’t access everything like the weekly schedule.
I’m so excited to see what else the developers come up with!
So far, the only thing I’d like to see is an option to set a reminder for the events that don’t have a date yet. I’ve put stuff in that section and then completely forgot about them.

by Lindalatina_cis

I love this app! I like having multiple calendars and being able to share calendars with others. I have a calendar that I share with my husband that helps us keep track of things happening in our personal lives. I also have a personal calendar, a calendar that I share with my family, a work calendar.... My entire family uses it.
One of my favorite parts is being able to write comments & post pictures for different calendar entries. If you’re sharing a calendar, the people your sharing with can see the comments/pictures and can add comments/pictures of their own to share.
I’ve used different calendar apps and this is my favorite one by far!
Love it!!!