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Fridge

One calendar. Every inbox. No excuses.

Family life runs across too many places at once. Mum's work schedule is in Outlook. Dad's personal stuff is in Google Calendar. The kids' clubs, school events and appointments live in text messages, WhatsApp groups and a notes app nobody else can see. Family calendar apps exist to fix this, but most of them don't. TimeTree, Cozi and their competitors consistently get the same feedback in reviews: syncing with Gmail or Outlook is clunky, unreliable, or just not there. So families end up managing two systems instead of one, which defeats the whole point. Fridge starts from the other direction. Connect the calendars people already use, put everything in one shared view, and keep it simple enough that everyone in the family will actually use it.

The thinking

Key questions I asked during scoping

Scope

What v1 does and doesn't do

Deliberate constraints

  • Shared family calendar only — no project management, no task lists, no bloat
  • Colour coded by family member — one glance and you know whose week is busiest
  • Conflict alerts built in — surfaces clashes automatically, no manual checking
  • Plain language throughout — no settings menus that need a manual
  • .ics import in v1 — works with any calendar app, no account needed to get started

Cut from v1

  • Google Calendar OAuth sync (v2)
  • Outlook / Microsoft 365 OAuth sync (v2)
  • Push notifications for upcoming events (v2)
  • Recurring event management (v3)
  • Shared family to-do list (v3)

Roadmap

Now, next and later

Now — v1
Shared family calendar A clean week and month view, colour coded by family member. Add, edit and delete events in a few taps.
Conflict detection Automatically flags when two things clash on the same day, so nobody finds out at 8am on a Tuesday.
Week at a glance A quick summary below the calendar — how many events this week, who's busiest, what day is most packed.
.ics file import Export from any calendar app and drop it in. Works with Google, Outlook, Apple Calendar and anything else that supports the standard.
Family member filters Toggle individual family members on and off to see just your week, or the full picture.
Later — v3
Recurring events School runs, weekly clubs, fortnightly swimming — set it once and stop adding it manually every week.
Shared family to-do list Tasks tied to dates and family members, sitting alongside the calendar rather than in a separate app.
Mobile app A native iOS and Android version once the web experience is proven and the core sync is reliable.

Prototype

Try the prototype

A working version of the v1 experience. Add events, import a sample calendar, and see the conflict detection in action.

Week at a glance