Customer Reviews for Skylight - 15" Touchscreen Smart Calendar - White: Wi-Fi Enabled Digital Family Hub
Customer Rating
3
Great, but doesn't replace apple/google functionality.
on July 23, 2024
Posted by: Kristen H.
The skylight frame itself is beautiful. We LOVE the photo frame functionality, and the chore list.
I was hoping that this frame would be more robust and have more features for the price of the frame and considering it's a yearly/monthly subscription. Unfortunately, I don't think it is going to do the trick for me as I find that I am still needing to use other apps.
The following things are not advertised as being included, so I don't think it's fair to give a poor review, but I am including some of the reasons why this calendar won't work for me in case it's helpful for others!
-'lists' can't be reordered or edited once they've been started. All you can do is add another item or delete it. If you misspell an item, you can't change it. Nor can you 'sort' the list by dragging and dropping (I do this for my groceries and order it by dept). I'm used to Google keep, where I can order both my lists, AND order the items within each list. It also has headings, reminders, can add pictures, etc.
-the menu planning is cool. It would be top notch if I could include a picture/screen shot of a recipe when I click on each recipe so that the recipe can be pulled up on the screen in my kitchen. I can include a link on the app on my phone, but NOT on the actual skylight calendar itself.
The chores are awesome! My kids love it :)
The calendar syncs seamlessly for the events. However, since skylight doesn't have a desktop options, I use google cal. Those events get synced, but the colour/labels don't match up in skylight, so I have to manually go in and change them all on the app on my phone, or on the device. It's not a huge deal, but it definitely takes a bunch of time!
The photos are sent seamlessly to the device and the picture is beautiful!
I've only used it for a week or so, and really wanted this to work, but I don't think it will be able to replace the functionality of the google apps I currently use.
I purchased this frame for my mother with Alzheimer’s. I used various systems to put together a solution to show her only the current day, activities planned and allows friend to schedule visits behind a secure firewall. Better solution than any Alzheiner’s clocks on the market.
Continually disconnects from our Outlook. This was an issue from the day we bought it. According to the service dept there is only a work around, so we literally have to go in and update it every few weeks once we realize our calendar isn't sync'd. If we would have known this, we wouldn't have purchased it. :(
We have a large family and unfortunately the multiple calendars are all on top of each other instead of side by side like google calendar does online.
I called and they said they didnt have a feature to make it side by side. I would have been ok if they were overlapping if they were in the same order so it was easier to see visually, but sometimes my oldest kid is first and sometimes she is last. :(
Mother of seven here, and I was fed up with paper charts and following everyone around to keep them on track. Allowance is based on how many jobs get completed during the week. I am happy with the 15" size and glad I didn't go smaller.