Comparison
Homie vs TimeTree
An Honest Comparison
TimeTree is a popular shared calendar app used by millions of families, couples, and teams worldwide. It's great for coordinating schedules across different groups with built-in event chat. If shared calendars are your main need, TimeTree does that well. If you want meals, routines, and tasks alongside your calendar, Homie offers a more complete family organizer.
This is an honest comparison of paid plans — Homie and TimeTree Premium ($44.99/year). TimeTree has a free tier with ads, which we'll note where relevant.
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At a Glance
Different approaches
TimeTree is a shared calendar with chat. It's designed for coordinating across multiple groups — family, work, sports teams, friends — with each calendar having its own members and conversation. The focus is scheduling and communication around events.
Homie is a family organizer. Yes, there's a shared calendar, but also meal planning with a recipe library, morning routines and chores, shared task lists, and everything unified in one agenda view. One account for everyone, designed to feel calm and clear.
Calendar
Tasks & Lists
TimeTree has to-do lists within events and a memo feature, but no standalone task management. Homie treats tasks as a core feature with dedicated lists, assignments, and reminders.
Routines & Chores
TimeTree is a calendar app — it doesn't have routines or chore tracking. For families who need to manage morning routines, cleaning schedules, or medication reminders, Homie handles this natively.
Meals & Recipes
TimeTree has no meal planning features. You could add meal events to your calendar, but there's no recipe storage, shopping list integration, or meal-specific planning tools.
Design & Experience
Only in Homie
Features TimeTree doesn't have:
Meal planning & recipes
Plan weekly meals, store recipes, import from any URL. Add ingredients to your shopping list in one tap.
Routines & chores
Morning routines, cleaning schedules, medication reminders. Structured checklists that repeat on your schedule.
Unified agenda
Events, meals, routines, and tasks in one view. See your whole day at a glance.
One shared account
One password for everyone. No invites, no separate logins. Everyone sees everything — simple family sharing.
Public sharing links
Share calendars, events, lists, and recipes with anyone via link. No account required to view or collaborate.
E-ink tablet optimized
Mount a tablet as your family command center. Paper theme designed for always-on displays.
Only in TimeTree
Being fair — here's what TimeTree offers that Homie doesn't:
Event chat
Comment and discuss directly on calendar events. Great for coordinating details with family members.
Multiple group calendars
Separate calendars for family, work, sports teams, friends. Each with its own members and conversations.
Free tier
Use TimeTree free with ads. Premium removes ads and adds file attachments, vertical view, and priority events.
Shared memos
Share notes and information with calendar members. Useful for things without a specific date.
Pricing Comparison
TimeTree offers a free tier with ads, which is great if you just need shared calendars. For families who want meal planning, routines, and tasks alongside their calendar, Homie includes everything in one subscription. TimeTree Premium costs about the same as Homie for a family of 3.
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