The Best Family Calendar and The Best Customer Service
I cannot recommend Jam Family Calendar enough. I am a birth doula, birth educator, and death doula pursuing a MSPH. In addition, I am a single mom and survivor of DV. The owners have worked with me to implement this into my life and it has already helped me organize and plan the chaos better. Out of all the family apps out there, please choose this one. It is run by people that actually care.
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This App Is Everything
This I’d the most comprehensive and useful app I’ve ever found for family management (and I’ve tried a LOT). This is the only one that has is ALL in one place - calendar, iCal, a daily section and a separate list section (ex. Recurring daily tasks vs. grocery list) AND the best part… customer support. I reached out with a question and received a fast helpful response, and the communication has been great. So glad to have found this system!
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Amazing
Best calendar app ever. Never thought I would get my act together but this has changed my life!
Got potential
I really love the idea behind JAM—it has a clean, modern design, and the integration with external calendars is really promising. However, there are some big drawbacks. First, when you sync with Apple Calendar, there’s no way to assign different colors to each calendar, making multiple schedules really hard to keep straight. Plus, it doesn’t offer an auto-sync option—so you can’t set it to refresh every few minutes, meaning you have to manually update it. On top of that, the 30-day calendar view looks really rough—it would be so much better if they used Apple’s style for that view, which is much cleaner. If JAM could fix these design and sync issues, it would really be a standout app—but for now, it’s too limited.
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Response from developer
Thanks so much for the thoughtful feedback! Quick note that may help: your calendars do auto-sync about hourly, and you can manually refresh anytime from the Filters menu. Also, we have recently updated and improved our monthly view and are excited to share that more color options are on our list for future improvements!
Avoid App
Reading the terms in conditions, it mentions to cancel using the following link with nothing attached. Cannot cancel within the app itself.
Response from developer
Thanks so much for flagging this — we recently identified and fixed an issue where the Manage Subscription option was not displaying correctly for some free trial international users. You now should be able to manage your subscription within the app under Manage Account → Manage Subscription. This is fixed for all users and and we’ve updated the Terms link as well. We really appreciate you bringing this to our attention!
Intuitive
Intuitive and Easy. I can tell this will be helpful for general planning in a multi-gen house
I love Jam!
I’ve been using Jam Calendar for a while now and genuinely love it. The app keeps getting better with thoughtful features that actually make everyday life easier.
The new ability to add events using voice or even images is fantastic - it’s quick and surprisingly accurate. But the feature I use the most is forwarding event emails directly into the calendar. It automatically pulls the details and creates the event for you, which saves so much time and cuts out the usual copy-paste hassle.
Another thing worth mentioning is the team behind the app. They’re incredibly easy to contact and genuinely open to feedback and feature suggestions, which makes the whole experience feel very user-focused.
Overall, Jam Calendar is simple, clever, and clearly built by people who care about making a great product. Highly recommend.
The new ability to add events using voice or even images is fantastic - it’s quick and surprisingly accurate. But the feature I use the most is forwarding event emails directly into the calendar. It automatically pulls the details and creates the event for you, which saves so much time and cuts out the usual copy-paste hassle.
Another thing worth mentioning is the team behind the app. They’re incredibly easy to contact and genuinely open to feedback and feature suggestions, which makes the whole experience feel very user-focused.
Overall, Jam Calendar is simple, clever, and clearly built by people who care about making a great product. Highly recommend.
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Couple needed additions
Just downloaded. So far so good. Please include star or coins for tracking rewards for our kids who complete their chores! Also, really need dinner planning feature
Needs to include a meal planner
I think the only thing that would make this more fully functioning for me is if it included a tab for meal planning.
Husband and wife
My wife and I love this thing. It syncs. It does more. Love it. Recommended, they clearly care about thier app which is a nice feeling when you’re using it and if you need support. Thank you.
best calendar/family app i’ve used
I am not a mom, and single, but this app has been everything I have looked for. i have autism/ADHD and aging parents and find it way easier to navigate than most calendar apps, the color coding of family members tasks and appointments is super helpful for me to really be able to see what’s going on. My family doesn’t use it but just for how it helps me alone it’s worth the yearly price for me. So grateful for this app!
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Good but missing a key feature
Overall a good experience of an app. We use it to load external calendars in one location pulling from group spot and Teamsnap. A few additions needed: 1) Being able to add the name of the person whose event it is. Currently the only differentiator on mobile, from the day view is the color. A name would be better so at quick glance it’s clearer. 2) gotta be able click on location in app and activate the map feature in phone. This is available nearly everywhere else - huge missing element. These 2 elements knock it down to 3 stars. If corrected happy to boost rating. As of now feels too expensive.
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Response from developer
Great news — the exact feature you asked for is here! Events now have clickable links, so tapping an address in the location field opens it right in your phone's maps. You can also assign events to specific family members so it's clear at a glance whose event it is. We'd love for you to give it another look — thank you for pushing us to make Jam better! 💜
Expedient
Easy to access and reference
A lifesaver for our family!
This app is exactly what we needed to organize our family calendars. It’s easy to keep track of school events and parties, and especially helpful when we have changing pickup and drop offs and temporary caregivers. Each adult has an account, and the different privacy settings are perfect. I esp love the email-to-calendar feature for easy importing!
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Search Function
Our whole family is using Jam and we love it! In a household with two teens with busy schedules, Jam keeps us all connected and aware of each other’s schedules! That’s huge!
The only thing that would make Jam perfect is a search function within the calendar. This the 4 star review.
Thank you, Jam for helping our busy family organized!
The only thing that would make Jam perfect is a search function within the calendar. This the 4 star review.
Thank you, Jam for helping our busy family organized!
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Great calendar
The calendar has worked for every scenario our family has needed. It’s easy to organize, easy to add other calendars like the soccer team calendar. Our family uses this on a daily basis.
CC# required
The app doesn’t allow the free trial to be handled through the App Store; you have to provide your credit card details to even try the app. That’s not ideal. It appears that cancellation cancellation is also done through the app; I’d much prefer the security of Apple handling the subscription. That said, I’ll revise my review once I’ve had a chance to assess the app itself.
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Things to add for an update
National holidays are not automatically in the app and no able to set repeat to monthly on 2nd Tuesday or yearly on 3rd Thursday as an example. Otherwise great app. But please look into these things for future updates
Subscription Required
You can’t use this app without starting free trial which will turn into a paid subscription after it’s over. Even if I would have loved it once I tried the free trial, plenty of other apps have free access. No wonder this app only has 80 reviews. If you want people to use it you should have a free version with ads or something. Disappointed and wasted my time.
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Would love to see some additions, considering the price
Love this app so far! I do think the “who’s driving” function would benefit from an option to select the time you leave, or have the option to select more than 60 min. I also think a family recipe section could lighten the mental load of figuring out what to cook after a long day/week/etc. I also would love the option to set multiple reminders for tasks, just like events. If I’m paying a subscription for this app, these additional features would help me to be less on the fence about keeping the app long term. Otherwise, love the concept, layout, and app as a whole!
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Response from developer
Thank you so much for your thoughtful feedback! Our team is always working on new features, and hearing what would make Jam even more valuable really helps. We’re glad you’re enjoying the app so far! 💜
