# Scoot Family Calendar — user reviews > 37 indexed App Store user reviews of Scoot Family Calendar by Douglas Greene, rated 4.76/5 from 621 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/scoot-family-calendar/id1493870275/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/scoot-family-calendar/id1493870275.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 503 · 4★ 41 · 3★ 19 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 9 ## What do users think of Scoot Family Calendar? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Simple and intuitive user interface - 🎨 Color coding for family members - 📱 Seamless sharing across multiple devices - 💰 Affordable pricing - 🔄 Flexible recurring event options - 📢 Push notification reminders via text - 🚫 No forced Google Calendar integration - 📊 Multiple view options (month, week, day, list) - ⚡ Smooth navigation and design - 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Perfect for busy families **Cons** - 🌐 Requires internet connection to function - 🔍 No filtering option for individual family members - 📱 No desktop/web version available - 🐛 Randomly moves events to different dates - 🔒 No event locking to prevent accidental edits - 📱 Widget feature not working properly - 💳 Premium features behind paywall - 📱 No landscape/horizontal orientation support - ⚠️ Sign-in issues for some users - 🔄 Recurring event marking system problematic - 📺 Week view only shows days with events - 🌡️ Weather feature only displays Fahrenheit **Commonly reported bugs** - Sign-in link not sending to email - Events randomly moving to different dates - Widget feature not functioning - Recurring event completion marking issues - Week view layout problems - Day view navigation issues - Google Calendar import/export conflicts - App glitching and performance issues - Difficulty determining current day in calendar view **Most requested features** - Desktop/web version of the app - Landscape orientation support - Homescreen widget functionality - Individual family member filtering - Local data saving for offline access - Event locking mechanism - Amazon Alexa integration - Holiday schedule import - Apple Watch alerts - Celsius temperature option - Calendar rotation when phone is turned - Customization options without premium subscription ## Newest reviews (10 of 37) ### 4/5 — Desktop option *2024-10-21, version 3.1.0* Needs a desktop option so it can be seen and added to from there also ….other then that we love it so far ### 5/5 — Love this calendar! *2024-08-12, version 3.1.0* LOVE this calendar so much! Perfect solution for a neurodivergent family who will add things to a calendar and forget to check said calendar for what’s going on 😅 set up a push notification every morning for what that day has on the schedule and every evening for what the next day has and it has helped reduce missed activities/appointments so much. My husband and I can seamlessly share a calendar, get notified when the other adds something, and it is very user friendly. Love that you can color code your family members and add more- we even added family members like “soccer” so we can see the different color for activities at a glance. Only thing I wish it had was a way to import the holiday schedule but they’re easy enough I don’t mind adding them myself. ### 4/5 — SO PERFECT *2024-06-25, version 3.1.0* This app works AMAZING I personally use it with my friend group to be able to see when we can hangout and it works great! They have tons of colors to choose from for your personal events! My only con to Scoot is that they don’t have a homescreen widget option, but that is most definitely not a need and I’m sure there will be and option for that soon! ### 5/5 — Easy to use perfect family calendar *2024-05-15, version 3.0.17* I have searched through many many apps, trying to find the best family calendar. All seem to have either extremely pricey monthly fees and or pull in information from google calendar or other places. Or they have lots of bells and whistles I don’t need. I just wanted a calendar that I enter all the info on my self. And be able to share the calendar with my husband! I like the color coding for different family members. The list view, month, week or day view options! It’s simple and inexpensive and that’s what I want!!! The only thing it doesn’t have is the ability for the calendar to rotate when I turn the phone. I really would like a horizontal / landscape view option. Over all it’s a fantastic app ### 5/5 — Cheryl Douglas *2024-05-09, version 3.0.17* It’s perfect for me because I’m always over lapping my appointments so now I look on this app ### 4/5 — It’s decent *2024-05-05, version 3.0.17* At fist it was a bit confusing to handle but afterwards I got the hang of it. I really does help my family organise our events. ### 5/5 — Simple and perfect *2024-04-24, version 3.0.17* All I wanted was a calendar to share with my family. The native apps and “family planners” all had issues, more complicated features than needed, and never seemed to sync correctly. This app meets my needs. Extremely simple and it just works. Now I can see our crazy family schedule on all our devices. The subscription cost is well worth the benefit. Thank you!!! ### 4/5 — Family Planner *2024-02-28, version 3.0.17* I love this app it is extremely helpful when putting together my kids sports schedules and sharing it with family. The only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars is because I wish there were a way to let you lock the calendar so people can’t go in and change events and times, I have so many family members I share the app with that will sometimes go in to look at an event and accidentally change it and so I have to go back in and correct it. ### 5/5 — A Life Saver! *2024-02-25, version 3.0.17* This app is very easy to use. Our family can coordinate events and happenings or see if we’re free to accept an invitation. I’ve been using it for two years now and really love it. I’ve recommended it to many people. ### 5/5 — Family sharing app *2023-06-29, version 3.0.12* I love this app! I downloaded and played around with many apps. Each of my kids have the scoot app on their phone. Instead of bugging me 24/7 they just look at their calendar. It’s great for a busy family like ours. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Sign in impossible *2024-08-15, version 3.1.0* This seemed like a great app- it wouldn’t even send a link to my email after multiple attempts and sign in was impossible. Couldn’t even get in to try it. ### 2/5 — Paywalls, paywalls, and more paywalls. *2024-06-29, version 3.1.0* I decided to install this app to better myself, and have my boyfriend able to remind and help me along the way. It seems nice and simple on the page, but the actual app is locked behind a paywall. It is only 0.99c a month, but almost all features that draw you in such as themes, widgets, multi-colored/organized reminders or events, etc. are locked behind this paywall. I expected to atleast have a bit of freedom on this app, but everywhere you click is a “buy here!” Add for the “premium service” of the app. It is still a wonderful app, very appealing to the eye and not overwhelming to learn, but with this paywall it is impossible to do many of the things that are the main reason for installing the app. 🙄 ### 2/5 — Used to be great *2023-09-22, version 3.0.14* Until the latest update, we used to LOVE this app. Now it’s incredibly irritating when I schedule the same thing for multiple days and it doesn’t officially mark it as “done” until the very last one has been marked as well, even though it’s way in the future.y husband and I use this app for very specific things, like tracking dog meds, that need to be done and by it not showing it as “done” for the day, is going to cause dogs to get double dosed if we don’t communicate to each other in time. The solution for this is to put it in individually for each day, but being able to select 5-10 days in one fell swoop was one of the BEST things about this app that we enjoyed and made use of. Please change it back or give the option! ### 2/5 — Awkward layouts *2023-09-03, version 3.0.13* Can't see all the days in "week" view, only shows days that have events. Also can't scroll or swipe to the next day in "day" view. Very odd and confusing, don't understand why people love this app. One extra star bc you can color code for different kids' schedules. Just too bad it doesn't all work together. ### 2/5 — Not good with merging calendars *2023-07-26, version 3.0.13* I have a google acct and wanted to switch to this. If I try and color code the entries imported, I can’t. If I make a new one and delete the imported one, it will delete off the google calendar. I need both calendars functional ### 3/5 — Scoot review *2024-12-18* Mostly great but sometimes randomly moves things to a different date/ dayon its own accord. That’s can be a bit frustrating! **Developer response:** Hello and thanks for your review. We have resolved this issue that occurred for some users. Please if you experience any issues contact support@thescootapp.com and we will be happy to help in any way we can! ### 3/5 — Recurring Events Needs an Uodate *2024-10-05* I think this shared family calendar could be perfect for my family, but it is not useable to me without a recurring event based on number of days between events. Every other shared family calendar that I looked at in the App Store has this feature. **Developer response:** Hi and thank you for your feedback! You can now set up recurring events based on number of days between events. Please let us know if you need anything else! ### 3/5 — No widgets? *2024-08-28, version 3.1.0* I find the app super useful to keep track of me and my wife’s work schedules and events. However, i purchased the subscription and am not able to use all of the features. More specifically, the widget feature. I would like to add a scoot widget to my home screen but its not working :/. ### 3/5 — My favorite calendar so far! *2023-10-12, version 3.0.14* The only thing that would make it better is if the screen rotated. Sometime I just need to see EVERYTHING and the boxes are too tiny in the vertical version. ### 3/5 — Great idea, needs work *2023-07-06, version 3.0.12* Needs faster software, keeps glitching ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — The best *2026-07-07, version 3.2.1* Scoot is the best family calendar easy to use and make’s sense!!!!!!! ### 5/5 — Family Calendar *2025-12-04, version 3.1.3* This is perfect because everyone can check the family calendar wherever they are. Having 4 active teenagers with work and life this calendar makes it seamless. ### 5/5 — Organizing *2025-09-30, version 3.1.3* Absolutely amazing!!! So easy to use. Love it ### 5/5 — Excellent & Simple *2025-05-01, version 3.1.2* I have 3 teens & was in desperate need of a calendar to organize our lives that we could ALL see & edit from our phones - & I HATE Go0gle calendar! I tested out every single family calendar in the App Store & they were all too complicated, too expensive, had too many features, or not the features I wanted. And then I found Scoot! My family of five has been using it now for five months and we are all SO happy with it!! Things I love about it: * color coding for each family member * shareable to all family members’ phones so we can all access & edit *ability to have an event repeat at regular or irregular intervals, and the ability to edit just a single instance or all of them. *Does NOT have to link to Go0gle calendar! * Easy to use, simple visual design, does not overwhelm my husband 😆 * doesn’t include a bunch of features that I don’t want, making things messy! I just want a calendar! *The cost! I am willing to pay for a good app because they don’t appear by magic, they take work! This one is affordable and well worth the price! Things I do not love about it: *No local saving of info - it does NOT work if you don’t have an internet connection. This happens to me most when we are at our dentists office and I can’t pull up the app to make our appointments. I have learned to take screen shots before we go in. *No way to go in and filter to just see one person’s items. For example, if my husband wants to just see what HE needs to be at for the week. Overall I am SO pleased with this app and hope it will continue to provide my family with many years of simple schedule organization! ### 5/5 — Love this calendar app *2025-01-18, version 3.1.1* Now that they added recurring events by number of days, this app is perfect for family use. Especially like the fact that you can get calendar notifications via text messages. ### 5/5 — Great for busy families *2025-01-15* Scoot has made planning & coordinating so much easier. From babies, schoolers & grandparents, we know what’s coming up, don’t miss things & so easy to use. I’m a big fan & have recommended to several friends. **Developer response:** Thanks so much for your review! ### 5/5 — Excellent & Simple *2025-01-08, version 3.1.1* I have three teenagers and was in desperate need of a calendar to organize our lives that we could ALL see & edit from our phones - and I HATE Google calendar! I tested out every single family calendar in the App Store and they were all too complicated, too expensive, had too many features, or not the features I wanted. And then I found Scoot! My family of five has been using it now for five months and we are all SO happy with it!! Things I love about it: * color coding for each family member * shareable to all family members’ phones so we can all access & edit *ability to have an event repeat at regular or irregular intervals, and the ability to edit just a single instance or all of them. *Does NOT have to link to Google calendar! * Easy to use, simple visual design, does not overwhelm my husband 😆 * doesn’t include a bunch of features that I don’t want, making things messy! I just want a calendar! *The cost! I am willing to pay for a good app because they don’t appear by magic, they take work! This one is affordable and well worth the price! Things I do not love about it: *No local saving of info - it does NOT work if you don’t have an internet connection. This happens to me most when we are at our dentists office and I can’t pull up the app to make our appointments. I have learned to take screen shots before we go in. *No way to go in and filter to just see one person’s items. For example, if my husband wants to just see what HE needs to be at for the week. Overall I am SO pleased with this app and hope it will continue to provide my family with many years of simple schedule organization! ### 5/5 — LOVE IT *2024-12-18, version 3.1.1* I have searched endlessly to find a calendar to my liking… until now! I have ADHD/OCD and this calendar checks the boxes needed for this hyper fixated mind! Visual stimulation is key for me, especially for my creative side. Scoot allows me to have the fun colors, organization, and has smoothness in design making navigation flawless. Well done! Question- Can it be synched with Amazon Alexa? ### 5/5 — Not Bad at all *2024-12-11, version 3.1.1* Ok I have only been using the app for a couple of hours but I love me the feel of it It’s basic but user friendly, I have tried countless other apps and this is up near the top ### 5/5 — The best app for scheduling *2024-11-06, version 3.1.0* This app is amazing to keep all your info together --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-24.*