Core Calendar: Family Planner
Trevor O'Donnell Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Core Calendar: Family Planner is a free Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by Trevor O'Donnell. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated October 2, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 47 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 2
- 2026 · v1.1
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About Core Calendar: Family Planner
Core Calendar is the shared family organizer that keeps everyone on the same page — one calendar, one shopping list, one meal plan, built for the whole household. Every family member sees the same real-time calendar, the same lists, and the same weekly meal plan — no more group texts asking "wait, what time is practice?" Add an event, check off a list item, or plan dinner, and it updates instantly for everyone in the family. FREE FEATURES • Shared family calendar with real-time sync across every member's device • Up to 8 family members on one shared calendar • Browse 1 month back or ahead • Shopping and to-do lists (up to 5 lists) • Recipe box and weekly meal planner (up to 5 recipes) • Step-by-step Cooking Mode for hands-free recipe following • U.S. holidays built right into the calendar • Connect your Google or Outlook calendar to see everything in one place • Light and dark themes, with accessibility text-size controls GO GOLD FOR • Unlimited lists and recipes — no caps • Unlimited calendar history, past and future • Custom colors for every family member • Powerful calendar search across every event • Multiple reminders per event, so nothing gets missed • Shopping Mode — a streamlined, check-as-you-go grocery run view • Auto-generate your shopping list straight from the week's meal plan • Birthday tracker for the whole family • Instant notifications when someone changes a shared event or list • Chore charts to keep everyone accountable • Home screen widgets for your calendar and agenda • Export your calendar to PDF • A shareable guest link so grandparents or babysitters can view the family schedule without needing the app Whether you're coordinating school pickups, weekend plans, grocery runs, or who's cooking dinner tonight, Core Calendar keeps your family organized — together. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
What’s new
Version 1.1 · Updated October 2, 2026
Core Calendar just got a lot smarter about recurring events, and we added a way to grow your family's free Gold. RECURRING EVENTS, DONE RIGHT • Choose exactly which days a weekly event repeats on — Sunday through Saturday, pick any combination • Deleting a recurring event now asks what you actually want: just this one, this and everything after it, or the whole series • Fixed a bug where some repeating events could show up as duplicates on the same day REFER A FRIEND • Found in Profile, share your own invite code with a friend • Once they join and add their first event, you both get free Core Calendar Gold ALSO IN THIS UPDATE • Password reset now gives clear, real-time feedback instead of silently doing nothing • General stability and bug fixes Thanks for using Core Calendar — keep the feedback coming!
App privacy
The developer, Trevor O'Donnell, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Location: Coarse Location
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Advertising Data
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- User Content: Photos or Videos, Other User Content
- Identifiers: User ID, Device ID
- Other Data: Other Data Types
Used for: App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Location: Coarse Location
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Advertising Data, Product Interaction
Used for: Third-Party Advertising, Analytics
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| App | Rating | Price | Last updated | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core Calendar: Family Planner | – | Free | October 2, 2026 | |
| SimplePlan: Smart Planner | – | Free | Aug 4, 2026 | Compare |
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