Both apps put the family's plans in one place. Only one of them expects you to type them in. If you are still weighing up the wider field, we keep a running list of family calendar alternatives.

That is the whole comparison, and most round-ups miss it because they count features instead.

Key Takeaway: TimeTree is a free shared calendar for groups, available on both iOS and Android, where members add events by hand. Nuet is an iOS-only assistant that reads your Gmail or Outlook inbox, photos, PDFs and voice notes and creates the events for you, writing them into the calendar you already use. Choose TimeTree if you need a free, cross-platform shared calendar. Choose Nuet if the problem is not sharing the calendar but filling it in.

They Are Not Actually Solving the Same Problem

Put these two side by side and it looks like a straight fight. It is not.

TimeTree answers a visibility question: how do we all see the same calendar. Nuet answers a labour question: who is going to type all of this in.

Plenty of households have both problems. Plenty have only the first, and if that is you, a shared calendar is the whole answer and you can stop reading. Being clear about that is more useful than pretending every family needs the same thing.

Quadrant chart placing TimeTree as a manual shared calendar for any group and Nuet as automatic capture for one household on iOS

What TimeTree Does Well

TimeTree is built around shared group calendars. You create a calendar, send an invite, and everyone in the group can see and add to it [1].

It is not limited to family. You can run separate calendars for the netball club, a hobby group or work, and either view them together or filter between them [1]. That flexibility is genuinely useful and it is more than most family apps offer.

It runs on iOS and Android [1][2]. It has a free, ad-supported tier that most families could use indefinitely. Premium removes the ads and adds file attachments, a vertical view and pinned events, at $4.49 a month or $44.99 a year, with prices varying by region [1].

For a household that simply needs one calendar everybody can see, that is a strong offer, and the free tier makes it an easy thing to try.

What Nuet Does Differently

Nuet starts one step earlier. It connects to your Gmail or Outlook inbox and creates events from what arrives there: booking confirmations, appointment reminders, the school's term-date letter.

It also reads photos of posters and letters, PDFs, voice notes, and messages you forward to it. So the crumpled sheet at the bottom of a school bag can become a calendar entry without anyone retyping it.

Those events go into the Google or Outlook calendar you already use, rather than into a separate app that only works if everyone remembers to open it. You choose which senders it reads, and no emails are stored on external servers.

Where Each One Wins

Comparison table of Nuet and TimeTree showing TimeTree supports Android and a free tier while Nuet adds calendar events automatically from email

Choose TimeTree If You Have an Android in the House

Nuet is iOS only. There is no Android app, no web app and no desktop version.

If one parent is on Android, that settles it. TimeTree runs on both platforms and Nuet cannot help you, whatever else it does well. This is the most common reason a family should pick TimeTree over Nuet, and it would be dishonest to bury it further down the page.

The same applies if you want a calendar for a group that is not your household. TimeTree handles clubs and hobby groups; Nuet is built around a family.

Choose Nuet If the Calendar Keeps Ending Up Empty

The other case is quieter and more common than it sounds.

You set up the shared calendar. Everyone joined. Three weeks later it holds four events, all added by the same person, and the school trip is not one of them.

A shared calendar solves visibility. It does nothing about the fact that somebody still has to read a school email, spot the date and type it in. That work is invisible and it is not evenly split. The Office for National Statistics puts women at 26 hours of unpaid work a week against 16 hours for men [5].

If the calendar in your house is empty because the person who fills it is at capacity, adding another place to type things will not fix it.

What Switching Actually Involves

Less than you would expect, because neither app locks your data away.

Nuet organises events into your existing Google or Outlook calendar, so they stay there whatever you decide later. TimeTree can sit alongside your device calendar too. Trying one does not commit you to anything.

Nuet offers a seven-day free trial [3], and it won Gold at the MadeForMums Tech Awards 2026, which is worth exactly as much as any award: a reason to look, not a reason to switch.

Using Both Together

For some households the honest answer is both.

TimeTree for the groups that are not your family, where other parents need access and half of them are on Android. Nuet for the school and household admin that arrives in your inbox and currently gets transcribed by hand.

They do not conflict. Neither one takes ownership of your calendar.

FAQ

Q: Is TimeTree free? Yes. TimeTree has a free, ad-supported tier that covers shared calendars for groups. Premium removes ads and adds file attachments, a vertical view and prioritised events, at $4.49 a month or $44.99 a year, with prices varying by region [1].

Q: Does Nuet work on Android? No. Nuet is iOS only. If anyone in your household needs it on Android, TimeTree is the better fit today.

Q: Does TimeTree add events from my email automatically? No. TimeTree is a shared calendar that group members fill in themselves [1]. Automatic capture from email, photos, PDFs and voice notes is the thing Nuet does differently.

Q: Can I use TimeTree and Nuet at the same time? Yes. They do different jobs and neither takes over your calendar. Some families run TimeTree for club and hobby groups, and Nuet for the school and household admin arriving by email.

Q: Which is better for co-parenting across two homes? TimeTree, if the two households use different phone platforms, because it runs on both. Neither app is designed as a legal record of communication, so if you need documentation for court, look at a dedicated co-parenting tool instead.