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Skylight vs Hearth

Skylight vs Hearth: which family calendar screen fits your house?

Both make genuinely lovely dedicated family displays — and they make different trade-offs on price, subscriptions, and smarts. Here's the honest line-by-line, plus a third option worth knowing about: skipping the screen purchase entirely.

Bias, disclosed: we make Calluna, a family calendar app that competes with both. The facts below are the same ones we publish on our one-to-one pages — including where Skylight and Hearth beat us.

The short answer

Three ways to put the family calendar on the wall.

Choose Skylight if…

You want the established, purpose-built screen with the simpler cost story: buy the device, and the core calendar just works. Advanced features sit behind the optional Skylight Plus, and its star-based chore rewards are a hit with some kids.

Choose Hearth if…

You want the big, premium 27-inch touchscreen and the smartest software of the two — the Hearth Helper AI drafts events and tasks from messages and photos. Budget for the paid Family Membership on top of the hardware; the calendar, to-dos, and routines need it.

Choose Calluna if…

You'd rather not buy a screen at all. Calluna turns a tablet you already own into the same always-on kitchen display, and the same household runs on every phone and a desktop view — one plan, $12/month or $100/year, every feature included.

Head to head

Skylight vs Hearth vs Calluna, line by line.

An honest read. No option wins every row — that's the point of comparing.

  Skylightbuy the screen · optional sub Hearthbuy the screen + membership Callunathat's us · no screen to buy
No hardware to buy — use a tablet you own✕✕✓
Every feature without a separate subscription~✕✓
A purpose-built, always-on touchscreen✓✓✕
Runs fully on phones, tablets & a desktop view~~✓
Built-in AI planning helper✕✓✕
Leave-by times & schedule-clash alerts✕✕✓
Adult · child · helper roles + privacy tiers~~✓
Chores & routines for kids✓✓✓
Nothing to set up — arrives finished✓✓✕
 Facts last verified June 2026. Skylight and Hearth are both purpose-built screens — always on, nothing to charge, lovely on a kitchen wall. Skylight keeps the simpler cost story (optional subscription); Hearth has the bigger screen and the AI helper but requires its Family Membership. Calluna skips the hardware entirely: the same shared calendar, chores, and routines on a tablet you already own, plus every phone and desktop, in one plan.
Straight answers

Skylight vs Hearth, answered.

Should I buy a Skylight or a Hearth Display?

Both are genuinely good dedicated screens. Skylight is the more established device, and its core calendar works without a subscription — advanced features sit behind the optional Skylight Plus. Hearth is a premium 27-inch touchscreen with an AI helper that drafts events and tasks, but its calendar, to-dos, and routines require a paid Family Membership on top of the hardware. If you want the bigger, smarter screen and don't mind the membership, Hearth; if you want a simpler buy-once device, Skylight.

Do Skylight and Hearth both need subscriptions?

They treat it differently. Skylight's core calendar works once you've bought the screen; its advanced features need the optional Skylight Plus subscription. Hearth's calendar, to-dos, and routines sit behind a paid Family Membership — so plan for the membership as part of Hearth's real price.

Can I get a family calendar screen without buying hardware?

Yes. A family calendar app with a display mode — like Calluna — turns a tablet you already own into the same always-on kitchen screen. You skip the up-front device cost, and the same household shows up on everyone's phones and a desktop view. The trade-off: you supply, mount, and power the tablet yourself.

Which option has an AI planning helper?

Hearth — its Hearth Helper turns messages and photos into events and tasks, and it's the standout feature of the device. Skylight and Calluna don't offer an equivalent today; Calluna stays deliberately simple by design.

Why trust this comparison from Calluna?

Fair question — we make a competing family calendar app, and this page says so up front. The facts here are the same ones we publish on our one-to-one comparison pages, including the rows where Skylight and Hearth beat us. If we're wrong about something, email us and we'll fix it.

Want the deeper one-to-ones? Read Calluna vs Skylight, Calluna vs Hearth, or the full comparison index.

Or skip the screen purchase entirely.

Start a 7-day free trial and turn the tablet you already own into the family's kitchen display. Then it's $12/month or $100/year — every feature included.

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