Comparison

Freeish vs TimeTree

A shared calendar app built for families and groups, with chat attached to events. Free, cross-platform, and genuinely popular.

What TimeTree does well

Purpose-built for shared family calendars, and good at it.
Comments on events keep the conversation attached to the plan rather than in a separate chat.
Cross-platform, so nobody is excluded by their phone.
Several calendars for different groups — family, friends, a club.
Free for the features most families need.

Choose TimeTree if…

If what you need is a shared household calendar that everybody adds to and discusses — school events, holidays, who is cooking — TimeTree is a better fit than Freeish and costs nothing. Freeish deliberately does not do group editing or chat.

Choose Freeish if…

Choose Freeish when the problem is one person’s changing work schedule rather than a household’s shared plans. TimeTree still needs somebody to type each shift in, and there is no per-event privacy of the kind shift workers want — everyone on the calendar sees everything on it.

Side by side

	TimeTree	Freeish
Getting a posted schedule in	Typed in by hand.	Read off a photograph.
Group editing and chat	Yes — a real strength.	No. Each person owns their own schedule.
Per-event privacy	Shared calendars are shared; privacy means using a different calendar.	Public or private per event, enforced server-side.
Rotating shift patterns	Manual entry.	Set the rotation once and it repeats.
Direction of sharing	A shared space everyone contributes to.	One-directional: you publish, chosen people follow.
Cost	Free, with a paid tier.	Free to start; Pro for the extras.

Questions people actually ask

Could I use both?

Yes. TimeTree for the household calendar everyone contributes to, Freeish for the work schedule one person publishes. They solve different halves of the problem.

Which is better for a couple?

If you are coordinating shared plans, TimeTree. If one or both of you works a rotating schedule and the hard part is knowing when you are both free, Freeish.

Does TimeTree do photo import?

Not for schedules, as far as we know. If that changes we will update this page — it is the main practical difference.

Try it against whatever you use now.

Now on iPhone — Android coming soon. Free to start, and nothing to migrate — import one week from a photo and see whether it sticks.

Download on theApp StoreComing soon toGoogle Play