The Solution vs. Skylight
Skylight sells a display with their software on it, starting at $149.99. This runs on a tablet or phone you already have. If there is no spare tablet in the house and you do not want to go hunting for one, buy theirs. It arrives ready to hang. If you already have a tablet and need a calendar built for two households, keep reading.
Where this turns: two households
A single wall display in one house cannot solve a two-household problem, because the schedule does not live in one house. The Solution pulls in Google Calendars from both sides, keeps a running change queue so you find out when pickup moves instead of comparing calendars to notice it yourself, and includes custody rotation templates in the base purchase, not as an add-on.
Five-year cost
Prices verified September 2, 2026. Check Skylight's site for current pricing.
Excludes the tablet, because the premise of this comparison is that you already own one.
The subscription
Skylight's meal planner, photo screensaver and email-to-calendar need a subscription. It costs $79 a year and it went up from $39. Our meal planner is $7.99 once.
We charge for modules as well. The difference is that ours cost money once. A subscription costs money every year for as long as you use it, and if you stop paying, you stop having it.
$79 a year for Skylight's subscription tier against $7.99 once for the closest equivalent module here. Over five years that gap alone is $387.01, before either household buys a second year of hardware.
What Skylight does better
A purpose-built wall display is tidier than a repurposed iPad propped on a stand. If that matters more to you than price, Skylight is the right call.
Buy Skylight instead if
One household, no custody split to track, you want hardware that arrives ready to hang, and a yearly charge for meal planning and photo features does not bother you. It is a good product for that family.
You can also just try this. One calendar is free and there is nothing to cancel. Not co-parenting at all? Here is what this looks like for one household.
Frequently asked
Does Skylight require a subscription?
The Skylight calendar hardware works without a subscription, but the meal planner, photo screensaver and email-to-calendar import need one. It costs $79 a year, up from $39. The Solution has no subscription tier at any price.
Should I buy Skylight or The Solution?
Buy Skylight if you want a purpose-built wall display and don't have a spare tablet. Buy The Solution if you already own a tablet, want a two-household calendar with custody rotation templates built in, and would rather pay once than every year.
Does The Solution work like Skylight?
Both show a family calendar on a shared screen. The Solution runs on a tablet you already own instead of purpose-built hardware, syncs Google Calendars from more than one household, and keeps a running list of what changed instead of just showing the current schedule.
Skylight is a trademark of its owner. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or partnered with Skylight in any way. Prices verified September 2, 2026; check their site for current pricing.