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With back-to-school season approaching (or already here in some places), keeping track of everyone\u2019s schedules can get pretty chaotic. Between work, school, appointments, sports, chores, and everything else going on, a regular paper calendar just doesn\u2019t cut it. That\u2019s where Linkdaze\u2019s<\/a> smart digital calendar comes in \u2014 a touchscreen tablet built specifically to organize a household rather than a single person.\u00a0<\/p>\n One of Linkdaze\u2019s biggest strengths is its calendar compatibility. The system can synchronize calendars from popular services including Google, iCloud, Outlook, Yahoo, and Cozi, which is a dedicated family-organizing app. This is particularly useful for families where different members use different platforms. Instead of asking everyone to switch to a single calendar app, Linkdaze brings multiple schedules together and uses color coding to make individual family members easy to identify.<\/p>\n Launched last December, Linkdaze is available in 15.6-inch and 10.1-inch models, giving you some flexibility depending on how much wall space you have. Beyond calendars and appointments, you can use it for chores and rewards, meal planning, shopping lists, and other family organization. It can even double as a digital photo frame for displaying family photos.<\/p>\n The most interesting feature, however, is Linkdaze\u2019s AI meal planner with \u201cSnap-to-Sync.\u201d Instead of manually entering everything into a meal-planning app, you can take a photo of a paper recipe or your kid\u2019s school lunch menu. Linkdaze will turn that information into a digital meal plan and generate a shopping list from it. While not an entirely new idea,\u00a0it\u2019s a useful feature that helps Linkdaze stand out from a basic digital calendar.<\/p>\n Another big plus is that Linkdaze doesn\u2019t require a monthly subscription for its main features. It\u2019s an interesting choice in a category where recurring revenue has become the default. Skylight, a competing smart-calendar brand, offers additional features through its $79 per month subscription. For a hardware company entering a crowded smart-display market, that decision is either going to differentiate its product or look like a lost revenue stream.<\/p>\n Linkdaze is also less expensive upfront, with the 10.1-inch model priced at $119.99 compared with Skylight\u2019s 10-inch model at $159.99.<\/p>\n Overall, this device could make a practical gift for busy parents who are trying to keep everyone\u2019s schedules in one place. It could also be a great fit for college apartments, where roommates can use it to coordinate chores, study schedules, shared meals, and other household responsibilities. It\u2019s also very helpful for those of us juggling interviews, deadlines, meetings, and story assignments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission<\/a>. This doesn\u2019t affect our editorial independence.<\/em><\/p>\n