Debs vs Skylight
The calendar on the fridge is lovely, when someone remembers to update it. The kids read it every morning. It said nothing about PE being moved to Thursday.
Skylight is a proper piece of kitchen kit: a touchscreen calendar with chores, meal planning and a photo screensaver on its Calendar Plus plan. Debs also has a family wall display and chores with stars, but it runs on a tablet or Echo Show you already have, and it fills in the school side by itself.
What Skylight is great at
Skylight is a wall calendar screen for the kitchen.
- A dedicated, good-looking screen for the kitchen wall
- A free chore chart, plus rewards, meal planning, a photo screensaver and Magic Import, which turns forwarded emails into events (Calendar Plus)
- Pulls in Google, Apple and Outlook calendars
What Debs adds
- Reads the school's emails and letters, so the wall shows what the school actually said
- A family wall display on a tablet or Echo Show you already own, with each child in their own colour
- Chores and routines with stars, which know the day ("PE kit today")
- A night-before packing list on your phone
Side by side
| What matters | Skylight | Debs |
|---|---|---|
| The screen | Skylight's own device (bought separately) | A tablet or Echo Show you already have |
| How school dates get in | Synced calendars, typed in, or forwarded emails (Magic Import, Calendar Plus) | Automatically* |
| Chores and rewards | Chore chart free; rewards on Calendar Plus | Yes, included |
| Meal planning and photo screensaver | Yes (Calendar Plus) | No |
| Night-before packing list per child | No | Yes |
| What it costs | The screen is bought once; Calendar Plus is around £60 a year in the UK (US$79 in the US) | Free to try, then £5.49 a month to read your school emails, or £3.49 a month for Debs Diary, which doesn't (UK pricing) |
*After a few minutes’ setup: pick your school, add your children and connect your email inbox. Debs then checks the inbox for the senders you choose (the school, its apps and your clubs) and keeps your school’s term dates up to date. Don’t want to connect email? You can show Debs a screenshot or photo instead.
What we say about Skylight comes from myskylight.com and Skylight's support pages; UK price from UK reviews, checked on 28 September 2026. Prices and features change, so check their website before you decide. Skylight is a trademark of its owner; Debs isn’t connected to it.
Using both
Already have a Skylight? Add Debs's calendar link to it and the school dates show on the wall with everything else.
Which should you pick?
- Pick Skylight if you want a dedicated, pretty screen on the wall and don't mind typing school dates in.
- Pick Debs if you want the wall to show what the school said, on a screen you already own.
Questions parents ask
Can Debs go on a wall?
Yes. Debs has a family wall display for a tablet or an Echo Show: today's view, the school-run weather, and each child can tap to see their day and tick their jobs.
Does Debs do meal planning?
No. Skylight's Calendar Plus does, if that matters to you.