Skylight Calendar alternative on the screens you have: Kroni compared

Updated November 8, 2026. We make Kroni. The facts about Skylight come from Skylight's own shop and support pages, read on November 8, 2026, with links to each source. We have not tested Skylight ourselves.

Short answer: a screen you buy, or an app on the screens you have

Skylight Calendar is a touchscreen display for the kitchen wall or counter. It shows the family's events in colors, with chores and routines for each person, lists, and a phone app to manage it. Calendar Plus adds rewards, meal planning, importing events from emails and a photo screensaver.

Kroni has no device of its own. It runs on iPhone, iPad, Android and in a web browser, and it is built around chores, allowance and rewards. A tablet or a computer the children share opens on a family board that shows who still has chores left. If you want a chore screen for the kitchen without buying a new display, that is the difference that matters most.

Comparison table

Criterion	Skylight Calendar	Kroni
What you get	A touchscreen calendar display, with a phone app	An app
Screen	10 inch, 15 inch (Calendar 2) or 27 inch (Calendar Max)	The tablet, computer or phone you already have
Chores	Chores and routines per person, repeating daily, weekly, monthly or on a custom schedule, routines by morning, afternoon or evening	Chores per child or for all kids, take turns, first to do it takes it, morning, midday or evening, photo proof and approval if you want them
One screen for everyone	Each family member has a profile with a color on the calendar	A family board with every child's chores left. In landscape, a column per child with today's chores
Rewards and money	With Calendar Plus: stars for tasks, spent on a reward you set, from 1 to 500 stars	Virtual money or points, scheduled allowance, unpaid chores and paid extra jobs, savings goals and rewards your child can ask for
Calendar, meals and photos	Synced online calendars, meal planning and recipes, a photo screensaver (meals and photos with Calendar Plus)	None of these
Price as of November 8, 2026	10 inch $169.99, Calendar 2 $299.99, Calendar Max $599.99. Calendar Plus $79 a year	The board needs two or more children, so it comes with Kroni Family, a subscription for the whole family

Skylight says its prices vary by model, retailer and sale. Sources: Skylight's shop (the models, prices and which features need Calendar Plus), Skylight's calendar comparison (screen sizes), Does Skylight Calendar require a subscription? and How to manage chores with Skylight Calendar (chores, routines and stars). This table compares what each product says about itself, not how well either works.

What Skylight does that Kroni doesn't

• A family calendar. Skylight syncs your online calendars and shows everyone's events in their own color, in day, week and month views.
• A screen made for the wall. It is always on the counter or the wall, in sizes up to 27 inches, with nothing else on it.
• Meals and lists. Meal planning, recipes and shared lists, with a grocery list from the start. Meal planning needs Calendar Plus.
• Photos. With Calendar Plus it shows your photos and videos when nobody is using it.

How Kroni works

• On the devices you have. A paired phone or tablet for each child, a tablet the family shares, or a web browser.
• A board for the kitchen. With two or more children on one tablet or computer, Kroni opens on Who's doing chores? Each child taps their own name. On a larger tablet in landscape or a computer screen, the board shows a column for each child with today's chores and the done ones ticked off. The chore lists show no amounts, since guests see the screen too, and the board keeps the screen on from 6 am to 9 pm while it is open. Switch on The board speaks, and at the children's reminder time it says out loud who has chores left, and when a timed chore is 10 minutes away.
• One chore at a time. Focus mode shows a single chore with up to eight short steps you write, and a countdown if you like. Kroni can read the chore aloud in the voice built into your child's device.
• Allowance and extra jobs. Schedule a fixed allowance, leave everyday chores unpaid, or add paid extra jobs. Kroni never moves real money.
• Rewards you decide. Your child saves toward goals and asks for rewards, and a timed reward like "20 minutes of Lego" gets a countdown everyone can see.
• Approval where you want it. You choose which chores an adult approves, and whether your child sends a photo.

Routines for kids who need one step at a time

If you are looking at a wall calendar to give a child with ADHD or autism a clear routine, our guide to routines for kids with ADHD or autism shows what Kroni offers. Kroni is not a treatment, and we make no promises about symptoms.

When Skylight may fit better

• You want one display for the whole family's calendar, meals and photos, not only chores.
• You would rather have a screen on the wall that does nothing else.
• Stars toward a reward are all the motivation you need, with no allowance to track.

When Kroni may fit better

• You would rather not buy a new display. A tablet or an old laptop in the kitchen can be the board.
• Chores should connect to allowance, savings goals or rewards your family decides.
• Each child should have their own list on their own phone too, with the board for the kitchen. See a digital chore chart on the family tablet.

Switching from Skylight

1. Start with the chores. Kroni can't import chores from Skylight. Add each child's chores again, with the same morning, midday or evening.
2. Decide what a chore is worth. Dollars, points or nothing. Stars from Skylight do not carry over.
3. Set up the board. Put the tablet or computer where the Skylight stood and hand it over to the kids.
4. Talk after a week. Adjust what isn't working.
5. If you pay for Calendar Plus, remember to cancel it with Skylight if you no longer need it.

If something about Skylight here is wrong or out of date, let us know through support.