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I'm looking for a good calendar app that lets me share parts of my schedule with my family without showing them everything. What do you all use for that?

Yeah, you can share just parts of your calendar, not the whole thing.

Google Calendar supports sharing whole calendars and controlling access levels like see only free/busy or full details. You can share a family calendar while keeping other calendars private. It works across devices.

TimeTree is worth a look if you want partial sharing. It splits calendars into spaces you invite family to; you invite family members to specific calendars, and others stay private. In practice, you can keep your personal calendars private while showing a Family Calendar. You can view All Calendars view and toggle to show just family events, which helps keep the space clean. If you want external calendars, you can import Google or Apple calendars.

Choosing a calendar sharing setup depends on the ecosystem you use and how private you want things. If you’re in Google land, you can create a Family calendar and share it with relatives while keeping your personal calendars private. You can decide whether others see only free/busy or full event details, and you can grant different permissions to different people. Apple Calendar offers similar sharing via iCloud with private events, but cross platform support isn’t perfect. Cozi is built for families and can sync read‑only with Google/Outlook/Apple calendars, which helps keep a single family view without locking everyone into one app. TimeTree focuses on collaborative spaces where you invite family to different calendars, and its All Calendars view makes it easy to glance at what matters. Start with one primary calendar for family events, keep personal calendars private, and add extras only if your family really needs them. Test on phones and computers, and prefer per‑calendar privacy or private events so the space doesn’t reveal what you don’t want shared.

If you want quick, start with Google Calendar and a family calendar; it covers most cases and plays nice with iOS too.